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No Fixed Abode, Home Counties, United Kingdom
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.

Monday, November 21, 2022

A is for And so to London - The Toy Project

Back in September I managed a day up in London, ostensively to meet Peter and thank him in person for all the parcels he sends the Blog (two in the queue in the last three weeks!),  but also to visit The Toy Project's shop at Archway, I've blogged them before, so just enjoy the pictures;

Toy Soldiers, Models, Vintage Toys, Plastic Figures, Army Men, Old Toys, Plastic Collectables, Pictures, Data, Figurines, Novelties, Premiums, Key Rings, Erasers, Staionary, Dinosaurs, Cowboys and Indians, Tanks, Planes, Ships, Rockets and Missiles, AFVs, Spacemen, Astronauts, Aliens, Monsters, Rack Toys, Givaways, Cake Decorations, Halloween, Jeeps, Snowmen, Sleighs
A rather charming, oldy-worldy look to the shop, although it is a modernised building, but only to sort of 1970/80's standards, it runs right back and is filled with good things!

Toy Soldiers, Models, Vintage Toys, Plastic Figures, Army Men, Old Toys, Plastic Collectables, Pictures, Data, Figurines, Novelties, Premiums, Key Rings, Erasers, Staionary, Dinosaurs, Cowboys and Indians, Tanks, Planes, Ships, Rockets and Missiles, AFVs, Spacemen, Astronauts, Aliens, Monsters, Rack Toys, Givaways, Cake Decorations, Halloween, Jeeps, Snowmen, Sleighs
Details and contacts;

Shop: 81 Junction Road, Archway N19 5QU 

Opening Times:

Monday 11-6pm
Tuesday 11-6pm
Wednesday 11-6pm
Thursday 11-6pm
Friday 11-6pm
Saturday 10-5pm

Sunday–closed 

Email: j.garfield@thetoyproject.co.uk

Website: https://thetoyproject.co.uk/

Tel  +44 (0) 207 503 9590

And, because we have looked at these a few times now, it's a case of what can you spot, what do you like . . . 

Toy Soldiers, Models, Vintage Toys, Plastic Figures, Army Men, Old Toys, Plastic Collectables, Pictures, Data, Figurines, Novelties, Premiums, Key Rings, Erasers, Staionary, Dinosaurs, Cowboys and Indians, Tanks, Planes, Ships, Rockets and Missiles, AFVs, Spacemen, Astronauts, Aliens, Monsters, Rack Toys, Givaways, Cake Decorations, Halloween, Jeeps, Snowmen, Sleighs
Corinthian footballers!

Toy Soldiers, Models, Vintage Toys, Plastic Figures, Army Men, Old Toys, Plastic Collectables, Pictures, Data, Figurines, Novelties, Premiums, Key Rings, Erasers, Staionary, Dinosaurs, Cowboys and Indians, Tanks, Planes, Ships, Rockets and Missiles, AFVs, Spacemen, Astronauts, Aliens, Monsters, Rack Toys, Givaways, Cake Decorations, Halloween, Jeeps, Snowmen, Sleighs
Shopkin blind-bag and similar types

Toy Soldiers, Models, Vintage Toys, Plastic Figures, Army Men, Old Toys, Plastic Collectables, Pictures, Data, Figurines, Novelties, Premiums, Key Rings, Erasers, Staionary, Dinosaurs, Cowboys and Indians, Tanks, Planes, Ships, Rockets and Missiles, AFVs, Spacemen, Astronauts, Aliens, Monsters, Rack Toys, Givaways, Cake Decorations, Halloween, Jeeps, Snowmen, Sleighs
Bogglins on the left, 
Crazy Bones and similar on the right - in a home gum-ball dispenser!

Toy Soldiers, Models, Vintage Toys, Plastic Figures, Army Men, Old Toys, Plastic Collectables, Pictures, Data, Figurines, Novelties, Premiums, Key Rings, Erasers, Staionary, Dinosaurs, Cowboys and Indians, Tanks, Planes, Ships, Rockets and Missiles, AFVs, Spacemen, Astronauts, Aliens, Monsters, Rack Toys, Givaways, Cake Decorations, Halloween, Jeeps, Snowmen, Sleighs
A tub of Smurfs, a tub of Trolls
and more blind-bag and Kinder type stuff

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Gormiti . . . or the other ones?

