Hanna-Barbera Productions "The Flintstones" Model Sheets - Pt 9 Mildred, Fred's Crane

You discover a lot of cool little gems when digging into Flintstones lore, like finding out that Fred's crane at the quarry was named Mildred. Along with the Pterodactyl airplanes, Mildred is one of the larger 'gadgets' in the series.

Ed

Payton Products, Inc. Little Green Army Men - Pt 101 SCORE! Payton Jeeps with Star Stickers

Back in the middle of March I posted a set of Payton vehicles with star appliques' on them. It is known that Payton did apply stickers to some of their sets, and this latest job lot is further proof of that. These don't come up for sale that often so I snagged them up in a heartbeat and can now post them here!! One of the Jeeps has an additional sticker on the rear panel and this makes me wonder what other sticker designs Payton had!

We are almost at the end of our Payton series - whew! This has been one of the longest running series on the blog and as much as I enjoyed doing it, I'm gettin' the itch to move on. There will be a break between today's post and the final post as I'm waiting for one more shipment to come in and the Postal Orifice is slow leaking the delivery. 

Besides the 45mm and 80mm Little Green Army Men posted in this series, Payton made some larger figures as well but I am totally not interested in those and more than likely will not ever buy them or post them. After today, Payton posts will be made on an as-needed basis as my collection gets fleshed out a bit more. Hope you enjoyed this chronicle of Payton Little Green Army Men - lets' see what the next series will bring! 😀

Ed

Hanna-Barbera Productions "The Flintstones" Model Sheets - Pt 8 Dino

The Flintstones actually had two pets, Baby Puss (who appears in the credits but only in a couple of episodes), and Dino (DEE-no) a Snorkasaurus - which is a totally unofficial, made-up type of dinosaur.

Ed

Payton Products, Inc. Little Green Army Men - Pt 100 SCORE! Payton Olive Green Tank Truck

I was fortunate enough to acquire the tank truck / gasoline truck in a nice Army-like olive green. It's a bit scuffy and scruffy but it'll do just fine. While none of these Payton vehicles are rare, when you're doing a blog and are looking for a particular color, you just have to leave things up to fate to see if one surfaces. If the photos make it appear a bit more brown, that's just my editing, because up close and personal it's more like the garlic-stuffed olives I've got in the fridge 😀

I have a couple of shipments on the way of more 80mm Payton figures. Hopefully they'll arrive in time so that there are no gaps in the posts, but if they don't I'll let you know.

Ed

A decent shot showing 'Payton Products, Inc'. It appears at the top and the bottom of the photo.

Hanna-Barbera Productions "The Flintstones" Model Sheets - Pt 7 Mr. Slate

Through the years Fred's boss, Mr. Slate, was known variously as Mr. Boulder, J.J. Granite, Joe Rockhead, and finally Mr. Slate.

As I'm posting these model sheets in numerical sequence, this is sheet #43, and is the one and only sheet featuring Mr. Slate, as sheet #44 is Dino.

Ed