Meanwhile Trump demonises his own
congresswomen and has them banned from visiting Palestine by the illegal
occupiers! The same Trump whose homo-erotic love-in with the leader of North
Korea has ignored 65+years of US-lead UN demands for a unified Korea and hasn't
stopped Kim firing missiles like they're conkers! A Trump who crossed the
'impossible' border - unprompted - weeks before Kim said he'd never speak to
South Korea again!
And, at the exact moment they should all be
getting closer, the US, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are singing from
different hymn-sheets and arguing about each-others latest tweets or speeches!
Leaving China free to look at brutalising the people of Hong Kong!
Bolsonaro kills Amerindians, everyone kills
Kurds, Sunni and Shir kill each other and the weather is killing more of us than ever before!
In 1945 we said never again, we lied, or
our representatives lied on our behalf, but it's not like many of us are
holding them to account . . . what International Community? The rules-based
international system build through trade and diplomacy, over the last seventy
years, over the last 2000-years, is crumbling, and it's what Trump and Putin
want!
50 years after Woodstock it's ironic to
realise the Hippies were right about just about everything, yet it's too late
to do much about it!
Let's pretend it's got nothing to do with
us, the weather will be fine and go buy toys! I'll be ignoring the gathering
signs of Armageddon and buying toys at Sandown this Saturday!
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Toy Fairs
Saturday 17th August 2019
Exeter - Ray Heard Train & Toy
Fairs
Matford Centre, Matford Park Road, Exeter,
EX2 8FD
Internet presence unknown
Tel. - 01823 480 097
10:00 -15:30hrs
Admission £2.00
Free parking, refreshments
Sandown
Park - Barry
Potter / BP Fairs - 'The' Sandown Park Show
Exhibition
Centre, Sandown Park Racecourse, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9AJ
Web. - www.bpfairs.com
Tel. - 01604
846 688
Mob. - 07966
527 177
10:30 -15:00hrs
Admission -
Adults £6.50p, seniors £6, children £2, early bird (from 08.00hrs) £10.00
Tons of free parking
Note: Newish Date
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Sunday 18th August 2019
Bodmin - Chris Dyer Fairs
Bodmin Leisure Centre, Lostwithial Road,
Bodmin, Cornwall, PL31 1DE
Web. - www.chrisdyerfairs.co.uk
Tel. - 01643 702 757
Mob. - 07966 694 579
10:30-14:30hrs
Admission £2
New Venue/Show
Rayleigh - SRP Toyfairs
Sweyne Park School, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6
9BZ
Web. - www.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 20th August 2019
Wootton
Basset - Steven
Clements Fairs - Wootton Basset Evening Fair
Memorial Hall, Station Road, Wootton
Basset, Wiltshire, SN4 7EN
eMail: clementfairs@aol.com
Tel. - 01380 725 322
Mob. - 07958 101 891
18:30 - 20:30hrs
Free parking, café
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Auctions
Saturday 17th August 2019
Bury
St. Edmunds - Lacy
Scott & Knight
Web. - www.lsk.co.uk
eMail - oleggett@lsk.co.uk
Tel. - 01284 748 600 (general enquires)
Tel. - 01284 748 623 (Oliver Leggett -
auction)
Toys and Collector's Models
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Thursday 22nd August 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
eMail - kathy.taylor@vectis.co.uk (for
info. on the charity lots)
Tel. - 01642 750 616
Specialist sale - dolls, bears, soft toys
&etc.
"Simply Stunning Studio Bears!
Started in February 2006 by Charlotte Morris and her
husband William, Charlie Bears have had a meteoric rise to popularity over a
relatively short period of time. Charlotte had built up a wealth of experience
with customers, design and pricing having run a couple of successful Teddy Bear
Shops in the North of England. Charlie Bears initially launched with twelve
bears in the range, designed by Heather Lyell from New Zealand and Isabelle Lee
from the US, today these are some of the most elusive and sought-after Charlie
Bears on the market.
Currently, the range includes Plumo (mixture of plush and
mohair), Isabelle Collection, Minimo (smaller bears), Secret Collection (not in
the regular catalogue but for QVC or other country specials), Animals,
Accessories, Plush and Baby collections.
