#1042 THE LOST WORLD – PACHYCEPHALOSAURUS and GIANT PTERANODON (1997)
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Unlike the toyline for Jurassic Park, the toyline for The Lost World included many dinosaurs WITH accessories. These were in all cases some kind of mechanical invention to prevent the dinosaur from attacking humans. Something like a giant muzzle. This part was, of course, easily detachable, so you could play the “dinosaur has release itself, let´s run” scene. Additionally, all of them could ..read more
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#1041 WL SPEEDRIVE – FORMULA RACERS (Around 1987)
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2w ago
These two models were made by Summer and then by Tintoys. Later, they were marketed under the Speedrive brand and the name “Free-Wheeling Formula Racer”. I have two different which I received from my friend Steven (visit his Motorcade), and what I like most about them is the illustration made for the blister, in the style of the  early 80s (although I think these blisters are from the late ..read more
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#1040 KINDER SURPRISE – TRAKTOR POWER RACE (2003)
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1M ago
This a complete series (it comprised only three models) of fantasy tractor dragsters made by Ferrero for their famous chocolate eggs. I do not collect them and they are too new for this blog, but I liked them so much, that I decided to keep them.They are relative simple and carry plain bright colours. They are all made up of three pieces that fit each other (one of them chromed) plus the wheels ..read more
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#1039 BRAVESTARR – MARSHALL BRAVESTARR (1987)
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1M ago
There is not much I can say about Bravestarr which has not been told already one hundred times. We all know more or less what this toyline (and the corresponding cartoons) is/are about, and which the characters that were made into a figure are.I do not collect this specific figures, but as I usually get many figures in lots, exchanges, flea markets and so on, I have come through them many times ..read more
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#1038 PILEN – MASERATI GHIBLI (MOD. 507) (1973)
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2M ago
This model is the original one from 1973 and it looks great, as most models from this manufacturer and that approximate year do. As a matter of fact, the Pilen models from the 70s are comparable in quality to other European brands of the time. This is acknowledged by most collectors, and is reflected on the prices that are paid for models in mint condition.This model was found in Austria, which ..read more
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#1037 EFSI – MERCEDES LONG TRAILER “SHELL” (around 1985)
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2M ago
I have presented in the past several Efsi trucks and trailers, but this is my first “long trailer” made by the Dutch company. I found it in a flea market, and I liked it a lot. It represents a long tanker from Shell, in bright yellow and red. The truck is identical to the ones we already saw, so I am not going to comment on it. The trailer is, surprisingly, not very well done. The metallic base ..read more
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#1036 FIGURAS EN ACCIÓN (F.E.A.) Nr. 29 + ¡¡¡ME LO PIDO!!! + MOSQUEPERROS Y PIRATAS
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3M ago
This is the cover from the latest issue of Figuras En Acción (short: FEA), and, as you can see, we bring a mixture of topics as heterogeneous as it gets.The main articles deal with toys from the TV series Maple Town (with a special focus on Spanish merchandising), the off-road Scalextric STS 4x4 made in Spain by Exin, an extensive article about Matchbox´s Regular Wheels era, never-seen before ..read more
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#1035 FOREST FAMILIES – CAT and TIGER FAMILIES (Around 1989)
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4M ago
   Forest Families was the cheap knock-off to Sylvanian Families or Maple Town (La aldea del Arce in Spanish, Les petits Malins in French, a powerful license of the late 80s.) made by MC Toy (May Cheong) from Hong-Kong. At the time this company had already some major success with cheap, but qualitative die-cast cars that were sold worldwide. With the time, this company would change its ..read more
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#1034 VARITEMAS S.L. - ROBIN HOOD (AROUND 1999)
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4M ago
Card manufacturing in Spain has been traditionally dominated by Heraclio Fournier, followed by other brands like Naipes Comas. But there are many other manufacturers, like Mas Reynals from Barcelona, a company founded in 1989 that produced lower quality and cheap decks of cards that looked very similar to other more famous ones. Their products were sold some "100 pesetas" shops, the equivalent of ..read more
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#1033 DARDA - FERRARI F1, BMW-WILLIAMS F1 and TEAM DARDA (Around 2006)
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5M ago
These three cars by Darda are among the most modern in my collection. Darda is still selling and producing very good-looking cars and tracks, but they are not precisely cheap toys. Maybe that is why they are so hard to spot today. Two of these Formula ones represent the models driven by Michael Schumacher (RN5) in the 2006 season and one of the three drivers that ran for BMW-Williams in 2005 ..read more
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