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My Son’s Scratch-Built LEGO Military Vehicles

My Son’s Scratch-Built LEGO Military Vehicles

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 […]

Playmobil Scenes from a 2012 Catalog

Playmobil Scenes from a 2012 Catalog

Joschik

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 […]

I’m now officially a Global Toy Expert ;-)

I’m now officially a Global Toy Expert  ;-)

Joschik

  When I moved to the US Richard Gottlieb was one of my first calls.  He is the CEO of Global Toy Group, founder of Global Toy Experts and publisher of Global Toy News, making him an authority and go-to source in the toy world (and while hobbyDB plans to document every collectible ever made we […]

Remembering Atlantic Figures from Italy

Remembering Atlantic Figures from Italy

Musings by Joschik

Besides Timpo Toys and Airfix, I had lots of Atlantic figures as a child. Atlantic was an Italian firm that started in the mid-’60s and closed shop sometime in the 80s.  They made both 1/72 “HO” and 1/32 54-60mm plastic polyethylene figures with themes ranging from Egyptians, Wild West to a lot of WWII figures.  […]

A Review of the excellent “Pressman Toys – A Century of American Toys & Games” Book

A Review of the excellent “Pressman Toys – A Century of American Toys & Games” Book

Found exactly 100 years ago by Jack Pressman I liked the company Pressman Toy as it was basically started by an idea he got in Chicago where Jack got to know Chinese Checkers and as the company was a pioneer in licensing toys for Dick Tracy, Little Orphan Annie, and Disney’s Snow White and the […]