The ‘Bear Studio’ designed by Isabelle Lee are the earliest
produced for Charlie Bears. They include many of the trademark features
including hand-sculpted faces, air-brushed muzzles, hand-embroidered noses and
glass eyes. Some have white felt under the eyes to give them that soulful look.
Current editions are generally between 200 and 500 pieces world-wide but early
releases only included perhaps 100 editions in total.
There are over 450 Charlie Bears in the Sale with 50 plus being
Bear Studio and many of the newer ones are ex-shop stock in brand new
condition.
Just a few highlights are shown in the following link - https://www.vectis.co.uk/news/simply-stunning-studio-bears"
Please Note:
There
are two sections of charity-lots within the auction:
Lots
4439-4487 inclusive are to raise money for Julia’s
House Children’s Hospices and Children’s
Hospice South West.
Lots
4542-4554 are to raise money for The
Teddy Bear Trust - Never underestimate the healing power of Teddy! (The
more collectable and vintage bears they are selling, are to help with delivery
and transport costs; rather than use them for the children, who get all the
other toys donated).
Heathfield - Watson's Auctions
Heathfield Auction Rooms, Burwash Road,
Heathfield, TN21 8RA
Web. - watsonsauctioneers.co.uk
eMail - auctions@watsonsauctioneers.co.uk
Tel. - 01435 862 132
Sale starts 10:00am
Toys & Transport Auction
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Friday 23rd
August 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
Specialist sale - trains/model railways
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Other Events
Thursday 15th (yesterday) - Monday 26th
August 2019
London (Central) - British Museum - Manga at the BM
British Museum, Great russle Street, London,
WC1B 3DG
Web. - www.britishmuseum.org
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Thursday 15th (yesterday) - Sunday 15th
September
London (Central) - Design Museum - Stanley Kubrick: The
Exhibition
Design Museum, Kensington High Street,
London, W8 6AG
designmuseum.org
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Friday 16th (today) - Sunday 18th August
2019
Birmingham - TFNation Plc - TF [Transformers] Nation 2019
The Hilton Birmingham Metropole, National
Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, B40 1PP
71-57 Shelton Street, Covent Garden,
London, WC2H 9JQ (promoters)
Web. - https://tfnation.com/2019
10:00-21:30hrs approximately (Friday 16th)
08:30-22:00hrs approximately (Saturday
17th)
08:30-18:00hrs (Sunday 18th)
Not affiliated to Hasbro Plc, fan-driven Transformers
event
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Saturday 17th Augaust 2019
Old
Warden - Suttleworth
Collection - Flying Proms!
Suttleworth Collection, Old Warden
Aerodrome, Bedfordshire
Web. - www.shuttleworth.org
Sounds like a recipe for disaster, but
presumably it is a regular and practised spectacular?
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Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th August
2019
Bury - East Lancashire Railway
- Sci-Fi in the Sidings
East Lancashire Railway, Bolton Street
Station, Bury, Grater Manchester
Web. - www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk
Re-enactors (the inevitable Star Wars Stormtroopers et al!)
Cardiff - Cardiff Castle -
Tournament of the Knights
Cardiff Castle, Wales
Web. - www.cardiffcastle.com
Knight's tournaments, re-enactors,
living-history, family entertainment &etc.
Cardiff
- Cardiff Anime & Gaming Con (CAGC)
Mercure Holland House Hotel, 24-26 Newport
Road, Cardiff, CF24 0DD
Web. - summer.cardiffanimecon.com
Tel. - 02920 435 000
10:30hrs (prepaid)/11:00hrs (door) -
finish?
Featuring exhibitors, performers, TCG'ing,
game tournaments, talks, cosplay contests (nearly £1,000 worth of prizes), Smash, League of Legends (£100 cash prizes), talent show, parties, other
activities &etc.
