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Crayola launched its Colors of the World crayon box set in May 2020, releasing new colors meant to reflect over 40 skin tones from around the world. The line has since expanded to pencils and markers. Mattel, the maker of Barbie, launched its first l

Britains, Europe’s oldest specialist in agricultural toys and collectables, is set to celebrate its 100th Anniversary with the launch of its original Fordson Major Tractor, which will be one of only 7500 units available from July. In 1921, Britains u

Baby Alive Baby Gotta Bounce doll bounces up and down and laughs when you hold her hands and squeeze her wrist or repeatedly wave or move in front of her. She actually stands up and bounces on her own! The doll has 25+ cute sound effects, drinks wate

I have built 100’s of hot rods in my life, and I’ve done it at up to 1/25 the cost of most cars. Some have had chopped tops, and some had a big block or Hemi power. There were a few with tuck n roll interiors, and I have had 20 or 30 of them at one t

Model car collector, Bruce Pascal was seven years old when Hot Wheels first hit stores in 1968. Over the years his collection of Hot Wheels models has grown by the thousands, but Pascal was still not satisfied. Why? He had his eye on the most valuabl

The original promo photoshoot took place at Michigan International Speedway, and saw models, Sue Matzka and Nancy Spiess, at one point indulging in a Le Mans-style start with the Zingers! Later, the cars and models were taken inside for a studio shoo

These days, pretty much everything you could imagine can be built in Lego, including countless cars – all of which seem to be bought as presents for kids and yet are built by adults. But it wasn’t always thus. The humble Lego brick is a supreme piece

Can you truly be considered a celebrity until you’ve been immortalised as a Barbie doll? These fashion-forward stars have had some of their most memorable looks downsized for playrooms everywhere, but before you let the kids rip open the box and comb

One of the major trends in the post-war toy industry was the replacement of old-fashioned tinplate with newer, and more flexible, plastic materials. Nevertheless, this was a very gradual process and, even by the 1960s, some tinplate toys remained in

When you get a chance to look at the personal tool set up of a legendary designer, you take it. In this edition of TDC, we get a chance to see the pit tools of none other than Akira Kogawa. Kogawa is famed for designing Kyosho’s Optima line of buggie

Kevin McSween 1948-2020 Kevin was a long standing, life member of the Warrnambool Model Railway Club. Some readers may know Kevin from the exhibition circuit as Tony Auden’s right-hand man, always stepping up to learn the idiosyncrasies and runnin

Fifty years ago a group of model railway enthusiasts began meeting informally in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs. In 1970 they decided to formalise their group and so began the Waverley Model Railway Club. Initial meetings took place in a school until a

Scale: HOn3½ Prototype: QR Dagun station precinct Period: Late 1960s-1980 Layout Type: Continuous run exhibition layout Layout Size: 1.37m x 1.37m Rail Height from floor: 1.28m Baseboard: Extruded Polystyrene Board (XPS) and MDF Track: Peco 12

For all activities contact Eastern Division representative Graham Windmill on (02) 9626 0351. 21 March SCMRA Seminar on NSW Rail Operations – Modelling the Prototype. 18 April Running session on DCC layout of Mudgee at home of Tim Stewart, 2.00pm t

Johnny Lightning, a die-cast car brand commemorating 50 years in 2019, may have started as a perceived Hot Wheels copycat, but, in later years, would blow the market wide open for nostalgic subjects rendered in die-cast. The brand, launched by Topper

War-Time Trains Famous Trains Model Railway, Markeaton Park, Derby. Nearest postcode for satnav users is DE22 3BG. www.famoustrains.org.uk. 11.00-16.00. Adult £2.50, child £1, family £5. Burton Model Railex 2019 National Brewery Centre, Horninglow

WITH the start of the new modelling season comes a slew of model railway exhibitions, topped by the large Warley National Model Railway Exhibition held in Hall 5 of the NEC at Birmingham. This year marks the 27th year that the Warley Model Railway Cl

Did you know that Barbara Millicent Roberts, better known as Barbie, is from Willows, Wisconsin? While there is a Willow Township in Richland County, Barbie’s town is fictional, as is Willows High School, her alma mater. Barbie is meant to represent