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Above we have the other Raintree Clown sample, yet another Hoffman Cheerleader
sample (see miNiZ100 Special Edition) and a sample MBC Stardust Casino (they are
usually purple). Another collector pointed out the difference in size of the two Dunes
bottles to me, so of course I photographed them for MBL. When I got home I noticed that
the larger one says Los Vegas instead of Las Vegas – clearly another sample.

There were many other sample bottles (at least 12 Warner Brothers alone) on Harry’s
stand and many old and rare bottles, most of which sold. I also bought the Captain Cook
toby jug bottle shown below. David Spaid has written an excellent article on these in the
May MMBC Newsletter, so I am not going to duplicate the effort (join the MWMBC for
US$12 if you want to read the article http://www.miniaturebottles.com/index.php )

These toby jug bottles were made by Royal Doulton for Pick-Kwik.
They are 187.50 or 200ml so I would not normally collect them but Captain Cook is such
an important figure to NZ and it does have New Zealand on the handle. I have shown you
one more of these jugs as it is the only double sided one. This one is from the Pickwick
series and shows Sam Weller & Mr. Pickwick. The final picture above shows an MBC
cowboy on a horse. I thought that this was a sample bottle but David Spaid assured me
not, just a small run. David should know as he used to own MBC.

Harry buys cheap and sells cheap (generally) so there were lots of bargains to be had on

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