One of the interesting variation I have gotten over the years is the Processed Plastic 2 1/2 Ton Truck in orange and green. I was told they did this color due to displeasure to the Vietnam War. This is the only one I have seen over the years. Have you have seen this version.
Another variation on Timmee is with the armored car. A number of the armored car has been found with large than normal wheels. These vehicles are being offered on EBay and Amazon.
I have seen a variation sold by Argentina seller(ebay) in similar colors .I think is the same sold in Spain with similar colors too. Very rare color indeed and hard to find in US. I saw the rare large wheels tim mee armored modern cars too recently. I think is because the original wheel mold was damage or lost!? They are making these ugly type now.(my guess)!!
I’ve seen about 4 over the years. They seem to be truly from the Timmee mold, not copies. I concur that it was an attempt to market them after the Vietnam War ended, although I don’t remember seeing them sold then. I DO remember the Vietnam War GI’s being sold in bags mixed up in banana yellow, translucent pink and royal blue.
Greg ,those colors you mentioned almost made me puke !
Mark
The one I just sold did not exicted me either with its colors of orange and green.
I believe Joh Stengel Sr has one in solid red/orange, it looks similar but I think his is a Timmee that was designed for the Timmee Russians. I could be mistaken though.
Believe there is a Red Timmee Jeep but I never seen or don’t think they did a Red Truck.
Mark – Yeah, I did get a few bags of the ‘psychedelic GI’s’ and they were used to fill in in other areas; yellow mortars for Japs, blue flamethrower guys for my MPC ‘Marines’, etc. The pink guys were a force unto themselves – various incompetents of different types.
Ed – There’s no solid proof that any of the vehicles were made for the Russians. No bags or catalog ads and a lack of any found in that unique olive color. That red-orange color has been used for so many Timmee figures, most likely they got a post-war run in those clown colors and that was that. I did see one where the colors were reversed – green truck with orange-red top.
Greg,
You could be right, I don’t know for sure, but he has one I have seen it. Whether it was meant to go with the Russians or not I can’t say for sure, nor can I say what they were thinking when they made it in those colors. There was a two tone one on e-bay yesterday orange and green. I thought it hideous, but he likes it.
Thanks for the info Greg, I was just kidding that is obviously part of the fun of our Hobby discovering variations we may not have seen before !
Mark – No issue at all! If I ever get THAT sensitive, it’s time to ‘put me down’. I should add; that’s what I used them for as a kid, not now. I don’t own any now EXCEPT – for the blue ones to go with my MPC Marines! Nostalgia made me put together an MPC Marine Bn. 3 companies of ‘Web Heads’ and one company of ‘Smooth heads’.
Someone here posted a picture of some Union cavalry figures with saddles and wanted to know who made them. I can’t find the original post, but they are Hellanic figures, later know as Imrie/Risley. One is converted.
Bill, that would be me ,thank you very much for your info I have been trying to find out the make of these figures I will try to locate them in Hellanic/Imrie Risley photos !
Thanks Again, Mark
P.S. I think it might be spelled Hellenic ( 2 e’s )
http://www.imrierisleyminiatures.com/the-american-civil-war/cavalry-1/cavalry-dismounted/
Mark, It looks like the “saddle guy” has been deleted from the catalog, but you can see the basic pose there. You could use a different saddle and still make the figure from the “walking pose.”
I may have some around here. I’ll check for you.
And Hellenic is correct. ….Bill
Thanks again Bill !
I have had the truck in orange. Processed Plastic took over Tim-Mee in the summer of 1964 (for tax purposes Jan 1965) in order to organize the Christmas sales push. Processed Plastic made the truck, tank and large AA jeep that summer. They ran the existing Tim-Mee jeep mold in red and white and old them as civilian vehicles as bin toys. I have also had the jeep in white on a blister card as an off the road vehicle, and the jeep in red in a header card bag with their suburban family (card marked PEOPLE).