Just to show you the 1930's Mickey Mouse stationery published by Kuvataide.  I wonder why the title is left in English? ...

Woodsy, Here's a scan of one of the model sheets (aka used by cartoonist to draw the characters).  Fred and Wilma had Dino and Baby Pus...

I saw this old sale item and thought, which toy Stingray has a multi-coloured ratemaster like this? Anyone know?

Woodsy, Here's the large Marx Fred on dinosaur crane I used to own (BTW the crane's name was Mildred).  Cosmetically, the toy was in...

Museo Leikki toy museum in Espoo, Finland, has just opened a new special exhibition Time Travel Odyssey 1950 – Childhood and youth of the pa...

 I recently picked up these two plastic biuldings in a scrap store. They were dearer than I'd like - £15 the two - but really quite love...

I was thinking how I learnt stuff at school back in the Sixties and early Seventies that had no bearing on my life whatsoever. Even more, I ...

  Quips and witticisms needed, the funnier the better!