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A trip to Crawfordsville, Indiana, included a run to Goodwill to get rid of a lot of clutter. But you can't, morally, just drop things off - you have to go in, too. Found a pile of mini putz houses. I have to assume that they're post-mini-lights, because of the very tiny holes in the back. The set that was most unusual had little hooks for hanging from a Christmas tree. My guess is that someone had all three sets in a tree. They are TINY!


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The set that was most interesting to me is the set in the foreground. How often do you see a castle and a stockade in the same set? The castle was obviously missing at least one spire, and the paper "windows" were punched in a couple places, but other than that, it is in fairly good condition.

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Sides and backs:

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Bottoms. Only one mark, a "1" on the bottom of the castle.

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Tried to take a photo of them backlit from the window so you could see how the light comes through the paper windows. Failed. But the photos are still interesting.

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On the last photo, the bottlebrush to the left has got some fake snow fabric tangled up in it. The house on the right has a bottlebrush glued sideways to represent a hedge. The shiny stuff is mica. The standing trees seem to be glued into little translucent bases of some kind, but they're so tiny I can't really be sure they're not molded onto the things.


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The smaller "ornament houses" with the little castle are part of a ten piece set. These sets can be from either Italy or Japan. The original sets had a light string in it made in their respective countries and indeed they were miniature strings.


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Thanks, Tom. Do you have the original set or know anyone who does?


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Paul, There's an Italian set out on eBay right now. Here's the eBay item number:

161577337900


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Here's another Italian set on eBay. eBay item number:

291366245375


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