factory boy
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| 12 May 2020 12:40 PM |
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Had this a long time but still love it...
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Lummox
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| 12 May 2020 02:48 PM |
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Great Figure Brian and in luvverly nick |
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Bacco
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| 12 May 2020 06:44 PM |
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Hi FB,
That Will's "Soccer" was one of my favourites and you have the pkt on yours which I could never find for mine. This Will's "Bulwark" figure was another favourite of mine.
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batleycarr1
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| 13 May 2020 11:09 AM |
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Great to see these - thanks! |
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factory boy
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| 13 May 2020 11:17 AM |
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That Bulwark figure is lovely Bacco. I need that one and the Pirate for a full set.
The 'Soccer' turned up in an auction in Lincolnshire in the 1980s and was bought by a well known toy dealer who sold it on to me for a hundred quid. |
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Bacco
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| 13 May 2020 03:42 PM |
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There you are FB the full set. Will's "Bulwark", "Pirate" and "Soccer". There were a lot of copies of the "Pirate" on sale at Newark Fairs.
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factory boy
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| 14 May 2020 10:06 AM |
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Very nice Bacco... I also have the Wills's 'Fine Shag' top hatted man and the 'Early Bird' blackbird so I assume that there are five in the set unless anyone has any others??? |
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CDM
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CDM
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| 15 May 2020 01:25 AM |
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Has anyone seen this version of it before? Instead of roll and pigtail, it says roll and bogie, which I thought was unusual.
There's one more figure in the set, which is for Golden Virginia, I'll try and get a photo. |
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Lummox
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| 15 May 2020 09:51 AM |
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Heres one of mine to hand that Brian mentioned, sure I've seen one with rugby players and also hurling ? might not have been Wills's though
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CDM
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| 15 May 2020 10:56 AM |
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The rugby players and hurling are.Players figures if memory serves me right, made for the Irish market. |
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Bacco
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| 15 May 2020 04:39 PM |
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Hi CDM / Lummox,
Had not noticed that variation "Roll & Bogie" on your Soccer figure before. Your both right, Player's promoted their brands to the Irish market by the production of Hurling & Football Figure's in each Counties colours and when you consider there are 32 counties in Ireland, 26 in the Republic and 6 in N,Ireland. That is a lot, if they all have Hurling & Football teams. I had one of these for many years until a collector in Ireland persuaded me to part with it and sent photo's of part of his collection.
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CDM
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CDM
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| 15 May 2020 06:47 PM |
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I always thought GV as a hand rolling baccy, but it seems it was smoked in a pipe at one time. This is the only one of these figures I've seen, it's from 1937, the same as the other figures. |
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factory boy
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| 17 May 2020 08:15 AM |
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Thanks CDM, I have never seen that one before in all my years of collecting. This has been a great thread. We can assume that there are six figures in the Wills's set - all pre-war. |
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