My First Series figures are painted much sloppier than others I have seen and the choice of paint colors does not match the original 34 Disneykins from 1961. Whats up with this?
The First Series figures Marx made actually went through a number of incarnations. The original 1961 issue figures were injection molded in the U.S. and shipped to the Far East for the painstaking task of hand-painting (not unlike the McDonald’s toy figures of today hand-painted in China). These figures are marked Hong Kong and are the of the highest quality of color consistency and painting technique among Disneykins. As the 1960s went on, Disneykins continued to be produced, but not only always from the original molds or original specs. Around 1967, the main Disneykin production facilities shifted to Taiwan. At around that time it also seems that both the color palettes and quality control also shifted dramatically — to the sloppier, less-consistent variety I call “Late-60s Disneykins.” These later figures are definitely inferior in both painting and mold detailing, and are considerably less collectible than the 1961 original editions. When identifying Disneykin figures I usually in
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