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Between here: https://www.chateaudetanlay.fr and here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avallon In you fancy a mooch, I really do enjoy a random French mooch 👍

That was my original intention! The Patrol photobombing was a bonus!

I was in Albertville 2 weeks ago, it was raining, and mostly shut - I bought a Welly Renault 5 there though 😁 Still traces on the winter Olympics, quite a few petal statues in the surrounding aera too. Top buying @FakeConcern some proper bargains! Transcontinental is a BEAUTY @Spottedlaurel

@Split_Pin Target is your friend in NY, otherwise I found the same as you in 2023.

Some random shots from across France, some old some new all shite! Will start off with a couple of blinders complete with failure to proceed! Future shite we never got offered: Where the streets have no shame: Just parking…. French Ramrod: FIN.

The pick up is a beauty!

I’m glad those Tekno were unpriced, they really do tempt…. seems keen pricing though.

Anyone for charity shop bargains 😁 In other news I have another Welly Renault 5 if anyone wants one 👍

So what did I get today? Well for a paltry £1 the Matchbox P1800 and £3 for the delicate matchbox cortina, both off the same dealer. Somehow the Volvo has past me by? Then possibly spurred on by @MiniMinorMk3 £4 bought me this battered box Herpa 1/43 S Klasse in outrageous bright red (says the man who ordered a bright red Mercedes) which really is a lovely thing and has never been out the box as I cut the sellotape holding it together! I think I will keep an eye out for these big Herpa’s in future. Lastly on the £3 table is the Autoart Shogun I’ve been watching on his stall since lockdown it gets cheaper everytime 😂 Box battered, but I was taking a gamble at rock bottom prices! What a gamble - it’s a beauty! Incredibly detailed, interior especially. The paint finish is excellent! For my shelf of things I like.

Toyfair buys with @bunglebus this morning, it first a few gratuitous shots - seemed to be a lot of railway today too. Giant (1/6th ?) 911 and quite a varied selection. Lovely meths fuelled stinking trains 😂 Carry case That Caprice can nearly came home with me again, as did the silver whizzwheels Muria. Everything this chap has is lovely 👍 Again more temptation with the £10 Solido’s especially the shorty 104.

STALKER! I picked these up too, they didn’t have the Cairo map in stock 😂

Having an amateur @Jon moment with this Welly Renault 5 I brought when I was supposed to be getting dinner supplies, I blamed the continental language barrier to the Mrs and she just scowled and snatched the rock hard French stick in my other hand 😂

£210 here for the E klasse, last year of £600 for the wife’s. Flip side NI contributions have lowered. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-national-insurance-contributions-from-6-april-2024/reduction-to-the-main-rates-of-primary-class-1-and-class-4-national-insurance-contributions

Well it’s no St George’s, but it’s Besacon brocante! The day started promising with this: Lets have a closer look… €1Tat box - check - overpriced part works (€15) - check - knackered majorettes - check ✔️ But hang on that looks unusual….. so yeah….. of course I buckled 😉 Bearing in mind the only note I had was a €10 we had a deal! The last thing I expected deepest France was a MIB Corgi!

@FakeConcern you win Easter Friday!!! I’d have not walked past any of that either! SAAB is lovely 👌

@Tenmil Socket there was some nice stuff in those cases, that whole £5 shelf had nice stuff on it too - commiseration’s on the Transit though ☹️

Beat me! I wonder if the cigarette lighter works…

In the wild today both a mere 10 minutes from the front door, Beverly Hills meets Beverly hillbilly’s:

So grown man in Poundlands toy isle (I was after ant powder, I buckled!). £3.00 netted me a pair of Volvos. We’ve all seen the boxy beauty but the extreme XC40 is actually a sweet little thing! The 10 year old version of me would have chosen it definitely, then ham fistedly painted spot lights and headlights on 👍 Young and old:

Didn't @danthecapriman have a huge Tyco matchbox?

I doubt it could be worse?

A bit late to the stockcar party! Ive had these stockers since I was a kid, the Volvo is a recent purchase and its mint!

An Escort mark 6 out handled a 306 when both were new (source me - I had both new in period).

UK Sierra mark ones did get them though, albeit briefly: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1986_Ford_Sierra_LX_1.8.jpg

This is what I was thinking off! Totally wrong 😂 https://www.fordpower.org.uk/nik/face.html