Hi Woodsy, The Italian company Politoys once had an extensive range of die-cast Walt Disney cartoon vehicles. Many were driven by such well ...

Hi Woodsy, Here is a You Tube video that I recently came across, called The History of Dinosaur Suitmation. It covers men in rubber suits p...

Hi Woodsy, I have just discovered what may well be the most beautiful tinplate toy ever made – the Wells-Brimtoy Robin Paint and Poster Truc...

Hi, On a recent visit to a second-hand book sale, I discovered a pair of very unusual children's books from the 1960s. Both have a Lenti...

Hi, This is something you often see on the side of Japanese toy and kit boxes – the ST J.T.A. marking. But what does it mean ? Well, I final...

Hi Woodsy Hot Wheels have been producing Batman models, in several sizes, for the last couple of decades. Mostly in the Mainline series. M...

Hi Woodsy You recently featured a stamp from Manama, featuring Apollo 16. The stamp says Manama – Dependency of Ajman, with Ajman being the...

Hi Woodsy, Most years Hot Wheels release a group of five Batman models within the Mainline. These are all Bat-vehicles, and come on individu...

Hi Woodsy, I saw your recent post on the Lincoln International Air Strike Moving Target game – fascinating fun to play in competition or al...

I just found this item on You Tube, which I thought might interest you.  A 23-minute look at the different doll-sized vehicles issued to go ...

The Monkees was a US TV comedy series about a struggling music group, made up of four young men, and pretty obviously modelled on The Beatle...

Hi I have only just noticed this – 2025 is the 75th Anniversary of the Peanuts comic strip. Written and drawn by cartoonist Charles M. Schul...

In the 1960s/1970s I had a couple of tin water colour paint boxes. A small one with (I think) a circus scene on it; and a large one with a b...

My Universal horror collection. Frankenstein, Dracula, the Wolf Man, Invisible Man, and Mummy are all multi-movie sets. The Phantom of the O...

Hi Woodsy Here is a bizarre little crumb of modelling trivia – a connection between Airfix and Dan Dare – Pilot of the Future. Not being an ...