News, Views etc . . . Forthcoming Events Saturday 24th - Friday 30th August 2019

Hard to know who gets the 'Idiot of the Week' award this week, our bloke, their bloke or the other bloke!

Our bloke, a serial liar, has been put royally on-the-spot by Angela Merkel, who gave him 30 days to come-up with a non-hard boarder alternative to the back-stop as he keeps saying it's so easy! Indeed; as he keeps saying it's so easy, he should have the answer for us by Monday . . . no? Well, give him 'till Tuesday, it is a Bank-holiday weekend, after-all!

Meanwhile their bloke - the AWI Airforce and whales-are-a-country bloke - wanted to buy Greenland, like a bottle of Pepsi - off the self. When the prime minister of Denmark told him (politely) not to be so fucking stupid, he threw all his toys out of the pram, cancelled a diplomatic visit and sulked, after a public tantrum! He IS a big baby!

Meanwhile, Bolsanaro decided the best thing to do about global climate change was burn it out with the world's biggest bonfire!

If you want a chance of buying some of those thrown toys you probably need a toy fair . . .

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Toy Fairs

Saturday 24th August 2019

Worcester - Tony Oaks Toy Fairs

Perdiswell Leisure Centre, Bilford Road, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR3 8DX

Internet presence unknown

Tel. - 01270 652 773

Mob. - 07825 631 323

10:30-14:00hrs

Admission £2, free parking

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Sunday 25th August 2019

Orpington - SRP Toyfairs

Crofton Halls, Orpington, Kent, BR6 8PR

Web. - www.srptoyfairs1.co.uk

eMail: srptoys1@hotmail.co.uk

Tel. - 07739 998 012 (Paula or Gerry)

10:00 - 14:00hrs

Admission charge unknown

Cirencester - Retro Ronnie

Bingham Hall, King Street, Cirencester, Glousecstershire, GL7 1JT

Web - www.retroronnie.com

Mob. I - 07708 385 061

Mob. II - 07900 266 427

10:00-hrs 'till finish

Admission unknown, early bird (from 08:00hrs)

Refreshments

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[Bank Holiday] Monday 26th August 2019

Bridnorth - Toy & Train Collectors Fairs (Tony Oakes)

Bridgnorth Leisure Centre, High Town, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 4ER

Tel. - 01270 652 773

Mob. - 07825 631 323

10:30-15:00hrs

Admission £2.00, accompanied children under-16 free.

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Tuesday 27th August 2019

Garstang - Janet Pearson - Garstang Evening Fair

Kirkland & Catterall Memorial Hall, The Avenue, Churchtown, Garstang, Lancashire, PR3 0HR

Web-presence unknown

01282 439 009

18:00-Finnish

Admission fee unknown

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Auctions

Wednesday 28th August 2019

Newbury - Special Auction Services (SAS)

81 Greenham Business Park, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG19 6HW

Web - www.specialauctionservices.com

eMail - mail@specialauctionservices.com

Tel. - 01635 580595

Fax. - 0871 714 6905

'Toys for the Collector'

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Other Events

Continuing 'till Sunday 15th September 2019

London (West) - RAF Colindale - Summer of Spitfire

Royal Air Force Museum London, RAF Colindale, Colindale, London

Web. - rafmuseum.org/london

Seem to have missed this one; it's been running since 1st July!

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Finishing Monday 26th August 2019

Previously advertised here at Small Scale World, the Manga show at the British Museum ends Monday

London (Central) - British Museum - Manga at the BM

British Museum, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG

Web. - www.britishmuseum.org

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From Yesterday - Sunday 1st September 2019

Ironbridge - Coalbrookdale Gallery - Comics; Explore & Create Comic Art

Coalbrookdale Gallery, Ironbridge Gorge, ironbridge, Shropshire

Web. - ironbridge.org.uk

Denis the Menace, Desperate Dan &etc.

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Friday 23 (today) - Monday 26th August 2019

Birmingham - Insomnia65 - Gaming Festival

National Exhibition center (NEC), Birmingham, West Midlands

Web. - insomniagamingfestival.com

Board Games

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Friday 23rd (today) - Saurday 31st August 2019

London (Southbank) - Underbelly - Twirlywoos Live

Underbelly Festival, Southbank, London

Web. - underbelly.co.uk

One for the younger kids, but it is toy-related!

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Saturday 24th August 2019

Henstridge - Wings and Wheels - Wings & Wheels Henstridge

Henstridge Airfield, Henstridge, Somerset

Web. - www.wingsandwheelshenstridge.com

Fly-in and vintage vehicle rally

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Saturday 24th - Sunday 25th August 2019

Rhyl - County Council - Rhyl Airshow

East Parade, Rhyl, Denbighshire, Wales

Web. - www.denbighshire.gov.uk

Airshow with family entertainment on the ground

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Saturday 24th-Monday 26th August 2019

Morpeth - English Heritage - Knights' Tournament

Belsay Castle & Gardens

Web. - www.elglish-heritage.org.uk

Re-enactment, tourney, armourers, outfitters and stalls etc...

