More Duplo

Following the visit last noticed at reference 1, BH had occasion to visit the Barnardo's shop at Horton Retail this morning and noticed a large box of Duplo, stuff which she used to cost at £2 a piece new, and that was some years ago.

Wasn't convenient for her to take it there and then, so I was sent out later in the day, having been warned off cycling there, as I had at first thought. So for £30 I got a large box of mixed Duplo, plus various other stuff, including more fake Duplo, some of which will probably be kept. The lady there judged me quite nicely. Had I looked poorer, I think she would have said £20, as it was, £30 was pitched just right. I would not have paid £40, even though I think there is a good bit more there than £40 worth.

Quite a few new-to-us figures, including some of the Peppa Pigs that our fat leader was banging on about the other day (about which there is an amusing piece in today's FT. See reference 2). Probably fakes, but they sit on the Duplo bricks quite nicely. Quite a few new-to-us vehicles, things like tractors and fire engines, but still plenty of regular bricks, the staple of proper Duplo play.

There were also some electrical fakes, with connections running up through the prongs, which looked as if they could be used to put lighted spires on top of towers. Needless to say, the battery containing power units were made in China. To be investigated.

Most of it is now heading for a pillow slip in the washing machine, after which I shall have a grand sort out, working the new batch into what we have already. Probably already had our £30 worth, never mind the intended targets. And we should not now have any trouble making a tower which reaches the extension ceiling - and stays there.

PS: memory failure again. If anyone had asked when the last Barnardo coup was, I think I would have gone for a much earlier date than the end of October. Probably not August, but quite probably September.

References 

Reference 1: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2021/11/fake-133.html.

Reference 2: Along for the ride at Boris Johnson Land: Welcome to the wildly optimistic world of the British prime minister - Robert Shrimsley, FT - 2021.