Collectors Gazette

Collectors Gazette - the only monthly newspaper for toy collectors! Keeping you up to date with all the latest collecting news, along with in-depth features on vintage diecast, railways, tinplate and TV & film models. We also bring you up to date price guides, event listings and swapmeet reports from around the country. The Digital version is fully interactive with exclusive images, videos, extra auction results and more!

Collectors Gazette

The bear facts

Dinky delights

Signs of the times

Sparklin' Marklin

NEW RELEASES THIS MONTH

Dolls and monsters

End of an era at Wallis & Wallis

F1:The Movie from Hot Wheels

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What was the year? • Turn back the clock, with Alwyn Brice.

Two centuries of steam & steel • Mark Nolan checks out the events and models comprising the ‘Railway 200’ celebrations taking place throughout 2025.

Diecast treasures • Richard Bevan gives you a brief insight into the history behind your favourite diecast collectables..

DIECAST COLLECTORS MODEL SHOP

It figures • Gijs Noordam takes us for a trip down memory lane, guided by the figures of people and animals that came in or with the models.

Yo-yos: Back in the loop • Libby Parfitt looks at a playground craze that had its origins with the ancient Greeks.

10 minute TOY EXPERT! • Classic Airfix AFV’s

The Coventry Model Railway Club • Ann Evans goes out to visit a long-establised modelling club.

Collecting champions • Chris Stonor continues his series focusing on people who are keeping the old toy collectible market alive and thriving. This month he goes to meet Tim James.

Morris 1100 • David Boxall takes a look at a particular model vehicle produced by different manufacturers during the 1950s and 1960s. This month our star guest is the Morris 1100.

ebuys • From collectables of the future to old favourites, eBay always manages to produce some amazing finds… and even more amazing prices!

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PRICE GUIDE • Rounding up the latest toy sales from across the country with a brief visit to specialist auction rooms…

Toy Stories • Ed Karswell has fond memories of one day each month when a new comic arrived on his lap…

Obsolete Oz • Our monthly gaze into the weird but wonderful world of collector/dealer Obsolete Oz. Buying and selling since the 1970s, Oz has developed a great knack for unearthing some amazing finds from flea markets, antique fairs, car boot sales, rubbish skips and even en the local tip.

EVENTS THIS MONTH

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