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- 15:48, 23 June 2024 Royal Museum of Science space miniatures (hist | edit) [4,962 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (created as a stub) originally created as "Royal Museum space miniatures"
- 12:12, 8 June 2024 The Cortazzi Collection (hist | edit) [853 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''The Cortazzi collection of dollhouse furniture''' was donated to the Museum during COVID, and includes a wonderful selection of top-of-the-range pre-C20th wood-effect painted tinplate dollhouse furniture by Rock & Graner. It is now part of the Museum’s permanent collection, and we plan to build a new display space for it, with custom-built rooms, hopefully during 2024. However, we have limited number of specialist staff, who each look aft...")
- 11:15, 30 May 2024 LED Pushbutton (hist | edit) [918 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Pushbutton RJS1N1LP-25M-F-R-RGB-BS-12V-68J . ==Technical info== A momentary-make pushbutton, fabricated in rugged stainless steel, with an illuminated three-colour LED ring. There are three LED terminals for R, G, B, and a common earth. Resistors are already built into the switch. This is not conventional RGB LED , which would allow mixing of colours by variable proportions of red, greed and blue ... instead, only one LED type lights at a time. If ''only'' the blue te...")
- 14:39, 25 May 2024 Meccano Clockwork Motor No2, black, 1912 (Märklin for Meccano Ltd) (hist | edit) [816 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Exhibit|Loc=4|Date1=1912}} A large black metal '''Meccano No.2 Clockwork Motor made by Märklin''', dated to 1912 (between the founding of Meccano Ltd. (~1908) and the outbreak of World War One (1914). Other than the blackened finish (which Marklin was fond of), it's identical to the silver version that it's alongside, and has identical dual branding for Marklin and Meccano. ==Details== The clockwork motor is marked "'''No.2 / MOTOR / MECCANO LTD. / LIVERPOO...")
- 10:18, 23 May 2024 Mechanics Made Easy, Outfit 1A (Elliott and Hornby) (hist | edit) [1,000 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (creation)
- 10:03, 23 May 2024 Mechanics Made Easy, Set B (Elliott and Hornby) (hist | edit) [666 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Exhibit|Loc=4}} A tinplate-boxed '''Mechanics Made Easy set''', set '''B''', made in XXXX. The box lid is marked "E&H.", for "Elliott and Hornby" ==Illustration== On the left, the lid shows a green-and-red Bing-style gauge 0 steam-powered model locomotive underneath an "MME" gantry crane, with some of the bracing diagonals executed as string running diagonally between the girder holes. On the right is an illustration of a four-wheeled trolley or truck, executed...") originally created as "Mechanics Made Easy (Set B)"
- 11:03, 18 May 2024 Category:Lockheed (hist | edit) [35 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{AirCo}} British Aircraft Manufacturer.") originally created as "Lockheed"
- 10:44, 18 May 2024 Category:Hawker (hist | edit) [39 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{AirCo}} British Aircraft Manufacturer") originally created as "Hawker"
- 10:10, 18 May 2024 Category:Blackburn (hist | edit) [41 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "British Aircraft Manufacturer") originally created as "Blackburn"
- 16:28, 17 May 2024 Category:Buildec (hist | edit) [2,292 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with " {{Quotation2|<h4>Lotts Bricks Buildec</h4> '''Combined Building and Painting Toy''' An entirely new and fascinating pastime for boys and girls of all ages. The bricks which are of stone are supplied plain, and may be coloured exactly as illustrated above. The colours can be washed off the bricks when it is desired to re-paint the house. No previous knowledge or skill is necessary. This box is complete with bricks, roofs, 4 bottles of special 'Buildec' paint, bruh and...") originally created as "Buildec"
- 15:26, 10 May 2024 Category:Hot Wheels (hist | edit) [8,188 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{HotRod}}") originally created as "Hot Wheels"
- 16:55, 9 May 2024 Sontaw (hist | edit) [328 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (creation)
- 16:18, 9 May 2024 Category:Multi-Builder (hist | edit) [7,925 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Toymaker}} {{WoodCon}}") originally created as "MultiBuilder"
- 09:40, 7 May 2024 Category:Noddy Car range (Morestone Budgie) (hist | edit) [1,545 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Toymaker|}} The licensing for diecast toys of '''Noddy''' and his car (and variants) seems to have somehow ended up with Morestone in North London, who distributed a Noddy range, first under the ((Morestone Series)) marque, and then as part of the Budgie Toys range.") originally created as "Noddy Car range (Morestone Budgie)"
- 11:22, 3 May 2024 Wells Fargo and Co Stagecoach (hist | edit) [458 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Exhibit|Loc=29}} A brown diecast metal Wells Fargo Stagecoach with green panels and yellow wheels and frame, and two brown horses. The lettering embossed just below the roof says "WELLS FARGO & CO" {{BudgieToys}}")
