flat4alfa Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Driving School Acclaim vs. Slot Car Acclaim. Which one will win? Sudsprint, Split_Pin, Datsuncog and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudsprint Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 On 6/11/2019 at 5:55 PM, 59Impala said: I have recently been suffering with 'can't be arseditis' and thus have not visited for a while. Nor have I foisted any of my recent-ish purchases upon you. Until now. So out with my old racetrack base from the Corgi Silverstone Gift Set and here are some of them. Corgi Ecurie Ecosse transporter was a wreck apparently so the guy restored it and for fun made the three Jaaaags into team cars. He also did the Commer race support vehicle. Nice guy too, does nice restorations especially of Spot-On stuff and doesn't charge a fortune for them. Lovely stuff there -particularly the Jags and transporter. Love the Honda too 59Impala 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 I'm glad you brought us round to slot cars.. Dad also brought this over,built by him in 1967. flat4alfa, RayMK, MarvinsMom and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 11 hours ago, sierraman said: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/mikepigottsdiecasttoysandmodels.wordpress.com/2018/09/28/matchbox-big-m-x/amp/ That's a tremendous wee rabbit hole there-cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 17 hours ago, Datsuncog said: This one? https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F223548648380 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 On 6/12/2019 at 10:59 PM, Amishtat said: I'm glad you brought us round to slot cars.. Dad also brought this over,built by him in 1967. When I were a children back in the 60s I had a few of these Cortinas, not to mention a bunch of Airfix's F1 type cars too, and track. Most of which I may still have! When did I get my first Scalextric (which I definitely still have)? 1989, at the age of 30. Sudsprint, Amishtat, Datsuncog and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Is that a VW hub cap? Amishtat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Yes it is, apparently it's to cover the screws holding the front wheels on. VW side repeaters on the front wings too which I'd forgotten about but yesterday was the first time I'd seen it for about 25 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Just picked these two up from a charity shop,50p each.Both pretty much mint vulgalour, eddyramrod, 59Impala and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Bargain! Never see that age of vehicle around here. It's all HW, Fisher Price and broken. Assume the K-27 camping Cruiser was a fantasy model, or was there something it was based on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 That's good findings, that is. Congrats, I'd be well stoked if I'd snaffled those! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 More of Dad's childhood stash (he brought a fair bit over). Photos not great, I'd been imbibing. RayMK, MarvinsMom, Datsuncog and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 There was more. I'd not seen any of this since about 1994 or so and there was so much I'd forgotten about. He doesn't have any of this on display or anything so he seemed to enjoy the knowledge that some total strangers on the internet would appreciate these things. NorfolkNWeigh, eddyramrod, Datsuncog and 10 others 11 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 And finally a fairly well known (I think) Corgi booboo. Look closely at the lettering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Mutter grumble fat fingers something something.. flat4alfa, RayMK, Sudsprint and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 ooops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayMK Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 That is some collection. Beautiful, well proportioned models, instantly recognisable and in superb condition. Seeing them has made me cheerful. When I bought Matchbox toys in the 50s and 60s, the box was just packaging and went in the bin. Well done for your dad being so careful in preserving the whole lot. eddyramrod, Sudsprint, egg and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 The roadway and the garage are worth some serious coin. A lot of the roadways, being card, ended up being binned quite quickly so any survivors are worth a bomb. Sudsprint and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Magnificent collection your dad has there, Amishtat! I tell you, I would have gone seriously wobbly at the sight of so much Lesney goodness... thanks so much for sharing! I think I remember that 'Genetal Manager' typo on the Corgi Morris J van being reported in Collector's Gazette about 1992/3 - but have never actually seen it on the model. Fnarr fnarr, etc. (Tat Stall updates on their way!) Sudsprint and Amishtat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 A sunny morn... and lo, a shaft of sunlight did illuminate the Tat Stall most wonderfully... BEHOLD!!! Diecast as far as the eye could see! Amishtat, vulgalour, Sudsprint and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 This rather makes up for the recent drought... Some nice large-scale stuff here - priced at around £5 each, mebbe more for the big Majors stuff. Sudsprint, eddyramrod and flat4alfa 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 That's but a fraction of his collection. He had all his Corgis and Dinkys in similar condition until about four years ago when my evil cunt of an ex-stepmother decided she was going to rook him out of them. Despite multiple tries I've never been able to find out where they