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I know it's Preiser, what IS it? Jack & Jill get Milk?

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I know it's Preiser, what IS it? Jack & Jill get Milk?
Posted by TeddyB on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 10:10 AM

Hi ALL!
I just found this neat Preiser Diorama thing in HO scale. Just what is it called, or maybe a part number? Is it called Jack and Jill get Milked?
THX, Ted


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Posted by wjstix on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 12:42 PM

Hmmm...doesn't ring a bell and I have several old Preiser catalogues. Note that it says "WEST Germany" on the bottom, meaning it was made before reunification. May have only been made for a few years in the seventies and eighties.

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Posted by jerryl on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 1:33 PM

Doesn't seem to have the good Preiser detail &  looks like Jill played a lot of soccer.

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Posted by retsignalmtr on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 1:52 PM

Jill's build makes me wonder if she was someone formerly known as Jack, Jack leaning up against the fence with his hand on his hip looks like a sissy. Made in San Francisco?

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Posted by TeddyB on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 2:42 PM

ALL of the above could be true!

I got this piece with a large train collection. Most of the items from that caollection are from the early to mid '60's. Hope this helps!

THX, Ted

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Posted by tatans on Thursday, October 28, 2010 10:14 AM

Awful, just awful,  it seems he is wearing chaps, and trying to lift a 4 lb. pipe to his face, and those massive milk cans that a gorilla couldn't lift, these figures are one reason I don't use figures on a layout. And the blonde bomber is no prize either.

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 28, 2010 10:37 AM

Clearly not up to the standard Preiser is doing today. Looks like something "homegrown" to me!

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Posted by chutton01 on Thursday, October 28, 2010 10:38 AM

tatans
These figures are one reason I don't use figures on a layout.

You do realize that Presier makes figures nowadays that are far more realistic and proportionality scaled (and have done so since the 1980s...at least that what the clothing styles & hairstyles on the bulk unpainted figures seems from). A bit of a dark wash and a dull-coating, and Presier figures look great.
OTOH, when I first saw the above figures, I thought they were Life-Like or Bachmann, which have been a bit sparse on details and off on proportions for decades (And the paint jobs were awful - although I guess hand painting the same small figures day after day for a factory worker would get very boring, as opposed to hand painting figures for yourself.

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