Humdinger

excellent or remarkable person or thing

This interesting little red truck has been parked at the back of the car parts shop for a few days.
It has the marvellous home made look, it's boxy, low slung and is eye catching.

It is called Number 5; where are the other ones?

One of it's signs says "Specialing in Kiwi Fruit Spraying".

I love the name Humdinger and it has reminded me of a wonderful, remarkable set of Kiwi made connect-up blocks that are sturdy, colourful, and well made: Humdinger Blocks. Kids and parents love these and they are easy to store as they come in their own special box. They have rods and coloured balls with insert holes all made out of wood and make wonderful constructions.

In searching for their website (which apparently no longer works - they were in RD11, Hastings 06 877297) I have come across a story where Robin the manufacturer of Humdinger has had to move to China to manufacture his toy. It makes interesting and disappointing reading.

I love the sound of the word Hum-Dinger; and I found this story (click on the link) - it lends itself to storytelling! I can feel a story coming on.