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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.

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

News, Views Etc . . . Vectis; Later This Week

The blurbs were in on all four sales yesterday, but I was running out of time - as always! - so here are the other three, the first (Thursday 29th - actually the second day of the four-day cycle) also contains the stuff covered in this post from the former Palitoy worker's archive/collection.

Lot no. 5027

"The TV and Film Related sale to be held on the 29th of January features Part 4 of The North West Autographed Memorabilia Collection, which includes autographs on displays, photographs, books and leaflets from stars such as Peaky Blinders actors, David Bowie, Elton John, Heath Ledger, Paul McCartney and many more. Further items in the sale include Action Man figures, outfits and accessories, Batman, Thundercats, Masters of The Universe and Gyper Man Accessory sets. Plus, Mark Gonzales Communion Priests, Iron Man Collectable figures, Star Wars figures, vehicles and accessories plus My Little Pony, Dr Who and Transformers. Additional items include comics, books and DVD's plus a unique ex-Palitoy employee history."

Lot 5056

"The Specialist Matchbox sale to be held on the 30th of January features a large selection of Regular Wheel and Superfast models. Lots include boxed and unboxed, single and group models, including road and racing cars, commercials, military, emergency vehicles, and Gift sets plus Accessory Packs, Superfast Racing sets, display stands, Disney series, promotional models, blister packs and many harder to find models. Further items include Major Packs, King Size, Super King, and Battle King. There are a number of model makers' resin pre-production prototypes, plus shop signs, display cards and ephemera including clothing, and collectors' catalogues."

Lot 7012

"The Matchbox Models of Yesteryear sale to be held on the 31st of January features predominantly boxed cars and commercials mixed groups, with many collectibles series, Fire Engine Series, Factory trade boxes, Holden Utility models and trial models, Lesney giftware range, reference books and catalogues. Further items in the sale include Matchbox the Dinky Collection, Matchbox "The Perfect Toy" Models; Code 2 and 3 groups, pre-production and colour trial models and chassis', plus Atlas Editions Dinky Toys boxed groups, Eagle Moss Opal Collections and others."

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