Topic: Blue balloon man.

[brucebanner]

Hello all. Hope all are well. Can anyone help with this one please. Its driving me nuts. 9 inches tall and signed to the back legs. The body is hollow. Regards Chris.

[Anne]

It and the signature has me baffled, Chris. I've never seen the like before.

[NevB]

In the back of my mind I seem to remember a similar cartoon character, but I can't place it. I think European, perhaps French or Scandinavian.

[chopin-liszt]

  I've just encountered this web page. But the signature mark looks nothing like Karlin Rushbrooke's.
http://www.karlinrushbrooke.co.uk/figures.htm

[kerstinfroberg]

I think I might know the model: a famous master glassblower at Kosta, called Hjalmar.

(joking, of course, but there *is* a certain likeness...)

[chopin-liszt]

  He reminds me of The Snowman. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yZOab5gl-4

[flying free]

is it light or very heavy for size?

[flying free]

I don't think it's Karlin Rushbrooke although his signature is hard to read.

It's not Adam Aaronson is it?

I couldn't find much figure wise but I did find this sheep:
https://francis-iles.com/adam-aaronson/sheep

[AdrianW]

In the back of my mind I seem to remember a similar cartoon character, but I can't place it. I think European, perhaps French or Scandinavian.

Yes, I have a similar feeling too, Nev. If so, I think it'll be from a 1970s/1980s cartoon?

[NevB]

That's about right Adrian, I think it was a slightly bizarre one.