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Apr 2024
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Plastic fantastic: From treasured toys -...

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Old plastic to some, treasured memories for others. The toy collecting market now means big money. At a Toy Collector's Fair in Birmingham in the UK, around 3,000 collectors and over 550 sellers are hunting for a bargain or looking for the "Holy Grail" toy to complete their collections. Can the toys of our childhoods really be worth thousands of dollars? 
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