{"id":87,"date":"2009-05-25T09:18:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-25T08:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skooldays.com\/blog\/wombles-plastic-figures\/"},"modified":"2011-08-17T19:02:49","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T18:02:49","slug":"wombles-plastic-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wombles-plastic-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"Wombles Plastic Figures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- skool-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Who remembers the Wombles plastic figures in the 1970&#8217;s?<\/span><br \/>\nThe Wombles were on our sets for the decade and I remember a trip down the post office each week to pick up one of these figures. I think there were seven to collect and they cost just around 5 pence in those days.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_1449\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/plastic-wombles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1449\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1449\" title=\"plastic-wombles\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/plastic-wombles.jpg\" alt=\"Wombles Plastic Figures\" width=\"500\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/plastic-wombles.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/plastic-wombles-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/plastic-wombles-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/plastic-wombles-377x300.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wombles Plastic Figures<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>All of the Wombles plastic figures were around two inches high (that&#8217;s 5 cm). There was Uncle Bulgaria, Madame Cholet, Tobermory, Orinoco, Wellington, Tomsk and Bungo. Made from moulded plastic but each one hand painted.<\/p><div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\nskool\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_hqT_jbi3Wm8\/ShpycmpDqaI\/AAAAAAAADNc\/fmJdfH7dNqs\/s1600-h\/wombles-figures.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339706143935801762\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; cursor: hand; width: 400px; height: 225px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_hqT_jbi3Wm8\/ShpycmpDqaI\/AAAAAAAADNc\/fmJdfH7dNqs\/s400\/wombles-figures.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These are available for collectors on ebay and fetch around \u00a320 if there in good condition. Mine were chipped to smitherines due to the amount of Corgi and Matchbox accidents there had while riding around in my toy cars!<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wombles-plastic-figures\/\"><img width=\"125\" height=\"99\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/plastic-wombles-160x127.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Wombles Plastic Figures\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/plastic-wombles-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/plastic-wombles-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/plastic-wombles-377x300.jpg 377w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/plastic-wombles.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a><p>Who remembers the Wombles plastic figures in the 1970&#8217;s? The Wombles were on our sets for the decade and I remember a trip down the post office each week to pick up one of these figures. I think there were &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wombles-plastic-figures\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[53],"class_list":["post-87","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-toys","tag-53"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wombles Plastic Figures<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Who remembers the Wombles plastic figures in the 1970&#039;s? 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