We’re very grateful to the 42 authors and publishers who have so far given us permission to incorporate data from their books into our database. Below are just a few examples. If you're an author or publisher and you'd like to help too, just check out our Help Out page for details.

Action Man Volume Three 1978-1984

by Alan Hall

British Hard Plastic Dolls

by Francis Baird / New Cavendish Books (1 Jan 1999)

Josef Neuhierl (JNF) Toys from 1920-1963

by Ulrich Schweizer

Schuco: Pre- and Postwar Figures

by Ulrich Schweizer

Triang - The Story of Rovex Volume 1 1950-1965

by Pat Hammond & Allen Levy / New Cavendish Books (1993)

The 1912 Bing Toy Catalogue - Including 1912 Plush & Felt Special Catalogue

by New Cavendish Books (2001)

The History of Sindy: Britain`s Top Teenage Doll 1962-1994

by Colette Mansell

The Great Book of Hollow-Cast Figures

by Norman Joplin / New Cavendish Books

Vintage Slot Cars

by Philippe De Lespinay

The database is at the heart of hobbyDB and powers everything you’ll be able to do on the site.

But it’s more than just a list of products, we’ve designed it to pool the knowledge of collectors and modellers worldwide so it can be preserved forever and allow new generations of hobbyists to rediscover it in days to come.

Whether you’ve spent years researching a brand or a model range and would like to add your information, you want to add some images or fill out description about certain items, we’d love to have your help!

All we ask is that anything you submit should not infringe any copyrights and that all text be written from an impartial standpoint - don’t worry too much though, as editors are on hand to help out if you need it and we’ll also help get any data you want to submit into the correct format for upload (if it needs it).

So if that sounds interesting, just get in touch - and check out our Authors page to see some of the great books their authors have generously allowed to have incorporated into the database!