One;
Where the fuck was the nice week they
promised us on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday? Every weather report, over last
weekend, was the same; "A few showers clearing the South East on
Tuesday and the rest of the week fine and sunny", so muggin's-here
takes a few days off to do the garden (as he had forewarned his loyal readers)
and IT HASN'T STOPPED RAINING! It's sunny now - of course - but it's show-dates
Friday and I'll be stuck in the library, doing this!
A complete washout and I could have posted
some Blog stuff, still; at least it's dragged the show reports out a bit!
Speaking of dragging-out show reports, as soon as I took a few days off, so did
he; as I had pointed out he does, only the other day . . . well, fancy that!
Two;
Corvid-19 is killing fewer victims - as a
percentage of positive tester's - than normal, seasonal flu, yet the UN,
the WHO, most governments and the entire media are hyping it up to be the end
of the world? Which - if it does a better job of crashing the global economy
than the half-hearted attempt at doing so the Bwankers had twelve years ago -
it may well prove be, or at least; be the beginning of!
Apparently there's a shortage of empty shipping
containers in the US (big, metal boxes), while the ocean-going bulk-ore
carriers which usually cost tens-of-thousands-of-dollars-a-day to hire, are
currently, frantically, looking for customers willing to hire them for only
$2,000-a-day?
Sainsbury's and Waitrose ran out of
loo-roll, tissues, wet-wipes and kitchen-roll on Wednesday and started running
short of milk, today (Friday) the radio has reports of shortages of milk,
bread, pasta, meat, rice, tinned-goods and the aforementioned paper-products .
. . there are just over 100 cases of Corvid-19 in the whole Union!
That's 2 cases per-county, or one case per-six-constituencies.
It's like people are getting ready for the
apocalypse! Get mild flu symptoms, probably, sometime, in the next three or
four months, maybe, and you're gonna' shit, blub and wipe surfaces for Britain!
These are the people who are expected to save the planet from themselves in the
next ten years?
They can't even save themselves from reacting
to Tabloid shite! And . . . by piling into the supermarkets against their
normal routines, they are only contributing to the possible spreading of the
virus wider, quicker!
Capitalism isn't working . . . it's not
working at the micro level; where, down my local, pot-holed high-street, an
endless stream of 4x4's and crossover people-carrier/AFV's are swooshing an
endless stream of climate-change puddle-water at pedestrians, it's not working
at the macro level; where globally, the skies are going quiet for the third
time in modern history, also the third time since the year 2000?
Lucky we've got toys to buy, huh?
Calendar's picking up and there's lots on this weekend if the 'upstart crow'
allows them to go ahead!
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Check all event dates/times
before travelling - the idiot-virus could strike!
Toy Fairs
Saturday 7th March 2020
Herne
Bay - SRP Toyfairs
The Kings
Hall, The Beacon Hill, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 6BA
Web. - http://srptoyfairs1.co.uk/
eMail: srptoys1@hotmail.co.uk
Tel. - 07739
998 012
10:00 - 14:00hrs
Admission charge unknown
(One of Gerry's bigger shows)
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
Plymouth - Events Frontier -
'Devcon 20' Sci-fi and Comics Convention
Plymouth Guildhall, Guildhall Square,
Plymouth, Devon, PL1 2AA
Web. - www.eventsfrontier.com
eMail - eventsfrontier@hotmail.com
Mob. - 07508 548 938
Hours unknown
Admission fee unknown
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 8th March 2020
Doncaster - Barry
Potter / BP Fairs - 'Doncaster Racecourse'
Doncaster Exhibition Centre, Leger Way,
Doncaster, DN2 6BB
Web. - www.bpfairs.com
Tel. - 01604 846 688
Mob. - 07966 527 177
Web. - www.bpfairs.com
Tel. - 01604 846 688
Mob. - 07966 527 177
Fax. - 01604
771 070
10:30-15:00hrs
Admission - Adults £4, Seniors £3.50p, Children £1, 'Early Bird' (from 8 a.m.) £10
Plenty of free parking
10:30-15:00hrs
Admission - Adults £4, Seniors £3.50p, Children £1, 'Early Bird' (from 8 a.m.) £10
Plenty of free parking
Great
Bentley - R
& G Toy Fairs
Village Hall, Plough Road, Great Bentley,
Essex, CO7 8LD
Tel. - 01206 251 351 (Gary)
Tel. - 01255 473 509 (Richard)
10:00 - 14:00hrs
Admission £2.00, under 16's free
Free parking, refreshments
Walsall
Wood - Transtar
Promotions (Geoff & Linda Price)
Oak Park Active Living Centre, Coppice
Road, Walsall Wood, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 9BH
Web. - www.transtarpromotions.com
Tel.- 01922 643 385 (Geoff or Linda)
10:30 - 15:00hrs
Admission £1.80p, seniors £1.50p, child
£1.00
Refreshments
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
Worthing - SRP Toyfairs
Charmandean Centre, Forest Road, Worthing,
West Sussex, BN14 9HS
Web. - http://srptoyfairs1.co.uk/
eMail: srptoys1@hotmail.co.uk
Tel. - 07739 998 012 (Paula or Gerry)
10:00 - 14:00hrs
Admission charge unknown
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Tuesday 10th March 2020
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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Auctions
Saturday 7th March 2020
Lymington - Lymington Auctions -
Toys & Collectors Models
Emsworth Road, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41
9BL
Web. - lymingtonauctions.co.uk
eMail - admin@lymingtonauctions.co.uk
Tel. - 01590 679 487
Sale Starts 10:30hrs, Viewing from 08:30hrs
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Monday 9th March 2020
Ledsham - UK Toy & Model Auctions
Ltd.
