Workshop

The three main items I was interested in the Polly Pocket set.

Without the packaging.

I have set them up with a little Santa's Workshop theme.

The presents are wooden blocks from Hobby Lobby painted purple, the tree is from one of the Dollar Tree Christmas sets, the hobby horse with the ring on the back is a party favor for a baby shower, the battleship is from Eagle Games from one of their sprues of colonial troops.  The snowman is a pencil eraser from Dollar Tree, the candy canes are from Amazon, the Wooden Solder from Walmart and the signage came with a building from somewhere or other.

It makes a pretty decent Santa's Workshop when collected together.  It needs to look more industrial and that will come later.
 

The Return of Polly Pocket

About 20 years ago when my daughter was little girl I got her Mighty Max and Polly Pocket toys.

It seems that Polly Pocket has returned.

Now the playsets are in the guise of little houses or office buildings.

This one I guess is a toy store.

I think they are intended to fit several together.

And then you have a little shopping district.

At $8 this is likely the only one of the four I have seen that I am likely to buy.

The building is not bad but will probably get some modification before it is fielded.

The figure is about 1/72nd scale but the proportions are way off, however I think it will end up as a participant in the James Bond Jamaican Junkanoo festival.  What I really wanted was the teddy bear and the rocking horse.  They will make good furniture for civilian homes and for Santa's Workshop.