- 11:20, 3 May 2024 Wells Fargo Stagecoach with four horses (hist | edit) [554 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Exhibit|Loc=29}} A ''Wells Fargo Stagecoach'', with two horses. {{BudgieToys}}") originally created as "Wells Fargo Stagecoach"
- 11:07, 3 May 2024 Ruston Bucyrus Excavator (Budgie Toys 260) (hist | edit) [415 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (creation)
- 10:48, 3 May 2024 Tonibell Ice Cream Van (Budgie Models 290) (hist | edit) [377 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Exhibit|Loc=29}} A blue '''Tonibell Ice Cream Van''' with side decals and a small prancing pink cow on the roof, sold as part of the by Budgie Models range. {{BudgieToys}}") originally created as "Tonibell Ice Cream Van (Budgie Models))"
- 10:53, 2 May 2024 Kansas to Texas Stagecoach (ESSEM Series) (hist | edit) [355 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Exhibit|Loc=29|Date1=1951}} A boxed diecast "Kansas to Texas Stagecoach", marketed by Morestone as an ESSEM Series product, ''circa'' 1951. {{ESSEMSeries}}")
- 10:08, 2 May 2024 Davy Crockett Frontier Wagon (Modern Morestone) (hist | edit) [1,346 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Exhibit|Loc=29|Date1=1956}} A diecast stagecoach with two horses, sold with a Disney "'''Davy Crockett'''" licensing, and dated by the Newson book to 1956. Morestone seem to have been uncertain whether to market this as a "Modern Series" item, or a "Morestone Series" piece, and the box says "'''Modern Morestone Series'''". ==Davy Crockett tv series== Walt Disney's "Davy Crockett" miniseries (1954-1955) consisted of five one-hour episodes, which were later splice...")
- 09:29, 2 May 2024 Category:Morris Products (hist | edit) [171 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Box|Morris_Products_statement_slip,_1950s.jpg|Morris Products, Jubilee Works|380}} {{Box|Morris_Products,_letterhead,_1950s.jpg|1950s: "Morris Products" letterhead|380}}") originally created as "Morris Products"
- 16:16, 30 April 2024 Category:North London diecast (display) (hist | edit) [1,458 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Display|Arch=2|DisplayArea=29}} A new (2024) display of postwar diecast models, mostly made by a range of companies in North London, and distributed by '''Morestone''' under a range of brandnames, until they finally settled on the name "Budgie". {{Morestone} {{cars_etc}}") originally created as "Morestone (display)"
- 11:56, 30 April 2024 Category:Wild West (hist | edit) [2,194 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The 1950s and 1960s saw a surge in interest in the UK is Western stories, promoted by films and the growth of television, which showed a number of imported "western" TV series. This was associated sales of diecast "cap-guns" (largely from the Lone Star brand, manufactured by "Die Cast Machine Toys", "DCMT"), "cowboys and indians" play costumes, and the "Swoppets" Cowboys and Indians ranges. Interestingly, apart from Britains Ltd., the "Western" TV tiei...") originally created as "Wild West"
- 11:41, 30 April 2024 Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans Covered Wagon (Modern Morestone) (hist | edit) [971 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Exhibit|Loc=29|Date1=1960s}} A diecast Western '''Covered Wagon''' with four horses and box, sold as a product tie-in with the US 1957 tv series "''Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans''". The model has a detachable driver, hood, four horses and water butts. ==Branding== The box artwork lists this as "A MODERN 'MORESTONE' PRODUCT", with 'Morestone' in single quotation marks. ==Dating== The odd wording on the box, with '"Morestone" in quotes, suggests to ''us''...")
- 15:48, 16 April 2024 Category:Trucks of the World (hist | edit) [708 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Toymaker|Date1=1958}} Morestone's '''Trucks of the World''' Series was supposed to include nine different trucks, but was cancelled after only three items were released, so that the company could concentrate on their new brand, Budgie Toys. ==Listing== {{colbegin}} * '''No.1''' – A.A. Motorcycle Patrol * '''No.2''' – R.A.C. Motorcycle Patrol * '''No.3''' – A.A. Road Service Jeep {{colend}} {{Morestone}} {{New|2024|06}}") originally created as "Trucks of the World"
- 14:41, 16 April 2024 Category:ESSO Series (hist | edit) [3,681 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Morestone}}") originally created as "ESSO Series"
- 12:15, 16 April 2024 Multi-Builder construction set MB1 (hist | edit) [773 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Exhibit|Loc=0|Date1=1940s}} A '''Multi-Builder''' wooden construction set, made by '''Nicholtoys''' supplied in a stout cardboard box with stickered lid, including colour instruction sheet. The set was donated to the museum in 2024. ==Dating== The Multbuilder concept, with various shapes of wooden blocks, split pins, and retention screws, had its patent application completed in 1940, and was granted a patent in 1941 (GB537442A). The patent application lists the appl...") originally created as "Multi-Builder construction set"
- 13:45, 13 April 2024 Category:Noddy (hist | edit) [4,849 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (creation) originally created as "Noddy"
- 16:51, 12 April 2024 Category:Wagon Train (hist | edit) [1,175 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with " {{Budgie}} {{Year|1957}} {{USA}}") originally created as "Wagon Train"
