This was going to be part of a twin posting/comparison with the 'museum' at Mountfitchet, but things took a darker turn at that establishment, and for now I'll stuff it inconveniently under the carpet, and instead you can enjoy this as a stand-alone!
The shots Chris Smith took on a visit to the Wroxham Miniature Worlds attraction up in Norfolk, just NE of Norwich . . .
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"From the outside the building looks like an industrial unit with
entrance via a propped open fire door escape, I knew entry price was
£13.95, did think about not going in... But took the plunge.
Very well laid out displays, some massive model railway scenic setups. Not my thing but couldn't help but be impressed by the standard of work involved in creating them, 100's of plastic buildings and 1000's of small figures included. All the trains controlled by a central PC program.
A number of working flight and driving simulator PC games from the 80/90's set up to try. I was useless at these back then so passed on trying."
"Good Scalextric track and display. Pelham Puppets, another massive
collection on display. Huge vintage Star Wars action figure collection,
figures, vehicles and boxes"
"Only other plastic figures I spotted were four Britains RNLI boats and crew in with some other, larger model ships."
"The Lesney/Matchbox bus was amazing, the sheer amount of vehicles was
staggering. They do need to improve the lighting in this and the head
height is an issue if you're over 5' 9" having to stoop on both levels."
"A small display of more general toys of interest were Magic Roundabout
Figures, Sooty & Friends cereal premiums and a strange space bike
with no rider, approx 1/32 scale that I'm sure would know the maker." [MPC Fireball XL5]
"Massive Lego display, from vintage Lego city to more recent lines of Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, Harry Potter etc."
"Knitting! Not my thing, but impressed with the level of detail and work involved."
[Excellent use of a mirror-back display cabinet, to visually double the size of the diorama]
"Airfix models, poor display, obviously not loved. Poor quality build and a
bit battered now. Were a few Airfix painted 1/32 figures and 1/72, but at
ground level and hard to see.
One of my favourites was a collection of penny arcade machines all in
working order, old pennies available via a change machine a £1 for ten,
which I enjoyed spending.
Overall, I'd recommend it to anyone if you're in the area on holiday or
in Norfolk visiting/working. Personably disappointed by the lack of
plastic figures."
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To which I'll add my tuppenny's worth, firstly thanks to Chris for sending all this to the Blog, and secondly, it appears to be a much better curated and displayed than others I have seen, the Airfix 54mm case, not withstanding!
