In the video and other instances I cited 1989 as the production date stamped on the Boley astronauts when it is clearly 1998. Awaiting prescription glasses at this time, and I apologize for any cognitive dissonance which may have resulted from the error. The Boley guys are from '98, which is still twenty years ago & classifies them as "vintage".
Will fill in more commentary as the coffee kicks in & my sense of humor returns.
Comparing the Boley guys with their Hing Fat Space Buckets equivalents. Orange Marx 70mm Apollo figure added for scale and (subconsciously) to further confuse readers ... Seemed like a good idea at the time. Wasn't.
Left: Boley "Stick and Camera" guy, 1998.
Right: Hing Fat equivalent, early 70s numbered set.
Left: Boley seated pilot figure, '98.
Right: Hing Fat equivalent, mid 80s white casting.
A prior post makes an extensive examination of the seated "pilot" figure tradition, likely in the face of universal disinterest. I can live with it.
Left: Boley.
Right: HF, later era gray casting.
ISN'T THIS EXCITING????
Left: Boley.
Right: HF "early" figure, 1970s.
Left: Boley "Rope and Triangle" dude.
Right: Uknown blue variant of European origin.
Boley's figures were released as part of a "Space Garage" playset, and these figures were likely intended as mechanics working on the underside of their Lunar Roving Vehicle, itself of somewhat different design than the one popularized by the Astronaut Bucket sets.
Stamped BOLEY MADE IN CHINA 1998, not 1989 as stated on video more than once. I'm a painter, who needs glasses, you see ... Prescription lenses, not Foster readers.
Pretty cool.
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