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[teedeejr]

Hi guys,

 

I was hoping to get some input or pointed in a direction to identify this figure.  As you can see it is a knight with shield & drawn sword wearing scaled armor.

- The figure is a smidge over 1.5" and stands on an 5/8" oval base.

- His foot sticks off one edge of the base a little.

- There are no marking at all anywhere on the piece. There is a line on the bottom of the base, like it was cast.

- The color is bronze, however it is a pretty light piece (i was told probably tin).

- I acquired this piece from a friend probably in the early '80's - I'm pretty positive he didn't have any others, or that it was from a game.  With pieces this cool, I'm sure I would have known about it.

 

- I feel like it is not from a chess set, because of the base being so thin and the piece being so light, and the overall size.

- It is not "soft" like other pewter D&D figures I've seen in the past, close in scale.

- I could possibly be from a board game, but I've scoured the web on and off for years, no luck

- Maybe a one off, or a gumball machine prize

- I have no idea, and would love to find out its origin and if there are other pieces.

 

Any help, tips, hints or ideas are greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks 

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[Acidonia]

It might be from a Kinder surprise egg until the mid 90s they had metal figures though only a few a year.

[teedeejr]

Acidonia, great eye! A little digging found this!
http://www.catawiki....kinder-surprise

Dane (1976) - looks like I'll be trying to dig up a few more from that year and others close to it.

Thanks a ton, I wonder how he got ahold of this in the States?

Mystery solved.

[Michael7]

In the 1970's  the Phoenix Candy Co. put out boxed candy in theme sets.

There were at least Popeye, Happy Days, Flash gordon and Star Trek. Each set had 8 different boxes (sort of trading cardlike).

The prizes in the boxes were often kinder  suprise toys. I have found very little information on this company. I hope this helps