Toy fair news

[fixer]

The rain's always warm in England and so is the beer!!!

The beer is not warm: if it's properly kept, it will be at cellar temperature. (As Hobgoblin put it, "What's the matter lagerboy? Afraid you might taste something?")

You wont beleive it Hugh but i am sat drinking a glass of cold Hobgoblin ale right now. Very very good tasting Ale!!! A bargain at Lidl's £1.29 a bottle!!! ( also available at other retail outlets.....bla bla bla bla)

by the way you finished your comment I think you may have had more than one
I myself have just finished off a bottle of red wine

[motorman]

Congratulations Reg!! It is Saturday night after all.....hic!

[fixer]

anyone going to brentwood on the 16th

[GHOSTHUNTER]

anyone going to brentwood on the 16th

No sorry Reg, can't do that one.

Ghosty.

[nickjones]

anyone going to brentwood on the 16th

I might be there but just as a window shopper...

[fixer]

anyone going to brentwood on the 16th

I might be there but just as a window shopper...

Better than a window licker

[Idris]

Chris Dyer was his usual cheerful, accommodating self and, having contacted him beforehand, an early bird ticket wasn't an issue. Even at 8 a.m., about one third of the stallholders had already set up, with the balance arriving in a steady stream over the course of the next two hours.
The majority of the goods on offer had a model railway bias (perhaps because of the proximity of the Llangollen Railway?), but there was also a considerable amount of good condition Corgi, including one stall with mouth-watering rarities, mostly mint and boxed. A fair number of earlier Dinky Toys were also to be seen. I didn't find any Lesney to add to my collection (to be honest, the number of mint and boxed RW items could be counted on the fingers of one hand) , but did note a playworn GPW 59b, two presentable tan GPW 16b Trailers, and a GPW 3b all at very realistic prices.
So, obviously a disappointing outcome with nothing to show for getting up early on a Saturday, but Chris's fairs do feature a number of dealers whom I don't see on any other circuit, so I always feel that it's worth making the effort to go "just in case".

[tjlglass]

Wasn't going to go to Brentwood today but glad I did as I picked up some nice little goodies. Got up as usual this morning to go to my local booty and on the way there had a change of mind and drove the extra 50 miles to Brentwood, bumped into a few regular faces including our very own Reginald. Also see Graham (Rockertron) and had a good chat, tried to find Reg afterwards for a cuppa but couldn't find him. Just about to go home and another friend of mine stopped me to ask about a model he found from a old neighbor of his, it was an odd Hoveringham code 3 that I will start a thread on tomorrow. Very interesting find and emptied my already depleted pockets.

[fixer]

I'll catch you at huntingdon Timmy
Had a cuppa with Graham and a nice guy called Kev left at midday, I like brentwood as it's only 10mins from home

[tjlglass]

I'll bring your trailor, what colour did you want yellow or red ?