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Waddingtons Playworld Play Seaside Children’s Activity Toy Unused

Jon Nix — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 11:00:07 +0000

Playworld children's activity toy by Waddingtons, which dates from 1982, based around the theme of the seaside. It features a set of thick card figures - a variety of items such as people, a donkey, Punch and Judy, an open-topped bus, sandcastle, deck chair, etc. - with plastic stands and wheels which can be used in conjunction with a set of thinner card playmats and story cards. This appears to be completely unused, which is rather sad in many ways!

The plastics (srands and wheels) are still attached to their mounts and most of the figure shapes are retained in their original cards, although one or two have worked themselves free over time. The box is in good condition considering its age.

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Vintage Unused German Lampette Small Telescopic Desk Lamp Eichhoff-Werke

Jon Nix — Sun, 07 Nov 2021 11:31:40 +0000

This is the "Lampette" by Eichhoff-Werke, a small telescopic desk lamp. This one is in unused condition - the cabling which fits into the lower part of the lamp still has a paper band around it and appears never to have been removed from that location, and the shade still has the original corrugated cardboard protector inside it. In addition, the original small brochure of instructions is present, as is the small metal plate for wall mounting, polystyrene packing material and a somewhat battered and slightly damaged box. It's not often you'd find a lamp of this age in an unused state.

The diminutive form of the "Lampette" resembles a two-part truncated cone when opened - with the shade appearing to match the top of the base - whilst in reality the shade fits to the bottom of the base when closed, with the arm rotating around the upturned base rather than collapsing into the top as is often the case with telescopic lamps.

The body of the lamp is a light grey/silver tone with the interior of the shade finished in white, with chromed metal and silver tone detailing. The lamp has two intensity settings for flexible illumination and the arm on which the shade sits extends from a lowly 13cm (5¼ in.) to 40cm (15¾ in.) and rotates through 360 degrees. The shade is hinged where it meets the arm allowing for further flexibilty, allowing the shade to be positioned downwards almost at the perpendicular to almost vertically upwards. To get an idea of how it looks in use, please refer to this page for a previously stocked Lampette.

The base has a diameter of 8cm (3¼ in.) and a height of 9cm (3½ in.) and the shade measures approximately 7cm (2¾ in.) in length with an opening of 5cm (2 in.). In its most compact form the entire lamp measures therefore about 15cm (6 in.) in length. The lamp is rated to a 220V power supply and takes a 6V 25W bulb, a dimmable motoring bulb style (small bayonet) fit, and it is currently wired to a continental two pin plug (but has been successfully used with a three pin adapter). In very good overall cosmetic condition, bar some minor storage wear and very sound mechanically.

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Pair of Vintage Bright Orange Tefal Aluminium Pans (One Lidded)

Jon Nix — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 20:23:57 +0000

A pair of Tefal saucepans in bright orange colour with pale grey interiors presented in unused condition, complete with original stickers intact. Even the knob for the lid is still in place on the "wrong" side, having never been removed as per the instructions. There be may one or two minor signs of storage wear but otherwise these are absolutely as they would have been when initially bought. These would look the part in any retro kitchen, and although they could of course be used as designed, they could also be retained in this condition and serve as vintage decorative items (the handles have "loops" which would make hanging them easy). The bright orange would certainly add colour to any !

The two pans are as follows:

rim diameter 17.5 cm (6¾ in.), base diameter 16cm (6½ in.), height 8cm (3¼ in.) not including lid.
rim diameter 16.5 cm (6½ in.), base diameter 12.5 cm (5 in.), height 8.5cm (3½ in.).

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Waddingtons Playworld Play Post Office Children’s Activity Toy Unused

Jon Nix — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 16:16:34 +0000

Playworld children's activity toy by Waddingtons, which dates from 1982, based around the theme of a Post Office. It features a set of thick card figures with plastic stands and wheels which can be used in conjunction with a set of thinner card playmats and story cards. This remarkably appears to be completely unused.

The plastics are still in their original bags and attached to their mounts and most of the figure shapes are retained in their original cards, although one or two have worked themselves free over time. The box is in good condition considering its age.

A toy which is very uncommon and even less likely to be in this preserved state if you ever do stumble across one. It would suit an enthusiast of old games or might make a quirky gift for a post office worker or postmaster/postmistress. Or, perhaps, it might just get used for its original purpose, finally - and it would be great for that to be the case.

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