B is for Better Beneficence Bag!

The same week as the bits in the previous-but-one post, had me finding two more charity-shop bags, which was pretty synergetic as you don't often find one, or you find several bags of animals, but two bags of figures, a couple of days apart, was quite unusual!

 

I seem to remember this was a fiver, so a bit more than twice the other one, and sadly the same problem with brittle early British figures, but they made-up a smaller portion of the lot, while the combination of Timpo and dodgy Hong Kong Swoppet copies was obvious.

A quick sort on the hotel table gave this breakdown, nothing exciting, but when you're in a bit of a collecting dessert, any bag of bits to sort gets the archival instinct flowing! And it's all useful stuff with Britains Swoppet spares, a few usable Eyes Right bits and other interesting items.
 

There was also a bag of the modern version of Gogo 'Crazy Bones', but with the weird bases, I really only bought it for the packaging samples, both the green bag things and the blue/purple boxes, I won't subject you to them in detail now, but one day they will need their box-tick moment!

 

The highlights, three Timpo Romans, ACW from both sides and different sculpt-generations, Crescent Mexican clones and a rubber Swoppet knock-off, not too shabby for five-quid!

C is for Charity Shop Round-up

A quick round-up of recent Charity shop finds, I haven't been as diligent this last two-and-a-half years as I had become, in checking the shops, too busy running about, or sorting stuff back at the house. But as the end-game creeps nearer I have got up to town with a few minutes to spare more often in recent weeks, and this is what I've found since the last post of this nature!

This was no money at all - two punds I think? The shots aren't brilliant, but then none of it is likely to interest most of you, but it will all prove useful in comparison, round-up and thematic posts or pages going forward, being mostly figural, and it's an eclectic mix of  pieces in ceramic, wood, resin, glass and mixed-media.

 

While I paid a little more than I like to for these, there are actually four posts in the long queue on these, and several other posts on similar recent or current blind-bag 'playground' collectables (Panosh, Zomlings, Moshlings, Shopkins etc), which have been building since we last looked at these, here, back in  . . .  2014/15? But they aren't a priority and can wait.

 

In the meantime, here's a reminder of the variety of both the shapes and colours of these Gogo Crazy Bones, which date back to the 1990's (frighteningly, if you're my age; some 30-odd years ago!), and aren't hard to find in quantities like this, you may remember a jar-full at The Toy Project charity in London.

 

I had this tin in a previous purchase, not sure if Blogged or queue, but it was full of the coloured ones and only one or two of the gold-chromed, so the previous owner had obviously swapped some out, however as a commercial set, it's probably not worth as much as some of the earlier individual ones can go for, if deemed 'rare'.

 

In the queue articles I have now got Star Wars (I think?), Disney and Israeli knock-off's, among others, so they were very popular for a while, and one day I will get the rest out of the queue, maybe as a stand-alone page?

 

Mixed lot of mostly 1980/90's Kinder toys, a couple of superhero/Barbie types and a few of the more recent luggage/mobile 'phone hangers, but I thought the frog pencil-top had a bit of age . . . although, he may just be dirty!

 

A whole tub of animals for a fiver the other week, it's an odd selection with very modern cheapies rubbing shoulders with vintage, mid-range Safari, and Schleich top-end stuff, all good gap-fillers!

 

Can't say "No" to happy cat fairing types and the Schleich Dino' was a quid, so this trio came home with me.

 

While this lot was three purchases last week, a bunch of Whimsies from Wade, which brought back memories of childhood (we used to have ours from Christmas crackers lined up on the narrow shelf above the curtains in our shared bedroom), a nice, probably Indian figurine of a musician in wood and Compo from Last of the Summer Wine, who I think goes with a recent Corgi-branded die-cast vehicle - he's a lump of whitemetal.

News, Views etc . . . Forthcoming Events - Saturday 21st-Friday 27th September 2019

Well . . . the judges have pushed back their decision from 'perhaps today' until 'maybe early next week'! If they find against Johnson's decision to prorogue (I think I wrote pirogue last week, which is probably a dance move!) we will still be living in a democracy, albeit a wallowing one; holed below the waterline! But if they find in his favour, they will have rendered Parliament (and themselves) irrelevant! He will be free to prorogue whenever he feels like it and for as long as he wants, ergo; he will be able to prorogue before a no-confidence vote, or if he wants to go to war, and we will be in a very dark place.

California's skies will be getting darker now Trump has banned them from banning dirty cars!

But then the skies over Brazil, Peru and Indonesia are already dark! There's a metaphor in there somewhere about a gathering storm . . . 

. . . toys; we need toys!

