Grand Illusions - Toy Collection

Gyroscopic Jockey

An amazing gyroscopic tin toy from Japan

There are a few toys that simply defy explanation. Here are two of them...

Tim travels back in time, to explore some of the toys he collected while visiting Tokyo in 2004

A novel view of the 'greenback', at the beginning and at the end of its life...

A range of the weird and the wacky - although a few verge on actually being useful

Incredibly lifelike, this butterfly flutters gently around the flowers. But only while the sun shines!