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round about: sisterhood & circle glasses

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This week my husband and I celebrated eleven years of marriage. Well, actually, we almost forgot to celebrate it? Luckily my parents called and reminded me! Part of the problem is the fact that we have two anniversaries to keep track of. Yep, we like to be different I guess. We eloped (for the fun […]

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Toy State to Debut NASCAR Products at Michigan International Speedway

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Toy State will unveil the latest products from its flagship Nikko and Road Rippers brands this Saturday at Michigan International Speedway. The company will debut its NASCAR-themed cars in advance of this weekend’s Spring Cup race, part of global licensing agreements signed with NASCAR and various NASCAR teams late last year. The Nikko NASCAR R/C [...]

Medicom Toys’ ”ALL JAPAN ULTRAMAN PROJECT" Bling Releases

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Medicom Toy celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Ultraman with a series of TCJ REBOOT releases from the "ALL JAPAN ULTRAMAN PROJECT" - with prices ranging between US$3,000 to US$15K - currently on pre-order (Dateline September 30th), with a late-March 2017 ship out, and they are pretty, well, “SHINY”! The 290mm tall “Ultraman Tear Halo Swarovski” (above) is literally covered in Swarovski bling,

Sago Mini Characters Make Publishing Debut

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Bonnier Publishing USA’s licensed property and pop culture-focused Sizzle Press will release a series of original storybooks starring the characters featured in the Sago Mini apps for toddlers and preschoolers. Two titles will be released on Sept. 20, including Jinja’s Surprise!, where kids will use their fingers to help keep the festivities a surprise, and Cozy Christmas: [...]

This Amazing Steiff Pre-Button Era Skittle Set Is Right On Point!

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It's "game on" with this extraordinary auction highlight from the upcoming Premier Toy and Doll Sales Event at Morphy Auctions on September 23rd and 24th, 2016. Although there are many fantastic button-in-ear selections in this sale - including several Steiff automatons - this particular highlight is truly in a league of its own. Check out this amazing set of turn-of-last-century skittles set... Steiffgal is certain they will "strike" a chord with you as well.

Here we have lot #308, a Steiff pre-button era nine pin Pointer skittle set. It is cataloged as...

"This set, designed for the European market, consists of eight begging, unjointed Pointer dogs on wooden skittles and an unjointed Pointer king pin, dressed in a red felt top coat and matching red felt crown decorated with trim and beading. The dogs are made of tan felt and are hand detailed with brown painted patches. Their faces come to life with black eyes, a simple, hand embroidered nose and mouth, and floppy ears. Some of the black eyes may be replaced. All but one dog retains their long, thin tail; these appendages tended to snap off with use. Each pin would have left the factory in Giengen, Germany with a collar decorated with either a small medallion or a bell; all but traces of these accessories have been lost to time. All nine dogs in the set are mounted on wooden plinths with the king pin on a slightly higher platform. The set includes two original skittle balls covered in colorful felt which have significant tears and losses to them. Steiff produced this Pointer skittle set in felt from 1892-1908. This set and assortment is as pictured on page 577 of Gunther Pfeiffer's Steiff Sortiment 1892-1943 reference book. Because none of the pins have Steiff ID and do not appear ever to have had any, they were most likely made in the c. 1892-1904 pre-button time frame. Condition: As noted. One pin with repairs and patches to the head. Wooden plinths with minor losses from playwear. Otherwise in very good condition given the age and the gaming nature of this rare and unusual set."  This lot is estimated at $6,000-12,000.

Although most turn of last century Steiff items were made for fun and interaction, none better exemplify that then the company's skittle sets.  These bowling games were truly designed and constructed for competitive play. Today, they are quite rare and for many reasons - including their distinct shape - are trophies for most vintage Steiff collectors. This pointer example just one of a few complete sets that have come up for auction in the past few years. In 2014, James D. Julia sold a nine piece set of felt rabbit skittles with ID for $7,110. And in June, 2016, Morphy's sold an early nine piece all original Steiff skittle assortment for $11,590; this set is pictured here above on the left. 

The origin of the game of skittles is unclear, but it has roots in similar games played in ancient Egypt, Greece, Italian, and southern Turkey.  Skittles was particularly popular in Great Britain, where  the game was played over several centuries in public houses or clubs.  There were variations in rules and scoring over time and location, but in most cases the game involved bowling a ball about 6.5 meters at nine pins set in a diamond pattern.  Whoever knocked down all the pins in the fewest tosses was the winner. 

Historians are able to pin down that skittles appeared in Steiff's very first catalog of 1892.  The sets produced for the European market had nine total skittles, while those for America had ten total (as in tenpin bowling).  Each set consisted of a series of pins and one kingpin.  The company produced skittles both as standard looking felt bowling pins, as well as in the form of felt, early plush, or velvet animals perched on wooden plinths.  For the sets with animals, Steiff made the sets with hens, monkeys, elephants, pigs, rabbits, poodles, pointers, cats, chicks, dachshunds, elephants, pointers, cats, and bears, among others. The animals appearing on the pins or as kingpins were usually 10 to 15 cm tall, standing or begging, and were otherwise standard line catalog items.  In all practical cases the kingpin wore a felt jacket and crown, and was mounted on a slightly taller plinth, or was otherwise differentiated from the rest of the regular pins. Each skittle set came with two wooden balls that were covered in multicolored felt. Here on the left, you see a c. 1903 "hens and rooster" Steiff skittle set; it sold for $27,702 in 2010 at an auction at Christie's in London.

