At the 2023 Auckland collector's fair, I picked up seven kits, and a box of bits (but it was a really lovely box). A mix of modern and v...

Here is my second report, on the first Auckland fair of 2025. This time, books and die-casts. A new book on Fun Ho ! die-cast toys. Over 200...

Auckland has just had its first fair of 2025, and I got some great bargains. Not many die-casts this time, but I did get some really nice ki...

Here are some photos of my haul from a toy fair [a couple of years ago] in Auckland. First up, a look at the die-casts. The model of Uncle S...

Airfix had introduced a range of plastic building bricks in 1955, called Airfix Building Sets. These were revised in the early 1960s, and t...

The last Auckland toy fair of 2024 was held recently, and here is my report on the kits. Not too many vintage models this time, but I did ge...

The last Auckland fair of 2024 yielded several interesting small scale die-casts by various makers, and a couple of larger scale Lledo Vangu...

"50 Years of New Zealand Cereal Toys 1950-2000, Stephen Summers & Peter Fisher, privately published in August 2006, Wellington, New...

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Auckland had its latest fair for model and kit collectors in September 2024, and I filled up two bags with goodies. More detailed reports wi...

In June last year I discovered a new shop - like a $2 shop (British pound shop), but with a far greater selection of interesting things than...