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CRESCENT

Crescent made many fine plastic toy soldiers. In addition to their own line they also provided many of the figures for the Kelloggs cereal company to be used as give away premiums.

- NONE - Crescent Toys Plastic Figures; Check list and identification guide by Plastic Warrior. If you like Crescent plastic figures you need this guide.

Examples of Crescent Mounted Figures

Examples of Crescent Romans

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Crescent 60mm ACW Figures

Crescent 60mm U.S. Cavalry Figures

C11----------C12----------C13----------C14----------C15----------C16

Crescent 60mm Cowboys

Crescent also made one other 60mm Cowboy. Marked C42 under the base there do not seem to be any others in this series. It could be that one cavity of the original mold was damaged and this figure was used as a replacement.

6.00 C42 Cowboy.

C24---------C25---------C26-----------------C27---------C28---------C29

Crescent 60mm Mexican Cowboys

Photo of Indian with lance and shield courtesy of Les Gardner.

Crescent 54mm Indians

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Crescent 54mm Cowboys

Originals seem to be made in red and shades of blue while the ones made for Kelloggs (and marked as such) seem to be a pale yellow. Paint may be factory or collector applied.

NONE T24 Dual Cactus, green.

Arabs

60mm WWII and Modern Military Figures

Examples of WWII Russians

Ref K17 - 8th Army kneeling w/ radio.

Crescent 60mm British Paratroopers

Sometimes these figures do not have their P # under the base. Paint is probably worn or missing all together.

Crescent 60mm Armymen

Small bunker front sold in window box sets, closer to HO scale than 60mm.

54mm WWII and Modern Military Figures

54mm Crescent WWII British Infantry

This group was widely copied in "HO" scale in Hong Kong in the 1960s.

Scots Guard standing shooting rifle, 54mm.

2154 Saladin Armoured Patrol. Metal set with the original box as seen. The Saladin is in good shape with some wear around the pull back. The Ammo trailer's "eye hook" is broken off and gone, the 25lb gun's "detachable traverse Platform has been detached and is missing.

This figure was made by Tom Smith under a license from the Crescent Toy Co in England. It represents one of the TV show "Thunderbirds" characters and was given away free in Kelloggs Sugar Smacks as a premium. It also may have been given away in Cristmas Crackers packages. Under the base is marked - C 1966 A.P.F. (over) TOM SMITH (over) & Co Ltd (over) Made In England.

NO THUNDERBIRDS IN STOCK

KELLOGGS

English cereal premuims. Most were made either from Crescent molds or sculpted from the Crescent master figures. I find some with paint like most English made figures from this era, but it is possible they were not factory painted as they were included with a food product. Those that are painted suffer from the same paint loss like other figures from the 50-60s. Under each base is 'KELLOGGS THE GREATEST NAME IN CEREALS".

Examples of Kelloggs Knights

Examples of Kelloggs Indians

Examples of Kelloggs Cowboys

Circus Ring master, red.

Queen Amidala, Star Wars.