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 ...

Hi Woodsy In a recent post, you mentioned a toy car called the Minister, which had appeared in an auction.  It seems the car is based on a f...

Hi Woodsy The latest addition to the Hot Wheels Top Gun Maverick line is this '71 Porsche 911, in the 2025 Pop Culture series. Being pa...

Hi Woodsy In recent years Matchbox have released a number of models in an unusual, and rather nice, light green. The markings are for the Na...

Hi Woodsy Aurora was a US model company, who were most famous for their monster kits, mainly based on Universal horror movie characters from...