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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.
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Tuesday, February 11, 2020

T is for Toy Fair 2020 Reports - Games Workshop - Figure Shots

These are just a few shots I took while the Games Workshop sales-guy was giving me the spiel about the starter-set we looked at the other day, some are from that new Age of Sigmar system, others are older Warhammer 40,000 stuff with all the ray-guns and gizmos!

2020 Toy Fair; Age of Sigmar; Citadel Miniatures; Games Workshop Space Marines; Games Workshop Tau; GW Nighthaunts; GW Space Marines; GW Stormcast Eternals; GW Tau; Kensington Olympia Toy Fair; Knighthaunts; Nighthaunts; Nottingham Mafia Age of Sigmar; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Space Marines; Stormcast Eternals; Tau; TF2020; Toy Fair 2020; Warhammer 40000; Warhammer 40k; Warhammer K40;
This appears to be a 'quick-game' (?) board game, but there was nothing about it in the introductory starter mag.? Using hexes and two basic armies of Nighthaunts and Stormcast Eternals; there appears to be some over-layed hexes and I know nothing else about it, but - nice figures!

2020 Toy Fair; Age of Sigmar; Citadel Miniatures; Games Workshop Space Marines; Games Workshop Tau; GW Nighthaunts; GW Space Marines; GW Stormcast Eternals; GW Tau; Kensington Olympia Toy Fair; Knighthaunts; Nighthaunts; Nottingham Mafia Age of Sigmar; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Space Marines; Stormcast Eternals; Tau; TF2020; Toy Fair 2020; Warhammer 40000; Warhammer 40k; Warhammer K40;
The Nighthaunts again, painted by GW's own in-house guys, I may try to get one of the mounted figures to add to my old-school skeleton army as a commander?

2020 Toy Fair; Age of Sigmar; Citadel Miniatures; Games Workshop Space Marines; Games Workshop Tau; GW Nighthaunts; GW Space Marines; GW Stormcast Eternals; GW Tau; Kensington Olympia Toy Fair; Knighthaunts; Nighthaunts; Nottingham Mafia Age of Sigmar; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Space Marines; Stormcast Eternals; Tau; TF2020; Toy Fair 2020; Warhammer 40000; Warhammer 40k; Warhammer K40;
The 'good guys'; Stormcast Eternals, they are sort of sword and armour (no sandals in evidence) version of the Space Marines . . . I think! Is there even a narrative between these and 40,000 . . . I thought plain-old Warhammer was the earlier age?

2020 Toy Fair; Age of Sigmar; Citadel Miniatures; Games Workshop Space Marines; Games Workshop Tau; GW Nighthaunts; GW Space Marines; GW Stormcast Eternals; GW Tau; Kensington Olympia Toy Fair; Knighthaunts; Nighthaunts; Nottingham Mafia Age of Sigmar; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Space Marines; Stormcast Eternals; Tau; TF2020; Toy Fair 2020; Warhammer 40000; Warhammer 40k; Warhammer K40;
These are some religious-order from the Warhammer 40,000 universe I think (arch high-priests of recidivism?), again painted to show, and probably familiar to regular readers of White Dwarf as the stars of many an article, painting guide and such-like.

2020 Toy Fair; Age of Sigmar; Citadel Miniatures; Games Workshop Space Marines; Games Workshop Tau; GW Nighthaunts; GW Space Marines; GW Stormcast Eternals; GW Tau; Kensington Olympia Toy Fair; Knighthaunts; Nighthaunts; Nottingham Mafia Age of Sigmar; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Space Marines; Stormcast Eternals; Tau; TF2020; Toy Fair 2020; Warhammer 40000; Warhammer 40k; Warhammer K40;
Likewise these guys; I can't remember who they are either, sort of arch-tech sci-fi types (Taui, Toui? Something like that), often painted in a dun or fawn brown (from memory) they look pretty medical in white - sanitising the universe like photographic negatives of crazy, futuristic, Nazi panzer-troops!

