Ferrero Kinder Surprise Italy 'The Flintstones' (2000) Set 1 - Pt 1

So here's the deal: I've got a bunch of these Ferrero (Italy) Kinder Surprise/Surprise egg Flintstones figures but can only identify six of them to a particular set. The insert below shows six figures along with several additional pieces and I'm speculating that the designation "K01' means 'Set 1' or perhaps 'Series 1'.

Ed

For size, I'm going with 60mm

Payton Products, Inc. Little Green Army Men - Pt 68 Sets: Pt 10 Payton Vehicle 'STAR' Set (Dark) with Star Appliques Pt 2 Landing Craft

The first vehicle of the 'STAR' set we'll look at is the Landing Craft. Okay, we've covered the landing craft before back in early February and this one looks the same as that one except for the stickers, but hey, I wouldn't feel as if I've done the set justice if I didn't post these photos.

Ed

The one thing I really like about Payton landing craft is their ability to hold tanks, trucks, Jeeps, and figures. It's a proper landing craft - for a toy that is.

Payton Products, Inc. Little Green Army Men - Pt 67 Sets: Pt 9 Payton Vehicle 'STAR' Set (Dark) with Star Appliques Pt 1

For the next few days we'll be covering this set of landing craft and three vehicles which I picked up many years ago. Payton was known to sell items with stickers and this set has a a red star in a circle on all the vehicles shown. Was that meant to signify an opposing army??? The set was perhaps sold in a header bag and probably included a howitzer, but I'm not sure though if the multiple gun carriage was ever a part of it.

Ed

Payton Products, Inc. Little Green Army Men - Pt 66 Sets: Pt 8 Payton No. 442 US Troops

I said in a previous post that I had no luck in acquiring a large bag of Payton Army men. Several had come up for auction on fleaBay over the past several months and even though I bid over $100, my bid got blown out of the water, until...

...last week. This MIB set came up for a 'Buy It Now' price I couldn't refuse (way less than $100) and here it is. The figures in this set are quite dark and would make great companion pieces to the set I'll start posting tomorrow. I estimate there to be at least 50 pieces - maybe more.

Ed

Payton Products, Inc. Little Green Army Men - Pt 65 Sets: Pt 7 Payton No. 2000 Unbreakable Soldier Set Revisited: Did It Come With This?

When I received my set No. 2000, it was a mixed blessing. The box was the single most important part of the purchase as was the 'K9' (clearly a German Shepherd) which is a bear to find in its own right. My box also contained some Eldon vehicles which I sorely needed for that collection, but was missing the two troop transport trucks. In addition, one of the tanks had a broken barrel, and all the 'unbreakable' figures in my box were...

...you guessed it - BROKEN!

The missing / broken pieces were easily replaced and I was able to make a complete set out of it. However, there was one piece included which stumps me to this day. My set included a blow mold sandbag emplacement which looks very similar to a piece on the box top artwork (which I circled in the picture below). I did not include this piece in yesterday's post because I'm not totally sure it belongs to the set. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn't.

The set as purchased (the sandbag emplacement is buried under the Jeeps in the lower right of the box)

Among the hardest Payton figures to find is the K9

The 'unbreakable' figures included in my purchase

Upon first glance this appears to be a boulder, but upon closer inspection, it does resemble a very crude sandbag emplacement.

Here's what a complete (and unbroken) set would look like with the sandbag emplacement as part of the contents.