Hello, Attached a couple of photos of an empty box for an Atlas space rocket, which I bagged from a Finnish auction site Tori.fi.  After pu...

Cor! Here's Arto's original Mattel Zython figure, as it first appeared on the Catacombs website, stood in front of two fabulous Star...

Arto has been kind enough to share pictures of his recent and amazing haul of vintage goodies at the Juthbacka vintage fair on the western c...

Soon after my toy collecting began in 2002 and whilst browsing the internet wonderland, I stumbled upon a Project S.W.O.R.D. Checklist compi...

Woodsy Sending you these piccies of my recent antico mondo acquisitions. First up is the X-50 Space Racer, a rare carded version. The bliste...

Sorting out my load of Jokimaa car boot sale finds, I wanted to share with you this most interesting discovery and a bit of HK toy salvage -...

Some things a worth the wait. Even a long one. This one took me more than a decade! The Satellite money box was made by a Finnish money box ...

I thought you might find this case interesting.  On our way back to north, we stopped at an inaugural Vääksy Antique Fair. A popular event f...

Here's the updated Tai Hing Checklist.  If any corrections / additions come to mind, please let me know. I have tried to stick to confir...

Arto's fabulous collecting never ceases to amaze me. Finland really is the centre of the vintage universe. Its quite incredible what tur...

To celebrate my first two original darts for the Tudor Rose Atomic Ray Pistol, I took this group shot of my arsenal by far. The green one an...

Just watched See No Evil (1971), a cherry of Brit horror of the early Seventies. Not sure if you are aware of these toy shots in the opening...

I was chuffed to come across this little children's Secret Service Field Glass toy at a local antique shop. Made in Japan, it even has a...

Last month's bi-annual Clean-up Day was quite productive, finding this 1/12 scale Bandai Ferrari Flat 12 kit from 1968.  I was a bit gob...

  To complete this year's Space Glider thread here's Arto's beautiful fleet too. From L to R: Orange Hover NASA Space Tract*, Ta...

Earlier in the year Arto got hold of the Probe Force 3 forerunner, the Hover Rocket XL9. Sadly it had no fins. Wanting to see it complete fo...

Telex was a prolific Finnish toy manufacturer in the 1950's, with a famous slogan "Telex For Your Kids Too!". Most of their to...