Jon Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 1 hour ago, bunglebus said: This is what I was scanning, Siku's 1988 catalogue. Ze Germans take a different approach, showing various kinder playing with their toys, rather than individual vehicles. Farm equipment aside, there's lots to like here YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!! This is PEAK nostalgia for me - I won't have seen that in about 25 years but I lived in Germany in 1987/88 as a 6/7 year old, so naturally, DM2,95 of my weekly DM3 pocket money was splurged each Friday on a Siku, from the local Divi supermarkt. As a result, I have quite a few of the range in that catalogue - I stopped counting at 50...! Really interesting to see that they were still plying out the 70's casting of 911s alongside the much more modern versions; they're only a handful of the car castings I didn't buy. Not sure if I ever saw them even, as I liked the skinnier wheels of the older models. From memory, the Passat Polizei wagon and R5 took some finding and I've a feeling the Passat never left Germany, as it was always the toy I'd be looking for but could never find. Anyway, good things come to those who wait, so thanks again! Here's hoping I can get back to see them all in the UK come 2021. 1 hour ago, eddyramrod said: I'm seeing a couple of Peterbilts in that catalogue that might fit the beach-find grilles from earlier! Anyone got an example to measure? Already thought of that, Eddy! I checked yesterday (NZ time) and they're not a match. It's also not very 'Siku' to have an entirely plastic front end to stuff, either. The quest continues! Amishtat and bunglebus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antony denman Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 here couple transporters sold bp and eurie one on ebay still got the daf Dick Longbridge, eddyramrod and Sudsprint 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antony denman Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 mack truck got this one and its a hot wheels no trailer and its not customized doesent need a grill off the beach lol tat i keep in my loft eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 all this transporter talk means i can repost some pictures of these. the corgi bedford TK transporter came off this thread. it was a sorry looking thing, that had been enjoyed vigorously in the past. eventually i did get it repainted. the end result while not perfect is more that acceptable for putting other 1/43 scale cars on. the matchbox scammell wrecker was a refugee from mr ramrods clear out. it too had been enjoyed in the past and was tired. so it got strippedand painted, though irritatingly i bollocked up putting one of the new decals on. ah well, these things happen, and i still love it. then last but not least,and in a very much smaller vain, there is this matchbox dodge wrecker. again its in BPslivery, as many matchbox toys were, i dunno if they had some proper tie up thing between them, or if it was viewed as free advertising by BP. i think back in those more innocent days, firms didn't get all pissy about toy makers using their corporate colours, that is something that would sadly become common later! Sudsprint, Remspoor, Amishtat and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Some of my smaller scale transporters,they're one of my favourite things to collect as it means I can get more cars in the cabinets More small ones & some larger ones to follow tomorrow. andrew e, sheffcortinacentre, MarvinsMom and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 8 hours ago, Amishtat said: And some new arrivals. I already had a Dinky Jaguar but nowhere near as nice as this, and the Imp is just lovely, albeit needing a tyre. The Corgi A60 is another I'd been idly seeking for a while and it's the nicest I've yet found if you overlook a tyre deficiency and a crack to the screen and rear door windows. Have you got plenty spare tyres? I have quite a large amount of smooth dinky tyres if you need any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 3 hours ago, Jon said: From memory, the Passat Polizei wagon and R5 took some finding and I've a feeling the Passat never left Germany, as it was always the toy I'd be looking for but could never find What, this one? 20200814_122648 by RS, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 1 hour ago, 155V6 said: What's the orange bay window bus? Looks like a matchbox with the plastic roof missing...but it also doesn't - guessing it's a Siku? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 9 minutes ago, bunglebus said: What's the orange bay window bus? Looks like a matchbox with the plastic roof missing...but it also doesn't - guessing it's a Siku? Yes,Siku Sudsprint and bunglebus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 2 hours ago, bunglebus said: What, this one? 20200814_122648 by RS, on Flickr Aye, that's the one. I've no solid memory of mine ever making it back to the UK, so I think I lost it somehow. Being an older casting with skinny wheels, it was one of my favourites, even though I much preferred ordinary cars to emergency vehicles or liveried vans. On the one hand, I liked to make up my own mind what the 'job' of my cars was when playing with them but I'm now wondering if that was a precursor to my work-shy adulthood?! Sure, I make a wage and work is all encompassing when it arrives but the work finds me. I'm certainly not a networker and I do value my downtime, so don't often worry when the 'phone stops calling... Can anyone else derive any psychological flags from their childhood toy collections?