Limited on-site parking, £5 per day or £12
overnight
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Overseas Events
Saturday 17th August 2019
Florence (USA) - Pee Dee Doll Club - Doll & Toy Show
SiMT Conference Center, 1951 Pisgah Road,
Florence, SC 29501, South Carolina, USA
Web. - http://www.dollsmagazine.com/locations/simt-conference-center/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/peedee.dollclub/
eMail - ahayek73@aol.com
Tel. - ++8437 312 107
Leinster (Republic of Ireland) - Prince August Factory - Making badges of
Flags of the World
Prince August, 1 Kilnamartyra, Macroom, Co.
Cork, P12 FN79, Ireland
info@toysoldierfactory.ie
Tel. - +3532 640 222
No other details known - sounds
like fun for kids, with Toy Soldier casting tomorrow (see below) but the Prince August site has nothing on either
event, and the Toy Soldier Factory
site hasn't been updated for a year? Check before you travel
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Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th August
2019
Chantilly (USA) - Greenberg’s Great Train & Toy Show-
Train Show
Dulles Expo Center, 4320 Chantilly Shopping
Center, Chantilly, VA 20151
Web. - http://trainshow.com/chantilly/
10:00-16:00hrs
Admission $10 both days, $9 Sunday only,
under-11's free
Operating model train displays, free
workshops and demonstrations, free door prize giveaways, free test track (test
run your trains at the show)
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Sunday
18th August 2019
Leinster (Republic of Ireland) - Prince August Factory - Casting Metal Toy
Soldiers
Prince August, 1 Kilnamartyra, Macroom, Co.
Cork, P12 FN79, Ireland
info@toysoldierfactory.ie
Tel. - +3532 640 222
No other details known - sounds
like fun for kids, with Bagde casting yesterday (see above) but the Prince
August site has nothing, and the Toy Soldier Factory site hasn't been updated
for a year? Check
before you travel
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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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This Weekend
I've rather failed his week, other
things and poor weather combined to produce an unproductive stasis over the
last couple of days (and I've been headachy - blub blub! It's all these
high/low-fronts blasting over) and at the time of writing there is nothing
posting Saturday or Sunday and only a brief paragraph on Monday, now I dare say
I'll shove something together, but it won't be much and with Sandown on
Saturday and sorting (or gardening!) on Sunday, there may not be anything else
substantial 'till Tuesday?
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Other News
Hamley's
have opened another store, their second in Guwahti.
Now it would be both an easy line, and slightly racist in that casual form of
neo-colonial racism to add 'wherever that
is', but the fact is I don't know where that is; I, a relatively
educated man, don't know where a city (or county/state?) large-enough to
support not one, but two Hamley's,
is.
The point here being, this is Asia's
century, Chinese money in Indian retail-empires; and we - through Trumpundbrexit;
through white-right fascist minorities holding the headlines; through the
resurgence of catholic intolerance in Central and South America, Eastern Europe
and Iberia - are 'fiddling while Rome burns'; are ignoring the fact that
'European civilisation' and - yes! - liberal democracy, have been rather left
behind. Sliding to the Right won't help, it will just make us more enemies, quicker!
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Links
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H is for How They Come In
A couple of bits of 'heavy-metal' were the
first items to join the collection this week, the little camel - pretty-much Airfix or Marx 'Miniature Masterpiece'
Arab-compatible is a piece of base-metal tat, with a fridge-magnet, but fun
nevertheless, and removal of the 'pearl' would render him slightly more useful,
while the very heavy lump of quite hard whitemetal (probably proper 'mug'
pewter) unicorn is a perfect fit for 54/60mm figures, but I couldn't find a
suitable rider - in time!
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Big score of LRG's! there were ten figures
to a bag for a pound and I found eight, although I noticed a ninth a few days
later (today - Thursday - as it happens!) which I left. Mostly they are Mini-Boglins, with a handful each of Monsters in my Pocket and the Severn
Towns thing - Pet Aliens - along
with a set I'm unfamiliar with, but which I shall endeavor to find out about!
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Today's minor-haul included two terracotta
('terricata'!) birds and a modern
wooden guardsman, very similar to one we had as kids. I am looking out for the original
(we had a policeman as well) and have seen two on feebleBay over the years, but
both is a bit of a state! Finally a Star
Wars figure which was lying in the street!
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Other Stuff
The sunflower has done a brave job of
striving to look . . .
. . . like a daisy, I'm sure you'll agree!
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