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

Dinky bargains in Surrey

Correction

Signs of the times

Stars in their eyes

Records broken!

NEW RELEASES THIS MONTH

Cats in comics

On the trail of rail

Rare toy auction at Morphys

The Professionals

Coming up NEXT MONTH • MAY 2025 ISSUE

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What was the year? • Can you recall when… asks Alwyn Brice.

The hare and the tortoise • Mark Nolan investigates how the conventional HST overtook the ground-breaking APT and consigned it to the sidings of history.

Railway modelling with Tri-ang Hornby • John Tailby tells the story of how he created a 00 gauge layout using the now obsolete Tri-ang track, engines and rolling stock at modest cost and in an unusual setting.

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.

Polly Pocket • Libby Parfitt proves that small is still mighty…

10 minute TOY EXPERT! • Sweet memories

The Massey Ferguson 65 & 165 • 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. This month we again focus upon two different models.

Austin J40 Pedal Car Club • Ann Evans goes out and about to visit an icon of the post-War era. Photographs by Rob Tysall and David Whyley.

The E-Type Jaguar • 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 E-Type Jaguar.

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

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

Toy Stories • Ed Karswell travels back to a time before the internet…

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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