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I’m a 60-year-old Aspergic gardening CAD-Monkey. Sardonic, cynical and with the political leanings of a social reformer, I’m also a toy and model figure collector, particularly interested in the history of plastics and plastic toys. Other interests are history, current affairs, modern art, and architecture, gardening and natural history. I love plain chocolate, fireworks and trees, but I don’t hug them, I do hug kittens. I hate ignorance, when it can be avoided, so I hate the 'educational' establishment and pity the millions they’ve failed with teaching-to-test and rote 'learning' and I hate the short-sighted stupidity of the entire ruling/industrial elite, with their planet destroying fascism and added “buy-one-get-one-free”. Likewise, I also have no time for fools and little time for the false crap we're all supposed to pretend we haven't noticed, or the games we're supposed to play. I will 'bite the hand that feeds', to remind it why it feeds.

Friday, July 12, 2019

News, Views Etc . . . Forthcoming Events; Saturday 13th - Friday 19th July 2019

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/lieutenant-colonel-peter-walter-obituary-cs3mc2n53

You have to subscribe to read the whole thing, so I bought a paper copy, he would have approved - the Internet was a dark-art! I'll do something on the first anniversary maybe, when I've better got my head round it all.

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The one thing we are all promised at the moment of our conception, the only thing . . . is a last breath, and the sooner the two orange loon-clowns of Anglo-Saxon 'civilization' breathe theirs; the better for the whole bloody planet!

Every time you think our long political/cultural suicide can't get any worse, you get something like the last five days, and sure enough, by Thursday the entire (Tory) media had decided that the problem really was actually anti-Semitism in the Labour party and not the appallingly childish and dangerous behavior of Trump or Johnson, the leak, the failures in our security behind the leak, the identity or motives of the leaker, nor - even - the [private] opinion of our Ambassador; which only confirms what every-other columnist has already pointed-out, even most of the WASP ones - that the Whitehouse is an internecine kindergarten in meltdown!

Donald says Boris is great! They're biggly-besties! But how long do you think it would take the transatlantic bottom-burp to start slagging-off our own orange-loon, on twitsphear, once 'Bo-Jo's in power? After all; he's no Putin or Kim, he's no Erdogan or Netanyahu . . . or - at least - we hope he doesn't prove to be . . . he's just a pretentious, privileged, needy product of Eaton (and not the first) with the commensurate sense of entitlement, he IS the swamp!

Meanwhile we are all supposed to just carry on as if it's all perfectly normal?

Carry-on buying old toys; there lays a small-sanity . . . getting a bit quieter here for the summer, but apparently picking-up in the antipodes (two this week!), where it's a non-Christmas 'winter season'!

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The same comments apply as last week vis-à-vis local stuff and air-shows, I'm listing one this weekend (RNAS Yeovilton) but there must be others.

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Toy Fairs

Saturday 13th July 2019

Hawkinge - SRP Toy Fairs
Hawkinge Community Centre, Heron Forstal Avenue, Hawkinge, Kent, CT18 7FT
Mob. - 07739 998 012 (Paula or Gerry)
10:00 - 14:00hrs
Admission charge unknown

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Sunday 14th July 2019

Colchester - SRP Toy Fairs
Langham Community Centre, School Road, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5PA
Mob. - 07739 998 012 (Paula or Gerry)
10:00 - 14:00hrs
Admission charge unknown

Coventry - Barry Potter / BP Fairs
The Connexion, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Coventry, CV8 3FL
Tel. - 01604 846 688
Mob. - 07966 527 177
10:30 - 15:00hrs
Admission £3, seniors £2.50p, children £1, early bird (from 08:00hrs) £6
Free parking

Bowburn - Frank Phillips - Bowburn Toy Fair
Bowburn Community Centre, Bowburn, County Durham, DH6 5AT
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/events/bowburn-community-centre/bowburn-toy-fair/440630169857732/
Tel - 01913 770 571 (venue)
10:00-14:30hrs
Admission unknown

Eastbourne - Robert Horscraft - Eastbourne Toy & Model Collectors Fair
East Dean Village Hall, East Dean, East Sussex, BN20 0DR
Internet presence unknown
Tel. I - 01323 899 879
Tel. II - 01424 846 676
Hours unknown
Admission £1.50, under-12's free
Free Parking, refreshments

Lincoln - J&J Fairs (John & Julie Webb)
The Exhibition Centre, Lincolnshire Showground, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 2NA
Tel. - 01522 880 383
10:00 - 14:30hrs Approximately
Admission £2.50p, seniors £2, 1st child £1.50p

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Tuesday 16th July 2019

Wootton Basset - Steven Clements Fairs - Wootton Basset Evening Fair
Memorial Hall, Station Road, Wootton Basset, Wiltshire, SN4 7EN
Tel. - 01380 725 322
Mob. - 07958 101 891
18:30 - 20:30hrs
Free parking, café

