Split_Pin Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 Technically corret I suppose. My Landcrab says made in NI, winder when that script on the baseplate changed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 just to prove that i have taken all leave of my senses, i have bought my diecasts, or at least some of them, a new home. i was going to put some brackets on the back, and then fix it to the wall, however since i got it home, i now realise it need to be sat on a shelf/table/similar and then fixed to the wall using the 2 metal filigree bits on the top. more pictures as an when it gets a perminant home. 155V6, eddyramrod, Junkman and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Mine is the same, be interesting to see how the badges are on the 1/1 scale examples. Majorette appear to have it right, that's how it appears to be on the French 1:1 examples I've taken photos of. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayMK Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 There are some toys which have no right to survive because they are poorly made, frail and difficult to identify. So I kept mine . In 1959 I attended Abbotts Ann primary school. At lunchtimes I walked up the road to a sweetshop which sold 3d (old money) lucky bags each containing a few chews, sweet cigarettes and a toy car. The underside of each car had details e.g. scale 1/77, Make and Made in Italy. I bought quite a few, probably why my teeth are rotten. Here they are in all their glory: In order of appearance, they claim to be - Bianchini (pale blue), Lancia Flaminia (yellow), Fiat 600 (white), Renault Dauphine (green), Fiat 500 x 3, Fiat 1100 Familiare (white) and a Cadillac Eldorado (red). As a bonus, to show that the UK could also produce similar quality*, I was given this slush moulded 1950s convertible in 1958. (Apologies for the strange formatting. It looked different in Preview Post!) Split_Pin, 155V6, eddyramrod and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 Those are absolutely fantastic, well done for keeping hold of them. I'll bet nobody else has these now! Junkman, eddyramrod and RayMK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Bonus point for using a florin for scale, too! MarvinsMom, Junkman and RayMK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayMK Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Bonus point for using a florin for scale, too! I was looking for a threepenny bit because they are easier to balance on an edge. Had to settle for a 1956 florin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 They are wonderfully shite! RayMK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 And £25 each at some of the jumbles I have been to! Seriously. Wish I had kept the crude copy of the Matchbox Triumph combination I found in a Lucky Bag aged three and three-quarters..... RayMK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Another lone star,This time a Roller in poor condition. RayMK, Junkman and 59Impala 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 eddyramrod, MarvinsMom, mercrocker and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 I bet losing that screen happened early on in its life resulting in a massive outburst and it never got played with again, preserving the paintwork in the process. Or was that just my childhood pattern? I do like these Impy models, they chose some unusual subjects. MarvinsMom, junkyarddog and eddyramrod 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 They certainly are different.The dash is also missing along with a tyre and one set of headlights,luckily all the opening panels are intact.Might try and cobble something,to make it look more complete. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Corvette by lone star 1/58 scale on this. Christine, MarvinsMom, danthecapriman and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Lone star "flyer" Cadillac Eldorado. This is a repaint.It does indeed fly along though.No opening panels on this one. 59Impala, RayMK, eddyramrod and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Marx fuel tanker truck.This hinges open so a battery can be fitted to work the headlights.Sadly only one works.Rolls really well. Junkman, RayMK, MarvinsMom and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Bought an early 70's Models of Yesteryear Renault today for a quid. Although demand for these are at absolute zero I like the naff early 70's stuff in really unlikely metallic paint finishes. mercrocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 I have that Royce as a "Flyer". It's the only Road Master I have. Split_Pin, Laseraligningfoofooflanges, 59Impala and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Today I received more plastic Norevshite in form of a Saviem SC10U according to the baseplate, which is the entire red lower half. Not made in France shocker: The doors can be opened by means of a black lever and making pfffft, pfffft sounds while moving it: It really could do with some advertising stickers and route signs. I guess it'll end up as a parts donor for an older French version which are usually missing their doors and grilles.If you are interested in these, they are currently flogged at discount prices in all imaginable colours.Mine was a tenner and free postage. 59Impala, mercrocker and RayMK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 That's fantastic! Interesting that the headlights are cast on the flyer version,the example I have they are jeweled. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Then I received a very small parcel from Steve Flowers, which contained a bag full of bags. The contents helped to recommission a few of my recent Lesney finds. Spottedlaurel, MarvinsMom, junkyarddog and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 I like that bus a lot, may have to look out for one! Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Amazing how much better even a playworn casting looks with fresh tyres and accessories. I have started collecting the late 60s Yesteryears in the pink and yellow window boxes, most I have paid so far is three quid each apart from a £20 gift set. They sometimes lurk in those baskets of the unwanted 90s-onwards YY boxed gear you get at jumbles and toyfairs. A lot of the full-scale rammel in Beaulieu in that period was also, shall we say, vibrantly restored. Particularly anything brought over from Yankshire. I also acquired this shite-tastic piece of giffer tat on Ebay last year. There must be others because I also have the same cufflinks, minus car and box, depicting the Riley MPH. (I also seem to collect automotive cuff-links FFS) MarvinsMom, Split_Pin, danthecapriman and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Old yesteryears are stupidly cheap, even in mint/boxed.I guess it's not the time to start collecting them if you fancy cars of that era. Actually, most models of cars of the inter war era are grossy undervalued,look at the fantastic Rio models. There seems to be no interest in this period.Imagine my surprice when Junkdaughter #2 fished a mint YY Thomas Flyerin teal metallic out of a rummage box at a recent toy fair and bought it - for 50p. eddyramrod, MarvinsMom, mercrocker and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Could be in years to come they might go up in value. The market near me sells them, you just have to check stuff like grilles missing or seats falling out. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 The original Seventies Solido Age d'Or and similar era Brumm pre-war subjects are nice things too. Like all collecting, the value in these things is what you consider it to be. I would rather my stuff wasn't worth a mint then I will much less likely be faced with having to sell it! Junkman and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Y-11 purple chassis is more than £3 I've got 4 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Matchbox-Models-Of-Yesteryear-Y-11-1938-Lagonda-Drophead-Coupe/273036720165?hash=item3f9241b825:g:OzsAAOSwJWFaZi35 Mercrocker i have Y-8 stutz and Y- 10 silver ghost in pink yellow boxes ..cheap ! mercrocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Talking of Yesteryears,I've still got these.Free to anyone who wants them,I'd rather someone came & took the whole lot away but I could post smaller amounts for the cost of postage Laseraligningfoofooflanges, Junkman and eddyramrod 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 Silver ghost and TNT merc van look good! Happy to bung you postage chap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Pm sent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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