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Sunday 25th August 2019

Little Grandsden - Little Grandsden Airfield - Air & Car Show

Little Grandsden Airfield, Little Grandsden, Cambridgeshire

Web. - www.littlegrandsdenairshow.co.uk

Ground vehicle show "...from steam engines to supercars"

Newmarket - Local Authority - Newmarket Soapbox Derby

Town Centre, newmarket, Suffolk

Web. - newmarketsoapboxderby.org.uk

Powerless/gravity-powered (no pedals) vehicle race!

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Sunday 25th - Monday 26th August 2019

Old Sarum - English Heritage - Legendary Joust

Old Sarum, Castle Raod, Salisbury, Wiltshire

Web. www.english-heritage.org.uk

As Morpeth (above)

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Overseas Events

Friday 23rd (today) - Sunday 25th August 2019

Wildwood (USA) - RK Sports Promotions - Sports Card, Toy, Comic & Collectibles Show

Wildwoods Convention Center, 4501 Boardwalk, 08260 Wildwood, New Jersey, USA

Web. - https://www.rksportspromotions.com

Tel. - ++7324 229 365

15:00-21:00hrs (Friday)

10:00-21:00hrs (Saturday)

10:00-17:00hrs (Sunday)

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Saturday 24th August 2019

Hauten (Netherlands) - R. Hobma - Train Show

Euretco, Hauten, Netherlands

Tel. - ++0481 353 288

Model Trains & Railways

Landquard GR (Switzerland) - Spielwarenmedia - Toy Fair

Forum in Reid, Landquard GR, Switzerland

Tel. - ++0525 490 687

General Toys

Pinellas Park (USA) - Regal Railways - Railroad Show/Exhibition

Lopez Incorporated Hall, 7177 58th Street North, Pinellas Park, FL 33781, Florida, USA

Web. - www.regalrailways.com

09:00-14:00hrs

Adults $5.00 children under 12 free ('Early Bird' $7.00 with reservation 8am to 9am)

Lunch available

Trade stands and exhibition layouts

Schertz (USA) - D. Meridith - 11th Annual Summer Hill Country Doll Show & Sale

Schertz Civic Center, 1400 Schertz Parkway, Schertz, San Antonio, Texas, USA

Web. - www.dolldr.com

eMail - dmeredith@dolldr.com

Tel. - ++8306 065 868

09:00-16:00hrs

Adults $6.00 and children $2.00

Free parking, hourly door prizes. 

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Saturday 24th-Sunday 25th August 2019

Brugge (Belgium) - A. van Cauleren - Teddy Bear Show

Hallen-Belfort, Brugge, Belgium

Tel. - ++037 774 453

Bears & Soft Toys

Mons (Belgium) - Pierre Urbain - Toy fair

Lotto Mons Expo, Mons, Belgium

Tel. - ++065 405 170

Models, die-cast and railways

Oaks (USA) - Greenburg Shows - Greenberg’s Great Train & Toy Show

Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, 100 Station Avenue, Oaks, PA 19456, Philadelphia, USA

Web. 1 - http://greenbergshows.com/ (promoter)

Web. 2 - http://www.trainshow.com/oaks (show)

10:00-16:00hrs

Admission $10.00 Saturday/both days, $9.00 Sunday only, children 11 and under free

Free parking

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Sunday 25th August 2019

Kansass City (USA) - Mid-America Train & Toy Show

KCI Expo Center, 11728 Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, Missouri, 64153, USA

Web. - https://www.midamericatrainandtoyshow.com/

09:00-14:00hrs

Admission $5.00 (7am 'Early Bird' available, charge unknown), children 12 and under free

Mulhouse 68 (France) - Entente Mulhousienne - Toy Fair

Gymnase Universitaire, Mulhouse, France

Tel. - ++0686 429 181

General Toys

Note: There is some information on-line about a Doll Fair in Brisbane, Australia on Saturday 24th, but as far as I can see that was held (or last held) in 2011, so I suspect the aggregator sites' data-mining bots are picking it up and listing it as current due to similar details?

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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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Links

Interesting news of a Japanese toyexhibition

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Received With Thanks

Barney Brown of Herald Toys & Models sent me this shot the other day and I forgot to Blog it at the time . . . other things on my mind! Anyway, here it is now and it shows two more of the - now known to be - Lone Star die-cast vehicle figures; both in the red plastic!

Last Saturday there was a tub of bits including Brent 'combat infantry' in two sizes from Adrian Little, and possibly the missing figure from the Tiny Trojan rail-staff set, but I haven't been able to check that one yet, along with the sweetest 30mm, blow-mould, celluloid, novelty, deep-sea diver you ever saw!