Steiff began branding its items from 1904 onward with a button-in-ear.  Thus, as in the case of this pointer skittle set, it is possible to find individual pins or even an entire set without the company's famous trademark, given they were produced starting in the very late 1800's!  However, after 1904, all items, including each skittle in a skittle set - would have left the factory in Giengen with Steiff identification. 

Steiffgal hopes this discussion on Steiff's early skittle sets has simply bowled you over.  

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New Listings - Transformers U/Warriors Megatronia (TT MALL Exclusive), Takara Tomy MP-34 Cheetor, Hasbro Transformers Platinum Edition boxset AUTOBOT HEROES, and SDCC HASBRO EXCLUSIVE SOUNDWAVE EVOLUTION

Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia Images, Details, USA Pre-Orders Now Available

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Megatronia is a combiner figure made up of five female Transformers. Megaempress is a voyager sized figure that transforms from robot to truck and wields a large axe. She makes up the main body of Megatronia. Flowspade and Trickdiamond are deluxe sized figures that are each armed with powerful hand weapons. They both transform into speedsters and become the legs of Megatronia. Making up the arms of Megatronia are two more deluxe sized figures, Lunaclub and Moonheart, each armed with large swords and both transform into helicopters.

MP-31 Masterpiece Delta Magnus Diaclone Powered Convoy In Hand Photos

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Blacklai has a new gallery on his blog showing off the just-released Masterpiece Delta Magnus! This figure represents the deco of Diaclone's Powered Convoy, seen briefly used in test animation in an early Transformers: The Movie trailer. Thanks to IDW assigning a specific identity to these colors, an easy opportunity was presented to turn another Diaclone alternate coloring in to a new Transformers character! We've mirrored a selection of photos showing off the highlights of the figure, which you can see below, and keep reading for a link to the original post.

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Kotobukiya Releases First Street Fighter Ibuki Bishoujo Statue Images

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During the recent SDCC 2016, Kotobukiya shared some design art for an upcoming Street Fighter Ibuki bishoujo statue. And now, they’ve just revealed the first images and details regarding the statue. For those who aren’t familiar with the character, she was introduced to the perennial franchise in Street Fighter III. Though she attends school like […]

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Kotobukiya Releases First Street Fighter Ibuki Bishoujo Statue Images

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During the recent SDCC 2016, Kotobukiya shared some design art for an upcoming Street Fighter Ibuki bishoujo statue. And now, they’ve just revealed the first images and details regarding the...

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set database: LEGO 10720 police helicopter chase

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set database: LEGO 10720 police helicopter chase
image courtesy of brickmerge
image courtesy of lelutinrouge
image courtesy of zaharias
image courtesy of amazon
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set number: 10720
set name: police helicopter chase
theme: juniorspolice
year: 2016
pieces: 63
price: us$10
minifigs: 2
juniors theme set.
come with a police helicopter and an atm.
the helicopter has a seat, an openable door and window, a searchlight and spinnable propellers.
minifigs included a policeman minifig and a bandit minifig.
great playability.
overall design is good.
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Frontier of Southern California’s Back to Reality Sweepstakes

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We have partnered with Frontier of Southern California to share their Back to Reality Sweepstakes. Check out the Frontier of Southern California’s Back to Reality Sweepstakes. It is going on now through Thursday, August 31st, just in time for back-to-school. Enter Frontier’s Back To Reality Sweepstakes by clicking any link on this page. Enter now […]

Turner Appoints LBE Director for Asia Pacific

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Turner Asia Pacific appointed Eric Lee to lead its growing location-based entertainment (LBE) business for the region. Effective immediately, Lee is tasked with identifying opportunities to develop consumer-facing experiences, such as waterparks, theme parks, branded retail, and entertainment spaces using Cartoon Network’s global kids’ intellectual properties (IP), including The Powerpuff Girls, Ben 10, Adventure Time, [...]

The Beyhem - Director Michael Bay RED 8K Camera Personal Demo Video

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Following our report sometime ago about the custom RED 8K camera that was created for the filmmaker for Michael Bay to use on his upcoming movie, "Transformers: The Last Knight." Well, who could be better to show off this marvel of technology, official dubbed "The Bayhem", than the director him, Michael Bay. Read on to see his video posted to Instagram of the camera and its features.

Wolf Thing Bat Mother in Yellow

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Toy Art Gallery has released Joseph Harmon's Wolf Thing Bat Mother vinyl in bright yellow. The Wolf Bat stands 5 inches tall and is articulated at the head and legs. The concept and sculpt is by Joseph Harmon and the vinyl has been produced by Toy Art Gallery. The unpainted vinyl is now available from TAG for $35.00.

The Transformers Issue #56 - TITANS RETURN - Full Comic Preview

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Coming to us from Newsarama we have the first look at the full length preview for next week's issue of The Transformers, #56. Originally intended to ship before this month's issue of More Than Meets The Eye... well, sometimes things just don't work out. But this should hopefully bring everything together and up to speed, and be welcome by those who chose to wait and read the issues in the correct order! We have the preview mirrored in our gallery below, so click through to have a look.

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