Weekend 675.0
“There was great joy in that city.” Acts 8:8 (1) The Famous Disney Lionel Train: The History of The Model Train (The Walt Disney Family Museum) (2) Required Reading: Chapter Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Toys
Weekend 665.1
(1) Entrance Building (Flickr) Continental’s Big City HO kits were a short line of vintage injection-molded plastic structure kits for model railroads (HO scale, 1:87), produced in the late 1950s Continue Reading →
Weekend 561.0 (SDF-1)
A lovely placeholder for all the weekend shenanigans. (1) Playmobil debuts cult classic Citroën 2CV (Toy World) (2) Official Kingdom Hearts Music Playlist Has Over 350 Songs (Siliconera)
Weekend 553.0
(1) NYCC: PLAYMOBIL SHOWS OFF STAR TREK PROTOTYPE AND NARUTO FIGURES (POP INSIDER) (2) Advancing in Darkness: Some Reflections on our Ahistorical Present (The Imaginative Conservative)
Playmobil and LG Electronics
(1) Playmobil Unveils LG Electronics-Themed Toys (The Toy Book) The companies say that the Playmobil characters and appliances will also be seen on social media as the stars of new Continue Reading →
Thanksgiving 2019
(1) American Interior (1935) by Charles Sheeler (2) Game Over: How technology forced traditional toys to evolve (Vera) (3) Great Western Railway: Adventures with the Famous Five (YouTube) (4) A Continue Reading →
Weekend 451.0
“Music, of course, is an art that occurs through time.” — Seiji Ozawa (1) Au Plat d’Etain (2) Quotes from Absolutely On Music by Haruki Murakami: “In the Boston version Continue Reading →
Weekend 339.0
(1) The Secret Life of Yo-Yos: The modern version of the toy is practically unrecognizable, an Object Lesson. (The Atlantic) Credit: Bear
Weekend 328.0
(1) In Japan, Dog Owners Feel Abandoned as Sony Stops Supporting ‘Aibo’ (WSJ) (2) Playing House (Metropolis)
Weekend 319.0
(1) Playmobil Prototypes (YouTube)