Toy fair news

[YYS4BOB]

sorry if I missed you too Bob ("YYS4BOB").

GHOSTHUNTER.

I wasn't there. During January I seem to have blown the budget until about May!! So no fairs for me for a while

[nickjones]

Anyone going to the NEC on sunday ?..
I will be going.

[GHOSTHUNTER]

Anyone going to the NEC on sunday ?..
I will be going.

Very unlikely, my damm computer has become a Money pit, so no funds left...!

Ghosty.

[fixer]

Not this time saving for Sandown on my birthday weekend this month

[Idris]

Anyone going to the NEC on sunday ?..
I will be going.

Thanks for reminding me. I'll see what I can do.

[shockwavediecast]

Anyone going to the NEC on sunday ?..
I will be going.

Trying to get a last minute stand today. fingers crossed.

[petethesweet1]

Hi Nick & all I hope to turn up weather permitting Lets hope there is something there to buy Pete

[matchboxmarcel]

As Sandown is almost coming up. (saturday feb 14th, Buy yourself a big Valentines present there on cost of your wife or girlfriend !)
I thought it was good to post the pictures of the last event at Sandown, saturday november 15th 2014.

From left to right.
me (Marcel from the Netherlands)
Philip
Kevin (Ghosthunter)
Bob Tutt (YYS4BOB)
Reg



And this is me with Fabrice DeClercq from Belgium



I didn't take many photos at the event.
This Matchbox Switch a Track with rarer packaging.



I had an awfull lot to carry home, including a1964 Matchbox display I won from Vectis and many Ebay UK wins which were sent to Bob Tutt to save on postage.
The RETURN ticket for the nightcoach from Amsterdam to London only costed me 22 euro, a new record !
It was raining when I left the event but a traincollector who wanted to visit another swapmeet after Sandown was so kind to bring me to the station of Esher.
From there it was up to Victoria and put my luggage into a locker and visit the city.
I also made a tour in one of London's new double decker busses and they are realy nice.
Some photos made, back home:



The cardboard 1964 display was not folded.









I am also happy with an old Vectis Matchbox Magic catalogue I found at the Vectis stall, one of the very few Matchbox Magic Vectis catalogues I didn't have.
Looks nice with the newer catalogue of the Ralph-Egbert Richter collection as they both cover the rare Magirus cranes.



The 1964 display I got from Vectis came with 2 other items in the same lot which I already had.
The fragile 1966 vacuum formed display went to a Belgium collectorfriend here and the header of a 1980 USA moy display went to my long collectorfriend Tomas Kodrle in the Czech Republic.





This photo was taken one week later at the swapmeet in Aachen Germany.
I had the 1980 MOY header well packed and here is Czech collector Pavel Sobol who would bring the header for Tomas Kodrle at the swapmeet in Prague.

(I visited collector Bob de Graaf after the Aachen event, photo of that visit in a separate tread to follow)



The 1964 display is now safe in my cabinet next to the 1965 and 1966 display and fully loaded with the right models as per the UK trade catalogues for those years.
I also have all the right boxes for these models.





These 3 displays will go to the big exhibition with 100 other collectors during this summer in The Hague.
More on that exhibtion to follow in a separate tread.

marcel

[Idris]

A sharp-eyed member alerted me to the fact that Marcel's post (above) contained legible postal addresses. I have deleted the offending photograph. Would all members please consider such matters when posting photographs on this Forum. Remember that just because someone is a member of the Forum, it doesn't guarantee that they are honest (e.g. Garry, Christine, Jasmine). In addition, there are many, many visitors and lurkers whom we know nothing about, and their motives for visiting us may not all be above board.

[nickjones]

Thanks for another great report Marcel, I almost felt like I went with you!.