The curating of my toys is taking more time than I ever planned for and I forget where I am up to. So I am starting to post my site updates into this list as much as anything for me to keep track of the changes. Today was all about my cereal toy collection. I've recently acquired a large collection along with several other smaller purchases and I need to sort them out. My … [Read more...] about Cereal toy collection updates
Hotwheels Redline Olds 442 Spoiler question
An interesting question was put to me today via my RecoverToy site that I thought I would share. My thoughts, without really knowing, was to offer the following: “I could not tell you what the original spoiler had on it. However, my reproduction Hotwheels Olds 442 Spoiler show the numbers 6467-015 8 which suggests to me that the repro’s are a copy of the 8th mould … [Read more...] about Hotwheels Redline Olds 442 Spoiler question
Gozan Plastic Mini Cooper Made in Spain
Another Mini added to the collection. I don't have much information on the Gozan brand. This one is blue and is found under the Other Toys -> Plastic Toy Cars section. … [Read more...] about Gozan Plastic Mini Cooper Made in Spain
Buying Die-cast and old toys from the mid 1900’s
Yes, I buy toys! I buy all sorts of toys but focus mainly on collecting die-cast toy cars, trucks and associated items. In no particular order I collect Matchbox, Dinky, Corgi, Tri-ang, Spot-On, Benbros, Charbens and most of the British (Made in England stamped) die-cast toys. Generally these are items dating between 1920 and 1980. Early issue Hot-wheels commonly known … [Read more...] about Buying Die-cast and old toys from the mid 1900’s
Tony’s Toys
This is a new site to help me track my ever growing Toy collection. The photo gallery will provide me with pictures of what I have that is packed away in boxes. A bit like a museum someone said the other day. I've got around 200 items on display and an unknown, but much larger quantity in storage. The problem is that I dont know what I have or have not got. So this site is … [Read more...] about Tony’s Toys