eddyramrod Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 @Datsuncog excellent,thanks! @bunglebus what's the white and black rally (?) car in the first pic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 On 9/11/2020 at 4:39 PM, bunglebus said: Rally Merc, missing a couple of tiny bits I remember this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 16 minutes ago, eddyramrod said: @bunglebus what's the white and black rally (?) car in the first pic? It's the Bburago Merc from a few weeks ago @flat4alfa The Range Rover makes "engine" noises when you push the suspension down, doors and split tailgate open but no other sound effects flat4alfa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Thank you 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antony denman Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 1 hour ago, flat4alfa said: Oh and that's a Toy Island boat for Smurfs. Nice 😊 here my smurf wth his magic crystal guarding a super car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Pissing with rain, including into the loft - thankfully not near my boxes of cars! What better to do than scan a catalogue, having dried the printer off. I posted the '88 or '89 a while back, so play spot the difference with 1987; £4.00, in 1987! That's 8 week's pocket money AndyW201, RoadworkUK, antony denman and 9 others 6 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Anyone near Midhurst,Spot-On Volvo Amazon with Dinky Bedford for £4.00. Can't get the link to work though. eddyramrod and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 2 hours ago, bunglebus said: The Range Rover makes "engine" noises when you push the suspension down, doors and split tailgate open but no other sound effects Yes 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 15 minutes ago, 155V6 said: Anyone near Midhurst,Spot-On Volvo Amazon with Dinky Bedford for £4.00. Can't get the link to work though. Where the F is Midhurst? Can someone snap those up for me please and post them? I'll PP your costs, obviously! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 11 minutes ago, eddyramrod said: Where the F is Midhurst? Can someone snap those up for me please and post them? I'll PP your costs, obviously! West Sussex eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 1 hour ago, bunglebus said: Sorry for quoting my own post, but; 1; I had that Streak Loop set, I remember clamping it to the dining room table 2; I also had the steering wheel carry case, and another that I don't remember seeing a picture of 3; Were Matchbox Lockups made by Kidco? Got this one today that looks like one in the catalogue 4; Anyone got a Hot Rod Racer? I suspect they look better on paper than in the plastic Burnside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Thanks for posting that catalogue , just for a little while I was seven again and everything was ok. Instead I'm forty, everything isn't ok and I'm subjecting Morris to CCR. Hot Rod Racers fascinated me at the time but I've never seen one new or second hand eddyramrod, bunglebus, Datsuncog and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 This was it eddyramrod, Datsuncog and Burnside 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Broken within 20mins of receiving, gutted. Burnside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 1 hour ago, bunglebus said: This was it I've had one of them since back in the day, still in use to store diecast-related odds and ends. eddyramrod and bunglebus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 That '87 catalogue resonates with me so vividly I feel a bit seasick. I was six, and still remember the first time I saw the Laser Wheels packaging suspended on the rotary rack in WH Smiths, Clacton-On-Sea. The Laser Wheels were at the top, the regular dark blue / red grid patterned miniatures on the rest of the shelves. At first I eschewed the Lasers because their wheels "didn't look like real wheels", but I'd gradually begin to accumulate them at birthdays etc; and there's no point in having just one or two, is there? Nope, I'm gonna need the lot. And then you have to have the Laser and regular versions of each, don't you? And thus, by the time I was eight, the die really was cast. eddyramrod, Split_Pin, Burnside and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 I had a similar view of Lasers, but I definitely had the BMW 3-series and I think the Pontiac Fiero too but not sure to my surprise. It's quite a powerful jolt isn't it? RoadworkUK and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 8 minutes ago, Amishtat said: I had a similar view of Lasers, but I definitely had the BMW 3-series and I think the Pontiac Fiero too but not sure to my surprise. It's quite a powerful jolt isn't it? Oddly enough, while reading the post I was watching a BBC4 retrospective of Top of the Pops in 1990. This really isn't doing my middle-age denial any favours at all. Split_Pin and Amishtat 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 19 hours ago, MarvinsMom said: that tangled mess of black thread on the Lea France fire engine is the means by which all 3 of the main ladders can be extended, which out having to use your fingers! i cannot remember how EXACTLY the model needs to be threaded up, but on the one i had as a kid, turning the winch drum pulled out the second,and then third ladder out. google will i am sure tell you how it needs to be strung to get it too work. Cool, thanks for that! Looked it up in my Great Book Of Corgi where it's described as being operated by "a complex piece of threaded cord assembly" - no doubt somebody's worked it out online! 