The original Beswick Alice in Wonderland series of figurines were released in 1973 and were produced until 1983. They were modelled by designer Graham Tongue (who had joined Beswick in 1996), Albert Hallam and David Lyttleton. The design of the Beswick Alice in Wonderland series of 11 figurines was influenced […]
The Beswick Thunderbirds set of busts was a commission by Lawleys by Post to celebrate the famous Gerry Anderson Thunderbirds TV programme in 1992. There were six busts in the set and were modelled by William K Harper. The set included Lady Penelope, The Hood, Brains, Scott Tracy, Parker and […]
The Beswick Puma on Rock is one of my favourite Beswick pieces. The piece which has a Model No 1702 is sometime referred to as Panther on Rock or Lion on Rock. It features a magnificent snarling puma cat standing atop grey rock with it’s front left forepaw outstretched ready […]
Moonraker was released in 1979 and although not critically acclaimed it became the most successful film during Roger Moore’s seven-picture tenure, and is still in the Top 10 among the entire James Bond franchise. It also had quite a number of commercial tie-ins including the first mainstream set of trading […]
Jaymar created a series of six jigsaw puzzles to coincide with The Beatles film Yellow Submarine. We take a look at these fantastic puzzles and include a price guide on some of the puzzles that have been sold at auction. The puzzles depicted scenes from the film: Beatles In Pepperland, […]
In our Collecting the Top 10 James Bond Cars the Corgi James Bond Aston Martin DB5 comes top. The Aston Martin DB5 first appeared in Goldfinger and the Corgi 261 model is probably one of the most famous and most sort after Corgi models. The DB5 has now appeared in […]
The Wade Whimsies Flintstones set of dinosaurs was originally released in 1965 in the Wade Flintstones Party Crackers and later in the Wade Animal Party Crackers set.There were four was figures released including Dino, Sabre Tooth Tiger, Bronti and Rhino. For fans of The Flintstones Dino will be the most […]
Wade Disney The Fox and the Hound Price Guide – Wade had great success with their Disney Hat Box Series and one of the lesser known sets was from the Disney film The Fox and the Hound. The The Fox and the Hound set consisted of four figures Tod, Copper, Big […]
Wade had great success with their Disney Hat Box Series of figures and followed on with a series of 10 larger Disney characters, eight of which were from the Disney film Lady and the Tramp. These models were around five to six inches tall, and became known as ‘Blow-ups’ amongst collectors. […]
The Spitting Image Pet Hates toys were launched in the mid 1980s and were based on the caricatures of a number of political figures of the time. There were of six Spitting Image Pet Hates toys in the set and included Margaret Thatcher, Neil Kinnock, David Owen (with David Steele in his pocket), […]
