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Timpo plastic toy
knights From the mid 50's Timpo during their manufacturing life
produced many variations of medieval figures. Today they are some of
the most collected of the 60's / 70's plastics.
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| KN numbered range (late
1950's) |
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Numbered KN20 to 25 for the foot knights
KN31to 32 for the three mounted.
Grey plastic hand painted.
Shields have same motif as the
hollow-cast Knights of the round table produced in 1952.
see also
Arthur figures
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| Silver Knights (early
1960's) |
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Timpo's first swop-it range
Grey plastic, hand painted flesh
coloured faces, silver painted Armour and colourful plumes. The body and
legs plugged together with a sword belt in various colours in between. The
head also plugged onto the body, allowing the head body to swivel into many
different positions. |
| Crusaders (first series) |
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Introduced in the
mid 60's. Same swoppet idea as the silver knights. Good leg detailing of the
chain mail with spurs. |
| Medieval Knights ( mid 1960's) |
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Multicolored swoppet
plastic parts to form very colourful knights. Matching shield and surcoat
heraldic design
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| Knights in Armour with
fixed shield ( early 1970's ) |
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As above but coloured plastics
used, because there was no hand painting there were only closed helmets. |
| Jousting Knights (approx
1972) |
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Timpo again used the moving visor
from the hollow-cast Knights of the round table series after a lapse of 20
years. This time in black plastic, to produce a good looking knight.
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| Crusaders second series |
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Redesigned in the early the
1970's with some new figures. Leg chain mail not so well modeled and no
spurs. The cross was also enlarged. The shield strapping was also strengthened
to stop them breaking. |
| Knights of the Middle Ages
(1974 approx) |
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A short production run of approx two
years plus. Probably
assembly cost were too high. Don't try
and match surcoat and Armour heraldic detail as in some case this was not
matched at the factory. |
| Mounted Knights of the
Middle Ages (1974 approx) |
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as above
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| Knights in Armour
with shield loops |
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Coloured heads and shields
like the ones carried by the Medieval Knights. |
| Toyway Knights |
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Picture to follow
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Knights in Armour series, but without shields.
Plus older KN series figures on horse's |
