Toys and Stuff

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Ferrero Kinder Surprise Egg Star Wars Happy Hippos - Pt 8 Erzwo Hippo (aka R2D2)

This figure also comes with a small insert showing how to assemble the figure. I like how the hippo is trying to break out of that tin can suit he's in LOL

Applause Dino in Flintmobile

I've got a few random Flintstones toys by 'Applause' that have been hanging around here for years and none of them have the full original packaging. These photos were taken eight years ago and I never recorded the dimensions , unfortunately right now the toy is buried out in The Cave - sorry.

Apparently this plastic bubble would have been surrounded by a cardboard backer, but this is how I purchased it.

Forces of Valor (FOV) / Unimax Deep Dive: Pt 13 Set #83003 (2003) - #93003 (2003) British 7th Division (El-Alamein 1942) Pt 1 Boxes and Contents

Wow! It's taken a dozen posts just to go through the various accessories that came with these sets, but we're finally ready to see what each set actually looked like.

This is a recent acquisition to the collection, as before January of this year I didn't have any of the British sets. As we plow through the series, I'll cover the boxes (when photos are available) and overall set contents in the first post. The remaining posts for the set will cover the individual figure poses.

The lowest set number (83003) of the WWII era figures made by FOV (at least as far as I know), it's in a 1st series dark-toned box and dated 2003. Set number 93003 has the 2nd series olive green box and is, oddly enough, also dated 2003. This set is labeled as 'British' however, FOV used the terms 'British' and 'UK' throughout the series. To the best of my knowledge, only six sets of British forces were made by FOV and they did not offer many poses.