You have to subscribe to read the whole
thing, so I bought a paper copy, he would have approved - the Internet was a dark-art! I'll do something on the first anniversary maybe, when I've better got my head round it all.
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The one thing we are all promised at the
moment of our conception, the only thing . . . is a last breath, and the sooner
the two orange loon-clowns of Anglo-Saxon 'civilization' breathe theirs; the
better for the whole bloody planet!
Every time you think our long political/cultural
suicide can't get any worse, you get something like the last five days, and
sure enough, by Thursday the entire (Tory) media had decided that the problem really
was actually anti-Semitism in the Labour party and not the appallingly
childish and dangerous behavior of Trump or Johnson, the leak, the failures in
our security behind the leak, the identity or motives of the leaker, nor - even
- the [private] opinion of our Ambassador; which only confirms what every-other
columnist has already pointed-out, even most of the WASP ones - that the
Whitehouse is an internecine kindergarten in meltdown!
Donald says Boris is great! They're
biggly-besties! But how long do you think it would take the transatlantic
bottom-burp to start slagging-off our own orange-loon, on twitsphear, once 'Bo-Jo's
in power? After all; he's no Putin or Kim, he's no Erdogan or Netanyahu . . .
or - at least - we hope he doesn't prove to be . . . he's just a pretentious,
privileged, needy product of Eaton (and not the first) with the commensurate
sense of entitlement, he IS the swamp!
Meanwhile we are all supposed to just carry
on as if it's all perfectly normal?
Carry-on buying old toys; there lays a
small-sanity . . . getting a bit quieter here for the summer, but apparently
picking-up in the antipodes (two this week!), where it's a non-Christmas
'winter season'!
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The same comments apply as last week
vis-à-vis local stuff and air-shows, I'm listing one this weekend (RNAS Yeovilton) but there must be
others.
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Toy Fairs
Saturday 13th July 2019
Hawkinge - SRP Toy Fairs
Hawkinge Community Centre, Heron Forstal
Avenue, Hawkinge, Kent, CT18 7FT
Web. - http://srptoyfairs1.co.uk/
eMail - srptoys1@hotmail.co.uk
Mob. - 07739 998 012 (Paula or Gerry)
10:00 - 14:00hrs
Admission charge unknown
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Sunday 14th July 2019
Colchester - SRP Toy Fairs
Langham Community Centre, School Road,
Colchester, Essex, CO4 5PA
Web. - http://srptoyfairs1.co.uk/
eMail - srptoys1@hotmail.co.uk
Mob. - 07739 998 012 (Paula or Gerry)
10:00 - 14:00hrs
Admission charge unknown
Coventry - Barry Potter / BP Fairs
The
Connexion, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Coventry, CV8 3FL
Web. - www.bpfairs.com
Tel. - 01604
846 688
Mob. - 07966
527 177
10:30 -
15:00hrs
Admission
£3, seniors £2.50p, children £1, early bird (from 08:00hrs) £6
Free parking
Bowburn - Frank Phillips - Bowburn
Toy Fair
Bowburn Community Centre, Bowburn, County Durham, DH6 5AT Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/events/bowburn-community-centre/bowburn-toy-fair/440630169857732/
Tel - 01913 770 571 (venue)
10:00-14:30hrs
Admission unknown
Eastbourne
- Robert
Horscraft - Eastbourne Toy & Model Collectors
Fair
East Dean Village Hall, East Dean, East
Sussex, BN20 0DR
Internet presence unknown
Tel. I - 01323 899 879
Tel. II - 01424 846 676
Hours unknown
Admission £1.50, under-12's free
Free Parking, refreshments
Lincoln - J&J Fairs (John
& Julie Webb)
The Exhibition Centre, Lincolnshire
Showground, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 2NA
Web. - www.j-jwebbtoyfairs.com
eMail - jandjfairs@virginmedia.com
Tel. - 01522 880 383
10:00 - 14:30hrs Approximately
Admission £2.50p, seniors £2, 1st child
£1.50p
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Tuesday 16th July 2019
Wootton
Basset - Steven
Clements Fairs - Wootton Basset Evening Fair
Memorial Hall, Station Road, Wootton
Basset, Wiltshire, SN4 7EN
eMail: clementfairs@aol.com
