News, Views Etc . . . Forthcoming Events - Friday 7th - Saturday 13th September 2019

It's gone waaaaay beyond parody hasn't it! Several parallel-universes beyond! Boris rants that Corbyn is the first leader of an Opposition to turn down a General Election; oblivious to the fact he's the first Prime Minister in history to lose his first three votes and not resign!

he's (in order) lost the trust of Parliament, The Scots, his majority, control over Brwreakshit, the sympathy of the Lords, 24, 25, 26 MP's and his brother, while the awful; tediously awful Reese Mogg has given the Election it's poster, lounging on the front bench like a Parisian whore posing for Lautrec! Or a Berlin whore posing for Schiler . . . ooooh-no, that though put's your teeth on edge!

You can't make this shit up and the rest of the world is wondering what the hell happened to the Bri . . . English! The idea we can start trade talks with the likes of Nigeria or Pakistan, Canada or Argentina with any degree of confidence now, should be swiftly forgotten, we have shown the world we are a spent force. With our 18 or 19 little boats letting the Iranians take our tankers!

And remember, even if Boris were to go - I mean GO - today or tomorrow, he'll still get a half-pension for life - courtesy of your tax money, as Maybe-Maybe Not will now be getting hers, as Cam'moron and Brown-trousers, even B.Liar are already in-receipt of theirs!

"Rather be dead in a ditch"? I can help you with that Mr Jonnson, you over-dramatic, over-privileged, under-developed, arrogant, needy, hysterical cockwomble!

Still, there's always toy fairs, and this weekend all the main promoters seem to be kicking-off their autumn programs, so enjoy the spectacle in Westminster for the Comedy Toff's Show it is, and console yourself with old toys . . .

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Toy Fairs

Saturday 7th September 2019

Beconsfield - Toy & Train Fairs (Peter Levinson)

Beconsfield School, Wattleton Road, Buckinghamshire, HP9 1SJ

Internet presence unknown

Tel. - 01282 051 518 (Peter or Diane)

10:30 - 14:30hrs

Admission charge unknown

Brecon - Chris Dyer Fairs

Market hall, Town Centre, Brecon, Powys, Wales, LD3 7LG

Web. - www.chrisdyerfairs.co.uk

Tel. - 01643 702 757

Mob. - 07966 694 579

10:30 - 15:00hrs

Admission £2

Didcot - Retro Ronnie

Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, OX11 7JN

Web - www.retroronnie.com

Mob. I - 07708 385 061

Mob. II - 07900 266 427

Hours unknown

Admission unknown

Look out for falling towers, exploding transformers and collapsing scafolding, please report any bodies to the authorities!

Penrith - Brian Tattersall - Penrith Toy Fair

Newbiggin Village Hall, Stianton, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0HT

Internet presence unknown

Mob. - 07498 711 514

10:00-15:30hrs

Admission charge unknown

New Show

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Sunday 8th September 2019

Ashington - David Parsons - Toy & Train Collectors Fair

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

Web. - www.modelcarmart.co.uk

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, The Pavilion 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 £3.00 [down from £3.50p] (early-bird £6, from 08:00hrs), OAP's £2.50p [down from £3.00], Children £1

[Note: admission-price reductions]

Chartham -  SRP Toy Fairs

Station Road, Chartham, Kent, ME13 7RA

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

eMail - srptoys1@hotmail.co.uk

Mob. - 07739 998 012 (Paula or Gerry)

10:00 - 14:00hrs

Admission charge unknown

Kidderminster - Tony Oaks Toy Fairs

Guilt Edge Leisure Centre, Zortech Avenue, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 7DY

Internet presence unknown

Tel. - 01270 652 773

Mob. - 07825 631 323

10:30 - 14:00hrs

Admission £1.50p

Free parking

Kirkby-in-Ashfield - Townsend Toy & Train Fairs (Malcolm Townsend)

Festival Hall, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 7DJ

Web. - www.tttf.co.uk

Mob. - 07951 072 790

10:00 - 14:00hrs

Admission fee unknown, aaccompanied under-16's free

Free parking, refreshments

St. Ives - J&J Fairs (J&J Webb)

'One Leisure' St. Ives, Burgess Hall Events & Conference Centre, Westwood Road, St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 6WU

Web. - www.j-jwebbtoyfairs.com

eMail - jandjfairs@virginmedia.com

Tel. - 01522 880 383

10:00 - 14:30hrs

Admission - Adult £3.00p, seniors £2.50, 1st child £2.00p

Where the cats and the sacks and the wives came from, not Cornwall!

