Toy Fair - Musselburgh, East Lothian 3rd February -
Scuderia_Turini - 28th-Jan-24
Community Service Announcement:
On Saturday coming (3rd February) there is a Toy Fair in Musselburgh at which Roger Barker will have a stall. If you are not already familiar with that name you can find him on Facebook as "Roger Barker Slots".
The venue is just east of Edinburgh and a rare opportunity to find a slot-car dealer north of Hadrian's Wall.
There may be other slot-car stalls present but I am not aware of any.
For transparency - I have no connection to "Northern Toy Fairs" nor Roger Barker other than as a paying customer.
Leo
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RE: Toy Fair - Musselburgh, East Lothian 3rd February -
Scuderia_Turini - 3rd-Feb-24
Huge crowd at Roger's stall this morning and lots of money changing hands - hopefully enough to persuade Roger and Juss to appear at same venue on 6th July.
My haul consisted of:
Mk1 Escort RS1600
Mk5 Escort Cosworth McRae Collection/Ford Motorsport
Mk5 Escort Cosworth Cepsa
Triumph TR7 V8
START Rally Car with 555 stickers - Looks done well enough to be original but prob not
Mini 1275 GT
Lancia Delta HF Turbo
Strombecker Chaparral 2H
Other stalls had a few slot-cars and featuring Railway, Sci-Fi, Model Kits and general Toys.
RE: Toy Fair - Musselburgh, East Lothian 3rd February -
Anthony B - 3rd-Feb-24
Had a look at a lot of pics of the meeting on FB. Looked fantastic!!
PS your haul - show the pics to prove it!! ?
RE: Toy Fair - Musselburgh, East Lothian 3rd February -
Scuderia_Turini - 4th-Feb-24
Have been too busy playing with them...
I live a short distance away from the venue but have never been in before. Its a bit of a Tardis in as much as it seemed small for a Toy Fair but the hall was a standard sort of size for a "gym hall" quite a large water pool as well. All in a nice brick built building.
Will take some snaps today.
Leo
RE: Toy Fair - Musselburgh, East Lothian 3rd February -
Scuderia_Turini - 4th-Feb-24
I already have the plain yellow version of this:
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Had to remove several decals to get down to the basic BL livery:
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Previous owner may have applied the 555 stickers but I like it:
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I have a soft spot for the early Twin Cam and FVA cars that have rectangular headlights:
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Escort Cosworth, a friend bought an unopened blister pack one of these, mine was loose:
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Escort Cosworth in Ford Motorsport livery with McRae Collection included:
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Delta HF Turbo - 2WD car that laid the way for the World conquering AWD versions:
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Chaparral - needed new rear tyres and braids. Wing mechanism kind of works but may need attention:
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Caravan after decoration applied:
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RE: Toy Fair - Musselburgh, East Lothian 3rd February -
Scuderia_Turini - 27th-Oct-24
The November 2nd edition of this Toyfair is approaching. Details are same as above.
Leo
RE: Toy Fair - Musselburgh, East Lothian 3rd February -
Anthony B - 28th-Oct-24
There seem to have been quite a few meetings with slots included up north Recently!!!
RE: Toy Fair - Musselburgh, East Lothian 2nd February -
Scuderia_Turini - 28th-Oct-24
Hello Anthony,
Yes, Roger Barker is covering a lot of ground...
Musselburgh is about 5 miles from my house so the shipping costs are very low :-)
Hoping that this event continues next year and that Roger still sees it as viable.
Leo
RE: Toy Fair - Musselburgh, East Lothian 3rd February -
OXO cube - 28th-Oct-24
hehehehe Leo
looking like you will need a bigger carrier bag to bring your haul home this year m8
Kev
RE: Toy Fair - Musselburgh, East Lothian 3rd February -
Scuderia_Turini - 28th-Oct-24
The bags that Roger supplies are nice Union Jack items :-)