If you are looking for ways to preserve your collection then here we have a few hints and tips to help you out… How to clean up dirty outfits – It’s best not to wash them at all as they are old cloth and you can do all sorts of Read more
Replacing damaged and split limbs on a vintage flock haired Action Man We picked up this Vintage Palitoy Action Man on ebay for about £35, we knew he had a very bad repair to his upper right arm, but when this fella arrived we found a few more splits that Read more
Techniques to Remove Paint and Ink Marks From Plastic Figures and Toys Anything with a pigment will leave a stain on plastic, including paints (even water based), boot polish, pens, pencils, graphite/paint powder, markers and face paints. Trust me, after 40 plus years of collecting and fixing up old toys Read more
So just how easy is to tell the difference between vintage and 40th anniversary or modern uniforms? Vintage uniforms are labelled with Palitoy, Gi Joe etc whereas the 40th range isn’t, however, none of the trousers are labelled so the only way to tell the difference is usually by the Read more