2020 Toy Fair; Age of Sigmar; Citadel Miniatures; Games Workshop Space Marines; Games Workshop Tau; GW Nighthaunts; GW Space Marines; GW Stormcast Eternals; GW Tau; Kensington Olympia Toy Fair; Knighthaunts; Nighthaunts; Nottingham Mafia Age of Sigmar; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Space Marines; Stormcast Eternals; Tau; TF2020; Toy Fair 2020; Warhammer 40000; Warhammer 40k; Warhammer K40;
GW can also supply branded tape-measure's - for when you've absolutely, positively fallen for all the hype! Some builders-merchants will give you a free one if you order enough sand - just sayin'!

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

News, Views Etc . . . Vectis - Dr. Cornel Fleming Collection

Press release for a three day sale which is due at Vectis over Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week;

Cornel Fleming was a man of many facets; Doctor, Husband, Father, Friend and Soldier. But throughout his life, the one constant, was that he was a collector. His love of all things Science Fiction and Military led him to build this, “The Dr Cornel Fleming Collection”. As one of the largest privately held collections of Science Fiction and Military toys, as well as Militaria and Books on the same, this collection chronicles not just his life, but the changes that occurred during it.

It was always known that when he passed, his collection would be shared with the world and the idea of this was something he always liked – that his passion, his attention to detail and the sheer size of the collection would eventually be shared with the wider collecting community. For some, items will complete their set. For others, it may be just the start of catching the auction or collecting bug.

We, the Fleming family, hope that you enjoy his collection as much and he did and bid you the best of luck.

Marsha, Simon and Dalia Fleming

The Dr Cornel Fleming collection takes place over three days, with Day 1 being predominantly TV and Film related, day 2 features further TV related and Tinplate, and Day 3 is largely Military vehicles.

The sale features a large collection of Star Trek items, Dr Who Dalek models, vintage Transformers and other robot vehicles plus Action Force Action Man, He-Man, Gerry Anderson vehicles, Star Wars, Major Matt Mason, Madelman vehicles and figures plus Corgi and Dinky diecast vehicles.

Day two features a large collection of space and novelty toys, including robots, vehicles and toys from manufacturers such as HaHa, Ideal, Yonezawa, TOM Toys, and Horikawa (SH Toys of Japan).

Day 3 includes a large number of tanks from manufacturers such as Minichamps, Forces of Valor, Franklin Mint and Polistil, plus a selection of tinplate tanks from TT Toys (Japan). Aircraft lots are available from Corgi Aviation Archive, with Matchbox vehicles and gift sets from Super Kings, Superfast, and Regular Wheels plus Battle Kings, Sky Busters, and Seakings.

There is a large selection of interesting items within these three days and at every collecting level there will be something for everyone. For further information please contact;

admin@vectis.co.uk

The Dr Cornel Fleming Collection:

Thursday, July 19, 2018

R is for Reaper Rock Chick!

The same day I encountered the Buck Rogers set, I was already heading for the Games Shop in Aldershot which - many years ago - was the HQ of Esdevium Games (now Asmodee) hoping for another extension pack for my Zombies!!! (which I've never played), but they didn't have any, or - at least - they only had a cards-only extension pack.

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Consequently, looking around for a consolation-purchase, and by now having the huge TSR box under one arm and my portfolio and 1000 4x5½ click-shut bags in the other hand, I plumped for this guitar-wielding punk-rock, tank-girl, chick-babe!

To be honest; when I got it home and out of the visually quite-distorting blister, I wasn't terribly impressed by the quality of the sculpt, which I would call a bit blurred or 'sandy', I've seen better 3D prints. I hope she will paint-up a bit better one day with a flash-trim and some washes?

It says it's 20% recycled plastic which is a good thing and I don't think that's the problem, I just feel it's a very poorly-defined/finished casting.

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Meanwhile Brian was ID'ing his own diver from the other-day's post, with a much cleaner looking casting! Line-branded to Chronoscope, I think it also covers nicely for the worlds of Messrs Wells, H. G.  and Verne, Jules!

However  . . . unpacking for the day, photographing and sorting (of six colours, 360-odd times) faced a two-hour-plus hiatus, due - I'm sure - to Blog-visitor Jah's encouragement of shear nehkid idleness in my ancillary-staff!

Boss . . . can you move the sun an inch to the left? It's right in my eyes!

That's better . . .

. . . zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!