Craxton Wood Hotel, Parkgate Road, Ledsham,
Near Chester, Cheshire, CH66 9PB (venue)
46 Wirrel Gardens, Bebington, Wirrel,
Merseyside, Cheshire, CH63 3BH (offices)
Web. - www.uktoyauctions.com
Tel. - 01513 343 362 (Barry Stockton)
Tel. - 01270 652 773 (Tony Oaks)
Catalogues £3.50p from office address
Die-cast, trains and toy soldiers
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Wednesday 11th March 2020
[Runcorn]
On-line Auction - British Toy Auctions
The Auction Centre, 9 Berkeley Court,
Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 1TQ
Web. - www.britishtoyauctions.co.uk
Tel. - 01928 579 032
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Other Events
Thursday 5th - Sunday 8th March 2020
Glasgow - Ayewrite - Creative
Craft Show
Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow,
Scotland
Web. - www.ayewrite.com
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Saturday 7th March - Sunday 2nd August
Hancock - Great North Museum -
Other Worlds: The Art of Atomhawk
Great North Museum, Hancock, Barras Bridge,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Web. - www.greatnorthmuseum.org.uk
Fantasy, platform-gaming & digital art
and design
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Overseas Events
Tuesday February 25th - Saturday May 2nd
Clinton
Township (USA)
- Lorenzo Culture Center - Let’s
Play! Toys, Games & Culture
The Lorenzo Cultural Center, Center Campus,
Macomb Community College, 44575 Garfield Road, Clinton Township, 48038, Detroit,
Michigan, USA
Sun/Mon. - Closed
Tue's & Thur's-Sat's - 10:00-16:00hrs
Wed's - 10:00-20:00hrs
Sub-events
Thursday 12th March / 13:00hrs - Little Armies: A History of Toy Soldiers and Miniature
Civilian Figures
Saturday
21st March / 11:00hrs - Yo-Yo Tricks
(with the founders of Yoyotricks)
Saturday 4th April / 11:00hrs - Cube Day Macomb
Friday 17th April / 13:00hrs - Plastics and Progress: Baby Boom Toys
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Friday 6th March (today) & Saturday
7th March 2020
Jackson (USA) - Antique &
Flea Market
Jackson County Fairgrounds (Keeley Park), New
American 1 Event Center, 200 West Ganson Street, Jackson, MI 49201, Michigan,
USA
10:00-17:00hrs
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Saturday 7th March 2020
Deitikon (Switzerland) - Dominique Durussel - General Toy &
Train Fair
Stadhalle Deitikon, Switzerland
Tel. - ++0793 283 200
Fletcher (USA) - Asheville Doll
and Toy Show
WNC Agricultural Center, 761 Boylston Hwy, Fletcher,
NC 28732, North Carolina, USA
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Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th March 2020
Reims (France) - Patrick Estrade - Die-cast & Toy
Vehicle Fair
Parc des Expositions, Reims 51, France
Tel. - ++0681 696 010
Salon
de Provence (France)
- P. Ottonelli - General Toy &
Train Fair
Esapace C. Trenet, Salon de Preveance 84,
France
Tel. - ++0490 531 379
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Sunday 8th March 2020
Amay (Belgium) - C.A.J.A. - 54th International Swapmeet (General
& Toy Soldier Fair)
Ancien Gymnase, 1 Rue de l'Hôpital, Amay 4540, Belgium
Web. - www.caja.be
eMail - cajacollections@gmail.com
Tel. I - ++085 315 009
Tel. II - ++0497 040 558
09:00-13:00hrs
Bad
Cannstatt (Germany)
- Dr. Rolf Theurer - Doll, Soldier
& General Toy Fair
Kursal, Ban Cannstatt, Germany (venue)
Wiesbadenerstrasse 74, D-70372, Stuttgart,
Germany (promoter)
Tel. - ++07 115 590 044
Fax. - ++07 115 590 054
11:00-15:30hrs (local time)
Bonn (Germany) - Jurgan Hörner - General Toy & Train Fair
Stadhalle, Bad Godesberg, Bonn, Germany
Tel. - ++022 747 060 703
Dublin (RoI) - 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"?
