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I’m a 60-year-old Aspergic gardening CAD-Monkey. Sardonic, cynical and with the political leanings of a social reformer, I’m also a toy and model figure collector, particularly interested in the history of plastics and plastic toys. Other interests are history, current affairs, modern art, and architecture, gardening and natural history. I love plain chocolate, fireworks and trees, but I don’t hug them, I do hug kittens. I hate ignorance, when it can be avoided, so I hate the 'educational' establishment and pity the millions they’ve failed with teaching-to-test and rote 'learning' and I hate the short-sighted stupidity of the entire ruling/industrial elite, with their planet destroying fascism and added “buy-one-get-one-free”. Likewise, I also have no time for fools and little time for the false crap we're all supposed to pretend we haven't noticed, or the games we're supposed to play. I will 'bite the hand that feeds', to remind it why it feeds.
Showing posts with label Nat. Hist. Museum. Show all posts
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Saturday, February 15, 2020

T is for Toy Fair 2020 Reports - Toyway - Natural History Museum

More museum/tourist-oriented stuff for our third visit to Toyway today.

Which might be the bigger clue as to the direction Toyway may be wishing to travel? A new Cavendish! These companies always keep their cards close to their chests, but even the Academy Da Vinci stuff is gift-shop stuff?

This - of course - would bode well for the Timpo (and Peter Evans') medieval stuff in their mould-bank; as there are as many gift shops as castles, forts, stately homes and battlefields in these fair isles - which are rather full of both castles and battlefield sites for such a peaceful looking place! But wouldn't bode so well for the non-touristy section of the mould-bank?

2020 Toy Fair; Ankylosaurus; Carnotaurus; Corythosaurus; Dinosaur Models; Dinosaur Novelties; Dinosaurs; Diplodocus; Kensington Olympia Toy Fair; Kentrosaurus; London Toy Fair 2020; Megalosaurus; Museum Keepsake; Natural History Museum; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Stegosaurus; Stegsuarus; Tourist Novelty; Tourist Souvenier; Tourist Souvenir; Toy Dinosaurs; Toy Fair 2020; Toy Fair London; Triceratops; Tricerotops; Tyrannosaurus Rex;
It's dinosaurs in branded-packaging so I won't say much . . . but they are lovely sculpts, probably supplied by a bigger maker.

2020 Toy Fair; Ankylosaurus; Carnotaurus; Corythosaurus; Dinosaur Models; Dinosaur Novelties; Dinosaurs; Diplodocus; Kensington Olympia Toy Fair; Kentrosaurus; London Toy Fair 2020; Megalosaurus; Museum Keepsake; Natural History Museum; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Stegosaurus; Stegsuarus; Tourist Novelty; Tourist Souvenier; Tourist Souvenir; Toy Dinosaurs; Toy Fair 2020; Toy Fair London; Triceratops; Tricerotops; Tyrannosaurus Rex;
I didn't see a Dimetrodon so big disappointment there!

2020 Toy Fair; Ankylosaurus; Carnotaurus; Corythosaurus; Dinosaur Models; Dinosaur Novelties; Dinosaurs; Diplodocus; Kensington Olympia Toy Fair; Kentrosaurus; London Toy Fair 2020; Megalosaurus; Museum Keepsake; Natural History Museum; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Stegosaurus; Stegsuarus; Tourist Novelty; Tourist Souvenier; Tourist Souvenir; Toy Dinosaurs; Toy Fair 2020; Toy Fair London; Triceratops; Tricerotops; Tyrannosaurus Rex;
I'm not sure about the Carnotaurus's horns; it looks like it knocked them up as a comedy party-hat, from rubber-glove thumbs! I'll show that T-Rex!

2020 Toy Fair; Ankylosaurus; Carnotaurus; Corythosaurus; Dinosaur Models; Dinosaur Novelties; Dinosaurs; Diplodocus; Kensington Olympia Toy Fair; Kentrosaurus; London Toy Fair 2020; Megalosaurus; Museum Keepsake; Natural History Museum; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Stegosaurus; Stegsuarus; Tourist Novelty; Tourist Souvenier; Tourist Souvenir; Toy Dinosaurs; Toy Fair 2020; Toy Fair London; Triceratops; Tricerotops; Tyrannosaurus Rex;
Ah! It turns out Wednesday's spiky-bastard-a-saur is actually called a Kentrosuarus, I think spiky-bastard is better! And look at the tail on that Dippy', but in the actual museum, he's been shelved in favour of a whale (it's not a country Mr President) skeleton - I believe the one currently 'on tour' round the 'shires is actually a resin copy! Although something like 90% of it has always been first plaster, then resin.

2020 Toy Fair; Ankylosaurus; Carnotaurus; Corythosaurus; Dinosaur Models; Dinosaur Novelties; Dinosaurs; Diplodocus; Kensington Olympia Toy Fair; Kentrosaurus; London Toy Fair 2020; Megalosaurus; Museum Keepsake; Natural History Museum; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Stegosaurus; Stegsuarus; Tourist Novelty; Tourist Souvenier; Tourist Souvenir; Toy Dinosaurs; Toy Fair 2020; Toy Fair London; Triceratops; Tricerotops; Tyrannosaurus Rex;
Finishing with a kerthunkersaurus! And all available here.