Shite in Miniature II

[Tenmil Socket]

9 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

No chance 😄 

BUT there is a plastic MK3 Escort...

DIBS!

[Spottedlaurel]

After a slightly barren spell it was good to find a couple of recent Matchbox in Poundland:

I knew about the Mercedes, but the Lexus was a completely new one to me.

[bunglebus]

On the 9th day of Christmas

Hot Wheels gave to me

A bit of sleigh

[flat4alfa]

On 18/07/2020 at 13:34, Datsuncog said:

Staying large-scale, there’s also this tinplate oddity:

Although there’s a little bit of rust creeping under the red lacquer, this is still surprisingly complete for a cheap toy that must be knocking on 50 years old.

From the shape, I’d guess this is a loose approximation of a Datsun 240Z.

No maker’s name or any other identifying features are present – not even a country of origin. Possibly the rear ‘number plate’ of MF 037 is a code of some sort.

The friction drive motor still works perfectly, too.

Excellent. This has resurfaced in the @bunglebus sales thread

Which means that it will be soon knocking on 55 years old

[sierraman]

Talking of Superkings Porsches, this came in a job lot today. In superb condition but the sunroof sticker is on the piss, I'd try and soften it to adjust it but I don’t want to ruin it? 

[sierraman]

It was a job lot that had hung around a bit, bid them £21 on the lot but given most of them are genuinely mint I think I scored a bargain there. 

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, sierraman said:

Talking of Superkings Porsches, this came in a job lot today. In superb condition but the sunroof sticker is on the piss, I'd try and soften it to adjust it but I don’t want to ruin it? 

They're paper so I wouldn't bother. You'd be better off printing a black rectangle on a sticky label and cutting it out.

Cambusters and Bazookas look great 

[sierraman]

Highlight for me was the Superkings Barry Sheene Suzuki. Quite a hard model to find these days, I don’t think the motorbikes sold well for them. 

[flat4alfa]

You can get replacement stickers

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/352723142939

[sierraman]

This was in with them as well, I think these were called ‘High Riders’ where you got the monster truck chassis and a regular 1-75 model to convert. 

[flat4alfa]

Until today, I was unaware of the model...

It seems you can take his helmet off, or did they produce two types?  Probably wasn't clever assigning same K-number to different liveries from the outset

It seem you are right, not seen these about so must have been poor sellers

 

[flat4alfa]

58 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Canbusters and  Bazookas look great 

One Bazooka is being attacked by the ironing board! 😮

[cpjitservices]

Found this at a carrot sale wed only 50p I think! 

 

[sierraman]

43 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Until today, I was unaware of the model...

It seems you can take his helmet off, or did they produce two types?  Probably wasn't clever assigning same K-number to different liveries from the outset

It seem you are right, not seen these about so must have been poor sellers

 

Barry Sheene, being Barry Sheene probably went helmet less. I’m not into motorcycles at all but it being such an obscurity I had to have it. They did a Harley Davidson as well. 

[flat4alfa]

1 minute ago, sierraman said:

They did a Harley Davidson as well. 

Isn't K-83 picture on the rear a Harley Davidson?

[sierraman]

4 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Isn't K-83 picture on the rear a Harley Davidson?

It is indeed. They do look pretty fragile as well, I don’t think they’d have stood up well to being played with. 

[cpjitservices]

Probably as close as Ill ever get lol

 

[cpjitservices]

Might try and bag this off ebay

Again probs the closest Ill get as they are rare now!

 

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

You can get replacment stickers

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/352723142939

So I've been hunting a really good condition one and I could have just slapped some new stickers on?

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, sierraman said:

This was in with them as well, I think these were called ‘High Riders’ where you got the monster truck chassis and a regular 1-75 model to convert. 

Pretty rare. I have the other one which converts off roaders to a high rider on slicks

 

[bunglebus]

Saw this plate locally to me, wonder how much they want for it?

[flat4alfa]

6 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Saw this plate locally to me, wonder how much they want for it?

TOY 51
Sold 05/01/22, 42 bidders
£25,750 winning bid
Plus £1,545 premium

[bunglebus]

A couple of bits arrived this afternoon, one of the Corgi Hot Rod vans in a livery I didn't have

It came with a nice Majorette Volvo 

Politoys Olds Toronado is a cool bit of kit

I've got a zillion of these, but it was nice and complete with the canopy and Hondarora motor bicycle 

[FakeConcern]

22 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Saw this plate locally to me, wonder how much they want for it?

Someone I used to be good friends with had TOY14 on a yellow Ferrari Dino 246GT.

[barrett]

Spent a fraught couple of days trying to buy a big box of prewar Meccano off facebook because this was in there...

Not really 'in miniature' as it's fliipin' massive. I've always liked these but I think the plan is to tidy it up a bit and try and make my fortune from it, although I'm quite happy for it to sit here for a bit as it's so nice

[RoadworkUK]

13 hours ago, barrett said:

Not really 'in miniature' as it's fliipin' massive.

Not really 'shite', either. What a fabulous thing.

[bunglebus]

My local Morrisons/Post Office has had this big box of Hot Wheels for about a week, they got really funny with me when I asked to look through them for some reason. Eventually got to check them out today, long cards on clip strips, and £2.50 a pop too

[MiniMinorMk3]

19 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Saw this plate locally to me, wonder how much they want for it?

One of the management at Vectis has, or had, the plate D1 NKY.

[flat4alfa]

It’s not been assigned to a vehicle for some while.  It was reportedly spotted on a Smart Car around five years ago, I thought perhaps one of the plate trade publicity vehicles I see regularly in my town as they tend to plop their current prize commission on theirs

COR 1G is currently on a Range Rover Sport

 

[AndyW201]

On 07/12/2024 at 13:40, flat4alfa said:

You mean this one I have in my hand right now?

Farmer Tom (on his Chopper) is quite fond of it, but could be persuaded to sell it as he does need the readies to fuel the old horse

Oh!

Aye, I could be interested in that, if Farmer Tom could be persuaded and how many pounds he wants for it. Might have to be in a few weeks like, as I had a bit of a spend at the weekend, and there's already some diecast tucked away for Christmas...