Faitiat (France) - Amateurs de Jouets Anciens - General
& Toy Soldier Fair
Espace Georges Brassens, Faytiat 87, France
Tel. - ++0555 002 386
Kirchellen (Germany) - Brauhaus am Ring - International Toy-
and Dollshow
[Formally: Wittringen Toyshow]
Kirchellen, Ring-80 - 46244 Kirchellen,
Germany
Web. - www.toyshow.de
eMail - kantakt@brauhaus-am-ring.de
Tel. - ++492 045 959 000
11:00-15:00hrs
Neuville-en-Ferrain (France) - Kiwanistn - General Toy Fair
Espace Rocheville, Neuville-en-Ferrain,
France
Tel. - ++0781 801 201
Olten (Switzerland) - Oltnerboerse - Toy Fair
Stadttheater/Konzertsaal, Olten, SO,
Switzerland
Tel. - ++0627 914 289
Soultz (France) - Nef des Jouets - Doll & Bear Show
M.A.B., Soultz 68, France
Tel. - ++0389 743 092
Wheaton (USA) - TrainShow.Com - Train Show
DuPage County Fairgrounds, 2015 Manchester
Road, Wheaton, IL 60187, Illinois, USA
Web. - http://greatmidwesttrainshow.com/
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Monday 9th March 2020
Brummen (Netherlands) - E. Bouwman - On-Line Auction (General
Toys)
Veilinghuis Bouwman & Bouwman,
Saturnusweg 6a, 6971 GX Brummen, Holland
Web. - www.veilinghuisbouwman.com
eMail - info@veilinghuisbouwman.com
Tel. - ++0575 560 393
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If you are
an event promoter/show curator/auctioneer and you want your toy, model,
collectable, military, historical 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 a link; if the event or your organisation has a web-page.
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 and thought-provoking - https://onezero.medium.com/the-future-of-archeology-is-plastic-80fc689161de
Times' on Premiums - https://www.timesleader.com/features/757754/remember-when-little-extras-came-with-soap-and-cereal
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H is for How They Come In
These six were a mix of 20p and 50p each
(along with the next chap) and consist of three poured-resin woodland wildlife,
two Kinder Gnomes and a little tiger who resembles Tigger, but isn't credited to Disney,
I think it may be an older HK thing which goes with the black cats, brown
bears, pink pigs and green frogs of similar make-up?
ELC; I've had a few of these fantasy medievals go through, one or two
staying, one or two going to 'recyce', usually due to chewing-damage!
I seem to recall shelfying these NPW place-markers last winter/spring
(2018/19) at some hideous cost from John Lewis/Waitrose which no sane person
would pay, but they turned-up in a charity shop for 99p!
Pretty Boys! But they are clearly loyal to
each other and can be used in a circus, so bit of a bargain really! And if they
weren't on tip-toe, they'd be an almost perfect 54mm, near-naked and easily
posed with hot pins/glue, so they might be useful to figure modellers, as
manikins, too?
I can't work out if these are poured
PE-resin or poured slip-ware, they are solid, and beautifully tactile, but it's
not clear under the fine finish what the base-material is, neither is it clear whether that finish is a matt paint or a
matt glaze, and I'm not going to try scrapping them to find out!
I also forgot to note the makers stamp
(which would help with material/construction clues) before I put them away
(I've been doing lots of sorting; instead of gardening/Blogging), but we'll look
at them again when I do Polar Bears at some point!
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This Week I Are Bin Mostly Sortin' . . .
Ready-made aeroplanes!
And Helicopters!
Actually I've had a huge sort-out of the
civilian figure stuff, army-men, ancient/medieval, Ceremonial/historical,
scenics and other stuff as I went along, I just happened to remember to shoot
the 'planes! Mercifully; also a lack of 'cat-action', because some of this
stuff is as brittle as hell!
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Other Stuff
This was an odd one, the shell's clearly a
shell, 'shell' is used for the punning tabloid headline, yet they keep referring
to it as a 'bomb'
It's also clearly empty, so it seems to be
fuckwittery all round, from the fencers, the army and the newspaper . . . I'd
have taken it home and cleaned it up with a rust treatment! 155mm or tank's
sabot-less AT-round (that cinched waist)? Where the rust's chipped-off it has a
strange granular texture which could be tungsten or some special alloy?
I think it's relatively modern, not WWII
and somebody (in the Armoured Corp)'s probably lucky it didn't hit the house!
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