Toys - the weird and wonderful

And the prize for biggest dice in the world goes to. Yes, this is actually hefty. To be precise - 12 x 12 inches hefty. Imagine playing Monopoly with this one - you'd easily take out all your oponents. Hard to classify this toy. It's a soft-play toy actually so once you're done rolling the dice, you can sit on it and relax. Pinched from https://www.implay.co.uk

Your kids would probably need counselling after receiving this toy as a gift. Probably made in Japan in the 1960s - this is a case of the box promising a lot but actually containing an atrocity inside. Tin body containing a wind-up mechanism, covered (badly) in faux fur.

Not all blister-pack vintage toys are worth the same. The first one - the squeezy Zebedee from the Magic Roundabout is super rare and valuable. The second one, although looks like collectable is essentially load of trash - it's been made in China.