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Wednesday 17th July 2019

Burton-on-Trent - Townsend Toy & Train Fairs (Malcolm Townsend) - Evening Fair
The Town Hall, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 2EB
Mob. - 07951 072 790
18:00 - 20:30hrs
Admission unknown, accompanied under-16's free

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Thursday 18th July 2019

Theydon Bois - Joe Lock Fairs (evening fair)
Village Hall, Coppice Row, Theydon Bois, Essex, CM16 7ER
Internet presence unknown
Mob. - 07866 641 215
19:00-21:00hrs
Admission £1

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Auctions

Tuesday 16th July 2019

Newbury - Special Auction Services (SAS)
81 Greenham Business Park, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG19 6HW
Tel. - 01635 580595
Fax. - 0871 714 6905

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Wednesday 17th July 201

Warwick - Warwick & Warwick
Charlton House, Scar Bank, Millers Road, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34 5DB
(Auctions held in Court House)
Tel. - 01926 499 031
Facsimile - 01926 491 906
Catalogue on-line, printed version available on request
Trains, die cast, model soldiers and other toys

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Friday 19th July 2019

Stockton-on-Tees - Vectis Auctions
Fleck Way, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9JZ
Tel. - 01642 750 616
Trains/model railways

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Other Events

From Now Until the 4th of August

Various 'Selected' Sites - English Heritage - Horrible Histories Rotten Romans
Tie in with the new HH film, expect re-enactors (Ermine Street Guard?), shenaigans and sillyness for younger memebers of the family

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Saturday 13th July 2019

Yeovil - RN - Airshow 'Yeovilton International Air Day'
RNAS Yeovilton & Museum, Yeovil, Somerset
I've been to this one in the past (used to be caller the 'Open Day') and it's one of the better ones, a status which will only have increased as it's surrounded by countryside and will be able to mount the sort of display venues like Farnborough no longer can

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Saturday 13th-Sunday 14th July 2019

Sutton Hoo - National Trust - 'Sae Wylfings' Anglo-Saxon Re-enactment
Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Event is free, but normal admission charges apply for the venue

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Overseas Events

Friday (today) 12th-Sunday 14th July 2019

Sydney (Australia) - O2C Solutions - LFG (Looking For Gamers) Sydney
The Grand Ballroom, Bankstown Sports Club, 8 Greenfield Parade, Bankstown NSW 2200, New South Wales, Australia
Friday 12th July - 15:00-00:00hrs (midnight, bonus day for weekend pass and Protospiel ticket holders only)
Satday 13th July - 10:00-00:00hrs (midnight)
Sunday 14th July - 10:00-22:00hrs
Admission/ticketing is complicated - check website
This is a table-top/RPG/board-gaming event

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Saturday 13th July 2019

2019 Show Dates; American Toy Show; Announcements; Australian Toy Show; Bradley ACAV; Bradley AFV; Bradley MICV; Canadian Toy Show; Chap Mai; Chap Mai Plastic Toy; Colin Douglas; Collectible Toy Expo; Collectible Toy Expo 2019; Event Dates; Event Times; Event Timings; M1 Abrahams; M1 Abrams; M1 Bradley; M2 Bradley; Mississauga Canada; News; News Views Etc; News Views Etc...; Newspaper Clipping; Nexus Toy Fair; Ontario CC; Perth Toy Fair; Show Dates; Show Promoter; Show Times; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Thor; Toy Fairs; Zuru Capsule Toy; Zuru Thor;
Perth (Australia) - Mike Kouwen - Nexus Toy Fair
Park recreation Centre, 34 Kent Street, East Victoria Park, Perth, Western Australia, 6101
Tel. - ++93 844 981
09:00-12:00hrs (noon/midday)
Admission $2.00AUS, children under-8 free
Note: short hours/opening times

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Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th July 2019

Mount Waverley (Australia) - Victorian Association of Miniature Enthusiasts (VAME) - Melbourne Miniatures & Dollhouse Fair 'Our World in Miniature'
Mount Waverley Community Centre, 45 Miller Street, Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia (venue)
VAME, 225 Beveridge Road, Beveridge, VIC 3753, Victoria, Australia (organisers)
10:00-16:00hrs ('till 15:00hrs on Sunday 14th)
Admission unknown
Raffle supporting Mirabel Foundation, catering provided by the North Balwyn Rotary Club

Spirit Lake (America) - Dean & Carol Riessen  - Great Lakes Toy Show
Dickinson County Expo Center, 1600 15th Street, Spirit Lake, IA 51360, Iowa, USA
Internet presence unknown
Tel. - ++7122 625 503
09:00-16:00hrs (13th) 09:00-15:00hrs (14th; both provisional)
Admission $3.00US, under-11's free

