Are we watching the meat-faced* Trump have
a very public mental breakdown, live and in glorious (if rather too-orange)
Technicolor on international media feeds? I think we are!
Are we watching Boris the Buffoon discover
that wanting power because - in your arrogance - you think you can dictate your
'way' and having power, but being unable to subvert Parliament or the law are
two sides of the same coin? I think we are!
* Apparently some on the Right are unhappy
with the term 'meat faced', thinking it's a construct, unfair propaganda or a
misrepresentation of puce-faced, stare-eyed, spittle-flecked ululating
rednecks, when in fact it perfectly describes them! Also, I think the meat-face
has gained more traction than the Right's own snow-drop daisy-baby thing for
people who want a nicer world?
Celebrate; this weekend; with old toys . .
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Toy Fairs
Saturday 5th October 2019
Cardiff - Chris Dyer Fairs
Tel. - 01643 702 757
Mob. - 07966 694 579
Hours unknown (probably 10:30 - 15:00)
Admission [probably] £2
Crewe - Crewe Model Engineering Society
- 'Crewe Toy & Train Collectors Fair'
Crewe Heritage Centre, Vernon Way, Crewe,
Cheshire, CW1 2DB (venue)
CMES, 93 Merlin Way, Crewe, CW1 3YP
(bookings)
Internet presence unknown
Tel. - 01270 505 781 (Mon-Fri, before
20:00hrs, not weekends)
10:30 - 15:30hrs
Admission unknown, dealers; £18 per
six-foot table
Maidstone - Michael
Spencer - Maidstone Vintage Toy
Fair
Lockmedow
Market Hall & Leisure Complex, Barker Road (Hart Street entrance),
Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8LW
Internet
presence unknown
Tel. - 01622
298 159
Mob. - 01732
840 787
09:00 -
15:00hrs
Admission
£2.50p
Park &
ride, pay and display parking, refreshments
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Sunday 6th October 2019
Ashington - David Parsons - Toy
& Train Collectors Fair
Ashington Community Centre, Foster Lane,
Ashington, West Sussex, RH20 3PG
Tel. - 01424 846 676 (Pete)
Mob. - 07742 609 865 (David)
10:00 - 14:00hrs
Adults £1.50, concessions £1
Colchester - SRP Toy Fairs
Langham Community Centre, School Road,
Colchester, Essex, CO4 5PA
eMail - srptoys1@hotmail.co.uk
Mob. - 07739 998 012 (Paula or Gerry)
10:00 - 14:00hrs
Admission charge unknown
Falkirk, Scotland - McLaren Models
Tel. - 01324
624 102
London (Central) - Wendy's World - Dolls, Bears and Doll's
Houses
Kensington Town Hall, Kensington, London
W8 7NX
Tel. - 01895 834 348 (Wendy Hobday)
Cancelled
Needham
Market - Stowmarket
Railway Club (club event)
Needham Market Community Centre, School
Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, IP6 8BB
Tel. - 01449 672 698
10:30 - 15:00hrs
Admission - £1.50p, accompanied children free
Wheelchair access, free parking,
refreshments
Shepton
Mallet - Bulldog
Fairs
Royal Bath & West Showground, BA4 6QN
Tel. - 01373 452 857
Mob. - 07917 125 641
10:30 - 14:30hrs
Adults £4, under 16's free if accompanied,
early-bird (from 08:30hrs) £10
Spalding - Colin Boor - Model
Tractor, Construction & Literature 2019
Springfields Exhibition Centre, Spalding,
Lincolnshire, PE12 6ET
Tel. - 07710 321 471
10:00 - 15:00hrs
Admission £6, accompanied children free
Diorama competition, cash prizes,
show-exclusive tractor model
York - J&J Fairs (J&J
Webb) - 'York Racecourse'
The Knavesmire Stand, York Racecourse,
York, Yorkshire, YO23 1EX
Tel. - 01522 880 383
10:00 - 14:30hrs
Admission £2.50p, seniors £2, 1st child
£1.50p
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Auctions
Saturday 5th October 2019
Ilkley - Hartleys Auctioneers And
Valuers
Victoria Hall, Little Lane, Ilkley, LS29
8EA
Tel. - 01943 816 363
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Tuesday 8th October 2019
Newbury
- Special
Auction Services (SAS)
Originally there was a 'Toys for the Collector' sale
pencilled-in for the 8th, it seems this sale is not now going ahead, replaced
by a 2-day event on Tue-Wed. 29th/30th October 2019
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Thursday 10th October 2019
Sheffield - Shefield Auction Gallery
Windsor Road, Heeley, Sheffield, S8 8UB
Tel. - 0114 281 6161
14:00 - Finish
Will print A4-portrait
Tunbridge
Wells - C&T
Auctioneers
The York Suite, The Spa Hotel, Mount
Ephraim, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 8XJ (Venue)
Unit 4, High House Business Park,
Kenardington, Near Ashford, Kent, TN26 2LF (Auction House)
Tel. - ++44 1233 510 050 (from abroad)
Tel. - 01233 510 050 (within the UK)
Viewing from 08:30hrs, sale starts 10:00hrs
"Ancient
Britains: Imperial Yeomanry, 6"‘ Dragoons, South Australian Lancers,
French Dragons, Matelots, slotted arm bandsmen, Germanic household cavalry,
rocking horse figures, 1st Dragoon Guards, tin swords, Donkey House Hussars,
other early Britains etc.