Toy Shows

Saturday 21st September 2019

Gloucester - Steven Clement Fairs

Churchdown Community Centre, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL3 2JH
eMail: clementfairs@aol.com
01380 725 322
10:00 - 14:00hrs

Admission charge unknown
Refreshments available

Henfield - David Parsons - Toy & Train Collectors Fair

Henfield Village Hall, High Street, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9DB

Web. - www.modelcarmart.co.uk/henfield

eMail - modelcarmart@gmail.com

Mob. - 07742 609 865 (David)

10:00 - 14:00hrs

Admission £2

'Delicious' breakfast/refreshments available

Romford - SRP Toyfairs

North Romford Community Centre, 32 Clock House Lane, Collier Row, Romford, Essex, RM5 3QJ

Web. - http://srptoyfairs1.co.uk/

eMail: srptoys1@hotmail.co.uk

Tel. - 07739 998 012 (Paula or Gerry)

10:00 - 12:00hrs

Admission charge unknown

Rugby - Barry Potter / BP Fairs 'Rugby Vintage'

The Benn Hall, Newbold Road, Rugby, CV21 2LN

Web. - www.bpfairs.com

Tel. - 01604 846 688

Mob. - 07966 527 177

10:30-15:00hrs

Admission £3.50 (early-bird £7, from 08:00hrs), OAP's £3, Children £1

Sunday 22nd September 2019

Coventry - Barry Potter / BP Fairs

The Connexion, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Coventry, CV8 3FL

Web. - www.bpfairs.com

Tel. - 01604 846 688

Mob. - 07966 527 177

10:30-15:00hrs

Admission £3, seniors £2.50p, children £1, early bird (from 08:00hrs) £6

Free parking

Great Bentley - R & G Toy Fairs

Village Hall, Plough Road, Great Bentley, Essex, CO7 8LD

Internet presence unknown

Tel. - 01206 251 351 (Gary)

Tel. - 01255 473 509 (Richard)

10:00 - 14:00hrs

Admission £2.00, under 16's free

Free parking, refreshments

Haydock Park - Barry Stockton Fairs - Toy Fair

The Exhibition Centre, Haydock Park Racecourse, WA12 0HQ

Web. - http://barrystocktonfairs.co.uk/
Tel. - 01513 343 362
10:30 - 14:30hrs
Admission - Adult £2, Children £0.50p

Orpington - SRP Toyfairs

Crofton Halls, Orpington, Kent, BR6 8PR

Web. - www.srptoyfairs1.co.uk

eMail: srptoys1@hotmail.co.uk

Tel. - 07739 998 012 (Paula or Gerry)

10:00 - 14:00hrs

Admission charge unknown

Weston Supermare - Wendy Hobday - Doll Fair

Royal Hotel, South Parade, Weston Supermare

Web. - http://www.wendysworldfairs.co.uk/index.html

Tel. - 01895 834 348

Hours unknown

Admission fee unknown

Possibly the worst website still on the Internet! I hope 'Bluechip Computer Support' aren't charging her for that?

Wilton - Steven Clements

Michael Herbert Hall, South Street, Wilton, SP2 0JS

eMail -  clementfairs@aol.com

Tel. - 01380 725 322

Mob. - 07958 101 891

10:00 - 14:00hrs

Admission unknown

Tuesday 24th September 2019

Garstang - Janet Pearson - Garstang Evening Fair

Kirkland & Catterall Memorial Hall, PR3 0HR

Web-presence unknown

01282 439 009

18:00 - Finnish

Admission fee unknown

Tonbridge - SRP Toyfairs (evening fair)

Angel Lane, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1SF

Web. - http://srptoyfairs1.co.uk/

eMail: srptoys1@hotmail.co.uk

Tel. - 07739 998 012 (Paula or Gerry)

18:00 - 20:00hrs

Admission £1.50p, children Free

Auctions

Saturday 21st September 2019

Newark - Northgate Auctions

17 Northgate, Newark, Nottingham, NG24 1EX

Web. - www.northgateauctionroomsnewark.co.uk

eMail - auctions@northgateauctionroomsnewark.co.uk

Tel. - 01636 605 905

Fax. - 01636 612 607

Mixed toys, vintage and modern

Monday 23rd September 2019

Downham Market - Barry L Hawkins

The Estate Office, 15 Lynn Road, Downham Market, Norfolk, PE38 9NL
Web. - www.barryhawkins.co.uk
eMail - info@barryhawkins.co.uk
Tel. - 01366 387 180

Sale starts 10:00hrs

Scale models and collectable toys

Tuesday 24th September 2019

Stockton-on-Tees - Vectis Auctions

Fleck Way, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9JZ

Web. - www.vectis.co.uk

eMail - admin@vectis.co.uk

Tel. - 01642 750 616

Simon Hope Matchbox Collection - Part II

Thursday 26th September 2019

Stockton-on-Tees - Vectis Auctions (1st day of a two day auction)

Fleck Way, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9JZ

Web. - www.vectis.co.uk

eMail - admin@vectis.co.uk

Tel. - 01642 750 616

TV & film memorabilia (more in a separate post here at Small Scale World on Monday)

"The Tony Hillman Collection.