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Sunday 14th July 2019

2019 Show Dates; American Toy Show; Announcements; Australian Toy Show; Bradley ACAV; Bradley AFV; Bradley MICV; Canadian Toy Show; Chap Mai; Chap Mai Plastic Toy; Colin Douglas; Collectible Toy Expo; Collectible Toy Expo 2019; Event Dates; Event Times; Event Timings; M1 Abrahams; M1 Abrams; M1 Bradley; M2 Bradley; Mississauga Canada; News; News Views Etc; News Views Etc...; Newspaper Clipping; Nexus Toy Fair; Ontario CC; Perth Toy Fair; Show Dates; Show Promoter; Show Times; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Thor; Toy Fairs; Zuru Capsule Toy; Zuru Thor;
Mississauga (Canada) - Ontario CC (Colin Douglas) - Collectible Toy Expo 2019
Britannia Room, (lower level), Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale Hotel, 6750 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
eMail 1 - colin@ontariocollectorscon.com (promoter)
eMail 2 - info@ontariocollectorscon.com (general enquiries)
Hours unknown
Admission free

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Links


I got excited-enough when I first saw these to sit-up and pay attention, then saw the jointed arms and realised they are probably 'action-figure' types in a largish size, and beyond the scope of my collection, but they may appeal to some of you.

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If you are an event promoter/show curator/auctioneer and you want your toy, model, collectable or popular-/youth-culture type sale/exhibition/event listed here -  FOR FREE  - or linked to; please eMail me -

maverickatlarge[at]hotmail[dot]com

- stating the date/s of the event, address of event, contact details, opening/viewing times, admission pricing and any other relevant facts/details or features - parking, travel notes, disability access, availability of refreshments, event subject matter &etc.

And please mention any flyer-art or poster-/leaflet-scans but send by separate eMail, in case they go to the 'junk' folder, from where they can be recovered and marked safe, but only if I know they're there!

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H is for How They Come In

2019 Show Dates; American Toy Show; Announcements; Australian Toy Show; Bradley ACAV; Bradley AFV; Bradley MICV; Canadian Toy Show; Chap Mai; Chap Mai Plastic Toy; Colin Douglas; Collectible Toy Expo; Collectible Toy Expo 2019; Event Dates; Event Times; Event Timings; M1 Abrahams; M1 Abrams; M1 Bradley; M2 Bradley; Mississauga Canada; News; News Views Etc; News Views Etc...; Newspaper Clipping; Nexus Toy Fair; Ontario CC; Perth Toy Fair; Show Dates; Show Promoter; Show Times; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Thor; Toy Fairs; Zuru Capsule Toy; Zuru Thor;

Very little this week but I've been almost abroad, indeed; technically, and due to fog off Cap de l'Hargue I've been to two 'sovereign nations' this week, if not actually countries!

Still managed to pick-up a couple more Chap Mai's; first M1 Abrams and a second M1/M2 MICV/ACAV-hybrid (with tank gun!), along with a Zuru-marked Thor - losing his temper - which is a smaller scale than the current'ish capsule-toy set we've seen here at SSW before, so maybe an earlier iteration, or the very-latest set?

Now that I have three AFV's from Chap Mai (I'm not looking for the larger Hercules/Atlas, Chinook or aircraft carrier play set/toys they accompany), I can also report that the scale differs quite a bit with the Land-Rover around 1:60th, the 'Bradley' coming-in at 1:78/80th or thereabouts and the M1 tank probably closer to 1:100th. I think there's still a Hummer to track-down).

Also, by the time you read this I should have another bag of those Gogo Crazy Bones, but they will probably be pushed straight-through to post/queue over the weekend?

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Other News

2019 Show Dates; American Toy Show; Announcements; Australian Toy Show; Bradley ACAV; Bradley AFV; Bradley MICV; Canadian Toy Show; Chap Mai; Chap Mai Plastic Toy; Colin Douglas; Collectible Toy Expo; Collectible Toy Expo 2019; Event Dates; Event Times; Event Timings; M1 Abrahams; M1 Abrams; M1 Bradley; M2 Bradley; Mississauga Canada; News; News Views Etc; News Views Etc...; Newspaper Clipping; Nexus Toy Fair; Ontario CC; Perth Toy Fair; Show Dates; Show Promoter; Show Times; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Thor; Toy Fairs; Zuru Capsule Toy; Zuru Thor;
Saved!
Shot this a few hours ago, it had actually got stuck in the roof of the summer-room (posh name for a Meccano-framed plastic-paneled self-build) and was in danger of cooking itself, I managed to get it out with a long pice of flexible tubing, but it then decided I must be its own personal Deus Mirabilis and wouldn't get off my arm, eventually though, I coxed it into the bull-rush! I have a whole bunch of shots from Alderney which I'll try to remember to do as a separate post.

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I hope you got it this week, I thought it was a cut above the usual repeat symmetries; the heavens, from the left - The Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth (w.Moon), Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and little Charon, but I think I can do better with more time, so I'll have another go sometime!

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