After a recent natter with Woodsy, I realised I hadn't looked into the history of the Japanese toymaker, Epoch. https://epoch.jp/global/...

 As a young teenager I was obsessed with Samurai weapons. One of my faves were the Karimata or braid cutting arrows.  Recent I saw this set ...

 In the late Sixties I was given a game at Christmas called Dizzy Bug by Joyment..  I recall it clearly, a sort of frantic tin bug arena in ...

This is unusual but then again it is Japanese, a transparent space car or motorbike. I like the bit of the card art I can see. What do you t...

When I was a little kid, I was fascinated by model displays in Museums... I always thought it would be the best job in the world. Sadly eve...

  On a recent holiday excursion to the Peak District, I found a great little shop selling vintage toys and just outside was a basket of die-...

I rather like this Japanese Atom Gun with Spark. It's a sort of sawn-off tinplate gangsters in space affair. I wonder if 73 is significa...

Hello Moonbasers, I'm back in Australia and putting my shattered life back together! I've begun carefully sorting the lovely items I...