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), […]
Shelley have produced many colourful and notable including the 1930s Shelley Harmony Ware. The streaked, dripped design in bright colours proved very popular and was produced in large quantities in a variety of different shapes. The design was created by Shelley’s lead designer Eric Slater in 1932 and was […]
The Corgi No 290 Kojak Buick features his brown buick and two figures including Kojak in jacket and hat holding and pointing his revolver. Crocker is in the back seat firing backwards. The model also came with a self adhesive Lieutenant badge. The original Corgi Kojak Buick was released in […]
Charlie Chaplin Royal Doulton Figurine HN2771 This great Charlie Chaplin Royal Doulton Figurine was designed by William K Harper and was released in 1989 as part of Doulton’s Entertainers Collection. The collection also included Laurel & Hardy (released 1990) and Groucho Marx (1991). It was released in an edition size of […]
If one collectable could epitomize the rise and fall of collectables in the last 20 years I would probably pick the famous NatWest Pigs. We look at the collectable phenomenon, some interesting NatWest Pig facts and look at prices. The pigs were a promotion began by NatWest Bank who were looking […]
Beswick Girl on Jumping Horse No 939 The Beswick Girl on Jumping Horse is a classic model designed by Arthur Gredington. The model shows a girl on horse jumping a small fence. Interestingly the horse and jump part of the model is also used in the Beswick model 982 of […]
Buddy Holly Royal Doulton Character Jug We still love the Royal Doulton character jugs at WCN. There have been many great examples, and now is a great time to collect as the prices of most models are way below their peak. The Buddy Holly Character Jug has a design number D7100 […]
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, normally Captain Scarlet was first broadcast in 1967 and was produced by the Century 21 Productions company of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, John Read and Reg Hill. It was the eight series to be produced by the Andersons and follows the hostilities between Earth and a race of […]
Gerry Anderson’s Joe 90 follows the adventures of a nine-year-old boy, Joe McClaine, who starts a double life as a schoolchild-turned-superspy after his scientist father invents a device capable of duplicating expert knowledge and experience and transferring it to a human brain. The series ran from 1968 to 1969 and […]
Gerry Anderson’s Stingray, the 1960s children’s marionette adventure series about a futuristic submarine patrol remains a cult classic and we take a look at some of the Stingray collectables, Stingray merchandise and Stingray toys that have appeared over the years along with prices at auction and a Stingray price guide. […]
