sierraman Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 1970 Lotus Europa reshelled with a Super GT shell. Datsuncog and vulgalour 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Any chance of as much of the 80s matchbox as you can spare / hasn't been claimed, and the dyane, again if not required / dibsed? I need some more mini tat... Do I even have a box started? Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 5 hours ago, sierraman said: I’ll have the Escorts, 405, the renner 4 and the Volvo please? Damn, too slow! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Yep Def want the MK1 zodiac,pm PayPal again & if you can store for a while incase anything else comes up would be great. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 further adventures in diecast collecting means that these have been added to the collection recently. first up, a pair of Matchbox Bedford OB Luton vans, which were part of Mr Ramrod's recent -ish sale of stuff. one is complete, while the other is missing its tail board. and as both have pretty nice paint, i got some replacement decals before adding them to display case. then, also bought off this very thread, a Dinky Triumph TR7. a piece of 70's wedge, in slightly pogweaseled red, but otherwise nice condition. this is going to remain exactly as it is, cos i like it. interestingly, this is 1/43 0-gauge scale. most other things from the 1970s were to the larger 1/36 scale, so for Dinky to go back down to the older smaller scale is a strange choice. then i got these, a matchbox Chevy Impala, and Lincoln Continental sedans. both of which are nice old cars. and then this Matchbox Bedford tanker. this one still has its cab floor insert, and while i've added new decals on the tank sides, this is all i am going to do with this one. and finally this, a Corgi Routemaster. with clippy, jewelled headlamps and rubber tyres. interestingly* this bus is a different casting to the later silver jubilee one i've had since a nipper, which came as a suprise, i had assumed that Corgi had infact just continued to use the old tool and just added the speed wheels to it. but no, they used a while new tool for it! Split_Pin, Datsuncog, sierraman and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted September 21, 2019 Author Share Posted September 21, 2019 The red Routemaster is lovely. Nice details for the time. On the opposite end of the scale, have some more knockoffs, this time from Polistil castings. Datsuncog and Tenmil Socket 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 10 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said: Yep Def want the MK1 zodiac,pm PayPal again & if you can store for a while incase anything else comes up would be great. Good stuff - happy to set that aside for you in case more shows up in the coming weeks! Will drop you a PM and all. 15 hours ago, TheDoctor said: Any chance of as much of the 80s matchbox as you can spare / hasn't been claimed, and the dyane, again if not required / dibsed? I need some more mini tat... Do I even have a box started? Yep, I think I have a coupla Corgi SD1s and a Volvo 240 or two with your name on them, so mini tat will certainly be coming your way... Will add the Dyane in, and I may well have a sudden influx of 80s Matchbox up for grabs because... You know that green zippy box pictured upthread? The one with my small nostalgia diecasts inside, that I haven't opened since last year? Well, I opened it last night. Turns out I've been mostly buying duplicates for the past nine months. egg and DoctorRetro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 3 hours ago, Split_Pin said: On the opposite end of the scale, have some more knockoffs, this time from Polistil castings. At first glance, I thought the red car on the left was a Reliant Kitten.... but I'm guessing a Panda is nearer the mark? Quality control in the sticker department must have been having an off-day when it came to the Ritmo... I think I have a very, very wide Ritmo knock-off with tiny wheels too - must look that one out. 8 hours ago, MarvinsMom said: a Dinky Triumph TR7. a piece of 70's wedge, in slightly pogweaseled red, but otherwise nice condition. this is going to remain exactly as it is, cos i like it. interestingly, this is 1/43 0-gauge scale. most other things from the 1970s were to the larger 1/36 scale, so for Dinky to go back down to the older smaller scale is a strange choice. Nice additions, MM - and yeah, I'd like to know why the bigger toys in the mid-70s fluctuated so much. Corgi and Lesney ran different scales alongside each other too for a while - makes the pics in their catalogues look daft! Must take a look through my catalogues to see who was the first to bring in 1/36 scale stuff. MarvinsMom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 I’m a bit like that with duplicates. In a wierd way if I see something like an MB44 Skoda in a box full of stuff at a car boot I’ll buy it despite having several of them already in this strange belief I’m saving them from an awful fate. They then join the other thousand or so in the loft. When you break it down though there are thousands upon thousands of varieties, some seemingly same Matchboxes throughout the 80’s could be made in Macau or China. Bought a 57 thunderbird other day, thought shit I’ve duplicated but it had a amber screen and the other was clear. Got to keep it. I know. Split_Pin and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 I'm a bit like that - usually in the hunt for one in better condition than the one I already own. Then you have to make a decision as to whether you keep the one with good paint but poor stickers or vice versa. So you keep both... Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Don’t talk to me about duplication I’m going around the twist Just now, in this very house, a small gathering happened Datsuncog, Split_Pin and eddyramrod 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Which extended to Airfix Datamatics getting in on the action Datsuncog and Split_Pin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Slot cars? Pah! They are coming to get me, like zombies out for the kill (part one) Split_Pin and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 22 minutes ago, flat4alfa said: Don’t talk to me about duplication I’m going around the twist Just now, in this very house, a small gathering happened I like those - think the circus one and especially the day van/hippy/70's ones are the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Just been to the Post Orrifice to collect a rather large box - here's the stuff I'm keeping, think I may be putting some new listings on eBay this weekend as my stack of unwanted ones is growing Unbroken K-111 Missile Launcher! 20190921_145808 by RS, on Flickr 20190921_145817 by RS, on Flickr Super Kings Plymouth Gran Fury 20190921_145931 by RS, on Flickr This is a weirdo - thought it was MB but marked as Five Winder from Schaper/Kusan. Works too! 20190921_145949 by RS, on Flickr Planet Scout and Cosmobile in Adventure 2000 colour 20190921_150028 by RS, on Flickr 20190921_150047 by RS, on Flickr Majorette R4 van 20190921_150100 by RS, on Flickr Corgi Chevy Van 20190921_150125 by RS, on Flickr MB Space Shuttle Command Centre 20190921_150153 by RS, on Flickr 007 Lotus fresh from an undersea adventure by the look of it 20190921_150222 by RS, on Flickr MB M1 20190921_150234 by RS, on Flickr Somewhat battered MB Cougar 20190921_150305 by RS, on Flickr Corgi Pepsi truck 20190921_150322 by RS, on Flickr Corgi Merc Ambulance 20190921_150404 by RS, on Flickr 20190921_150359 by RS, on Flickr Starsky and Hutch Torino 20190921_150415 by RS, on Flickr 20190921_150437 by RS, on Flickr MB Mini Haha 20190921_150449 by RS, on Flickr Tatty Challenger - possible parts donor for my roofless one 20190921_150501 by RS, on Flickr Corgi Dyane 20190921_150533 by RS, on Flickr Here's the usual dilemma - bent roof or cracked glass? 