I sort of ran out of Mojo on Thursday night, only temporary, had other things to do, so should be publishing again by tomorrow, but in the meantime, I saw the bestest shooting star ever last night, the tail must have been 40/100-miles long, and as it broke-up it burned-out turquoise through to ultramarine, it was worth being born, just to see that split-second of wonder!
Anyway, I tthought I'd remind everyone it's Sandown Park toy fair today!
So, 4am here, and I've run out of puff, sorting the plunder pile! Yeah, I had a snooze earlier! There were three new Plastic Warrior Special Publications launched at the show this year, and the embargo has been lifted on them being announced, so they are:
I'm not 'people'ing' right now, too much other shit going on, but I will be my usual cheery self tomorrow, at the world's best Toy Soldier show, being the . . .
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Usual contact details and travel stuff from the usual sources:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PlasticWarrior?fref=ts
Blog. - http://plasticwarrioreditor.blogspot.com/
eMail - pw.editor3@gmail.com (pw.editor@ntlworld.com)
Tel. - 01483 830 743
. . . and Brian posted all the relevant details a while ago.
And, given the success I had last year, pre-mentioning the need for a blue astronaut/paratrooper, this year I'm hoping to find . . . No; you don't tempt fate!
Here's some eye candy for stuff you may find though, and I will get round to answering comments/eMails, next week if I can.
Coincidentally running from my Birthday, although I've only just learnt of it, until the 30th June, so still plenty of time to get up there and have a look;
Everything else you need to know is here;
https://colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/events/joy-of-puppetry/
And, better late than never! Sorry, missed the activity weekend!
I'm not ready to go back to the weekly show-date format yet, haven't got the time, or the space, but here are a few flyers I picked-up at last weekend's show, with dates of forthcoming shows or events;
Tel/Answerphone - 01727 826400
London - Twickenham / Whitton - Plastic Warrior Magazine - Plastic Warrior Show
Almost forgot, and probably won’t post for a day or two, as a result, but it's the first Sandown Park toy fair of the season tomorrow, so shake-out the cobwebs and get yourself down to the UK's best show, and see if you can find a 'grail item' or a bargain!
I haven't had that many 'News, Views' this year, just been too busy, but the all important one is in now and it's good news . . . Plastic Warrior's show for 2024 has a confirmed date!
I'm too busy to blog for a few days, maybe even a week or two, but Rudy Panucci reminded us on Brian's site that the Marx Toy & Train Show, starts tomorrow at the Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum in Wheeling, West Virginia, there'll be all sorts there!
More about it / details on this blog;
A week later, full show report;
Peter Evans has pointed out there's a rail strike on Saturday (just fucking pay them, Christ; the amount of money the Tories have shovelled into their own pockets or let Truss piss up a wall!), which will affect travel in the area of the show;
"For those of you planning to come to PW on the 13th
The 'event' is the Army v Navy match . . . now, having in my past been responsible for signage at both Twicker's and The Stoop, I can assure you that The Winning Post can be heaving on an International or Cup Final match day, it shouldn't apply so much to the services match, as many of the audience/supporters will be bussed-in and bussed-out by their units, and probably won't head up to 'our' venue.
But it may get busy nearer kick-off (2pm), there will be some private travel up the M3, from the Aldershot area (home of the Physical Training Corps who like a sports event!) and Portsmouth/Southampton (Navy) so I'd advise sellers to travel early to guarantee a park (but there shouldn't be a shortage in the morning) and buyers to travel early for pedestrian traffic reasons.
And if there are parking problems toward midday, The Stoop, halfway between The Winning Post and Twickenham Stadium (on the other side of the road) opens it's parking for what I believe is a reasonable rate - for London! As does the field between The Stoop and the Hotel, so there won't be any real problems.
See you there, and if you've got a bag, box, tin or tub of 'interesting' junk, bring it along and I'll probably give you money for it! The guy's on the door can point me out!
I forgot to mention . . . It's BP Fairs' Sandown Park Toy Pair today, so if you're at a loose-end, mosey-on down to Esher and see if you can grab yourself a bargain, he says; still half-asleep!
Barney's been busy this winter, another release from him reads . . .
"...this week we have an exciting collection of 'Swoppets' from Poole in Dorset, including some superb C15th Knights, some of which have come straight out of a boxed set and are in pristine condition. We also have some nice early Herald ceremonial figures from the Manhattan Collection, including a group of four very early Guardsmen, marching at the slope, all with the "British Made" Zang trademark to their bases..."
As I mentioned the other day, there were two releases from Barney in the queue, to which another has been added and as I've now taken everything off this piece of shit HP-17 in order to send it back for a refund (it's not right!), an image-free post is a useful one right now! Good news, I talked myself into a Mac' replying to EY the other day, so went and got one yesterday, so . . . another weeks setting-up and getting used to a new system and I should be firing on all cylinders!
" . . . this week we have for sale a good group of Speedwell figures from the Robin Hood set, together with a smaller scale Speedwell mounted cowboy, moulded in two-pieces. Happy collecting as always, Barney - PS: Royal Mail have now resumed International services, so hopefully the cyber incident from 11 January has now been resolved and normal service resumed!"
