Toy Collector now the offical market of Europe’s largest diecast club NAMAC The 5,300 members of NAMAC, the Dutch General Miniature Car Club, now have a new official online market at Toy Collector.
organisation with over 5,000 members. NAMAC now publishes “Auto In Miniatuur” every two months and organises Europe’s largest model car swapmeet in Houten (near Utrecht). The event, which takes place six times a year, features over 1,200 metres of stalls and is attended by visitors from all over Europe. NAMAC is an all-volunteer organisation.
For more information about NAMAC please visit www.namac.nl.
About Toy Collector
Launched in 2008, Toy Collector is a web portal for collectable toy and model enthusiasts designed to allow collectors to share their passions via blogging, discussion forums, picture and video galleries. The site currently hosts over 25,000 toy-related articles and over 150,000 images. It offers resources like want ads and a yellow pages supplier directory and boasts the largest toy-and model-related event calendar on the internet. It also hosts ToyPedia® and the TC Market.
For selling on the market or more information on the site please go to www.ToyCollector.com or contact Laurent on laurent@toycollector.com or +44 (1494) 727 947.
ToyPedia®
In addition to all this, the site features ToyPedia® – a Wikipedia-style online encyclopaedia of collectable toys which currently covers over 134,000 items and is growing constantly.
Currently, the project is supported by;
• 27 communities including
www.DiecastAviationForum.com
www.HobbyTalk.com, www.ModelRailForum,
www.SlotForum.com and www.Wings900.com
• 650 volunteers
• 9 authors who have permitted the organisers to use
text and images from 21 books as part of a
ToyPedia Book Documentation Project
• 350 toy brands who have agreed to open their
archives
• 11 leading auction houses including Bonham’s and
Christie’s have allowed use of their images
• 24 members of the ToyPedia Advisory Board who
advise on organisation and taxonomy
For more information please go to www.ToyCollector.com/ToyPedia or contact Kiran Sohota, the ToyPedia Coordinator on kiran@toycollector.com or +44 (1494) 727 947.
