Britains “Mini set” 1:42nd scale #1131: footballers in plastic ca. 1970 with illustrated box.
Two different poses of 65mm “Keymen” footballers.
CBG Mignot French national Team Footballers. This set was produced in 2019 to celebrate France winning the world cup.
65 mm footballer in white (far left) unknown.
The next 6 are 60 mm variations of Cartwright Footballers. (See Norman Joplin’s Great Book of Hollowcast Figures, page 63). The original Cartwright footballers had a bent wire out of the top of their heads that connected to the kicking mechanism. This apparently was simplified to just an extended trigger on the back of the kicking leg to hit the ball.
Three variations of Footballers who kick when the wire in their head is pressed. Note the different bases. The two on the left could be Cartwright, but the bases are completely different.
The 3 60 mm Footballers on the right are from a German post-war soccer game which includes a cloth field, goals and goalies. Note the figure on the far right has his foot turned in the proper kicking position so as not to “toe” the ball.
Plastic 65 mm American Baseball Players. The figures are unmarked but are probably cheap Japanese toys, sometimes used as cake decorations.
A plastic basketball game (of unknown origin) in which the players shoot the ball from between their legs (à la Wilt Chamberlin) when a small button on their head is depressed.