Swindon - Retro Ronnie

Swindon Town Football Club, County Ground, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 2ED

Web - www.retroronnie.com

Mob. I - 07708 385 061

Mob. II - 07900 266 427

Hours unknown

Admission charge unknown

Wimborn - David Rees

Queen Elizabeth's Leisure Centre (Sports Hall), Blandford Raod, Wimborne Minster, Dorset BH21 4DT

Internet presence unknown

Tel. - 01202 590 158

10:15 - 14:30hrs

Admission charge unknown

Free parking and refreshments

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Tuesday 10th September 2019

Elsecar - Newcomen Fairs Ltd. - 36th Elsecar Toy & Train Fair (evening fair)

Elsecar Heritage Centre, Elsecar, Nr. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S74 8HJ

Web. - www.newcomenfairs.co.uk

eMail - sales@newcomenfairs.co.uk

Tel. - 01226 744 425

19:00 - 21:00hrs

Admission £1.50p, children 50p

Hook - Steven Clements Fairs - Hook Evening Fair

Hook Community Centre, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 9NN

Tel. - 01380 725 322

Mob. - 07958 101 891

eMail: clementfairs@aol.com

18:30 - 21:30hrs

Admission £1

Free parking

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Thursday 12th September 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

Saturday 7th September 2019

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

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

Tel. - 02036 330 913

Free Tea or Coffee

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Other Events

From Thursday 5th (last) 'till Sunday 8th September 2019

Largs - LVF - Largs Viking Festival

Various Locations, Largs, North Airshire, Scotland

Web. - www.largsvikingfestival.org

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Friday 6th (today) - Sunday 8th September 2019

Southport - Local Authority / Tourist Board - Southport Air Show

Southport Seafront, Southport, Merseyside, Cheshire

Web. - www.visitsouthport.com

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Sunday 8th September 2019

Cardiff - Film & Comic Con

Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales

Web. - www.filmandcomicconcardiff.com

London - (Central) - Hugglets Teddy Bear Fair

Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, London, W8 7NX

Web. - https://hugglets.com/tf19/

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Overseas Events

Reminder - Friday 6th (today) and Saturday 7th September 2019

Bornheim (Germany) - Antico Mondo (World Antiques) - Auction

Königstrasse 109, Bornheim, Köln, Germany

Web. - www.anticomondo.de

Tel. - ++0223 6961 894

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Saturday 7th September 2019

Joure (Netherlands) - E. Kramer - Die Cast Fair

Zalencentrum t' Haske, Joure, Holland

Tel. - ++0513 416 571

Langenthal (Switzerland) - Toy Fair

Pfarreisaal, Hasenmattstrasse 36, Langenthal BE, Switzerland

Tel. - ++0799 371 544

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Sunday 8th September 2019

Bourgain Jallieu (France) - Alain Taiwan - Toy Fair

Salle Polyvalente, Bourgain Jallieu 38, France

Tel. - ++0683 429 068

Brüchsal (Germany) - Dr. Rolf Theurer - Toy Fair

Burgercentrum, Bruchsal-39 SEAS, Germany

Web. - www.theurers-spielzeugmaerkte.de

Tel. - ++07115 590 044

Fax. - ++07115 590 054

11:00-15:30hrs (local time)

Dublin (ROI) - Chris Dyer Fairs - Dublin Toy & Train Fair

The Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan Road, Dublin, Eire

Web. - www.chrisdyerfairs.co.uk

Tel. - 01643 702 757

Mob. - 07966 694 579

10:30 - 15:00hrs

Admission £4

Just off N11 trunk road

Erpent-Namur (Belgium) - Risques Crépuscule - Toy Fair

Collage ND de la Paix, Erpent-Namur, Belgium

Tel. - ++081 400 149

Hoeselt (Belgium) - Hoeselt Treinclub - Train Show

Ter Kammen, Hoeselt, Belgium

Tel. - ++089 514 644

Milan (Italy) - Parc Expo - Toy Fair

Parco Exposizioni Novegro, Milano-Novegro, Milano, Italy

Tel. - ++0702 000 022

Mönchengladbach (Germany) - J. Hörner - Toy Fair

Kaiser-Friedriche Halle, Mönchengladbach, Rheindahlen, Germany

Tel. - ++0210 351 133

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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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Other News

Herald Toys & Models

Barney has an end-of-summer sale on at themoment if you're looking for a bargain to occupy the closing-in evenings!

