Bits in salmon-pink are later additions, notes or further information supplied by others.

Bits in Khaki-green are 'work-in-progress' listings and anyone is welcome to add missing details, whether single items or whole chunks.

All photographs are 6.5 (old Fuji), 8.3 (Samsung) or 16 (new Nikon) Mpx, and most will blow up to greater than screen size if you hover on them and click. However I've noticed some of the older images aren't enlarging, this is probably a Blogger/Picasa/date/traffic/auto-archive thing?

If you think you can add some information, or identify any of the 'unknowns', please use the comment feature rather than emailing me.

Italics; denote manufacturer, trade mark/trade name, importer or supplier - sometimes!

Bold; denotes 'real-world' product titles or nomenclature - sometimes!

Please report any dead links, and suggest any links you think should/could be added.

Note
I have now found out how to switch-off the slide-show thingy, so just clicking on the photographs will open them on a whole page where most will then enlarge further with another click - if the cursor is in a 'plus' sign.

This doesn't seem to work for some of the older posts, this is a Blogger/Internet coding change thing I can do nothing about, one day I'll update or replace the more important ones but that's years away.

maverickatlarge[at]gmail[dot]com

For those not used to Blogger, the below 'index' allows you to find similar posts by their content, just click on the label (word) that best suits you search needs. I have tried to label by

- Country of origin of toy
- Country represented by toy
- Maker
- Material
- Scale/Size/Ratio
- Era represented by toy
- Whether subject is civil/military
- Other 'themes'
Etc...

Re-annotating the index is an ongoing project, in the meantime to save on space (there is a limit on the number of characters and the number of labels) I have started using abbreviations, which are as follows:

- AFV = Armoured Fighting Vehicle
- Plymr. = Polymer (type of plastic)
- NTS = Non Toy Soldier (subject matter)
- Gdn. = Garden/Gardening (subject matter)
- Flwrs. - Flowers (subject matter)

All other abbreviations are part of the recognised name of a company or organisation.

The hiarachy of the listing pushes non-standard letters to the end of the section so Märklin (with an umlaut) is the last 'M' &etc...the Cyrillic lettered brands are at the end of the whole list.