The Tony Hillman Collection, features 129 lots of cinema and film lobby cards and stills, Star Wars press books and literature, Photoplay and other monthly film magazine groups including Empire, Film and Picture Show etc; plus movie posters and production notes, film scripts and screenplays.

The collection started in 1955 when on holiday in Great Yarmouth I got the idea of collecting autographs, the first ones being Ronnie Ronald, The Beverly Sisters and Charlie Chester. Returning home to Birmingham every Saturday evening I’d go to the Hippodrome and wait at the stage door for autographs of the variety artists, getting anyone who came out so my first books were mainly of unknown names. I rarely went to the other city theatre, the Alexander, which did plays, as at that time I didn’t know of many actors but I did get Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh.

As I got older and more knowledgeable about actors, I started doing trips to London to get top names and by that time I’d started building up a collection of film magazines and books and bits and pieces scrounged from cinema managers

By the late 60’s and being in a dead-end job and with my interest in the cinema I decided to try for a job in the industry and got one in the publicity department of Classic Cinemas based in London’s West End.  Being close to the theatres and hotels made it easy at times for getting top names, such as one evening after a few minutes wait at Claridge’s getting Bing Crosby then a walk around the corner and getting Fred Astaire coming out of the Athenaeum, while at other times it could be a long fruitless wait.

Contacts in the distributor’s publicity departments helped build up “Classics” stills collection and mine until in 1974 Classic’s head office was closed. I asked what was going to happen to the publicity material and was told to help myself, so I did, taking the lot,

After moving North in the early 70’s I started writing a film column for a local magazine and doing research on films made in the North East and the film actors born in the region. I put the information to use by doing talks for various groups and when it was the “Centenary of the Cinema” I got six plaques for the region and put my collection to use by mounting a good number of exhibitions.

It’s now come to the point to thin some of the collection down and hope that it will give enjoyment to some other collectors."

Friday 27th September 2019

Stockton-on-Tees - Vectis Auctions (2nd day of a two day auction)

Fleck Way, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9JZ

Web. - www.vectis.co.uk

eMail - admin@vectis.co.uk

Tel. - 01642 750 616

Trains and model railways

Other Events

Thursday 19th September (yesterday) - Sunday 3rd November 2019

Newcastle - Discovery Museum - Brilliant Bricks

Discovery Museum, Blandford Square, Westgate Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Web. - www.discoverymmuseum.org.uk

'The story of Northern innovation, recreated in Lego'

Expect Lego black puddings, Lego slag-heaps, Lego whippets and Lego flat-caps?

(that's a joke, not 'racism' Mr. Stadinger, It'll be Ironbridge and shit like that, but that's obviously shit as in Rap 'shit' not 'bad shit', or 'shit as in bad' because bad-shit's probably quite good shit if you smoke shit, like rappers, so it could be rap shit AND bad shit, except there's NO drugs - it's bits of ENGINEERING and shit . . . I have to try and explain myself to the morons in Pennsylvanian, but I don't think they get it, even then . . shit!)

Dedham - Munnings Art Museum - Behind the Lines: Alfred Munnings, War Artist, 1918

The Munnings Art Museum, Castle Hill, Dedham, Colchester, Essex, CO7 6AZ

Web. - https://www.munningsmuseum.org.uk/

Tel. - 01206 322 127

Wednesday to Sunday, 14:00-17:00hrs, closed Mondays & Tuesdays (or groups by appointment)

Saturday 21st/Sunday 22nd September 2019

Duxford - Imperial War Museum - Battle of Britain Air Show

Imperial War Museum, Duxford aerodrome, Duxford, Cambridgeshire

Web. - www.iwm.org.uk

Pre-booking Required

Bitton - Avon Valley Railway Trust - 1940's Weekend

Bitton Station, Bath Road, Bitton, Bristol

Web. - www.avonvalleyrailway.org

Re-enactment, costume, vintage military vehicles &etc.