Tel. - 01380 725 322
Mob. - 07958 101 891
18:30 - 20:30hrs
Free parking, café
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Wednesday 17th July 2019
Burton-on-Trent - Townsend
Toy & Train Fairs (Malcolm
Townsend) - Evening Fair
The Town
Hall, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 2EB
Web. - www.tttf.co.uk
Mob. - 07951 072 790
18:00 - 20:30hrs
Admission
unknown, accompanied under-16's free
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Thursday 18th July 2019
Theydon
Bois - Joe
Lock Fairs (evening fair)
Village Hall, Coppice Row, Theydon Bois,
Essex, CM16 7ER
Internet presence unknown
Mob. - 07866 641 215
19:00-21:00hrs
Admission £1
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Auctions
Tuesday 16th July 2019
Newbury
- Special
Auction Services (SAS)
81 Greenham Business Park, Newbury, West
Berkshire, RG19 6HW
eMail - mail@specialauctionservices.com
Tel. - 01635 580595
Fax. - 0871 714 6905
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Wednesday 17th July 201
Warwick - Warwick & Warwick
Charlton House, Scar Bank, Millers Road,
Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34 5DB
(Auctions held in Court House)
Web. - www.warwickandwarwick.com
Tel. - 01926 499 031
Facsimile - 01926 491 906
Catalogue on-line, printed version
available on request
Trains, die cast, model soldiers and other
toys
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Friday 19th July 2019
Stockton-on-Tees - Vectis Auctions
Fleck Way, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17
9JZ
Web. - www.vectis.co.uk
eMail - admin@vectis.co.uk
Tel. - 01642 750 616
Trains/model railways
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Other Events
From Now Until the 4th of August
Various
'Selected' Sites - English Heritage - Horrible Histories Rotten Romans
Tie in with the new HH film, expect
re-enactors (Ermine Street Guard?), shenaigans and sillyness for younger
memebers of the family
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Saturday 13th July 2019
Yeovil - RN - Airshow 'Yeovilton
International Air Day'
RNAS Yeovilton & Museum, Yeovil,
Somerset
I've been to this one in the past (used to
be caller the 'Open Day') and it's one of the better ones, a status which will
only have increased as it's surrounded by countryside and will be able to mount
the sort of display venues like Farnborough no longer can
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Saturday 13th-Sunday 14th July 2019
Sutton
Hoo - National
Trust - 'Sae Wylfings' Anglo-Saxon Re-enactment
Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Event is free, but normal admission charges apply for the venue
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Overseas Events
Friday (today) 12th-Sunday 14th July
2019
Sydney (Australia) - O2C Solutions - LFG (Looking
For Gamers) Sydney
The Grand Ballroom, Bankstown Sports Club, 8 Greenfield Parade, Bankstown NSW 2200, New South Wales, Australia
Friday 12th July - 15:00-00:00hrs
(midnight, bonus day for weekend pass and Protospiel
ticket holders only)
Satday 13th July - 10:00-00:00hrs (midnight)
Sunday 14th July - 10:00-22:00hrs
Satday 13th July - 10:00-00:00hrs (midnight)
Sunday 14th July - 10:00-22:00hrs
Admission/ticketing is complicated - check
website
This is a table-top/RPG/board-gaming event
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Saturday 13th July 2019
Perth (Australia) - Mike Kouwen
- Nexus Toy Fair
Park recreation Centre, 34 Kent Street,
East Victoria Park, Perth, Western Australia, 6101
eMail - jmikek@iinet.net.au
Tel. - ++93 844 981
09:00-12:00hrs (noon/midday)
Admission $2.00AUS, children under-8 free
Note: short hours/opening times
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Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th July 2019
Mount
Waverley (Australia)
- Victorian Association of Miniature
Enthusiasts (VAME) - Melbourne Miniatures &
Dollhouse Fair 'Our World in Miniature'
Mount Waverley Community Centre, 45 Miller
Street, Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia (venue)
VAME, 225 Beveridge Road, Beveridge, VIC
3753, Victoria, Australia (organisers)
