flyer - Anything In Particular https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/product-tag/flyer/ From antique to vintage, from decorative to downright bizarre. Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:06:42 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 Palitoy Fun Flyer – flying toy for younger children, 1979 – Made in Japan https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/product/palitoy-fun-flyer-flying-toy-for-younger-children-1979-made-in-japan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=palitoy-fun-flyer-flying-toy-for-younger-children-1979-made-in-japan Tue, 02 Aug 2022 19:42:32 +0000 https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=57803 Immune to the vagaries and unpredictableness of modern air travel, this is the Palitoy "Fun Flyer" from their "Discovery Time" range. It's a colourful battery-powered toy for the younger child which consists of a rotating aeroplane, controls to pilot it, and some cardboard obstacles (a mountain and an office building) to avoid. Originally made in Japan, this is a very fun toy to play with, notably due to these obstacles and also the ability to perform loop-the-loop aerobatics with the plane!  This one is in very good condition - a couple of minor issues only. One, is the lack of instructions but that's not a problem, given that it's so simple to use. Second, the missing stickers on the aircraft wings. Again, in our opinion, a very minor flaw. The stickers elsewhere are in excellent condition.

There are no chips or cracks to the casing and mechanically everything works as it should. It does benefit hugely from using the best possible batteries (size "C") you can lay your hands on.  The battery compartment itself is nice and clean - no corrosion. The box is a little bit worn and the original owner, Nicola - hello Nicola! - has written her name on the front of it. We hope she doesn't mind that we're selling it on after having had a good old play with it.

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]]> Printed Advert for Thornton-Smith Antiques Furniture Soho Square London https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/product/printed-advert-for-thornton-smith-antiques-furniture-soho-square-london/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=printed-advert-for-thornton-smith-antiques-furniture-soho-square-london Wed, 21 Oct 2020 16:23:29 +0000 https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=8645 A double-sided printed advert / flyer for the business of Thornton-Smith antique furniture dealers of Soho Square, London. The front of the advert depicts the "new premises" of Thornton-Smith, dating the advert on or around 1910, with the reverse listing some representative items from their catalogue. It's a single colour print in a terracotta colour which is a very pleasing decorative item as well as an interesting piece of retail paraphenalia.

The paper measures approximately 8¼ in. by 10¾ in. (21cm by 27 cm) with the printed area approximately 7 in. by 9 in. (18cm by 23cm).

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