Plot:
Tamsin Treco stayed with her grandmother who ran a toy museum in a Cornish fishing village. Tamsin loved to hear the stories behind many of the toys that were on show.
Notes:
- Art: Douglas Perry
- Art: David Matysiak (Bunty Annual 1988 & – Bunty Summer Special 1988 )
- The stories had different titles ever week, accompanied by a sub heading “A Tale From the Toy Museum”
- The first story was called “The Little Drummer Boy”
Appeared:
- A Tale From the Toy Museum – Bunty: #1493 (23 August 1986) – #1500 (11 October 1986)
- A Tale From the Toy Museum – Bunty: #1512 (3 January 1987)
- A Tale From the Toy Museum – Bunty: #1515 (24 January 1987) – #1519 (21 February 1987)
- A Tale From the Toy Museum – Bunty: #1522 (14 March 1987) – #1523 (21 March 1987)
Other Appearances:
Annual Appearances
- The House of No Dolls – A Tale from the Toy Museum – Bunty Annual 1987
- The Forbidden Doll – A Tale from the Toy Museum – Bunty Annual 1988 [Art: David Matysiak]
- A Model Family – A Tale from the Toy Museum – Bunty Annual 1989
Summer Specials
- Raggie Annie – a Tale from the Toy Museum – Bunty Summer Special 1986 [Art: Douglas Perry]
- Picture-Book Dreams – a Tale from the Toy Museum – Bunty Summer Special 1987 [Art: Douglas Perry]
- The Tell-Tale Toy – a Tale from the Toy Museum – Bunty Summer Special 1989 [Art: David Matysiak]
Wasn’t this also called Dolwyn’s Dolls?
Similar idea using the Storyteller, but it’s different characters and Dolwyn’s Dolls was a shop not a museum.
There is also one in the 1987 Bunty Annual called “The House of No Dolls”.
Thanks Natalie
“A Tale From the Toy Museum” ends in Bunty #1500 (October 11, 1986). It returns in Bunty #1512 (Jan3, 1987), #1515 (January 24, 1987) – #1519 (February 21, 1987), and #1522 (March 14, 1987) – #1523 (March 21, 1987). The stories in 1512 through are all listed as A Bunty Complete Story. It was replaced by “Tara’s Tarnished Coins” as the Bunty Complete Story.