The “Carrera Panamericana” Mexico might have enjoyed a brief run, but it left a legacy as being one of the most dangerous and thrilling rally series in history. Between 1950 and 1954, the race covered a 2,178-mile stretch of Mexico’s Pan-American Highway, taking nine stages and five days to complete. One of the tales to emerge […]
Joschik
Yes, we had LEGO, but it was nothing like the sets you can get today! So I played with model cars and toy soldiers (here are some of those). My son Nikolai has mountains of LEGO and he does very cool stuff with it! But I might be biased, so see for yourself… Last year he […]
Max Carpedi
Christian asked and here they are, my 20 most favored postcards showing Porsche 356s in daily life. They are rather scarce despite the saying ‘where’s a Volkswagen there’s a Porsche, I must have some 400 of them and most happily there are thousands left to discover! Every morning I’m searching on the net to find […]
I got the sad news that one of our Squad Members passed away on December 8. Richard AKA The Banker’s Toy. His wife Rosie reached out with the sad news and I did go to my inbox to read some of the many emails we exchanged. Richard was a banker for more than 30 years […]
I just found these in an email I got from Playmobil in 2012 and thought that they do a great job in embedding their toys in these landscapes that want you (or the kid within you) to play with them. The German Police drive some AMG Tuned Mercedes! I like that Tribolite as a […]
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