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Well I can remember fitting big wheels under the back of my Matchbox VW camper when I was at junior school, already into VWs and hot rods. Still into them and messing about with toy cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudsprint Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Lost the other Scammell Handiman tractor unit... the Ferrari is struggling under the load.. Dick Longbridge, Amishtat, MarvinsMom and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 9 hours ago, TheDoctor said: Have you got plenty spare tyres? I have quite a large amount of smooth dinky tyres if you need any. That'd probably be pretty handy, thank you! I haven't any tyres at the moment, been meaning to get a Steve Flowers order together but I understand he's dealing with a bit of a backlog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 23 hours ago, Sudsprint said: Lost the other Scammell Handiman tractor unit... the Ferrari is struggling under the load.. You'd be better putting the Riviera under the trailer! 401 V8 will easily have enough torque. Meanwhile, that's exactly the Scammell I need for mine. MarvinsMom and Sudsprint 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 6 hours ago, Jon said: Can anyone else derive any psychological flags from their childhood toy collections?! No, I don't think so. I only remember my dad and I painting a few cars in a matt black paint he had.... ... wait a minute... ? Jon, Sudsprint and Amishtat 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 I had a few of those Siku, the 750il and the Jaguar XJ40. Both really solid models. Can’t off hand remember where I got them from, what retailers stocked them? The ones I had were definitely bought new, in the days you could buy Matchbox anywhere both the local Post Office and the Newsagents on our Estate sold them. I can remember going in and getting a Laser Wheels Rover 800, I’m assuming these were more expensive than the regular ones as I didn’t have many of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Some more small scale transporters,this one is made up of two recent car boot finds Not sure if these Maisto trucks have the right cars,I know the red one doesn't Sudsprint, Datsuncog, andrew e and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 bunglebus, Sudsprint, Remspoor and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudsprint Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 12 minutes ago, flat4alfa said: It looks like woke diversity wasn't too much of an issue in those days hennabm and flat4alfa 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 When I was a kid I was fixated with scrapyards, so much so I had a box full of broken ones to make a scrapyard from, always in the same spot in the living room. Remspoor and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Just now, sierraman said: When I was a kid I was fixated with scrapyards Do you wear oily rigger boots as an adult? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 12 minutes ago, flat4alfa said: Do you wear oily rigger boots as an adult? No I’m not a fan of riggers, they’re clumpy to walk in and when you are grinding shit finds it’s way down the sides of the boot on to your feet. flat4alfa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 2 hours ago, flat4alfa said: I thought it was going to rain too but nothing so far. The same could also be said of this morning's boot sale, plenty of stalls but very disappointing for the amateur tathunter. Had to get round a bit sharpish on account of time constraints and very nearly left empty handed before finding this in a tat box at the eleventh hour. One of these graced a recent Tat Friday and piqued my interest rather, as I hadn't come across one before. A fair degree of camber each end and no bonnet gives it a slightly gasser look, at least in my eyes. Glazing, interior and tailgate are all present and correct so it didn't seem unreasonable for a quid. The front end makes me think of a Moskvitch with these slightly too-big headlamps. antony denman, flat4alfa, Shite Ron and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 A few Asda finds in the secret unmarked box off the top shelf. It is a bit like porn I suppose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Amishtat said: A fair degree of camber each end and no bonnet gives it a slightly gasser look, at least in my eyes. That would actually make a great Gasser! Mine is too nice to mess with really Amishtat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 4 hours ago, 155V6 said: Not sure if these Maisto trucks have the right cars,I know the red one doesn't Here are the ones I've got, as they were packaged DSC_0011_zps7aepine1 by RS, on Flickr DSC_0002_zps4lis6vgb by RS, on Flickr DSC_0003_zpsbepy4ycl by RS, on Flickr DSC_0008_zpsbsi7ht6c by RS, on Flickr DSC_0006_zpsqiynhfll by RS, on Flickr DSC_0004_zpsvuh36rbv by RS, on Flickr Sudsprint and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 1 hour ago, bunglebus said: Here are the ones I've got, as they were packaged DSC_0011_zps7aepine1 by RS, on Flickr DSC_0002_zps4lis6vgb by RS, on Flickr DSC_0003_zpsbepy4ycl by RS, on Flickr DSC_0008_zpsbsi7ht6c by RS, on Flickr DSC_0006_zpsqiynhfll by RS, on Flickr DSC_0004_zpsvuh36rbv by RS, on Flickr Thanks,I saw some in Asda a while back but it was one of those periods when I was trying not to buy too much ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Today's charity shop find.The box is a bit battered,but the model doesn't look played with. AndyW201, flat4alfa, Datsuncog and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Wow. Did they know what they had? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 11 minutes ago, bunglebus said: Wow. Did they know what they had? I paid £4.50 so possibly not Amishtat, Jon, andrew e and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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