| Series Spotlight: Zowees
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 With their Hot Wheels range a roaring success, in 1972 Mattel came out with the Zowees, a range of weird little vehicles that were initially given away at Shell filling stations in the US as part of a promotion. Popular with kids at the time, they are now equally popular with collectors.
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| Material World: Paper
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 Paper models have been around for centuries - in China, paper was used for kites over 2000 years ago. Recently, paper kits have seen a renaissance, as they're cheaper than metal or plastic kits, require less in the way of tools, paints and glues to assemble and, amazingly, can be just as detailed.
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| Manufacturer of the Week: Solido
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 Originally lunched in 1930, Solido made clockwork models up until the 1950s, when it branched out into the diecast market which it has continued in ever since, making models primarily in the European favourite 1/43 scale, but branching out into larger and smaller sizes too.
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| Theme of the Week: Police
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 Police-themed toys have always provided both children and collectors with plenty of entertainment, from toy guns, badges and helmets through to model police boats and cars to teddies in police outfits, there's always plenty of law-enforcement-themed items to choose from.
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| Featured Entry: Budig Zundapp Janus
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 The Budig Zundapp Janus is almost unique in that it's one of just two 1/43 models ever made of this bizarre microcar which WAS unique as it featured two doors - one at either end!
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| ...and Meet W.G. Holmes
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 Merrythought founder W.G. Holmes started out as a partner in a Yorkshire spinning mill which manufactured mohair yarn from imported raw materials. But in the 1920’s the arrival of synthetic fibres meant a downturn in demand for mohair. Realising the need to diversify, Holmes and his partners bought a local yarn maker and came up with a product which would use the materials produced by the newly combined companies: teddy bears.
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