I can’t believe it’s two years since the Krispi tribe appeared in early Lockdown. One of them still survives amongst my assorted troops.
https://manoftinblog.wordpress.com/2020/04/01/cereal-killers/
Slightly more sensible plastic “cereal killers”, the Crescent / Kellogg’s Plastic bandsmen and colour party.
https://manoftinblog.wordpress.com/2020/04/03/more-cereal-killers/
I found an advert / box back of these fine bandsmen shown online with original box backs and adverts whilst spending happy hours last week on the cereal ‘premium’ website http://cerealoffers.com, where I found again the cardboard Asterix figures and Weetabix scenes of my childhood.
“FREE IN THIS PACKET at the bottom of the inner bag” – free toy soldiers in your cornflakes – imagine that today!
Blog posted by Mark Man Of TIN, April 1 2020/22
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Hello I'm Mark Mr MIN, Man of TIN. Based in S.W. Britain, I'm a lifelong collector of "tiny men" and old toy soldiers, whether tin, lead or childhood vintage 1960s and 1970s plastic figures.
I randomly collect all scales and periods and "imagi-nations" as well as lead civilians, farm and zoo animals. I enjoy the paint possibilities of cheap poundstore plastic figures as much as the patina of vintage metal figures.
Befuddled by the maths of complex boardgames and wargames, I prefer the small scale skirmish simplicity of very early Donald Featherstone rules.
To relax, I usually play solo games, often using hex boards. Gaming takes second place to making or convert my own gaming figures from polymer clay (Fimo), home-cast metal figures of many scales or plastic paint conversions. I also collect and game with vintage Peter Laing 15mm metal figures, wishing like many others that I had bought more in the 1980s ...
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I remember very well my collection of “Wheat Bix” Australian Rules plastic footballers. I had enough to field two sides and played whole seasons of games with them.
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Sadly I can’t see these on the excellent http://cerealoffers.com/home.html
I do miss the free plastic and card tat of cereal packets …
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I must have missed the original post on the Krispi tribe…your imagination knows no bounds and we are all the better for that !!!!!! Regards.
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There was an unfortunate and tragic mass drowning during an amphibious landing across a small bowl shaped lake of milk …
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Snap , crackle and dissolve was it ?
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The other great cereal excitement was the small plastic submarine you filled with baking soda and it performed dramatically in water.
I recall having such a hassle with the cardboard figure of a pikeman on the packet when trying to cut out his pike without cutting it. I seem to remember sellotape was deployed albeit not to successfully.
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Early Paperboys? I think I would have gone for mixed media with cocktail stick or piece of wire (if you could have found such as a child).
Such submarines are still on sale, stocking fillers, a little bit of Science magic!
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In case you like old comedy, this week’s repeat of Hancock’s Half Hour on Radio 4 Extra, centres on a cornflakes bandsman!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jsvk
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Thank you – I shall give that a listen. The opening episode of the BBC TV series had Tom Good (Richard Bryers) giving up his job designing plastic wildlife animals for cereal packets. I remember these sort of plastic cereal toys well.
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