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35 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Some in that Corgi catalogue I don’t think released ?

Magnum Ferrari 308

Tour de France XJ6 set

Corgitronics Chevrolet Radio Van in red with white roof

Escort Mk3 panda car

2CV in Charleston black/burgundy colours

Juniors Train and Passenger Car

 

 

My friend Euan had the Charleston 2cv, I got the red and white example from my school Fayre for 10p with a missing headlamp. Another that my mum did a good job of repainting for me and a decade or so later I made a new lamp from layers of plasticard filed to shape. I still have it.

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I'm not sure of the Chevrolet radio van in red, nor the Juniors train and passenger car but I know all the other ones from the above list were launched. I don't think I missed an XJ 6 Tour de France set, so presumably you mean the 505, one of which I picked up sans all the accassories, a few weeks back:

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 That said, I had a red Ferrari 308 GTB but it was a much later Mobil issued one, so I'm not sure whether it was launched as a Magnum PI one, too. Interesting to see so many of the TV/film tie-in ones were also sold within the standard range too, completely unaltered!

Incidentally, I think my brother and I must have both had the James Bond Range Rover sets back in the day, as I vaguely remember us having 2 glider-launcher horse boxes, though strangely don't remember duplicates of the glider and RR. The RR shown there isn't actually a production model, as that one came only with the windscreen and not the door frame surrounds, as shown. As a set, it was a good concept but crap in execution; launching the glider out the back of the horse box would see it tumble out a couple of inches, in a ball of hinged wings and fuselage. That's if it didn't hit the side walls when launched, or get slowed down by the mock horse's bum!

Two further things of note about the James Bond Set. The Range Rover was a totally different casting to the rescue services RR that was around at the time, which I always found strange. The horse box was also very tall and being towed behind a cut-roof Range Rover only accentuated this. It was also at odds to the other Corgi Juniors horse box seen being towed behind a Rancho, which is tiny! 

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17 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Some in that Corgi catalogue I don’t think released ?

Magnum Ferrari 308

Tour de France XJ6 set

Corgitronics Chevrolet Radio Van in red with white roof

Escort Mk3 panda car

2CV in Charleston black/burgundy colours

Juniors Train and Passenger Car

the juniors train and passenger car, i'm sure i had one of them as a nipper.....

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Here's a couple of randoms I picked up from the 50p tub at the Auckland small tat shop a few weeks back:

 

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I was all for leaving this Fox body Mustang, as it's hardly a high quality item but being the brand hussy I am, I noticed it was a PlayArt casting, which changed everything. That and the condition of it, too - not a scratch on it. Not pictured here is the comedy giant tow bar out back! Anyway, it was a gift more for others than myself, as I'm sure someone could add a PlayArt to their collection, so it'll be available next year, when I head back to the UK.

 

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One the other hand, this non-branded Maserati Bora appealed, mostly as I couldn't think who'd done a casting of one originally, so potential props to someone somewhere making a quite good effort, casting issues aside. I also like the addition of a front splitter and jazzy graphics to bring a 1970's design buzzing into fashion for a 1980's child. This is reflected in setting I chose, which I must say is very apt and incredibly well colour coordinated. Further self congratulations are awarded for finding a marble effect floor, too. Which is actually one of Mrs_Jon's work folders.

If only she knew of the wild hedonism I partake in, in her absence!

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Despite the ludicrous spending spree I encountered above (total purchase, £2 - I can't remember what the other 2 other 50p cars were at the moment),  I had saved up a few more pennies some weeks later, so went back to the shop to offload some more dosh.

 

Only thing was, stock hadn't changed an awful lot, though one item had been reduced in price, for some reason:

 

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A nice Vanguards phase 1, MkII Granada jam sandwich. I'm an absolute sucker for these steel wheels and the black grilles of the earlier MkIIs, as they just look so right. I'm not a massive police car fanboi or anything but strangely, this is now my third such item and they're all Fords! My Dad also had a police-spec white MkII Granada 2.8i (phase 2, no toys but the 2.8i alloys and front spoiler) as his work car back in the mid-80's before someone else wrote it off on his behalf, so this is a nice sort of tribute to that. In fact, I think I still have the radio blanking plate to that sitting around somewhere at my folks' house.

