Woodsy, you recently mentioned the American Butterfinger chocolate bar, although apparently it is not officially 'chocolate'. The ba...

Adam Adamant Lives did not screen in NZ, and I had never seen it. However it was often referred to, and seemed to be well regarded. It was a...

The TV series The Wild Wild West came up recently. This was a show that combined two popular TV genres of the 1960s – cowboys and spies, and...

I know there are many Action Man fans among Moonbasers, so I thought this You Tube video would be of interest. A look at the work of Palitoy...

The Hot Wheels Racer Verse line began in 2023. It is a line of small, cartoon-style racing cars, all driven by well-known characters, mostly...

At a fair I picked up a paperback book, Do You Know About ? Space Flight, from 1962. A really nice volume, from the dawn of the manned Space...

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...

I popped in to a shop in my local shopping mall, and discovered two great Barbie die-casts from Hot Wheels. Both were added to my collection...

In 1976 Corgi released Gift Set 36 Tarzan, one of the most magnificent they ever produced. The Set re-used a number of existing Corgi models...

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...