went but if I ever see her again I'm throwing her useless carcass on a railway line. Aaaand breathe... Anyway, have some more. 59Impala, bunglebus, eddyramrod and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Then there was some smaller stuff too, as promised... Much Lesney. £3 a pop seems to be the asking price here - some are probably well worth it, others maybe less so. Corgi Rockets Jensen Interceptor on the far right tempted me a bit. Also an Impy Road Masters Jaguar Mk 10, which was sadly missing its bonnet. Peculiar unmarked casting of an open tourer down at the bottom left, sadly missing a front axle and suffering badly from zinc pest. Sudsprint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 The Lesney Ford station wagon (yellow), the A55 next to it and the lilac/white Cadillac please! And what's the transporter in the right of the last picture? Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 And the reserve selection... Some interesting stuff in here, too... A brace of Matchbox Major KW Dart tippers. While mentioning oddities earlier in the week, like the Big M-X range, there's this: 'Qualitoys by Corgi' were an early effort to make simpler (cheaper) toys that would appeal to younger children, and this non-prototypical 'Turbine Truck' formed the bulk of the range, with a number of different backs available on them. This one is the Giraffe Transporter (basically the same as the horse transporter without a roof) I found a bit more info on the range here; unlike Matchbox though, these are still virtually worthless amongst collectors. https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/diecastrescue/the-unknown-corgi-s-qualitoys-turbine-series-t712.html Lone Star 'Big Boy' truck is another futuristic commercial without much street cred, sadly. 'Nother box... The Corgi Inter-City Mini-Bus and ambulance always strike me as being reminiscent of models that would pop up in Gerry Anderson shows like Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet - I kinda dig that that retro-futuristic vibe, these days. These two are a bit FUBAR'd, mind. Buses, then... Repaints are perhaps in need of some TLC... Still loads of this unboxed Bristol VR open-top by OOC, for some reason. Again, I suspect a broken-up railway diorama. A used Atlantean can be yours for a fiver; while one that's mint and boxed is priced at £10. Okay then. 50p Tat Box: mostly dominated by mismatched 1980s Corgi trucks today, and low-end Hongwells. Someone's gone to the bother of creating their own Code 3 Matchbox Convoy trailers, at some point... And finally, there was this... Did anyone here ever have a Grandstand Video Sports console? It's endorsed by Kevin Keegan, so it must be good... at least as good as Brut 33 aftershave! eddyramrod and Sudsprint 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 12 minutes ago, Amishtat said: The Lesney Ford station wagon (yellow), the A55 next to it and the lilac/white Cadillac please! And what's the transporter in the right of the last picture? Duly noted! Transporter is a Matchbox Major M8 Guy Warrior. Interested? Sudsprint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Yes please Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 On 6/7/2019 at 10:32 PM, sheffcortinacentre said: Sorry don't get online till late def take the 100e. Interested in the twin boom Holmes wrecker on the table if around a fiver pm your PayPal & will sort payment. Still looking for a 1-75 flip body funny car (no rush though). Luck was in... £5 took this Holmes Wrecker. It really is a fantastic model - the overall detailing is so impressive, and the mechanism for raising and lowering the hooks is ingenious. This must have been a complex model to manufacture, and there's quite a weight to it. FORD DIESEL (Actually, I think it's meant to represent a Cummins N-series unit) The chassis detailing is spot-on. Corgi were absolutely at the top of their game in the late 1960s - this is only a toy, yet the detailed shackle mounts on the cart-springs, the drivetrain and even the exhaust system is quite exceptional. Yep, the diecast exhaust casting 'meets' with the vertical exhaust pipe behind the tip-up cab. Probably no-one would have noticed if it were missing, but Corgi went to the trouble of producing a separate plastic moulding and making sure it aligned with the base casting. I can now articulate why I kinda felt short-changed by so many 1980s toys, where detail like this just didn't happen. Had I received one of these new, I would have considered myself very fortunate indeed. Anyway! Sheffcortinacentre - it's yours if you want it, along with the Lesney 100E. Still no sign of a funny car, sadly! RayMK, Amishtat and Sudsprint 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Staying with Corgi, naturally my own willpower buckled when I saw this vision of slightly-chipped loveliness there on the stall... A Ford Thames 'Airborne' campervan. It's rather nice, hey? Again, the detail in the blinds and the interior is way better than you might expect. I'm not sure whether the piece of foam on the seating area is original or an addition by a previous owner? My only gripe is that the rear doors and hinges themselves are quite crude - but hey, they've managed to stay on for 50+ years, so at least the hinge mounts have proved effective - maybe I should stop being such a whiney bitch. Sudsprint, RayMK, egg and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 That's a nice one, there's one in a junk shop near me that isn't a lot tidier than that and the chap wants £15. Which is why it's there every time I go past Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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