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Friday, October 11, 2019

News, Views Etc . . . Forthcoming Events - Saturday 12th-Friday 18th October 2019

Well Mr. Trump's economic genius is starting to look good now he's used-up the boost he inherited from Obama isn't it, toy prices going through the roof just before Christmas, blue collar lay-offs . . . meanwhile the people of Northern Syria are loving his military genius!

There really is a pee-pee video, somewhere, isn't there? He is slowly surrendering American influence in the Middle East to Russia, while slowly falling-out with Europe, yet his genius as a statesman is coming along much faster elsewhere, he's falling out with China very quickly!

Both him and Boris refusing to co-operate with their own parliaments or their own courts, and while the cats misbehave, the mice are out of control; Brazil, Hungary, Poland and Turkey, sliding into gentile fascism as fast as they can learn what to get away with, from the two blond-buffoons and their coteries!

It's tragic, but as the planets dying anyway, I suppose it's all a bit academic; something for historians to argue over before the end - I watch with bemusement and buy old toys . . .


Toy Fairs

Saturday 12th October 2019

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

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

Nottingham - Townsend Toy & Train Fairs (Malcolm Townsend) - Nottingham Toy Fair
Bluecoat Academy, Nottingham, NG8 5GY
Web. - www.tttf.co.uk
Mob. - 07951 072 790
10:00 - 14:00hrs
Admission unknown, accompanied under-16's free
Light refreshments
Free Parking


Sunday 13th October 2019

Kempton Park - RM Toys Ltd.
Kempton Park Racecourse, Staines Road East, Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex, TW16 5AQ
Internet presence unknown
Tel. - 02392 381 529
Mob. - 07957 823 507 (Russell Martin)
10:00 - 15:00hrs
Admission - £4.00, seniors £3.50p, children £1.00, early bird (from 08:30hrs) £10.00

Plymouth - Events Frontier - 'Devcon' Sci-fi and Comics Convention
Plymouth Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 2BJ
Mob. - 07508 548 938
Hours unknown
Admission fee unknown

Rayleigh - SRP Toyfairs
Sweyne Park School, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 9BZ
Tel. - 07739 998 012 (Paula or Gerry)
10:00 - 14:00hrs
Admission charge unknown

Stafford - Barry Potter / BP Fairs - 'Stafford Showground'
The Preston & Argyle Suites, Stafford County Showground, Weston Road, Stafford, ST18 0BD
Tel. - 01604 846 688
Mob. - 07966 527 177
10:30-15:00hrs
Admission £4.00 (early-bird £8), OAP's £3.50, Children £1,
Free parking

Wincanton - Toy Trac - Model Farming Show
Wincanton Racecourse, Wincanton, Somerset, BA9 8BJ
Tel. - 01278 785 925
10:30-15:00hrs
Admission charge unknown
Licensed bar, Disability friendly


Auctions

Saturday 12th October 2019

[Runcorn] On-line Auction - British Toy Auctions
The Auction Centre, 9 Berkeley Court, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 1TQ
Tel. - 01928 579 032


Monday 14th October 2019

Lewis - Wallis and Wallis
West Street Galleries, Lewis, Sussex, BN7 2NJ
Tel. - 01273 480 208
Fax. - 01273 476 562
General Toy Sale


Tuesday 15th October 2019

Newbury - Special Auction Services (SAS)
Originally there was a ' Collector' sale pencilled-in for the 15th, it seems this sale is not now going ahead, replaced by a 2-day event on Tue-Wed. 29th/30th October 2019


Friday 18th October 2019

Ledbury - John Goodwin
Bromsberrow Village Hall, Albright Lane, Bromsberrow, Ledbury, HR8 1RT (venue)
3-7 New Street, Ledbury, Herefordshire, HR8 2DX (office)
Tel. - 01684 593 125 (office)
Tel. - 07968 694 746 (18th October only)
Viewing - Thursday 17th October 15:00-19:00hrs and morning of sale from 08:00hrs
Sale starts 10:00hrs - finish.
'Toy & Transport' sale, trains, ephemera and advertising goods

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


Other Events

From Yesterday 'till Sunday 13th October 2019

Ironbridge - Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) - Brick Bridge World Record Attempt
Ironbridge Gorge Museum, Ironbridge, Coalbrookdale, Shropshire
hands-on building with 'a market leading brand' of brick-block to create the world's longest model-bridge . . . hopfully!


