RoadworkUK Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 6 hours ago, Datsuncog said: Corgi's rival brand to EFE, the Original Omnibus Co, produced this rather nice Plaxton Panorama I on an AEC Reliance chassis. Detailing is pretty good; annoying that I couldn't secure the Panorama Elite on the Bedford VAL chassis to enable a comparison shootout for @RoadworkUK. However - you've first dibs on this one, if you still fancy it. Ah, great work on snaffling this! I'll convert my dibs into a procurement, please. I actually have one of those Atlas Editions 1:72 scale Bedford VALs that Hattons was recently purging stocks of, and that'll satisfy my VAL vs Reliance perversions with a comparison of sorts. If I can cheekily request that you put it aside for me until after (massive assumption ahoy) this Friday's TATSTRAVAGANZA, I'll whang monies across at your whim. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW201 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 The CA ice cream van did have a metal front end, up to the bulkhead/windscreen, the old join can just about be seen on that one in the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 On 12/14/2019 at 9:59 PM, Noel Tidybeard said: look wot i got off fleabay oh yes i forgot to mention the price ? £14.99! for the pair!!1! Split_Pin and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 ^^^ That's fantastic value... I think I stumped up £20 for just the one Supra in blue and silver - and, while it's true that mine's in 'factory fresh condition' as described, that's a bit of a damning indictment of the Fforestfach quality control in the mid-1980s, as the paint flaws are legion. Bubbling, streaking, smearing... Still, an unusual model for Corgi to have chosen, and I don't think it hung around in the range for that long, either. Top buying, sir! Burnside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 8 hours ago, AndyW201 said: The CA ice cream van did have a metal front end, up to the bulkhead/windscreen, the old join can just about be seen on that one in the picture. I’ve gone and checked mine and you are absolutely right there. Can’t work out why they’ve pissed about changing the entire casting? AndyW201 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 The tin front earlier issue and the 2019 all plastic one. bunglebus, egg, flat4alfa and 3 others 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 10 hours ago, RoadworkUK said: I'll convert my dibs into a procurement, please. I actually have one of those Atlas Editions 1:72 scale Bedford VALs that Hattons was recently purging stocks of, and that'll satisfy my VAL vs Reliance perversions with a comparison of sorts. If I can cheekily request that you put it aside for me until after (massive assumption ahoy) this Friday's TATSTRAVAGANZA, I'll whang monies across at your whim. Good stuff, happy to hold that for you! Looking forward to the comparison write-up - and yes, who knows what delights may lurk come Friday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 If you're local, this wrong category job lot might be worthwhile https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Job-lot-of-vintage-toy-cars-planes-buses-and-more-GAOADT4LT/264566002282?hash=item3d995cd26a:g:29EAAOSw2wZd8~Cz junkyarddog and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Good grief, there's a lot of primo tiny chod in that job lot listing... Is that a Bburago 1/24 Peugeot 504 Rallye in the top right? Also a Solido Citroen Visa just above the yellow Corgi Opel Manta... and a Lancia Delta just in front of the Majorette caravan, mebbe? ? egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 If anyone wants to buy the above package I'd be interested in the Mantas,205,Deltas ect...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 That's quite a haul! Love that 504 rally car. A big regret of mine is not doing a deal with a friend of mine for his tatty old diesel one,it was a comfy old thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 On 12/14/2019 at 11:40 AM, bunglebus said: 20191214_110310 by RS, on Flickr You need to get hold of the Matchbox Connectables one I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 I've got one, can't seem to find a pic. Annoying as I went through all my Matchbox/Majorette/VW models today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Anyway, new arrivals. Lots and lots of lovely blackwalls 20191217_131743 by RS, on Flickr 20191217_131830 by RS, on Flickr 20191217_131856 by RS, on Flickr 20191217_133041 by RS, on Flickr Hi-Raker, and still got its top 20191217_131948 by RS, on Flickr 20191217_132729 by RS, on Flickr One will be donating its