News, Views Etc . . . Forthcoming Events Saturday 1st June - Friday 7th June 2019

Make America Great Again!

By hiding the PVC-vinyl imports in the small print, well played Hasbro! Still, at least they're not rare-earths! If you want to play hardball with China Donald, you need a level of intellect you don't have!

Old toys . . . you want to know where to find old toys this coming week . . .

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Toy Fairs

Saturday 1st June 2019

Bexhill-on-Sea - SRP Toy Fairs

St. Barnabas Parish Church, Cantelupe Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN40 1JG

Web. - http://srptoyfairs1.co.uk/

eMail - srptoys1@hotmail.co.uk

Mob. - 07739 998 012 (Paula or Gerry)

10:00 - 14:00hrs

Admission charge unknown

Chester - Tony Oaks Toy Fairs

The Cheshire Country Club Sports Club, Plas Newton Lane, Upton, Cheshire, CH2 1PR

Internet presence unknown

Tel. - 01270 652 773

Mob. - 07825 631 323

10:30 - 14:30hrs

Admission £2.00

Free Parking

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Sunday 2nd June 2019

Ashington - David Parsons - Toy & Train Collectors Fair

Ashington Community Centre, Foster Lane, Ashington, West Sussex, RH20 3PG

eMail - modelcarmart@gmail.com

Tel. - 01424 846 676 (Pete)

Mob. - 07742 609 865 (David)

10:00 - 14:00hrs

Adults £1.50, concessions £1

Buxton - Barry Potter / BP Fairs

The Octagon Hall, Pavillion gardens, St. Johns Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6XN

Web. - www.bpfairs.com

Tel. - 01604 846 688

Mob. - 07966 527 177

10:30 - 15:00hrs

Admission £3.50 (early-bird £6, from 08:00hrs), OAP's £3, Children £1

Colchester - SRP Toy Fairs

Langham Community Centre, School Road, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5PA

Web. - http://srptoyfairs1.co.uk/

eMail - srptoys1@hotmail.co.uk

Mob. - 07739 998 012 (Paula or Gerry)

10:00 - 14:00hrs

Admission charge unknown

Falkirk, Scotland - McLaren Models

Tel. - 01324 624 102

(All other details here)

Pudsey, Leeds - Steel Promotions - Leeds (Pudsey) Toy/Train Fair

Pudsey Civic Hall, Dawson's Corner, Stanningley Road, LS28 5TA

Internet presence unknown

Tel. I - 0161 283 1255

Tel. II - 0161 766 2012

10:00 - 15:00hrs

Admission charge unknown

Café, licensed bar

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Auctions

Saturday 1st June 2019

Elstree - Excalibur Auctions (day 2 of a 2-day auction, day 1: yesterday)

The Village Hotel, Elstree, Hertfordshire, WD6 3SB (venue)

Chiltern Business Centre, Woodside Road, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, HP6 6AA (office)

Web. - www.excaliburauctions.com

eMail - enquiries@excaliburauctions.com

02036 330 913

Free Tea or Coffee

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Friday 7th June 2019

Taunton - Greenslade Taylor Hunt (GTH)

The Octogon Saleroom, 113a East Reach, Taunton, Devon, TA1 3HL

Web. - www.gth.net

eMail - antiques.saleroom@gth.net

Tel. - 01823 332 525

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Other Events

Sunday 2nd June 2019

Caterham - Aviation Antiques - RAF Kenley Aerojumble

RAFA Club, Kenley Aerodrome, Victor Beamish Avenue, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 SFX

Web. - aviationantiques.co.uk

eMail - acebellaviation@aol.com

TEL. 07860 762 277 (Alistair White)

9am - Finish

Admision charge unknown

Books, Toys, Models, Aircraft Parts, Uniforms & Militaria, Airfield Tours

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Overseas Events

Ongoing . . . Continuing Until Sunday 2nd June 2019

Stockholm, Sweden - Royal Philatelic Society of London - Stockholmia2019 (stamp fair)

Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre, Stockholm, Sweden

Web. - http://www.stockholmia2019.se/ (show details/publicity/press releases)

Show Hours . . .

