Gunga Din - who made this one?? (2 Viewers)

[jazzeum]

Well, that's a fine how-do-ya-do. There's no others in this collection. Which leads me to another question. Is that an official Trophy box? Or is that possibly something London Bridge may have slapped a sticker on and sold as a set because they didn't have the rest of the actual set? I guess a logical question would be - Where does that Lord Roberts come from?

That is an official box. I had many like that v

 

[DavidChristCollection]

Speaking of boxes, let's see if you can answer this riddle for me. I don't understand the set numbers on these. There's two different S1 and S3 boxes. The only difference is that one has the characters separated by dots and one is dashes.

 

[boerboy]

I just reread this thread—this Indian boy figure was made by Charles Hall, one of my favorite toy makers. Mel Aria was his distributor in the U.S., and you could buy it either painted or unpainted.

 

[jazzeum]

I just reread this thread—this Indian boy figure was made by Charles Hall, one of my favorite toy makers. Mel Aria was his distributor in the U.S., and you could buy it either painted or unpainted.

The one that Tom asked about in his first post?

 

[boerboy]

yes

 

[jazzeum]

yes

How well do they do in the resale market?

 

[boerboy]

Charles Hall figures rarely surface for sale, and when they do, it's mostly common pieces.

My late friend Malvin Aria, owner of MA Toy Soldiers, had exclusive distribution rights for them in the U.S., and I got most of my figures from him.

They sell well, and I always buy any that I don’t already have.