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329 Views The licensed collectables specialist and pop culture expert, Eaglemoss Hero Collector is entering into the advent calendars market for the first time, having appointed the PR, marketing, and digital agency Norton PR to spearhead its first campaign. The company plans to target fans and collectors at launch, as well as run a mass market consumer initiative to drive sales in the run up to Christmas. With detailed high-quality collectable items hiding behind each of the calendar doors, t...

292 Views The licensed collectables specialist and pop culture expert, Eaglemoss Hero Collector is entering into the advent calendars market for the first time, having appointed the PR, marketing, and digital agency Norton PR to spearhead its first campaign. The company plans to target fans and collectors at launch, as well as run a mass market consumer initiative to drive sales in the run up to Christmas. With detailed high-quality collectable items hiding behind each of the calendar doors, t...

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There are some traditional toys and games no child should ever go without, says Tom Karen, a 95-year-old toymaker who lives in Cambridge, “like loveable dolls, soft toys, Lego, Monopoly, Connect Four – and yes, the Marble Run.” Karen invented the Marble Run in the 1960s after noticing how his own children found marbles thrilling. “I was surprised how much pleasure they got from a fixed run where all you could do was feed marbles at the top and watch them zig zag their way down,” he sa...

Martin was put through his paces as an trainee RAF pilot  Credit: Ryan Mcnamara/ North One TV Guy Martin’s Battle of Britain (Channel 4) was history strained through a giant, yellowing stack of Biggles books. And it was all the better for it. “July, 1940, the Battle of Britain begins,” intoned the narrator in the sort of gravelly tones usually reserved for film trailers featuring CGI monsters lunking each other. “It was a genuine turning point in world history.” The show’s wheeze...

The link is to what appears a genuine model-railway supplies retailer, and its catalogue does list various materials like Humbol Paints and other general products by names well-known in model-making. Though I sighed into the monitor when I saw they have listed gears as "cogs", and offered no apparent purposes. Nevertheless I agree with Jeff that whoever is using the Basset-Lowke name in the background, is merely cheapening it. In this case it could also give very widely-distorted views of old-t...

ef37a » Thu Apr 15, 2021 8:31 am Airfix, do you live in the Bornean jungle? I have XLRs and jack plug going on 50 that have not corroded, dullish yes but not corroded. Jack plugs benefit from a spin with a plastic scouring pad MOISTENED with a little WD-40 once a year. YES! WD friggin FORTY. I have a pair of mics in my garden and there is a total of 8 XLR connections. After six months or so, depending upon the weather, the system gets hummy/crackly. I split the conns, soak with WD and I am g...

Six things middle-aged people probably shouldnt be into 6th April 2021 IN your 40s but with hopelessly childish tastes? These are the hobbies that you need to drop to grow the f**k up:  Collecting action figures Shelves full of action figures, whether Princess Leia in her Hoth outfit, French Resistance Action Man or Funko Pop! Orko, are a great way of saying ‘my school bully threw one of these in the canal and I have never recovered. For the really stunted, build up a My Litt...

Hornby: A Model World from Rare TV for Yesterday The new UKTV Original series is an observational documentary following iconic British miniature model maker Hornby. Currently in production, the 10-part series (pictured) follows Hornby’s staff of engineers and model makers as well as collectors and model shop owners. Based at the company’s HQ in Kent, Hornby: A Model World is a nostalgic look at the modelling company, home to Hornby Railways as well as the Corgi, Airfix and Scalextric brand...

Andy Saunders didnt have much time for girlfriends as a young man; historic aviation was (and still is) a huge part of his life... I grew up very much in the era of Airfix kits, Biggles books and war comics – and it is fair to say that both model aeroplanes and ‘ripping yarns’ influenced my interests as a young lad. Feeding into that were family tales which were triggered by the latest aircraft model. For instance, my mother’s account of seeing scores and scores of B-17s heading out on ...