The Royal Doulton Contentment figurine was the first figure created by Arthur ‘Leslie Harradine’ for Royal Doulton. The was Contentment figurine produced from 1929 to 1938, and has a model number HN1323. Contentment depicts a mother sleeping in an armchair with her child. The dress is normally red and pink […]
The Royal Doulton Scotties figurine is a classic design by Arthur Leslie Harradine but normally referred to as Leslie Harradine. Leslie Harradine created models for Doulton for over 40 years and the Scotties model itself was produced from 1928 to 1936. Scotties depicts a woman, sitting on a bench with […]
In the digital age we live in, physical movie posters can command high values and collectors across the world have their own list of holy grail posters to own. One such in existence is the 1972 one sheet poster of Stanley Kubrick’s disturbing masterpiece A Clockwork Orange. Having been X […]
We started collecting Funko Pop figures about 9 years ago when we started going to Comic Cons. They looked awesome and cute and the collecting bug hit us. Then in 2014 I got my hands on the San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) exclusive Pop of Sloth from the Goonies wearing […]
The special Smurfs 40th ANNIVERSARY Smurf Band Playset by SCHLEICH was released in 1998 to celebrate the Ruby anniversary of the first appearance of the famous blue characters in 1958. The Smurfs were characters in a series entitled “Johan and Pirlouit”, drawn by their creator Peyo (The first figurines were […]
Charlotte Rhead is well known for her Art Deco and colourful designs and in this feature we take a look at Charlotte Rhead tiles. Charlotte Rhead created a great number of tike designs ranging from buildings, landscapes, sea scapes, animals, and people especially women. Each tile was unique and tube-lined […]
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 […]
