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Tim has a whole variety of memo pads in his collection, some very useful, others a bit more... whimsical, shall we say?

The theme today is 'Pipe Toys.' In fact, the first 'toy' is actually a real pipe, but an incredibly unusual one. In fact you probably would not recognise it as a pipe! About the size of a credit card, it has a complex internal mechanism. Tim is not a smoker, but finds unusual and unexpected items like this irresistible!
He then demonstrates other pipe toys, some of which blow a loop of coloured string, others blow bubbles.

The Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) was an agreement between Spain and Portugal, which divided all the newly discovered lands outside Europe between the two countries. The treaty was intended to settle a dispute that was created after the return of Christopher Columbus, whose voyage of discovery had been on behalf of Spain. However on his way back, he first reached Lisbon, in Portugal, where he had an audience with King John II of Portugal. King John felt that the newly discovered lands belonged to Portugal. The Spanish asked Pope Alexander VI to intercede, and he decided that all the lands west of a line 100 leagues west of the Azores should belong to Spain, and the lands to the east of the line should belong to Portugal. This was the Treaty of Tordesillas.

Our paper engineering model shows two 15th century gentlemen busily sawing the world in half!

Tim always keeps an eye out for novel and interesting toys. But sometimes he needs to use his ears as well! Here are some of Tim's 'Ear' toys...

Every February, Tim visits the New York Toy Fair, in search of new and amazing toys. Here are some of the items he found in 2019.

Another Smörgåsbord of toys that slipped through the net... all of these toys could potentially have appeared in recent themed videos. but given that Tim's collection spans nearly 200 suitcases. it is easy for a toy to slip through the cracks, when Tim is assembling toys along a certain theme, 'walking toys' for example. So here are the ones that got left behind, now getting their moment in the sun.

Kudo play musical instruments toys drums for kids with his friend.Unfortunately, the drum was damaged, Kudo took it to repair and play the instrument with you.video fun, let monitored that lightly!