Lego

The Danish pirates were in the news again this week (not many weeks when they aren't one way or another!) which was interesting for the opposite spins it got in different papers. Some claiming it was a return to performance; others saying it was a knock on profits. Basically the overall profits are down due toi store investment, but the year-on-year earnings and/or forecast is up on the 2017 blip.

I was more interested in the crux of the matter which is that they have plans to open 160 Lego stores (eventually the entire oceans with have a permanent, sun-faded but still technicolor scum of Lego-bricks!), most of which are planned not for Europe, not for the USA, but (as with Hamley's) for China and India.

Trump, Boris and the other burkes are only accelerating to a future which was always going to diminish us, and the fact that it's mainly the underclass who are voting for them, ain't going to help the underclass!

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Received with Thanks

You already know about the information and imagery which came from Chris Smith and Andy B earlier in the week as I've Blogged it! But Andy has sent more for the A-Z page (whenever I get that done!) or a future visit/follow-up - and there's a bit in the comments [on that post] re. extra listings of the 'whole' set.

I received some fascinating information from Jonathan Buss which I will edit into an article, or take straight to an A-Z entry.

And I forgot to do RwT last week, so have also to thank Brian Berke, Dougal Hare and Peter Evans for info/images sent previous to this week.

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H is for How They Come In

Only a few pieces this week, a pound-bag from British Heart Foundation with interesting knock-off Go-Go Crazy Bones, but these more figural, or super-deform and recognisable Disney charterers. I also picked-up a 50p bag of bits from Blue Cross which included some Polly-Pocket type micro-doll's furniture, an interesting mushroom and some kinder (or similar) Disney egg premiums of (I think) Aladdin or Beauty &t' Beast?

The best of the Go-Go clone-a-likes; it's a Star-Wars-Angry-Birds-Self-Referential-Up-Its-Own-Arse-Twice-Andy-Warhol's-Pop-Culture-Eating-Itself-Super-Deform-Ersatz-GoGo-Crazy-Bone-Rip-Off- Disney-Pixar-Toy-Story-Armymen Army Man! I think he's saluting?

Is there a box left un-ticked there? I'm only upset that it's not part of a set of 12 with matching Germans in grey!!!

I also picked this up (another 50p!) in . . . Cancer Research - I think; hoping it would help ID some of the more esoteric PVC shite which comes-in in mixed lots. Sadly, I don't think it will be that useful, but it may ID the odd figure from time to time, once I've had a read.

The trouble is - it starts with the premise that the reader already has the Manga in front of them and is needing a back-story or thumbnail history of a specific character, who they already know the name of.

To that end it only illustrates a few of them, so while there is stuff in the text which will help ID figures (split-colour gown, robe with such-and-such on it &etc), and about 1-in-6 are illustrated, it's really for fans of Manga comics, rather than an idiot toy-collector, but it will stay, for its limited use. It will - of course - give me the background to characters who I can ID elsewhere . . . like on any packaging the come with - my Dragon Ballz sets!

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Links

Following the Hamley's Asian expansion some may see this as a very shrewd-move, the Irish will have a lot of brand-familiarity, but, if you want to be a Toy Soldier . . . FAO Schwarz!

BMC Armywomen - Gathering momentum!...

... and here...

...and here (pop-ups).

More on Yoga-joes, which saves me having to buy some - they're not cheap!

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Something Different

Shot these two yesterday down at the pond, the Red Admiral has a hint of the blue scallops you get round the edges of Tortoiseshell's wings, revealing a genetic link between the two 'senior' butterflies.

While I'd shot several good pictures of the red dragonflies in the garden a couple of days before which I mean to Blog separately!

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