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Aye, I once had an Auto-Pilen Mini Cooper which was the Spanish Authi version with the Innocenti style grille badge and tiny Rostyle wheels. Also had a Seat 124 1600 coupé by the same manufacturer but premature zinc pest saw them in the bin sadly. I remember holidaying in Spain in the '80s and seeing a lot of Authi Minis and Victorias there. It's a shame we didnt get the Victoria over here.

The Italian Allegro (Regent) is scarce even over there. Allegro fanatic Colin Corke recently imported one, the only Regent in the UK.

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In other news, I had a mail call.

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Firstly, old and new RSessessess from Hot Wheels. Typically after searching for the orange Escort and drawing a blank, I nabbed one from my regular FB seller and all of a sudden they seem to be everywhere. The Focus though seems to be a bit of a rarity in this colour scheme.

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Now some hot Matchbox action, I got this to go with the R53 Cooper I already got.

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Not as popular a subject as the R53, but a nicer model IMO with more detail. The pillars are properly blacked out, with a panoramic roof. Nice tampo printing front and rear too,

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And.....

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Been after one for bloody ages, now I have it!

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Pictures don't do this car justice, it's flipping brilliant.IMG_20200208_091509_BURST002.thumb.jpg.a802d93bc095ae6af25627f83af743e5.jpg

And another one I've wanted for ages,

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Not as pretty a colour as the previous orange release but still... and what about the artwork on the packaging! Again, nicely detailed front and rear,

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Finally, sadly there's no MK1 Civic yet, so have a latest model Civic instead! I've got a few of the Hot Wheels Type R version of this shape Civic, so it's nice to have the cooking version as a contrast.

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I did pay a bit over the odds. £2.00 a piece for the HW and £2.50 a piece for the Matchbox, but the seller makes up boxes for her customers so I only pay one load of postage for several cars. My source is 'Ana's Hot wheels for sale UK' on Facebook. She mainly gets her stock from suppliers in the US so only has sales now and again, and you have to be bloody quick when stuff like the Scooby and BMW come up as it's a fight to get the sought after stuff. She also gets a lot of rare and older HW stuff that we don't get over here.

I've given up on The Entertainer in our town. Always loads of new case stuff in stock but never the sought after ones. I have a feeling they never actually see the shelves once the case is opened...

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"Wots in the box M8?"

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Matchbox superkings Plymouth Gran Fury Smoll Eddy. 

Apart from the cracks in the plastic the box is in good shape,ends are still sealed with tape.

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 The box says copyright 1990 on it.I never knew that they made this casting so late. 

"Everdays a school day M8"

:mrgreen:

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Nope.  Went again in past hour.  Big Town Tesco down here has had no new Matchbox singles or fives stock since mid-December.  Box is Full of unsold Caprice Police and Falcon Utes and some Banana cars.  There is a new (£30) Construction set though, no interest to me as has just two vehicle and I'm surprised they think it would be to anyone at that money.

ZERO stock of Hot Wheels SHOCKER.  The HW box is empty apart from two unsold GoPro carriers.  No new stock since Christmas!

I'm beginning to think I have more stock in a cupboard at home.  Tesco - BOOOOOOOOO !

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54 minutes ago, andy18s said:

Does anyone have a 74 Mercury Comet for sale?

I'm hoping to recreate the Gas Monkey vomit comet but finding a base is proving a tad difficult 

 

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There's this earlier Grabber version,& a later custom version with wider arches.Loads of both on eBay.

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I bought the CX on eBay.fr

Waded through the swathes of overpricing and won this for 10 Eurobrexits 

Had to have it, especially in La Poste livery

Initial intention was to pop a motor in it for the track, keeping it FWD with motor up front what with the wider track. But haven’t had the fit of pique to cut it about just yet

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On 2/8/2020 at 3:16 PM, andy18s said:

Does anyone have a 74 Mercury Comet for sale?

I'm hoping to recreate the Gas Monkey vomit comet but finding a base is proving a tad difficult 

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I suppose you already know that the Gas Monkey example is in the '71-'73 styling and this is what you need, as the MY 1974 Comet had the new chunky legislation bumpers introduced, so be careful if bidding blind

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So for die-casts: only in 1:24 scale I think.  It's the one casting, sold under the MotorMax (Fresh/Sweet Cherries) and Showcasts brands.   MotorMax also did the big bumper model as their '76.

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For plastic kits: Jo-Han made a 1:25 also in the '71'-'73 styling, but you'll be paying a $150+ for one of those as it was produced for a short time and pretty collectable.  The most common are the re-releases that had been modified into pro stock / drag strip cars with hood scoops and wider rear arches etc; yet still command $100

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Sunday, shite weather, roads are FUBAR - time to scan the US version of the 1970 Matchbox catalogue. Some lovely art in here

 

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