Smokestack Lightnin'

 Once more the great beast ebay has tempted me to part with my hard earned cash and this time for something completely non-space. A couple of years ago, I blogged about a range of Lincoln International toys called Mini Wind Up which I began to collect as a boy on holiday in Wales. The first was a small tank and followed the following year by a neat Moon Buggy. Since the the collection has expanded and just today I received the latest in the range, a neat clockwork Locomotive. A few turns of the key and it chugs off, sparks flying brightly from the smokestack courtesy of a small flint and grindwheel arrangement inside. A simple, but charming little toy. I wonder how many others were in the range ?