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  1. Blackbob

    Song Title Game

    Song Sung Blue --> Neil Diamond
  2. Blackbob

    e-bay question

    Thanks Mike for the information/advice -- this is in line with my thinking. It is the old problem of being cautious when being from somebody for the first time and wanting the figures. Baron --- thanks for the steer re appropriate Thread to use.
  3. Blackbob

    e-bay question

    Hello All, Let me explain a situation that I experienced recently when trying to buy 3 figures on e-bay from an Italian seller. I contacted seller to ask about consolidating / combing postage. The answer back was positive. The seller asked me to use the Buy Now button but not move onto the...
  4. Blackbob

    Couple More Bands I Need Help to ID

    Hello Captainsismos, I would like to suggest that the first pic is not a RAMC band. The RAMC had brass buttons, not silver, and the trim was crimson. The trousers also do not look correct for the British Army. However, I hope there is someone out there with an old Britain's catalogue, if that...
  5. Blackbob

    Song Title Game

    Under My Thumb -- > Rolling Stones.
  6. Blackbob

    Song Title Game

    Caravan --> Barbara Dickson
  7. Blackbob

    Song Title Game

    Something in The Way She Moves --> James Taylor
  8. Blackbob

    Song Title Game

    Isn't She Lovely -- > Stevie Wonder
  9. Blackbob

    Song Title Game

    Eight Days A Week --> The Beatles.
  10. Blackbob

    Song Title Game

    Cool Cat -- > Queen.
  11. Blackbob

    Song Title Game

    Honky Tonk Blues --> Hank Williams.
  12. Blackbob

    Union Jacks by Paxton Sheriff Miniatures

    Most interested to see this thread. Cannot state when, it was long ago, but one of the first sets of "toy soldiers" I bought as an adult was from the Paxton-Sheriff "Union Jacks" range. I got the set of an officer and 5 grenadiers of the 26th regiment of foot , The Cameronians. The grenadiers...
  13. Blackbob

    Song Title Game

    I'll Stand By You. --> The Pretenders.
  14. Blackbob

    New Releases for March 2020-Second Boer War

    I'm with Brendan on this one,see post 12 below. There is an ongoing error being stated by some, re what kilted Scottish regiment, plus the officer in trews, is depicted with these great looking figures. The kilted figures plus the officer in trews depict The Gordon Highlanders, not the...
  15. Blackbob

    "A Hidden Figure?"

    Katherine Johnson - Mathematician NASA died yesterday aged 101. Link to NASA. As John Glen reportedly said about Katherine Johnson - "Get the girl to check the numbers. If she says the numbers are good ,I'm ready to go." Katherine Johnson's made an incredible contributions to science and...
  16. Blackbob

    Question on Crimean War set

    Hello, There is another photographer in Tradition's catalogue - a 54 m.m. figure catalogue number AC4A. The photographer is wearing a suit and a bowler/coke hat. It is a figure available individually, as part of a wedding set up dated 1898...
  17. Blackbob

    Song Title Game

    Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood --> The Animals
  18. Blackbob

    Gordon Cairns Neilson, (1952-2020)

    Hello Andy, Words are at times poor tools to express our thought and feelings. I echo the thoughts written by those below over your loss. Take time and find space if needed. Condolences. Douglas aka Blackbob
  19. Blackbob

    Song Title Game

    Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen. Obvious,but still a great song.
  20. Blackbob

    Song Title Game

    You're Going To Lose That Girl. -- The Beatles.
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