Overseas Events

Saturday 21st/Sunday 22nd September 2019

Mariembourge (Belgium) - CFV3V - Train Show

A Côté de la Gare, Couvin, Mariembourge, Belgium

Tel. - ++060 312 440

Saturday 21st September 2019

Köln (Germany) - Auktion Team Breker - Auction Sale

Otto-Hahn Straße 10, 50997, Köln-Godorf, Köln, Germany

P.O. Box - 50 11 19, 50971, Germany

Web. - www.breker.com

eMail - auction@breker.com

Tel. - ++02236 384 340 (Herr. Uwe H. Breker)

Fax. - ++022363 843 430

Optical amusements, photographica and cinematographic collectables sale

Roseville, (USA) - Dolls4All - Crossroads Doll & Teddy Bear Show

The Grounds, Placer County Fair, 800 All America City Blvd, Roseville, California, USA

Web. - http://dolls4all.com/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Crossroads-Teddy-Bear-Doll-and-Antique-Shows-120434594669598/

10:00- 15:00hrs, early-bird: 9:00

Admission unknown (early-birds US$10.00)

Sunday 22nd September 2019

Aachen (Germany) - Jurgen Hörner - Toy Fair

Kurpark-Terrassen, Aachen, Germany

Tel. - ++0210 251 133

Chicago (USA) - Roger Garfield - Chicargo Toy Soldier Show

Hyatt Regency Schaumburg, 1800 East Golf Road, Schaumburg, IL 60173, Illinois, USA

Web. - https://chicagotoysoldiershow.com/

eMail - roger@chicagotoysoldiershow.com

Tel. - ++8475 675 355

10:00-15:30hrs

Admission US$10.00, children 12-and-under free

Probably the most professionally-run show on the circuit

Walldorf (Germany) - Automania - Diecast Fair

Stadhalle Walldorf, Marfelden-Walldorf, Germany

Tel. - ++6221 786 422

Monday 23nd September 2019

Unterhatching (German) - Automania - Diecast Fair

Hatchinga Halle, Unterhatchin, Munich, Germany

Tel. - ++6221 786 422

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!

H is for How They Come In

This chap; Bob the Builder or a dozer-operating Bob-clone, was found lying in the street! He's obviously from the younger-infant end of the toy-market, but will still go in the tub with all the other larger-scale seated civilians/drivers!

Picked this up just before final editing of last week's 'show dates' in a Basingrad charity shop (back there today, so who knows what I might turn-up?), consisting of a job-lot of ceramics; the green duck is a small fairing, the owl earthenware, while the puppy is probably a Wade thing? The foxy-looking bear (?) is either doughcraft or chalkware, but I haven't done a dig to decide as it's well-sealed with varnish (suggesting flour & water!), and the glass bird may be damaged with the upper beak now a hard-to-explain cresty-thing! But they were 50p.

This is getting silly! It's another - new sculp - Chap Mai! In defence of the shop, it was in the same basket as the truck I picked up a week or so ago, so I may have just missed it first time round! I have removed the 'soldier' from the bonnet in the same way as last time - a dab of nail-varnish remover on the end of an ear-bud/Q-tip.

Came-in this week; there are three posts on these in the queue - really a more frivolous Christmassy posting thing - but they garner traffic for other sources, so not to be sniffed at! Gogo's Crazy Bones, including some early ones (I'm slowly learning them - early ones have no paint and a cruder sculpting style) and I might sort them into a forth post!

Links

Go 'Strhaarliah! Toy Soldier-collecting Political leader . . .There's hope for us all!

Memories of childhood past

From the WTF but looks like fun Department!

Received With Thanks

• Imagery and a press-release from Vectis, I've parceled them up as a stand-alone 'News, Views...' on Monday.

• We've seen the Captain Pugwash from Mr. Berke, but he's since sent more on them - Vivid Imaginations is the maker, and the line was from a range which included bean-bag figures, squirting toys (put that in the tag list and I'll get more traffic than the White House!) and a Black Pig Adventure Pirate Ship which could be useful for smaller 54/60mm figures - main deck's a bit short!

•  Theo van der Weerden has sent some stuff following-up on some of last week's posts, but I've only just found it so I don't know if I can use it here, or just tuck it in the archive for 'latters'!

Thanks all, as always, and it reminds me there are various follow-ups to sort out, so I may have a day or two on them at some point.

Other News

Hopefully by the time you read this I will have got the planet-dividers right! If not I'll put something simple in quickly and remove this so you'll never know I tried!

No toy news, I've given the paper's a miss this week - it's all old Etonians misbehaving! The only lesson of Brwreakshit (other than don't have Brwreakshit) is never send your son (no daughters ever!) to Eton, he'll end-up sexist, racist and behaving like a deranged performing-seal! I might catch-up at the weekend, although I'm gutted the 'i's gone-up 20p for the Saturday edition!

"What'er we sorting? Unknown civilians? Why don't you know them then? So you won't be needing this lid? For . . . a while like?"

Away From Toy Soldiers

Mentioned in the week at some point I think. . .

. . . not as hot-a-shots as some you'll find on-line, but there is - nevertheless - something pleasing about capturing them yourself, even on a little pocket camera - the naughty Rosemary Beetle, so pretty! And yes - related to the spud-munching Colorado!