The earliest known complete deck of cards. The Flemish Hunting Deck has suits made of hunting nooses, dog collars , horns, and other field and chase themes. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flemish_Hunting_Deck
So, along with my iced tea and book, I am eating a Zero candy bar...I think only the second time I have tried one. It's ok, malted milk nugat caramel a hint of almond and peanut... there is something very old fashioned about the flavors. Which is fitting, it rolled out in the 20s, as the double zero bar, marketing it as, literally, a cool treat. Complete wirh polar bears and icicles on the package art. Lighter and not as cloying as snickers, which hit the market almost a decade later, I am glad these artifacts of the jazz age are still around.
The Replicants company produced some neat plastic figures aiming to fill in holes in common collections. They were active in plastic production about the time BMC was in it's heyday. The sculpting is ...not exactly crude, but not elegant either. There are some great pieces though, the era of the English civil war being a specialty of the house...from which comes this brilliant executioner. Anyhow, here is a nice sampling... the blue guy could be Helin, if you added a mace.
