Toyville City Hall

"When I was 10 I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I was found doing so. Now I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up"

C.S. Lewis

"Ahoy hoy, MiskatonicNick here welcoming you to...

... yes, this Halloween Toyville has risen from the grave with The Pumpkin Man, a little tale of Halloween nightmares (like that of Toyville returning!). Remember to keep checking my Flickr photostream for lots more Toyville & toy-related fun.

A heady brew of Questions & Answers, Toyville Shorts, Tales from the Clearance Bin, Xmas Specials and any other assorted stuff.

**NEW: A Christmas Attraction**

A look into Toyville's dusty Development Hell where there lurks an assortment of half-finished tales, abandoned ideas and other lucky escapes for the readers!

" themes of self-sacrifice and self-indulgence, anguish and ecstasy, diplomacy and deception, and religion and perdition. The complexities of character and plot are sometimes enigmatic, and names are often exhausting to recollect, but the genius is everlasting. The impressive dialog sparkles with humor and wit, and the vivid scenes of battle are riveting"... is how the Library Journal reviewed Tolstoy's War And Peace. Dark Days in Toyville, on the other hand, is an over-long excuse for puerile schoolboy humour, terrible old jokes and a paper-thin plot.

The Sequel they said couldn't and shouldn't be written! And boy, were they right!

This is where it all started. Here you'll find all my old Famous Covers customs and a few others. Also handy custom FAQs and a Links section. Probably all needs a damned good updating... but don't we all?

A little corner of the web I've staked out to provide the largest on-line resource/museum dedicated to Havoc the 1970's spy gal doll... and it'll also be somewhere for my custom Havoc to play too.

30th October 2014	Beware this Halloween for The Pumpkin Man is lurking over in the Miscellany vault!
17th December 2012	This year's seasonal tale, A Christmas Attaction is under the Miscellany Xmas Tree
2nd December 2012	Beware; lurking in the Miscellany there's Something Nasty in the Lounge
30th October 2012	There's a Halloween Haunting of St Mego's over in the cobwebbed Miscellany vault
7th March 2012	Toyville suffers from slight Trouble with (Fashion) Royalty over in the Miscellany aisle
21st December 2011	Unwrap 2011's Toyville Christmas Special over in the Miscellany section
31st October 2011	The Toyville Halloween Special is back from the dead over in the Miscellany pages
29th May 2011	Seconds out, Round 2 of Toyville Fight Club dukes it out in the Miscellany section
6th March 2011	The Toyville Flickr galleries are opened up
20th December 2010	Ho Ho Ho! Santa's delivered the 2010 Xmas Special down the Miscellany's chimney
30th October 2010	A 2010 Halloween Tale rises from the crypt over in the Miscellany graveyard
20th July 2010	The Toyville Fight Club is now open on the Miscellany section
2nd April 2010	Let's spend Easter with the Olsen Twins over on the Miscellany pages
18th March 2010	It's Miller Time at the Clearance Bin Bar over in the Miscellany section
13th February 2010	The House Sitters move into the Miscellany
2nd February 2010	A few Snapshots from one night at the Clearance Bin
15th October 2009	Added the Jac Diamond 'trailer' to The Stories That Never Were
14th October 2009	Opened a new section for The Stories That Never Were
15th September 2009	Darth Vader thinks he's caught A Rebel Spy over in the Miscellany section!
7th May 2009	Hannah Montana Exposed over in the Miscellany section!
23rd December 2008	A Christmas Shocker of a tale added to the Miscellany section
27th October 2008	Happy Halloween! The Tickle of Death added to the Miscellany section
10th April 2008	Time for a spot of Spring Cleaning - a new tale for the Miscellany section
3rd February 2008	Finally, more Toyville 3½! chapter 5, Bring Me The Mind of Miskatonicnick, added
19th December 2007	The 2007 Toyville Xmas Special - a tale of Christmas Doom!
30th October 2007	Toyville 3½ chapter 4 - Evil Unmasked - added
4th September 2007	Toyville 3½ chapter 3 - The Baghead, The Witch & The Winkie - added
8th August 2007	MWD's Rambling Ruby arrives in the Miscellany section
16th July 2007	Toyville 3½ continues in chapter 2, The Strange Affair of the Missing Muse.
21st June 2007	Toyville 3½ begins as the original, incomplete Toyville 3 fades away into the Miscellany
1st March 2007	The Beers of Toyville added the Miscellany section
20th December 2006	The 2006 Toyville Xmas Special added.
10th August 2006	Toyville 3, Chapter 2 added
19th June 2006	Toyville 3 begins!
17th June 2006	The Toygeek Memorandum added to the Miscellany section
16th February 2006	The Foreshadowing added to the Miscellany section
22nd December 2005	The Geek Who Saved Xmas - the 2005 Toyville Xmas Special
14th October 2005	Tales from the Clearance Bin #2 - The Odd Couple added
29th September 2005	Tales from the Clearance Bin #1 - The Perils of Linh Sugihara (9 page comic story)
8th August 2005	Toyville 2... finally FINISHED!
30th June 2005	Toyville 2, Chapter 8 released. Plus www.toyville.co.uk is now properly hosted
10th June 2005	Toyville 2, Chapter 7 finally added. Apologies for the delay.
31st March 2005	Added The Vengeance of Godzilla short story to the Miscellany section
24th February 2005	Added The T-Files short story to the Miscellany section
26th January 2005	Toyville 2, Chapter 6 added... also final page of Chapter 5 re-edited.
3rd October 2004	Toyville 2, Chapter 5 added.
30th August 2004	Toyville 2, Chapter 4 added. Also Havocdoll.co.uk opened.
25th July 2004	Toyville 2, Chapter 3 added.
13th July 2004	Toyville 2, Chapter 2 added.
9th June 2004	Toyville 2 begins
26th April 2004	Added 'The Prize' short story to the Miscellany section