While several of the supermarkets have had large (or 'larger') displays of Halloween stuff, and both Lidl and Aldi have carried the...

Well, this is new, I was going to write 'weird', but it's not really weird, just 'new', I'm coming at'cha from a...

While I'm up 'The Smoke' (which has been smokeless since at least the 1970's!), I always look around for a few things I migh...

A follow-up to past posts, most notably this one from February '09 , which looked at my two incomplete samples and a few oddities, tying...

Civi's this time, and Chris's parcels always have a fair few as I don't think he collects them much - like many of you (?) - and...

I just discovered - through Faceplant (it has its uses) - that an old school-friend of mine is a miniaturist, working by hand in various sc...

There are moments when you struggle to believe you've done something, and at Sandown Park the other day week month one of those moment...

A quick press-release from Vectis on tomorrow's auction, the first day of a four day'er! Lot 4005 " The Doll and Teddy ...

I hope I had Y is for Yeoman of the Guard last time, 'cos if I've used B twice I wasted an opportunity to get a Y in the tags! Since...

A weird thing happened at the Toy Fair; there was a display of the Action Man retro re-boot up on the mezzanine walkway round the main hall...

Just a quick one to spread the word about a forthcoming auction at SAS ( Special Auction Services ), off down in Newbury, Berkshire. A...

Back to Argentina (or 'believed to be' Argentina), back to blow-moulds, back to dolls, back to Bat Toys! Listed under the unknown mo...

I have mentioned them once or twice over the years in passing, invariably dropping the d I fear and writing them 'Lunby', and a real...