Peter Evans found me a bag of bits (see below), took me to the Toy Project's shop in North London and supplied a new maker's catalogue for the archive which will also be the genesis of its A-Z entry when I finally pull my finger out on that one!

Mike Hyde very kindly allowed me to see his collection of ecclesiastical figures (including all the metal and 'other material' ones not seen in Plastic Warrior), at short notice and it was truly a joy to behold.

Speaking of Plastic Warrior magazine - Paul Morehead provided a copy of the Solido Belge 'Special' by Daniel Lepers, so a review on that is now forthcoming.

And - both Chris Smith and Dougal Hare also sent images and/or information!

Many thanks to all-seven for stuff, kindness, coffee, info and/or imagery!

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Toys in the Media

Fridge-magnet letters being used to pass-on scare stories about data-protection in the modern workplace!

LSEC use Star Wars Imperial Stormtroopers which appear to be compatible with Hestair Kiddiecraft's building bricks! I'm not sure any of the leading brands, you know; Megabloks, people like that, do a rubber duckie?

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Other News

Blog

As hinted at above, I had a day in London on Wednesday catching up with people and Thursday's posts (and this morning's!) just didn't happen, equally I'm not sure what I may manage to pull out of the hat for the weekend - if anything at all - as I've exhausted the stock of articles I built-up in the late spring/early summer, so we'll be back to a more normal service of stop-start . . . a bit like the railways!

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Train Vandals

I'm pleased to see the parents of the little scrotey-wankers who smashed-up the Market Deepning Model Railway Club exhibition a few weeks ago (May) have been fined five-hundred nick'er by the Judge, the money to go to the railway club.

Now I realise it in no way accounts for the damage done (£30,000), but one hopes it is enough to teach a lesson - even to (and I'm not saying they are) criminal scrotes, who definitely do have criminal scrote kids! And - I suspect - it is the value of the excess-charge for whatever insurance the club or school (venue) had, leaving the insurance to pay-out for the more substantial amounts involved?

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H is for How They Come In

Of course in was Sandown Park last Saturday, so plunder was purloined, but I was quite restrained (only because the rack-toy chap didn't turn-up!), however there is enough for a general post and a few subject-specific ones, so they are already heading for those bits of the queue. I also realised I haven't Blogged a Sandown for a year, although I think I've only got images for three of them, but I'm minded to do a Sandown 'day' at some point!

I couldn't resist this bug-eyed alien chap for a quid on Tuesday; as I was struggling to find anything for today's post, little did I know how the back end of the week would pan-out! He's actually a bubble-bottle, with a blower-ring attached to the pull-off lid, then equipped with a neck-cord; no branding.

Then Peter took me to the Toy Project and I left with this bag of plunder, gun and Dalek! There is a Blog-post - or two - in the offing on the Charity, but suffice to say, if you went there with a hundred pounds you'd be able to spend it! There's no point trying to describe it as I'm going to show it to you soon, but it's no exaggeration to say wall-to-wall figures!

Highlights include a wooden soldier in the style of a nut-cracker but with no obvious tree-hanging point, so probably from a wooden fort set, a large Papo medieval court lady, a rat pencil-top, a near 25mm Disney princess, a Morrison Entertainment Group Horse (from someone's pocket!) and - also from MEG - a painted Harpie, which I think must be 3rd/last (?) series Monsters in my Pocket, and the harder to find of these?

Peter also sorted me out this little lot, the same day (and a Pirate, but he can wait, ITLAPD is not far off now!). Can you believe - another Beefeater! This one made in Spain and of terracotta, with three of his stable-mates,, two small Phidal's (from the earlier sets I think), a nice rubber Toy Story GI marked Mattel, a Blue Box cowboy (farmer sans dog), unmarked generic version of the ABC solid-copy of Britains knight Swoppet, four resin medievals from two makers, a Supreme snake, Garrison Roman, Jecsan (or is it Jescan? Doh!) Napoleonic (Gormasa/Puchol re-issue), US (via mexico) pig, Tobar Gnome, Corgi car salesman, cake-decoration footballer and a flocked furry-dog - on a scooter . . . and why not!

Also on Wednesday I picked up four 'sample' capsule toys in a cheapie-shop, but I've thrown their images in the folder for the next capsule-toy round-up.

Then I picked this lot up today (Thursday) along with a nice postcard for 10p of Stonehenge at sunrise which I'll try to use as a backdrop for Ancient Britons on the Airfix page! The bag has an odd mix of marsupials and dinosaurs with a very-small 'space marine-cat/pig-warrior' and a pirate (which I've hidden, for later!). The dinosaurs include Papo (3) and Schleich (2) 'mini's, some Chiansaur generics (5, unmarked) an erasersaur (another!) and a hard-plastic skeleton.

The marsupials are 2 Science & Nature, 1 Zowie , 4 'China' generics (plus pelican) and a Schleich (white rat/mouse) . There is a Zowie post (or series) in the queue and this will go into that 'zone of operations'

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