Golden Age: US
Cavalry in action, 2nd Life Guards, Turkish Cavalry, Anti-aircraft guns and
equipment, 1288 large Band of the Royal Marines, Carabinieri
including SPECIAL Officer, 1436, Italian Infantry FSO, Egyptian Infantry,
Cavalry and Camel Corps, Mexican Infantry, Khaki, Vehicles
Britains
Postwar: 1894 RAF Pilots and WAAF, RCMP Winter dress, Royal Scots
Greys Mounted Band, Highlanders, with Black Watch Pipe Bands, Royal Marines
colour party, Royal Air Force Display, Danish Livgarde, Russians and
other Foreign Troops, Foot Guards, Cavalry, Marines, Navy, Set 2116 Royal Air
Force Band, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Commonwealth, Lorries, Centurion Tanks, UN
Infantry, Ski Troops, Knights of Agincourt, Picture Packs in original boxes
etc.
Civilians:
Britains Racing Colours, Eastern People in RARE 19305 box, New Toy Figure US High
School Majorette Band, Zoo Building, Footballers, Beach figures, Royal Oak Inn,
Ecclesiasticals etc.
Continental
figures: Composition and Heyde Personalities, Elastolin Bridging
Lorry, Lineol etc. 70mm, Haile Selassie,
CBG Mignot Huns, Napoleonic Lucotte,
Heyde large scale Hunt
Collectables: De
Agostini, Frontline, Altaya, Medieval and Landsknechts, King and Country Desert
Village and Silk Road, Niena, Del Prado C20 and Napoleonic Cavalry
New Toy Soldiers
and conversions: William Cranston, Nostalgia, Toy Army Workshop
dioramas, horse drawn and motor vehicles, guns with crew, Sarum and Stackie
Regimental Ball, Fusilier, Tommy Atkins, Steadfast, Imperial Productions, Mark
Time, Lancer, Marlborough, Tradition, Bastion, Soldiers Soldiers, Richard
Newth-Gibbs, Hiriart, Historical personalities, mixed figure Dioramas:
0fIicer’s Mess, African village, North West Canada, witI1 Zulu, Sudan and
Chinese campaigns etc.
Models:
Stadden unpainted, Ian White, Dioramas: Roman Orgy, Harem, ECW Tavern, Regency
Soiree and Modem Free Living. with Fantasy and Science Fiction by Sanderson,
Phoenix etc.
Recent Britains:
Premier, Toy Soldier Collection, Ltd Editions, Delhi Durbar, Hollowcast
Collection, Metal Models, Knights of Agincourt, American
Revolution, American Civil War etc.
Plastic Figures: Eyes
Right, Swoppets, Deetail, Lord of the Rings, Starlux etc."
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Other Events
Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th October
2019
Bury - East Lancashire Railway
- Day Out with Thomas
East Lancashire Railway, Bury Bolton Street
Station, Bolton Street, Bury, Greater Manchester
Ickworth - National Trust - Wood
& Craft Fair
Ickworth, Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk
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Overseas Events
Saturday 5th October 2019
Dallas (USA) - North Dallas Toy Show
Dallas
Events Center, 4343 Sigma Rd, Suite 600, Farmers Branch, TX 75244, Texas, USA
Tel.
I - ++12 148 937 726 (Doug)
Tel.
