Collectors Gazette

Collectors Gazette - the only monthly newspaper for toy collectors! Keeping you up to date with all the latest collecting news, along with in-depth features on vintage diecast, railways, tinplate and TV & film models. We also bring you up to date price guides, event listings and swapmeet reports from around the country. The Digital version is fully interactive with exclusive images, videos, extra auction results and more!

Collectors Gazette

Finishing the year on a high

Delights down under

Sheer puppetry!

CDMC marks 50 years

Old LEGO sells well

NEW RELEASES THIS MONTH

Guitar and star mania at Hakes

A force of habit?

New Rolls Royce

Hot Wheels crowns winner

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What was the year? • Alwyn Brice looks back to different times.

Let the train take the strain • Mark Nolan revisits a bygone age when it was easier to put your car on the train than to drive it there yourself.

Gavel gabble • Ever wondered about the terminology that auctioneers use? Alwyn Brice takes a lighthearted look at what sale catalogues might really mean…

It figures • Gijs Noordam takes us for a trip down memory lane, guided by the figures of people and animals that came in or with the models.

Attic adventures • It’s surprising what you can find buried away in the loft! Cathy Herron talks to one reader about a recent find…

Bring the thunder • Hear them roar… Libby Parfitt looks back at a classic 1980s cartoon and the collectibles that went with it.

10 minute TOY EXPERT! Micromodels Ltd

Ford Thunderbird • David Boxall chooses a particular Corgi model and considers the many ways in which the casting was utilised in order to produce a variety of vehicles.

Spaced out! • Gerald Edwards remembers the origins of the science fiction toys that we all still love today.

Morris Mini Minor • David Boxall takes a look at a particular model vehicle produced by different manufacturers during the 1950s and 1960s. This month’s star guest is the Morris Mini Minor.

ebuys • From collectables of the future to old favourites, eBay always manages to produce some amazing finds… and even more amazing prices!

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PRICE GUIDE • Rounding up the latest toy sales from across the country with a brief visit to specialist auction rooms…

Toy Stories • We load the car and go road-tripping, with Ed Karswell.

Obsolete OZ • Our monthly gaze into the weird but wonderful world of collector/dealer Obsolete Oz. Buying and selling since the 1970s, Oz has developed a great knack for unearthing some amazing finds from flea markets, antique fairs, car boot sales, rubbish skips and even the local tip.

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