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Camberwick Soldier Skittles
Trumptonalia.
File these under "short,but sweet" - and that goes for my description too ....
A nice,early little set featuring Captain Snort ... Sergeant Major Grout ... and six "soldier boys".
Made in 1966 by Codeg ( aka Cowan De Groot ) with the figures and balls all made of plastic.
And the box measuring approximately 18" x 6",with the latter number effectively telling us the size of the figures.
I realise UK kids were an easy lot to please back then,with an almost total absence of any tech distractions other than a radio and a 3 channel black & white tv.
But it wouldn't have killed Codeg to at least provide a chute for the ball.
Which would've at least helped to balance out the healthy dose of lead paint I presume they did come with.
A pretty timeless product though,that even today's tots would probably find irresistable for a while.
Sadly,they'll have to make to do with a modern equivalent.
Because boxed examples of these are very thin on the ground.And this is also the best example I've ever seen.
Oh,and those balls are definitely the ones it originally came with.