glass to my otherwise good example. Rarer yellow Hare Splitter, I've replaced the missing spare wheel and cleaned it now 20191217_132013 by RS, on Flickr 20191217_135555 by RS, on Flickr 20191217_132200 by RS, on Flickr 20191217_132618 by RS, on Flickr An oddball, but it replaces a childhood one 20191217_132342 by RS, on Flickr 20191217_132631 by RS, on Flickr Old no.5 was also a childhood favourite I wanted to replace 20191217_132739 by RS, on Flickr Tourismo was supposed to be a DeLorean but Hot Wheels lost the right to make it just before launch, so it was modified to this design 20191217_132804 by RS, on Flickr 20191217_132825 by RS, on Flickr 20191217_133056 by RS, on Flickr 20191217_133128 by RS, on Flickr Another Hi-Raker and childhood favourite 20191217_133218 by RS, on Flickr Got a couple of nice Majorettes too 20191217_131541 by RS, on Flickr 20191217_131559 by RS, on Flickr 20191217_131509 by RS, on Flickr 20191217_131522 by RS, on Flickr Finally this Milligan's Mill in superb condition, replaces the two I had already... 20191217_131610 by RS, on Flickr 20191217_131633 by RS, on Flickr Datsuncog, Sudsprint, Burnside and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Had a look through some boxes, thought I'd compare the Matchbox and Zylmex Minis 20191217_154126 by RS, on Flickr 20191217_154132 by RS, on Flickr 20191217_154152 by RS, on Flickr Shame mine's so beaten up, as I reckon it knocks spots off the Matchbox Also found my original Superking 240Z that I thought was lost, I painted the bonnet green and the wheels white as a kid. Seems to be a different version anyway, had the same tampos on the bonnet but never had the stripe etc. White/black bases too 20191217_153831 by RS, on Flickr 20191217_153835 by RS, on Flickr 20191217_153943 by RS, on Flickr Got the regular, superfast and large superfast wheel versions of the Binz ambulance together - Lesney modified the wheel arches for the narrow superfast wheels it seems 20191217_150630 by RS, on Flickr 20191217_150644 by RS, on Flickr Lastly, noticed this variation. Shame both castings have bent roofs 20191217_143844 by RS, on Flickr Datsuncog, Burnside, Sudsprint and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Here's something that I'd not consciously seen for decades before encountering it in a charity shop today. If my mind is less addled than I think it is, I once had a set like this but containing a Honda Accord and a sailing boat on a trailer. Would have been the late 80s that I got it; I rapidly developed a major crush on the Honda and it became my main plaything on The Mound at school (a big grassy edifice at one end of the playing field, with ruts and hollows that, to an eight-year old's imagination, resembled a hilly network of roads and tracks). Thing is, though, this still-sealed package seems in such astounding condition that I can only just believe that it really is new old stock and not some more recent reissue. Have I genuinely stumbled upon an untouched thirty-year old relic? junkyarddog, eddyramrod, 155V6 and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 That is the nuts, 11/10 RoadworkUK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Great find. Enjoy RoadworkUK and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 On 12/16/2019 at 10:35 PM, AndyW201 said: The CA ice cream van did have a metal front end, up to the bulkhead/windscreen, the old join can just about be seen on that one in the picture. Mine has the metal nose 20191217_153236 by RS, on Flickr Remspoor, AndyW201 and Sudsprint 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 10 hours ago, Datsuncog said: Good grief, there's a lot of primo tiny chod in that job lot listing... Is that a Bburago 1/24 Peugeot 504 Rallye in the top right? Also a Solido Citroen Visa just above the yellow Corgi Opel Manta... and a Lancia Delta just in front of the Majorette caravan, mebbe? ? If you look at the other items there's some aircraft....and the same picture in that listing too ! You may not get what you think you're buying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnside Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Don't think I'd mentioned my Corgi Toyota Supra. I'd picked this one up earlier in the year at a local car show for £3. Box is battered but the car itself doesn't look played with. Strangely boxed as a Tesco Branded item though? warch, Datsuncog, eddyramrod and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Sometimes years ago supermarkets would brand their own releases, Marks and Spencer did the Corgi Lotus Elite Flying Club, Tesco also did an exclusive 5 pack in the early 80’s of Matchbox in unique colours, most notably