Web. - www.vame.org.au
10:00-16:00hrs ('till 15:00hrs on Sunday
14th)
Admission unknown
Raffle supporting Mirabel Foundation,
catering provided by the North Balwyn Rotary Club
Spirit
Lake (America)
- Dean & Carol Riessen - Great Lakes Toy Show
Dickinson County Expo Center, 1600 15th Street,
Spirit Lake, IA 51360, Iowa, USA
Internet presence unknown
Tel. - ++7122 625 503
09:00-16:00hrs (13th) 09:00-15:00hrs (14th;
both provisional)
Admission $3.00US, under-11's free
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Sunday 14th July 2019
Mississauga (Canada) - Ontario CC (Colin Douglas) - Collectible Toy Expo 2019
Britannia Room, (lower level), Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale Hotel, 6750
Mississauga Road, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
eMail 1 - colin@ontariocollectorscon.com (promoter)
eMail 2 - info@ontariocollectorscon.com (general enquiries)
Hours unknown
Admission free
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Links
I got excited-enough when I first saw these
to sit-up and pay attention, then saw the jointed arms and realised they are
probably 'action-figure' types in a largish size, and beyond the scope of my
collection, but they may appeal to some of you.
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If you are
an event promoter/show curator/auctioneer and you want your toy, model,
collectable or popular-/youth-culture type sale/exhibition/event listed here - FOR FREE - or linked to; please eMail me -
maverickatlarge[at]hotmail[dot]com
- stating
the date/s of the event, address of event, contact details, opening/viewing
times, admission pricing and any other relevant facts/details or features -
parking, travel notes, disability access, availability of refreshments, event
subject matter &etc.
And please
mention any flyer-art or poster-/leaflet-scans but send by separate eMail, in
case they go to the 'junk' folder,
from where they can be recovered and marked safe, but only if I know they're
there!
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H is for How They Come In
Very little this week but I've been almost
abroad, indeed; technically, and due to fog off Cap de l'Hargue I've been
to two 'sovereign nations' this week, if not actually countries!
Still managed to pick-up a couple more Chap Mai's; first M1 Abrams and a second
M1/M2 MICV/ACAV-hybrid (with tank gun!), along with a Zuru-marked Thor - losing his temper - which is a smaller scale
than the current'ish capsule-toy set we've seen here at SSW before, so maybe an
earlier iteration, or the very-latest set?
Now that I have three AFV's from Chap Mai
(I'm not looking for the larger Hercules/Atlas, Chinook or aircraft carrier
play set/toys they accompany), I can also report that the scale differs quite a
bit with the Land-Rover around 1:60th, the 'Bradley' coming-in at 1:78/80th or
thereabouts and the M1 tank probably closer to 1:100th. I think there's still a
Hummer to track-down).
Also, by the time you read this I should
have another bag of those Gogo Crazy
Bones, but they will probably be pushed straight-through to post/queue over
the weekend?
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Other News
Saved!
Shot this a few hours ago, it had actually
got stuck in the roof of the summer-room (posh name for a Meccano-framed plastic-paneled self-build) and was in danger of
cooking itself, I managed to get it out with a long pice of flexible tubing,
but it then decided I must be its own personal Deus Mirabilis and
wouldn't get off my arm, eventually though, I coxed it into the bull-rush! I
have a whole bunch of shots from Alderney which I'll try to remember to do as a
separate post.
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I hope you got it this week, I thought it
was a cut above the usual repeat symmetries; the heavens, from the left - The
Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth (w.Moon), Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune,
Pluto and little Charon, but I think I can do better with more time, so I'll have another go sometime!
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