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These are lead figures from the Robin Hood Series made by Benbros in England in the 1950. The are based on the movie with Errol Flynn.

From left to right: Mutch, the millers' son, Robin, Little John, Will Scarlet and Friar Tuck. All but Mutch are hard to find in good condition because of missing paint or broken swords, bows and staffs.

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Here are the others: The Bishop of the Black Cannons, the sheriff, Marian, and three men-at -arms. All are rare:

- Few kids bought the bishop and those that did broke the staff.
- Few kids bought Marian
- The sheriff is the bad guy so evryone wants him.
- the men at arms are cast in one piece and few survived with the pike or halbert intact.

I bought most of these as a child but have upgraded a few pieces when I get the chance.

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The figures are 54mm high ... nominally 2"


I am lucky enough to have six of the Men-at-arms.

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Dave,

Very neat 54mm figures. Smile

I collected the South African Engineers (SAE) figures in the 1950s. Of course lead soldiers are now politically incorrect. A kid might actually eat one and die of lead poisoning. Funny, I never heard of that problem when I was growing up. Never knew a kid that died (or even got sick) from lead poisoning.

Oh well...

Here is what the smaller SAE lead soldiers look like. This is a box of US Infantrymen.

George

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Here is a shot of the SAE markings on the base of a German Machinegunner.

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Well,

Show us more.

They stopped selling the lead soldiers and figures as toys about 1960. As you say, I don't remember any kids eating them* but I think it was a general concern about lead and lead-based paint.

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* I remember a kid in Kindergarten who used to eat the Crayola crayons.

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Here is a US dog handler by SAE. The dog is carrying medical supplies, although I don't think that actually happened in the US service.

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And, two styles of German machine gunners.

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I think my Dungeons and Dragons figures from the seventies and eighties are part lead, or maybe they went to zinc. I guess they were for adults anyway. I still have them packed away somewhere.

George, those SAE figures are awesome! I bet they are had to find too.

John


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