the MB46 Mercedes 300SE in silver, something like 10 years after the civilian one had gone out of production. Burnside and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 8 hours ago, Christine said: If you look at the other items there's some aircraft....and the same picture in that listing too ! You may not get what you think you're buying? I have asked about that,no reply as yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share Posted December 18, 2019 Crikey this all brings back memories. My childhood friend Euan had both the Datsun 240z and the Corgi Supra, before his parents started buying him 'premium' 1/43 cars. Look at which is the more collectible now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Jada had a range of Hot Rods and VWs on custom transporters sold as Asda Adventure Wheels. I've got 6 different sets I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 I like the way the window is open on the Punto... Sudsprint and Burnside 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 10 hours ago, RoadworkUK said: Here's something that I'd not consciously seen for decades before encountering it in a charity shop today. If my mind is less addled than I think it is, I once had a set like this but containing a Honda Accord and a sailing boat on a trailer. Would have been the late 80s that I got it; I rapidly developed a major crush on the Honda and it became my main plaything on The Mound at school (a big grassy edifice at one end of the playing field, with ruts and hollows that, to an eight-year old's imagination, resembled a hilly network of roads and tracks). Thing is, though, this still-sealed package seems in such astounding condition that I can only just believe that it really is new old stock and not some more recent reissue. Have I genuinely stumbled upon an untouched thirty-year old relic? I have exactly the same Renault 5 but without the trailer. It *may* have been bought from a pharmacy in Telford in the early 90s (91/92). Eventually as the paint on the wheel faded, I painted them with a gold marker. Made it look good but the marker paint used to easily rub off. Datsuncog, RoadworkUK and Remspoor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 17 hours ago, bunglebus said: Anyway, new arrivals. Lots and lots of lovely blackwalls Cor, that's a fine set of acquisitions! Quote Tourismo was supposed to be a DeLorean but Hot Wheels lost the right to make it just before launch, so it was modified to this design Not one that's familiar to me, and interesting to see that it's a modified DeLorean model - kind of like when Matchbox were prevented from releasing their take on the Dodge Viper RT/10 in 1993 due to a licensing wrangle, and instead made a few casting mods before launching it as the generic 'Sunburner' instead... According to their 1982 catalogue Corgi were set to launch a DeLorean DMC-12 in the Corgi Juniors range, complete with opening doors - catalogued as E153 - but it never appears to have seen the light of day. Whether that was due to licencing issues, technical problems or just the fact that the rear wheels appear comedically out of proportion, we just don't know... 16 hours ago, bunglebus said: Got the regular, superfast and large superfast wheel versions of the Binz ambulance together - Lesney modified the wheel arches for the narrow superfast wheels it seems 20191217_150630 by RS, on Flickr 20191217_150644 by RS, on Flickr That's interesting - it seems that the arches were modded twice, once for early Superfast wheels and then again for the larger items - the rear door's getting smaller and smaller each time! Also, on the later Superfast version, looks like the opening tailgate's been deleted too? At least that means it won't be missing... Skizzer and Sudsprint 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Corgi for right up to near production stage with the Road Rover (I think..) in the 60’s then pulled the plug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 23 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: According to their 1982 catalogue Corgi were set to launch a DeLorean DMC-12 in the Corgi Juniors range, complete with opening doors - catalogued as E153 - but it never appears to have seen the light of day. Whether that was due to licencing issues, technical problems or just the fact that the rear wheels appear comedically out of proportion, we just don't know... Someone on Tumblr has made a mock up of the never-released Corgi DeLoreon, check it out here: https://clarksworth.tumblr.com/ Datsuncog, Remspoor, bunglebus and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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