Our very good friend Erwin sell has another article in his series on the Blue Box figures. This time it is the Australians.
The Australians were often sold painted and unpainted in window boxes with an armored car in scales with the figures. Other accessories included in these sets are a palm tree, cactus and rocks. I have never seen the Australians in hard plastic.
The Australians were also sold in bags unpainted with a few accessories, but no armored car. They were sometimes sold with HO Armor.
Australians run in the smaller size compatible with the Blue Box’ Japanese. They are not under the 43mm in most poses.
The Australians were used to represent WWII and Post WWII soldiers.
Pictures 1 and 2 shows the full set of figures in both front and back views. The detail was poorer compared to other Blue Box Figures. These figures were some of the last Blue Box I purchased in a box. Even in the original boxes the blue Box logo was missing from the base of the figures which the other figures have.
Picture 3 shows two Australians next to two Blue Box Japanese Poses. I also showed how converted an Australian heavy machine gun into Japanese with heavy machine gun.
Picture 4 shows some of the accessories that came with the Australians. I could not locate the armor vehicle (Dingo) in soft plastic. The gun emplacement had different cannon that were later copied in lesser quality by other companies.
Pictures 5 and 6 have the correct measurement for two of the poses.
These Blue Box figures are to Airfix what Lido figures were to Marx. —- in other words, Airfix and Marx are in a different league than Blue Box and Lido. But they’re nevertheless interesting, and we appreciate Erwin initiating these posts, photos, and accompanying history.
Don, not doubt on your opinion, I think same way . My only idea in exposing the BB sets/figures is to give a bit more to the hobby world with pictures and what I got from this original Chinese factory . I say they copied and mix match from some others; still made their own original poses and else too. Few other Chinese had done it in the toy soldier world till recently are coming. At the end all European and American firms copied from each other too many times and the true on who copied first who go infinity as to few true back up info and many verbal saying. We still got Marx copies with out knowing who did them or how and were end up. It is an incredible and interesting world of curiosity I should say..