TIMPO ART INCA INDIAN WARRIOR 54mm SCULPTED PLASTIC UNIQUE 1/of1 FIGURE STATUE.
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It was back at the seventies,when the toy factory in Europe had reached her pick, that among other companies, TIMPO TOYS from England, wrote with gold letters their own great chapter in the history of the toy soldiers. What made those small toy soldiers so famous,then and now,was not only their great variety of range-Cowboys,Indians,Romans,Vikings,Foreign legion,Arabs,Medieval knights,ww2 soldiers,etc.-but the bright colorful plastic they used and the philosophy of their production:They were called swoppets,that means these soldiers, had movable parts in order to take various poses and removable accessories.[Pistols,hats,shields,etc.] They were so successful ,that millions of pieces were sold worldwide becoming one of the most famous toy of the children of their time.The factory was working for eleven years,twenty-four hours everyday,in order to cover the growing demand from the sellers and the representatives,producing year by year more beautiful and more inspired items. Suddenly at the begining of eighties due to the invasion of the electronic games and the Toy industry crisis in Europe,the doors of the factory closed and the production stopped for ever. Not only most of the molds were lost,but the know-how either vanished,so that nobody ever managed to produce again,even something similar with those great figures. Not only their,
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