This is a guide to painting toy soldiers offering some quick tips gained from over ten years of painting figures myself. Whilst mainly focussing on 1/72 and 1/32 plastic figures much of this information will...
Forty Years of Doctor Who Collectables Doctor Who is part of Britain’s cultural heritage and has become a global phenomenon that has had children hiding behind the sofa for decades. Doctor Who and the TARDIS...
If you or your children really enjoyed Pixar's latest animated feature film Cars, then you've probably looked for toys of the Cars. You'll also notice that some characters are hard to find in the shops, due to...
This is intended to assist those interested in buying the toy trainsets made by Tomy which also include their Tomica car range when used in conjunction with the road and rail tracks. There are basically two...
Whether you're starting out your collection or looking for that elusive figure to complete it, I've compiled a list of every single WWF Figure released by Hasbro between 1990 and 1994 to aid your task. These...
This is a brief guide to collecting Del Prado and other partwork toy soldiers. Partworks have been popular in Spain, Italy and France for a long time but its seems they have really caught on in the UK in...
An Introduction For me it all started back in 1984, when I purchased my first Transformer Bumblebee (the yellow Voltswagon) for a grand sum of £1.59. The reason I purchased Bumblebee, is that I just seen...
This is a guide to what I believe to be the best war / action films of all time. Obviously it's a matter of personal taste but there may be one of two hidden gems amongst these selections that you have not yet...
This is a very simple and straight forward listing of the Del Prado Napoleon at War Series. The numbers are based around the first UK release (some were different on the second release I believe). This listing...
Despite what a number of people may tell you Lithium Polymer (LiPo) batteries are not fundamentally unsafe, but they need to be treated with more care than NiCd or NiMH. If abused sufficiently LiPo cells can...