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Bear with me, Crivs, it'll soon be over. Although my two Bagatelles came from different eBay sellers, they were bought and arrived on the same day. (No, they didn't arrive on the day I bought them - both were purchased on the 12th and arrived on the 18th.) Fireball XL5 came with its box but no stand, and The Daleks had its stand but no box. Unfortunately, the stand had been broken in two and glued together at some point, but wasn't in one piece when it reached me.
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| The two pieces restored to one via superglue |
The stand had holes for fingers so that the Bagatelle could be held in place when played with, but I suspect the holes compromised the stand's 'structural integrity' which is likely why it broke. That'll perhaps be why the stands are usually missing from these Bagatelles, they were probably broken then thrown away, and I suspect that most kids then played with these toys on their laps, not upright on a table. This Kid is a different bag of spiders though.
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| Not too shabby, eh? And yes, they are removeable |
I made two new stands, but didn't bother with holes for fingers as they're just as easy to grip by the sides to prevent the Bagatelles moving while in use. That's not why I made them though, I did so merely because it enables me to better display the items in my room. I've enclosed a photo of the repaired original stand (which still needs cleaned up a bit) as well as my replacements, which were made from a stiff cutting mat, then sprayed silver to enhance their appearance.
So what do you think, Crivvies - didn't I do well?
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Surprisingly, although both original stands would've been the same size and shape, they couldn't have been interchangeable, due to the guides they slide into being ever-so-slightly different on each Bagatelle. There are little 'bumps' which the stands clip onto (see indentations on original), and they're not quite in the same place from one to the other, something I had to take into consideration when making the replacements.
Oh, the 'silence' is deafening so I'll start things off. Gordie, you are without doubt a creative genius and living leg-end - oops, I mean legend. Your doppelganger on Earth 312b.
ReplyDeleteCrivens readers have clearly been stunned into silence by the magnificence of those stands!
ReplyDeleteWell, it's either that or my magnificent good looks, CJ. It's hard to tell.
ReplyDeleteThese are magnificent. I had a bagatelle in the early 70s. I was struggling to remember the subject but it just came to me. It was Rupert the Bear. I loved the TV series. Raggity was my favourite.
ReplyDeleteI had the two in the post (at different times, I think) when I was a kid, M, but I might've had others I've forgotten about.
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