Not sure if this is anyone else's jam, but I was in France recently and picked some of these up. I'd never seen a relief figure before but i love the concept. Figures have weight to them, they are supposedly hand-painted metal, but made in China.
I picked them up in a store that had all kinds of little metal toys. (Would have loved the Asterix ones but hella expensive) Can anyone verify if this is a common toy style in places like France, Belgium, Switzerland etc.? (Seeing these made me think of a certain scene in Amelie where the old man discovers his box of keepsakes from childhood. The box had these little metal cyclists in it, which were also in this store.)
It helps that I loved Tintin as a kid, but seeing these makes me wish for some kaiju in this style. There's just something cool about seeing them standing in a bunch. I guess it's just a nice change to seeing something so thin , light and heavy versus all my chunky vinyl : )
The packaging is also pretty cool.
These are dated between 2010-2011 and are made in China. I'm guessing mass produced but information on these seems hard to come by. I've noticed two distinct packaging versions and sets (one colour, one black and white)
Apologies for the shitty phone pics, but my camera is stuck back in France right now.
FRONT
SIDE (so damn thin)
BACK
BOX
Not into decorating my place with Tintin, but another character/illustrator/kaiju, sure. How much were they?
