Woodsy, Re Brian H's Tudor Rose find https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2025/06/brian-hs-tudor-rose-find.html I dug up this miniature...

The best find was the metallic savings bank akin to the US Strato Bank. They made those money banks with Finnish bank logos printed on. I ha...

Woodsy, Even though the Dan Dare - Pilot of the Future Pop-Up Book from 1953 has been well covered on the Blog before, this piece of informa...

Arto recently picked up the 1950's Spaceways and Adventure Annuals.  Arto says :  I'm thrilled to see those toys, X-300 and the X-40...

Digging into Helsinki Base(ment), I took this photo of my Tri-ang Minic Interplanetary Research Unit Presentation Set. The box set is quite...

In the case of Wittrock (and the X-300) there has been a development. Re. the eBay auction of 2012,  I found my old photo files.  Unfortunat...

Dusting off my Pyro 4 Space Ships set of the future, I ook this photo for your delectation. Anyone else got any of these? Arto Helsinki Base...

I've finally obtained a complete example of the X-300 Space Cruiser made in 1955 by the Finnish plastics manufacturer Telex! Finding a ...

Hello This is a photo of a space poster my brother had spotted in a local antique store and bought for me. A promotional poster for a Swedis...

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...