II - ++12 147 554 271 (Gil)
09:00
- 15:00hrs
Admission
$2.00, children under-12 free
Located between Midway Road and Welch, take
'Welch Road' exit off 1-635
Dietikon (Switzerland) - Dominique Durussel - Toy Fair
Stadhalle. Dietikon, Zurich, Switzerland
Tel. - ++0793 283 200
Marly (Switzerland) - FMAF / Antoine Golay - Toy Fair
Grande Salle de Marly-Cité, Marly, Fribourg, Switzerland
Tel. - ++0797 357 634
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Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th October
2019
London (Canada) - London Comic
Con
RBC Place, London Convention Centre, 300
York St., London ON, N6B 1P8, Ontario, Canada
10:00-19:00hrs (Saturday)
10:00-17:00hrs (Sunday)
Admission - Saturday Can$40.00, Sunday Can$30.00,
all weekend Can$50.00, *child pass (11 – 15 years) Can$10.00
Featured guests include Tim Curry, Kenny
Omega, Denise Crosby &etc.
San
Jose (USA)
- Time Tunnel - Super Toy and Comic
Book Show
Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, Expo Hall,
344 Tully Road, San Jose, CA 95111, California, USA
Tel. - ++4088 094 457
11:00-16:30hrs (Saturday)
10:00-15:30hrs (Sunday)
Admission $10.00, (good for both days if
bought on Saturday), 'Early Bird' $15.00 (from 09:00hrs), children under 12
$04:00 (good for both days if bought on Saturday)
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Sunday 6th
English - Will print A4-Landscape
Brussels
(Belgium)
- The Toy Market - 'Collect Hit' the
19th International Collectors & Vintage Fair
There are few events better than Sandown
Park, worldwide, but Brussels beats them all;
27th
Nostalgia Collection
Aircraft,
Bears, Cinematography, Die Cast, Dolls, Ephemera, Games, Models, Playing Cards,
Posters, Ships & Boats, Signs, Toys, Toy & Model Soldiers &
Figures, Trains,
21st
Barbie in Brussels
Barbie,
Gene, Peynet, Sindy, &etc...
18th
BD Comix-TV
Comic,
TV & Movie Character and Show related toys and epemera, Action Figures,
Manga and Anime, Film Cells &etc . . .
6th
Vintage World
Antiques,
Bric-a-brack, Collectables, Furniture, Jewellery (1925-1975 cut-off), Objets
d'Art, Perfume & Scent Bottles, Slot Machines
Multi-lingual - Will print A4-Landscape
Brussels Cart Expo, A. Gossetlaan 9, 1702
Groot-Bijgaarden, Belgium (Venue)
Thierry le Clercq, Chaussee St. Pierre 362,
B-1040 Brussels, Belgium (Organiser)
Tel/Fax. - ++32 (0) 27 362 864
10:00-15:30hrs
Admission €7.00
from 10:00hrs, €6.00 after 13:00hrs
Neuss (Germany) - J Hörner - Toy Fair
Stadhalle, Neuss, 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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Received With Thanks
A phat jiffy-bag wung it's way here from
North London a couple of days ago, courtesy of Peter Evans and - as you can see
- I shot it with my new and patented Superdooper-3D Jiggle-O-Chrome camera! I
will Blog some (the piles of HK) separately soon. You can also see nice Blue Box or Blue Box-related stuff and some interesting civilian bits.
Other stuff has been sent to Small Scale
World this week, with images on US production and ceremonials from Chris Smith,
and charming Macki-Mecki-Micky-o-Mucky-stuff
from Germany, via Mr. Berke of New York.
Meanwhile just now Tom Clague sent a whole post's-worth of images on a diorama he found in a shop window, so I'll turn them into a post!
Many thanks to all four.
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H is for How They Come In
A bag of mixed animals, both real and
cartoony; produced the above for sorting. The Chap Mai snake keeps turning-up, and may be an accessory for an
action figure as I've no other similar Chap
Mai stuff, although they are listed on the STS Animal Forum so there must be some other animals
somewhere!
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I'm a sucker for a small china cat
'fairing' (marked 'Foreign' so most likely German or Japanese), especially one
carrying her own kitten!
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I also picked up a Running Press mini-boxed Stonehenge,
for which there is a forthcoming post as you may remember we looked at another
very similar one some years ago, and this one may not be as small as it looks?
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SSW Command Central
A single figure from evilBay came in a big
box, but it was only a big box for a single figure, otherwise it was a very small
box . . . nevertheless it triggered in the staff, not so much of a work-to-rule
as a sit-in, or a sit-on, for no particular reason; I had to do the index-card
myself ferfecksake!
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