Saturday 12th October & Sunday 13th October 2019

Harrogate - Yorkshire Event Center - The Great Yorkshire Antiques Fair
Yorkshire Event Center, Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrowgate, North Yorkshire
Antiques, vintage and collectables

Swansea - Swansea Museums - Book Swap
National Waterfront Museum, Oystermouth Road, Maritime Quarter, Swansea
1-for-1 book swap


Saturday 12th - Sunday 20th October 2019

Hastings - Local Authority + - Hastings Week
Various locations
Classic car show, town crier competition, re-enactments, parade, stalls, other events
Celebrating the anniversary of 1066's crown-change


Sunday 13th October 2019

Theydon Bois - North London & Essex Transport Events (NLETE) - Transport Bazaar & Vintage Bus Displays
Theydon Bois Village Hall, Coppice Row, Essex, CMI6 7ER
11:00 - 15:30hrs
Admission £3.00, accompanied children free
Free rides around Epping Forest.
No public car parking, refreshments, stalls etc . . .


Overseas Events

Saturday 12th October 2019

Houten (Netherlands) - R. Hobma - Train & Rail Fair
Euretco, Houten, Netherlands
Tel. - ++0481 353 288

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Toledo (USA) - John Carlisle - Ohio Collectors' Toy & Model Fair
Sylvania Exibition Center at Tam-O-Shanter, 7060 Sylvania Ave, Sylvania, Great Lakes (Toledo), OH 43560, Ohio, USA (venue location)
Old Toyland Shows, 6996 Chestnut Ridge Road, Lockport, NY 14094, New York, USA (organizer)
09:00-14:00hrs
Admission $7.00

Valthermond (Netherlands) - Martin Klein - Die Cast Fair


Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th October 2019

Ohrdruf (Germany) - Leokadia Wolfers - Doll & Bear Show
Schloss Ehrenstein, Ohrdruf, Germnany
Tel. - ++01785 335 668

Paris (France) - Automedan - Die Cast & Tin-plate Fair
Parc Exposition Le Bourget, Paris, France
Tel. - ++++0164 465 222


Sunday 13th October 2019

Bergheim (Germany) - J Hörner - Toy Fair
Tel. - ++0210 351 133

Dublin (Republic of Ireland) - Brian Collins Enterprises - 'Collectables Toy Fair'
Collinstown Suite, The Carlton Hotel, Dublin Airport, Old Airport Road, Cloghran, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland (Eire)
Tel. - ++00353  879 827 712
[Findable on Facebook - Brian Collins]
Admission "Small charge"?

Nanterre (France) - Philippe Albaret - Eurofigurines
Espace Cheverul, 97-109 Avenue de la Liberté, 92000 Nanterre, France
Tel. I - ++0614 611 618
Tel. II - ++0148 033 343
08:30-13:00hrs
Admission free . . . yes; FREE
The biggest show for little figures in France?

Olten (Switzerland) - Oltnerboerse - Toy Fair
Stadthetre / Konzerthsaal, Olten SO, Switzerland
Tel. - ++0627 914 289

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Tournefeuille (France) - CCAM Toulouse - 'Retrojouets (Old Toys) 2019'
Salle 'La Phare', Tournefeuille, France
Tel. - ++0561 765 607


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 -

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- 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!


Toys in the Media

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Two action figures, almost certainly enhanced by CGI (beyond the obvious sparks) and being used to illustrate a story about sports clothing store chains and their incestuous scraps!


Other Toy News

No real toy news this week, something about recycling Lego, in Germany I think, but I wasn't paying attention!

Missed

A toy show in Lisbon, Portugal, another in the 'States last weekend and Bertoia Auctions (today, if you're near it; Vineland, New Jersey, but a bit late now); blame the promoters!