20190921_150557 by RS, on Flickr Very pleased to find this with an intact windscreen 20190921_150647 by RS, on Flickr Any guesses? Mattel often didn't put names on the bases for some reason 20190921_150727 by RS, on Flickr 20190921_150740 by RS, on Flickr Happen to know this one is called the P-911 after Porsche got upset - some say Porsche, some say P-911 and this one says nothing 20190921_150750 by RS, on Flickr 20190921_150810 by RS, on Flickr DoctorRetro, Split_Pin and Datsuncog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 The black mattel is a torino. bunglebus and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 @bunglebus - Marty of Marty's Matchbox Makeovers on Youtube has 3D printed some replacement missiles for the K-111 -(this week as it goes) maybe email him and ask him nicely to send you some! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Yes I just watched that one - was tempted to ask if he'd consider selling them. Either that or find a kind person with a 3D printer to make some from the free plans... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Picked this up today, just because I like it. blakey79, Tenmil Socket and Split_Pin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 I grabbed this Treasure Hunt today; DoctorRetro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 You're doing well with them.I used to collect Treasure Hunts 10-15 years ago when I had a driving job all over the place & went to a few big supermarkets every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Tried the other scanner tonight. After downloading the driver from Canon, I found it cut the edges of the scan off, so you have to move the catalogue away from the edges of the bed a few mm. Then discovered it doesn't scan parallel so you have to have the catalogue at a slight angle - didn't always get this quite right! It also defaults to the lowest resolution for every scan, and decides where it's going to crop the image, so I've had to do that on Flickr. What a ball ache. Anyway, here's Matchbox 1974; Matchbox 1974 001 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 002 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 003 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 004 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 005 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 006 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 007 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 008 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 009 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 010 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 011 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 012 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 013 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 014 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 015 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 016 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 017 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 018 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 019 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 020 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 021 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 022 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 023 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 024 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 025 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 026 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 027 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 028 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 029 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 030 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 031 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 032 by RS, on Flickr Matchbox 1974 033 by RS, on Flickr MarvinsMom, DoctorRetro, flat4alfa and 5 others 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted September 21, 2019 Author Share Posted September 21, 2019 The 2 reasons I keep logging back into AS are for Datsuncog's Tat Fridays and bunglebus' catalogue scans! bunglebus and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Thanks for all those pages! I don’t have any memory of K51 Barracuda or K52 Datsun though. Were they released? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 I had the Datsun but not in that colour - mine was green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Good to see the 1974 catalogue, for me I'd say that's the classic '70s Matchbox line-up. Much of what I had as a youngster can be seen on those pages. Not just the products but the packaging, takes me back to what I remember seeing in shops or catalogues and daydreaming about what to choose. All those symbols for the Superfast are a bit confusing. Is a "gravity set" any of the tracks that rely on clamping something to a windowsill or table edge? If so I'd disagree about the suitability of a Rola-matics car like Piston Popper for that on my 400 Double Loop Racing Set, the little nib on the wheel makes them useless for that (so in my case it got cut off). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 10 hours ago, flat4alfa said: Thanks for all those pages! I don’t have any memory of K51 Barracuda or K52 Datsun though. Were they released? Wiki shows it in yellow, silver and the green one I had; flat4alfa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETCHY Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Thanks for posting the 1974 catalogue, great stuff ! I particularly liked the plastic kits in it, I remember building quite a few of those as a kid, the Lysander was a favourite as it went together really nicely, The box artwork was always cool & really made you want to buy it ! I think they changed the artwork later to be less violent looking - no guns firing etc (in other words made it crapper !) Anyone else noticed that K-47 Easy Rider appears to be being ridden by Chewbacca ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 So Sea Kings are no more inspiring in pieces! The gun turrets just pop out and the whole thing is held together with plastic 'rivets'. However the wheels use large metal rivets to hold them in place. I'm going to do a custom with it - either just a re-paint an re-assemble or maybe 'civilianise' it and fill the gun turret holes in for the LOLs* bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 I think the odd LEGO diversion is tolerated - this new Defender model would have excited me as a kid. Who am I kidding, it is exciting me now! https://brickset.com/article/45846/review-42110-land-rover-defender eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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