Lesney Products was formed in 1947 to make zinc castings, mainly for the building industry; toys were a sideline when business happened to be slow. To cash in on the upcoming 1953 Coronation of Princess Elizabeth they decided to model a miniature of the Coronation Coach. When this sold a million pieces it spurred on and financed a new venture that would become a household name: Matchbox Miniatures. In 1954 came the #5 London Bus and the #7 Horse Drawn Milk Float and the range took off, with road vehicles of all sorts, all modelled at a size that would fit in a child's hand. And these were joined by Accessory Packs and Major Packs, slightly larger toys but made to Matchbox size, plus fold-out Card Roadways, Service Stations, Pocket Catalogues and Carry Cases. Then in 1969 came great change. Mattel had released their range called 'Hot Wheels' with high-speed wheels and axles, and in order to compete Matchbox retooled everything to have their own Superfast wheels and axles, along with brighter or newer colour schemes. 'Superfasts' regained their lost sales and were a common sight in every playground and young person's bedroom in the 1970s and 80s. Beloved of two generations of children, and now highly collectable, the Matchbox 1-75 range is a British institution that has now found its perfect introduction in this book.

Farm fresh eggs break out of the refrigerator, determined to live life on their own terms in this hilarious and surreal story of hopes, dreams, murder-suicide, and ninja fighting. It's about eggs, but it could be about any of us.¿¿Two Eggs named Five Spots and Feather liberate themselves from the fridge, only to find that freedom isn't all shopping sprees and channel-surfing. When one of their comrades cracks up, entertaining fantasies of becoming a souffle and ending it all on the kitchen floor, how can the eggs find meaning in life? For Feather, the answer is simple...

An imaginative and playful misfit accidentally opens a portal to a fantastical reality in James Turner's graphic novel. Zach Vandermeer's imagination can get the young man into trouble. Zach loves to play role-playing games, and Heroic Journey is his favorite. One night Zach introduces a new character into the game, one that launches him and his friends into a real world adventure in the realm of Arthea which up until that night was a fictional world created by Zach.What follows is a page-turning romp brought to you by James Turner, creator of Rex Libris, the world's toughest librarian.

In a seemingly abandoned facility, a Model: A robot is accidentally awakened to discover that not only is he not alone, but the upgraded Model: B's that he encounters do NOT like out of place strangers, no matter how hilarious his hijinks are! With equal parts silent film and classic comic, Model: A is the quintessential silent robot comic of this generation.