And Birmingham . . . again! AND Phil reminded me with plenty of time But I only found his mail just now . . . blame the promoters . . . Cheers Phil, thanks for trying and sorry I missed the eMail, I hope the three of you found 'stuff'!


Links

One hates to denigrate anything for a good cause, but I'm nothing if not constant,and have no sacred-cows, so  . . . I think the UN funded something pretty similar a few years ago, linked to here (and elsewhere at the time) so while worthy; not quite as original as made out


and



H is for How They Come In

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For most of the week this was it! 50p each, totally unrelated to each-other and I'm not sure if the realistic one is LotR or GoT? Or whether or not he's had his head repainted, I suspect it's something-omire, the bad one who dies coming good, saving the little 'Blooody' Hobbits from the Forlorn Hope!

While the fox may be Phidal, is marked Disney but isn't the one from Peter Rabbit, isn't the one from the cartoon Robin Hood, isn't the one at war with a bird ('cos he was a coyote anyway and not Disney), looks far too laid-back to be trying to eat three little pigs and isn't the other one so must be another one?

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Then I had a bit of luck today (Thursday); another LotR figurine, this one an elf, via McDonald's and a resin Teddy Bear playing cricket . . . why not! Legolas hasn't got a bow so he may have been part of a larger 'interactive' firing-toy/premium/freebee thing?

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Giant knights marked China also came in at the last minute, they have certain similarities with some of the past output of Pioneer, Soma or Supreme, and are probably from some big-box generic thing shoved through TKMaxx or one of the Department Store chains at Christmas, maybe with a slot-together card fort or wooden thing?

23rd April 2020 - Now known to be Red Box from a castle playset 

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In addition to the above bits, a bag of stuff for a future post was purloined (or sorted out from the large rubber knights) and a little thing was put to one side against a specific job!


Other Stuff

The staff behaved herself this week, only because there weren't any boxes involved in the week's blogging activities, she did sit on Thursday's bag! But I caught a couple of insects with stories attached.


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I noticed this creeping very slowly across the bedroom ceiling the other morning and managed to get it to drop into a jar. I suspect it's more of a maggot than a caterpillar (they're all larvae), flies tend to find bodies in the eves (bats, tit-birds or pigeons), and the odd maggot finds a way into the house (we once had them raining-down on the patio at the place in Berkshire!), so, as the weather has turned now, I put it in the compost heap as I figured it would be warmer, and it would find something to eat as it must have used too much energy getting to where it was to successfully pupate? I just hope I haven't saved a clothes moth!




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This was caught in a spider's web outside the bedroom window on Wednesday, and with the sun behind it I could only make-out a stripy belly and couldn't work out what it was. I got the high steps and the longest cane I could find and managed to get it free, whereupon it fell on the sill, bounced and fell on the bay-window, bounced and fell on that sill, bounced and fell again, onto the paving, bounced and finally ended up in the undergrowth next to the drive, still wrapped in a few strands of the web!

It quickly freed itself though, once it had terra-firma to brace against, and clearly wasn't something a spider would normally tackle; The garden spiders set up these big sail-webs at this time of year and the various Atlantic squalls rip them to shreds every few days, but so do large insects like this, bumble-bees or hornets, who just fly through them with what sounds like threats if they get temporarily caught.

The problem was that in part breaking-free it'd been left hanging on a few threads with nothing to brace-against to break the last few strands as it'd fallen in-line with the brickwork, leaving a gap to the glass pane, so it was just swinging there waving its legs about!

It's not in the book, but I suspect a capsid of some kind, or mirid-bug relative, having some features of them and some shared with the related shield-bugs, but it has an elongated head and was big, well-over an inch in the main, more than two at full leg stretch. Possibly blown-in by this string of weather-fronts we've been having . . . Europe or North America?

2 comments:

  1. Hi Hugh,

    The fox you have there is indeed Phidal and is the character Nick from the Zootropois (or Zootopia-I can't remember which it was in Britain) Busy Book to tie in with the animated feature film.

    Keep up the good work!

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  2. Cheers Steve - too many foxes and quite as meany Phidal makes Hugh a dumb boy!

    H

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