SPECIAL THANKS. I would like to thank Paul Watson for his sponsorship of several lead figure collections on this blog. Having decided to clear his spare/surplus figures, he generously forwarded them on with no other requirement than they deserved to be restored. I would also like to mention George S. Mills, who kindly furnished a quantity of plastic figures which greatly enhanced several collections.

Wednesday, 12 April 2023

MORE LEAD FIGURES COMPLETED

Continuing on from the previous post, here is another batch of American WW2 figures, dating back to the 1950s. Most are Cherilea, but there are some other makes. As these wear a longer jacket, they are better suited to represent US Marines.

The three castings below are quite small, but look fine with the jeep. One more will later man a HMG.
A spare plastic bazooka figure joins the GI contingent.
MGB

4 comments:

  1. I remember having some of them as a child , a long time ago.

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    1. Same here, Tony. But others I had were made in plastic during the 1960s.
      Michael

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  2. Another very successful reclamation project Michael! I do have one question, does the standing bazooka figure actually fire? It looks large enough and the protrusion out the rear looks like the pull-back for a spring firing mechanism.

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    1. It does, Brad. The spring is not powerful, but it does still fire. Quality toys for 1950s kids!
      Michael

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