 

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Out back, I'd say that things might even be better, as it all looks very much in proportion to me. I will admit that the search lights on the roof do let the game down a smidge, since there's a wodge of plastic between the lamp and bracket instead of a nice airy gap but I fully appreciate that this isn't a feasible endeavour at this price. From memory, this is a Leicestershire police car and the location is a village somewhere in Suffolk, so apologies for both its duplication and its geographical wrongfulness. 

What I will say though is that I bloody love this scene! There's something oh-so 1980's about the shop (the book it was from was first issued in 1986) and so I've been waiting for the right subject to shoot with it; I think knowing this'd work so well actually sold me on this Granada, so it seems I'm as much about the backdrops as the subjects, these days! In fact, this scene is so nice, I may well use it again in the future, so apologies in advance. Sadly, I did Google maps this street and the shop has been demolished entirely but the house behind still remains - without the bright yellow window frames and flashings, of course.

 

 

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Was sitting idle in my office (I do this whenever I can) and thought I might point a camera at some of the rammle that surrounds my desk.

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I'll start with this Lone Star Impy RNLI set, the survival of which is near-miraculous. I don't remember it being a particular favourite of mine; I'd have been frustrated by the lack of a visible interior, and I seem to remember that the outboard motor reached below the waterline (carpet level) when deployed. Hence its removal, and likely death by Hoover.


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Next is this Dinky Ford D-Series, which is somebody's Code 3 that I picked up in a charity shop some years back. It's a very slightly larger scale than the dump-bodied Dinky AEC that was once a firm favourite; I sincerely hope that I'll unearth that one day, in all its dual rear wheeled magnificence.

Finally for now, and possibly worthy of a few Autoshite points is this official '92 Olympics Solido Renault Extra. Tat gets little more esoteric than this.


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A former work mate of mine gave it me as a 'joke' birthday present, little expecting me to actually appreciated it quite as much as I did. Not a terribly good model in truth, but its very existence is enough to be of merit.

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And the Albertville Renault van is really an update of the 1968 winter olympics Citroen, so makes sense* really!

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Bonus fun fact, I actually lived in the former olympic village area in Grenoble in 1997-8. Each building was named after the original competing country.

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On 12/22/2019 at 4:08 PM, Amishtat said:

I had the driving school Acclaim in red but I seem to recall it was a Honda Ballade. Fairly sure I've mentioned it before on here and somebody confirmed it but I can't remember who or when. (I had the metallic blue Acclaim too, but I haven't seen either of them or my red Sierra since about 1997.Fuck knows where they are) 

did someone mention Triumph Acclaim?

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there may* be another different shade of blue one somewhere ☺️

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13 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Yep, I'd be very pleased with that Extra.

I need to find another Dinky D Series. I had the road sweeper one which I picked up from a Swapmeet in around 1990 but I sold it some years later. It's a great model, the big opening doors and jewelled lights got my attention.

I had that as a lad and bought a good condition one . Loved it

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The three blackwalls nearest the front are nice, middle two are colour changers but unlikely to still work.

It's an odd mix of what gets metal base, seen quite old blackwalls with plastic bases and some quite new ones with metal. Metal is nice but plastic is much easier if you want to customise them

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17 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Yep, I'd be very pleased with that Extra.

I need to find another Dinky D Series. I had the road sweeper one which I picked up from a Swapmeet in around 1990 but I sold it some years later. It's a great model, the big opening doors and jewelled lights got my attention.

I am also liking the D Series as it reminds me of the real thing i used to own---

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Two recent arrivals

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The AEC you may recognise as being ex Datsuncog, suitably fettled but still requiring the hose connection to be sorted. Well chuffed for the money! 

The other is a much rebuilt Matchbook Superkings K39, made from the bits of three of the buggers to replace my childhood one that was damaged a few years back. 

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