Ave atque vale: Airfix

As you probably saw yesterday, Airfix have gone into administration. Airfix models were a big part of my childhood and although I think Matchbox construction kits were better quality (in both imagination and execution), Airfix were clearly the market leaders. They gave me a lot of fun, and I'm sorry to see them go.

If you were reading this blog in June, you'll have seen me review a couple of Airfix products, the Hexagon and Platformer Robogear Terrain Sets. If you want them, now would probably be a good time to go out and get them. (Just don't go looking in Christies in St. Andrews: I cleaned them out.)

Carrom

For the last few days, msinvisfem and I have been playing Carrom, which has turned out to be quite good fun. I bought a cheap and nasty board some time ago out of curiosity (I seem to have printed out the rules for myself in 2000), but have never, until now, really got round to playing it.

( I'll break )