Toy Soldiers, Models, Vintage Toys, Plastic Figures, Army Men, Old Toys, Plastic Collectables, Pictures, Data, Figurines, Novelties, Premiums, Key Rings, Erasers, Staionary, Dinosaurs, Cowboys and Indians, Tanks, Planes, Ships, Rockets and Missiles, AFVs, Spacemen, Astronauts, Aliens, Monsters, Rack Toys, Givaways, Cake Decorations, Halloween, Jeeps, Snowmen, Sleighs
Another tub of Shopkin type stuff . . .

Toy Soldiers, Models, Vintage Toys, Plastic Figures, Army Men, Old Toys, Plastic Collectables, Pictures, Data, Figurines, Novelties, Premiums, Key Rings, Erasers, Staionary, Dinosaurs, Cowboys and Indians, Tanks, Planes, Ships, Rockets and Missiles, AFVs, Spacemen, Astronauts, Aliens, Monsters, Rack Toys, Givaways, Cake Decorations, Halloween, Jeeps, Snowmen, Sleighs
. . . and more Kinder and Gogo's!

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Larger items, Britains farm

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All sorts, I could half-empty this if I was feeling rich, 
just to top-up the novelty junk bags!

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Ditto - a lot of Kinder bits here!

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Big boys - Britains, Papo, Schleich, ELC, Supreme and Plastoy

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More . . .

Toy Soldiers, Models, Vintage Toys, Plastic Figures, Army Men, Old Toys, Plastic Collectables, Pictures, Data, Figurines, Novelties, Premiums, Key Rings, Erasers, Staionary, Dinosaurs, Cowboys and Indians, Tanks, Planes, Ships, Rockets and Missiles, AFVs, Spacemen, Astronauts, Aliens, Monsters, Rack Toys, Givaways, Cake Decorations, Halloween, Jeeps, Snowmen, Sleighs
. . . and more!

Toy Soldiers, Models, Vintage Toys, Plastic Figures, Army Men, Old Toys, Plastic Collectables, Pictures, Data, Figurines, Novelties, Premiums, Key Rings, Erasers, Staionary, Dinosaurs, Cowboys and Indians, Tanks, Planes, Ships, Rockets and Missiles, AFVs, Spacemen, Astronauts, Aliens, Monsters, Rack Toys, Givaways, Cake Decorations, Halloween, Jeeps, Snowmen, Sleighs
My modest purchase; Papo pirate (bottom right), penguin-pirate, a few Phidal/Phidal-like's, a Kinder Robot, a 'funnimal' tiger and a small green alien/mecha', probably from a board-game, there's tons of this stuff on evilBay these days; originals, 3D-printed replacement parts and after-market expansion packs. I was most pleased with the mini coach - bottom, centre!

Toy Soldiers, Models, Vintage Toys, Plastic Figures, Army Men, Old Toys, Plastic Collectables, Pictures, Data, Figurines, Novelties, Premiums, Key Rings, Erasers, Staionary, Dinosaurs, Cowboys and Indians, Tanks, Planes, Ships, Rockets and Missiles, AFVs, Spacemen, Astronauts, Aliens, Monsters, Rack Toys, Givaways, Cake Decorations, Halloween, Jeeps, Snowmen, Sleighs
A 'thank-you'; one in every bag of bits!

5 comments:

Mark, Man of TIN said...

Hello Hugh, the Easter island type statue next to the tiger and fireman / pirates is I think a Moshi Monster from a few years back.

Chris Smith said...

Morning Hugh, your green Alien is an Orc from BATTLEGROUND, Crossbow and Catapult game 2007.

Hugh Walter said...

Cheers both!

H

tony said...

Stop press they also have a stall in Selfridges dept. Store.

Hugh Walter said...

Cheers Tony, I knew there was another shop, but I didn't know where it was!

H