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Waddingtons Playworld Play Circus Children’s Activity Toy

Jon Nix — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 19:56:24 +0000

From the Playworld series of children's activity toys this is Play Circus. Made by Waddingtons, it features a set of thick card figures - a variety of circus-themed items such as people, animals, and othr props - with plastic stands and wheels which can be used in conjunction with a set of thinner card playmats and story cards. This set has been played with and might not be complete, but there is plenty there to get your teeth into and certainly enough to create most, if not all, of the set. Please review the photographs to be assured of what is present.

The box is in fair condition considering its age, but it does have some deformation and a tear to the front where tape has been removed a little too aggressively. The playmat cards show some signs of wear and use, as do some of the other items, but the set is broadly in good, used, condition.

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Vintage Chinese Single Bar Exercise Wind-up Gymnast Acrobat Toy MS014

Jon Nix — Sat, 04 Dec 2021 21:06:11 +0000

A very entertaining and cleverly engineered vintage toy which, when correctly set up and wound up, rather dramatically and energetically emulates a gymnast on the bar apparatus. The very light plastic (celluloid, possibly) figure spins around the bar with a variety of movements based on the counterbalance of the weight provided by the vertical arm. It's impressive and very quirky!

In working condition and with only some minor signs of wear and tear to the box and some minor tarnishing to the metalwork. Otherwise, it's in very good shape indeed.

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Vintage 1974 Ideal Tip-It Balancing Game – The wackiest…

Jon Nix — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 00:05:28 +0000

The wackiest balancing game ever...! That's the claim of Ideal for "Tip-It" and who are we to disagree. It's certainly a lot of fun. The aim of this 1974 game is for each player in turn to try to remove a coloured disc from one of the pegs on the tripod using the "fork" without disturbing the balancing acrobat figure at the top of the pole. It's that simple. But it's also difficult... and entertaining. The merest nudge of the tripod sends the acrobat perilously towards oblivion, it's so finely balanced.

In complete order and working condition. The outer box has some wear and slight damage to the corners, some deformation, and a small puncture on the lid, but it's in reasonable condition overall given its age. The instructions are printed on the inside of the lid.

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