Forces of Valor (FOV) / Unimax Deep Dive: Pt 54 Set #83205 (2005)-#93205 (2007) German 352nd Infantry Division (Normandy 1944) Pt 1 Packaging and Contents

This was one of those sets for which I no longer had the original box and depended on the flyers and eBay photos of the boxes to determine the major components. As I already had all of my figures thrown in one big box, and all of the detail and terrain pieces thrown in another big box, all I had to do was sort through them and pull out what I needed, being careful to color match the figures. That said, I can only verify the larger components and - other than the Jerry cans - have no idea what other 'smalls' were included in these particular sets.

Ed

Set #83205 (2005) Early 1st Series Box

(Photos culled from fleaBay)

Set #93205 (2007) 2nd Series Box

(Photos culled from fleaBay)

Contents

(The only 'smalls' I could ascertain from the box photos, were the Jerry cans)

-4 figures

-Small ruined wall

-Post box

-Bathtub

-Cupboard

-Grandfather clock

-Chair

-2 dark gray oil drums

-Crate 2 (busted up with separate top)

-1 'X' Jerry Can

-1 'Square-X' Jerry Can

Note: Only one Jerry can is shown in this photo, but two were included in set)

Bag of standard bases

Small Ruined Wall

Bathtub

Chair

Cupboard

Grandfather Clock

Post Box

Crate 2

Dark Gray Oil Drums

(2 each were included in set)

'Square-X' Jerry Can

'X' Jerry Can

Marx Jetport Playset Boeing 707 - Silver HP

For the past several months I've been rummaging around The Cave and taking photos of toys that have been sitting around here for ages. No serious organized campaign, just a hit-or-miss, helter-skelter approach is all. 

Throughout the course of the blog I have posted some of the components of Marx's awesome Jetport playset, again, in a helter-skelter fashion. Here's another one of those random posts: the Boeing 707 in a beautiful silver hard plastic. It's a gorgeous airliner and a sign that aviation was changing back in the late '50s/early '60s. Propellor planes were still being used but they were giving way to the more modern jets and the Boeing 707 airliner was a landmark aircraft and is credited with beginning the jet age. It entered service with PanAm in 1958. In January of 1959 American Airlines began flying its own 707 jets and in 1960 Marx included the 707 as part of its American Airlines themed playset.

One of the positives that came about as I was rummaging through The Cave was finding bits-&-pieces of the Jetport playset in various boxes and finally consolidating them into one box for eventual posting as a complete set at some point in the future. These two 707's were a part of my Cave finds. The plane measures 12.25" (31,11cm) L x 11" (27,94cm) wingspan x 3.5" (8.89cm) H.

Ed

Of the two 707's I have, one has the partial American Airlines decals from the original playset.

Marx #4672 'The Flintstones' Playset (1961) - Odds n' Ends - Extra Barney's House - Lt Brown/Tan

Here's an original Marx Barney's House in a nice light brown/tan color with subtle marbling. I like all the colors Marx used for their Flintstones buildings and have no personal favorites. Oh, BTW, I find myself a bit behind on the Forces of Valor series, but I should have a post ready to go for tomorrow.

Ed

For these photos I didn't bother pulling one of the repo blue antenna's, I just went with what I had.