Friday 31st May 2019 - 10:00-18:00hrs (today)

Saturday 1st June 2019 - 10:00-17:00hrs

Sunday 2nd June 2019 - 10:00-15:00hrs

Competition and non-competitive exhibition displays. Participation is open to all Fellows and Members of the Royal Philatelic Society London (RPSL)

Web. - http://www.rpsl.org.uk/membership.asp (membership details)

Saturday 1st June 2019

Dallas, Texas - North Dallas Toy Show

Dallas Events Center, 4343 Sigma Rd, Suite 600, Farmers Branch, TX 75244, Texas, USA

Web. - www.northdallastoyshow.wix.com

Facebook - www.facebook.com/northdallastoyshow/

 Tel. - +12 148 937 726

09:00 - 15:00hrs

Admission $2.00

Sunday 2 June 2019

Arnhem, Netherlands - Figz -  'FIGZ' Wargames Show

Dennenweg 106, 6823 MS Arnhem, Netherlands

Web. - http://figz.nl/

eMail - info@figz.nl

10:00-17:00hrs

Admission-free entry

Free parking

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Also / And / And Also!

6th June 1944

It can't have escaped your notice that this Thursday is the 75th Commemoration (a lot of people died) of the Allied air & sea armada and the landings in Normandy (Alliiert Landungsunternehmanoperation von See und Luftlandeangriff aus Normandie abbreviated with National Socialist precision to WTF?) which paved the way for the liberation of Europe from the yolk of fascism, from starvation, from industrial murder . . . and from the Vichy!

I can't possibly find, do justice to, or make space for all of the events which will be going on, both sides of the English Channel and elsewhere in the world, so here are three of the main 'event' links, and I'll leave it to those keen to attend something to take it from here. If there is a little local-thing you know of and think others may be interested-in; feel free to drop something in the comments as you pass or add other useful links.

Independent Over-arching Listing

https://www.dday-overlord.com/en/normandy/commemorations/2019

Britain - UK Government Site

https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/d-day-75

France - Local Authority Site - Normandy

http://en.normandie-tourisme.fr/calendar-of-events/june-603-2.html

Some events will be this weekend, the majority next, with the main services on Thursday/Friday, for which we have to put up with the fat, weird-haired, blow-hard, gobshite one! No, not Boris the other one! No, not Kin Jong Un . . . the corrupt, white, biggly-wiggly burger-stuffing, President one . . . you know; the one in Putin's sexy-pee-pee videos! Hummm, yeahhhh, he's visiting! Great! Greatly-great . . . I said so!

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Toys in the Media

A rather fine dolls house (mansion!) being used to flog some clothes in last Friday's ES Magazine. Presumably it's a modern one as you wouldn't want even a half-starved model draped over an antique! You can see the hinges for the middle section, allowing the whole wall to open.

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Links

Lovin' the 'Army Man' mug-handle!

https://littleragamuffin.co.uk/collections/soldiers

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H is for How They Come In

Apart from the Sandown Park purchases last weekend (17 rack-toys among other things!) was this China-marked Tim-Mee copy, who was found, here, on the floor and probably came with those superheroes/other bits seen in this slot a couple of weeks ago.

This week's 'big score' was two bags of Chinasaurs, among which were what appears to be all or most of contents  of a Safari Mini's 'toob' (the bag to the left) and a trio of AAA/'Triple-A' beasts - the other bag.

Bath-time on Dune;
"Just stand there and let the nice lady wash your barnacles, or I'll blow you away!"

I also got these out of the 50p basket in one of the charity shops, the stable-girl is modern and Chinese, the seal pair are Kinder (I think) and the 'army man' is another Soma. While I'm assuming - from the BBC license - that the other . . . ahem . . . 'item' is a Dr. Who thing? But it'll look good in some future fantasy figure round-up . . . or something! I guess it's scaled for 3 or 4-inch action figures?

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Sorting

Sportsmen . . . and sportswomen! Trying to label-up the figures that have featured in recent editions of Plastic Warrior magazine, but it's not easy, there seem to be a least five lots and the Pepsi-HK set are different sculpts!

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The 'dividers' today are trying to be a row of beach-huts as we are heading into 'Flaming June' with a forecast of colder weather next week, but Saturday is supposed to be a scorcher!

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