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Description: I'm LaToya and I run Toy Collector! Every so often, I'll be blogging about toy news and other interesting and unusual toy-related stuff I find on my daily travels in the toy world! |
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Aug 18
2010
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As I mentioned in my piece on our trip to the Houten fair, we stopped off the night before the event to visit with Henri Kroeze of Tiny Toy Cars at his extremely cool shop in Gravendeel.
Tiny Toy Cars grew out of Henri's collecting hobby six
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Aug 16
2010
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As you may know, Toy Collector went to the amazing Houten NAMAC fair in the Netherlands this past weekend. And we've got the pics to prove it!
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Jul 02
2010
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Back in 1989, a book came out which went straight to the top of all Corgi collectors' Christmas lists. Authored by former Mettoy Chief Designer Marcel R. Van Cleemput, who had prepared the very first designs of the very first Corgi cars in 1956 and had subsequently been involved in every single model that followed, The Great Book of Corgi was the definitive guide to the Mettoy-produced brand, covering its history from '56 up to Mettoy's bankruptcy in 1983.
It's hard to believe that 21 years have passed since the original book was published, but while Mettoy never came back to life, Corgi most certainly did, and that's 21 more years of new models that weren't covered in the original book. And which Marcel has now updated the book to cover for the new 2010 edition, due out this Autumn. On the occasion of the new book's announcement, he very kindly agreed to talk to Toy Collector about it and, of course, about his amazing history with Corgi.
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Jun 30
2010
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Here's a trick that even James May missed - a life-size Scalextric Track! Mazda have just issued this press release about their upcoming activities at the Goodwood Festival of Speed!
Relive your childhood motoring dreams with Mazda at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
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Jun 29
2010
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Heads up Spitfire fans, I just received the following announcement from our friends at Airfix:
Airfix, is flying into action to help to raise money for veteran charity, Help For Heroes, by auctioning off a collection of autographed model Spitfires this week.
Piers Morgan, David Jason, Frank
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May 09
2010
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Germany's Schreiber-Bogen had their very impressive paper & card model kits on display. They model every type of vehicle you can think of in their range!
Vans, Motorbikes & Cars (and some buildings and trains!):
The Citroen H Vans were especially nice!
One of the staff was kind
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May 09
2010
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From IBG Models, there was a really good display of military models - planes, tanks, WW3 and more - in a variety of scales from IBG Models themselves, Hobby Boss and Tristar:
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Apr 29
2010
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This may be a little outside our usual collecting focus, but I couldn't resist snapping some pics of the amazing Radio Controlled models at the fair. Here are the turboprops, gliders, jets, helicopters and a couple of boats from companies like Simprop Electronic, J-Power Group, Ripmax, Topmodel and
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Apr 27
2010
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Let's face it, there's an awful lot of companies making 1/18 scale diecast out there, but even in a crowded field, True Scale Miniatures stood out. They've got a small but perfectly formed range of 1/18, a slightly larger, but no less nice range of 1/43 plus garage and racing figure accessories to
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Apr 26
2010
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We've already seen how assorted slot car makers are tyring various strategies, like making their models bigger, smaller, slot-less, or using subjects that'll appeal to younger buyers like computer game or movie tie-ins. However, Top Slot have their own niche - they're making super-detailed slot