There is an interesting old board  game called Sputnik I saw on a Museum's superb site about German space board games.  I love its plast...

Hi Woodsy, I just discovered this interesting video on the Brighton Toy and Model Museum. It mainly consists of interviews with the people i...

 I recently picked up this solid plastic plesiosaur from a house clearance chap. A really gorgeous sleek toy, I had thought it might be a Ne...

 It was 60 years to the day that Thunderbirds first graced the telly in the UK. Blimey! A lifetime ago! And I've just realized that I wi...

 I've always loved board games. It's the box art and contents that do it for me. Not the playing. I get bored! Here's a fantasti...

Image: Museum of Brands Reader Terranova47 spotted an interesting UK event on the Downthetubes site, the Thunderbirds & Space: 1999 – Sc...

 We took the Grandkids to Magna today, the steel-making kids' centre in Rotherham. With Fire, Earth, Water and Air displays, I really li...

Recently we visited the Nostalgia Museum in Parainen, SW Finland.  A young lad had amassed an impressive variety of vintage items for his pr...

Re. your blog post on the subject, I sent you these photos of my orange Sears Super Sonic Jetliner back in 2022.  It came up here in Finland...

 I'm amazed how similar this old life-size kids' space helmet is to Major Matt Mason's miniature one. Made by Dekker, this fabul...

Last summer my Missus took me to the Leeds Museum Repository. A warehouse stuffed with old treasures ready for Museums but also on display t...

I had to chuckle at the positioning of objects in this museum. A dalek and a big plunger! Can we expect a really big dalek to turn up and cl...

After my last blogworthy post featuring Dinky Prisoner mokes, here's a visit to a Dinky exhibition at Johnstown Castle Wexford Ireland. ...