17 hours ago, flat4alfa said: SZE Toys, Hong Kong. Rare finds in the UK The Airport Coach is ex-Majorette casting Yes, SZE - that's the one. Thought I'd remember the manufacturer without a pic of the base, but I overestimate my feeble brain... not one I've ever heard of before. I did think it was a Majorette at first - but interestingly, this one was all diecast with a plastic base, while I believe the Majorette originals are plastic on the top half. Will keep an eye out next week! 17 hours ago, flat4alfa said: I like this one The Summer Jag coupe? Sho' thing - will pop that aside for you. 17 hours ago, flat4alfa said: I still have a few of the cones and signs left over from my childhood one that went years ago..... So, I'd better say yes. When you're ready, no rush Ah, excellent... would be nice to reunite all the components. Duly noted! 16 hours ago, bunglebus said: I've never liked the sliding door version, I find it ugly. I'd like a replacement for the red Fire Service one I remember having as a child which mysteriously vanished Yeah, I know what you mean... I always wondered why Dinky produced two similar but different LWB Transits, and I think now I know - the lines on the earlier one just don't flow quite as well; all the opening parts create a need for compromise. As I say, I've been looking for one for a while - but now I've found one, I'm maybe not looking to keep it for much longer... 16 hours ago, eddyramrod said: @Datsuncog@bunglebus excellent,thanks! No bother, you're welcome! Can't get cheaper than free, hey? 13 hours ago, bunglebus said: 3; Were Matchbox Lockups made by Kidco? Got this one today that looks like one in the catalogue 4; Anyone got a Hot Rod Racer? I suspect they look better on paper than in the plastic Yup, Lockups were made by Kidco for Matchbox - just one of several manufacturers contracted out in the early days of Universal's ownership to expand and revitalise the range. I don't think Kidco were marketed under their own name in the UK, though I could be wrong? I remember Hot Rod Racers on the shelves in Woolworths in the late 80's - they were impressive, in terms of scale, butI don't think I ever yearned after them the way I did with the Superkings range. They just didn't seem very Matchbox-like, somehow! 12 hours ago, sdkrc said: Broken within 20mins of receiving, gutted. Daaah... That's annoying. Is it plastic or metal? I can recall buying a 1/43 Lada Samara once and absent-mindedly putting it my pocket... That was a mistake. The roof folded up like tinfoil... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 On 9/29/2020 at 1:36 PM, bunglebus said: Pop to your local supermarket/toy shop and buy the current one, it's the same casting I have the "Christine" one, boxed, but I made this From this Only downside is coloured windows, next release is blue with yellow glass. Last one released with clear windows was this Today I gave in and bought the white "57" version. When I was in B&M a few days ago I noticed they had one only, so I carefully put it at the back of the rack before I walked out. I wasn't going to wait in a hellishly long queue for that one item. Well today I took MrsR in there and we did a trolleyload of shopping, so I grabbed the Plymouth, which was exactly where I left it. I haven't even opened the pack yet but I will be painting this as mentioned. Datsuncog, bunglebus, Amishtat and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 1 hour ago, RoadworkUK said: And thus, by the time I was eight, the die really was cast. And an excellent pun too flat4alfa and RoadworkUK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Oh and by the way... I have the yellow mixer lorry! I would say it's supposed to be the Albion version; there's a curved badge cast in above the lower grille that corresponds to an Albion badge. I don't know what I'm going to do with it. It's not like I'm a big fan of mixers, but anyway it's lost its drum, although the remaining metalwork is in good condition. I suppose I could make a box body from scrap plastic. Being a LHD version of a particularly British truck amuses me. Datsuncog and Burnside 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 52 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: Cool, thanks for that! Looked it up in my Great Book Of Corgi where it's described as being operated by "a complex piece of threaded cord assembly" - no doubt somebody's worked it out online! Yes, SZE - that's the one. Thought I'd remember the manufacturer without a pic of the base, but I overestimate my feeble brain... not one I've ever heard of before. I did think it was a Majorette at first - but interestingly, this one was all diecast with a plastic base, while I believe the Majorette originals are plastic on the top half. Will keep an eye out next week! The Summer Jag coupe? Sho' thing - will pop that aside for you. Ah, excellent... would be nice to reunite all the components. Duly noted! Yeah, I know what you mean... I always wondered why Dinky produced two similar but different LWB Transits, and I think now I know - the lines on the earlier one just don't flow quite as well; all the opening parts create a need for compromise. As I say, I've been looking for one for a while - but now I've found one, I'm maybe not looking to keep it for much longer... No bother, you're welcome! Can't get cheaper than free, hey? Yup, Lockups were made by Kidco for Matchbox - just one of several manufacturers contracted out in the early days of Universal's ownership to expand and revitalise the range. I don't think Kidco were marketed in the UK, though I could be wrong? Daaah... That's annoying. Is it plastic or metal? I can recall buying a 1/43 Lada Samara once and absent-mindedly putting it my pocket... That was a mistake. The roof folded up like tinfoil... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/282167511952?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338364430&customid=282167511952_220&toolid=11000 some enterprising soul has photocopied the leaflet which accompanied the model when new, showing how the thread is run up the ladder. the image will i hope make more sense when viewed with the model in front of you! eddyramrod, Split_Pin and Datsuncog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 I can’t remember were the laser wheels more expensive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 3, 2020 Author Share Posted October 3, 2020 Dinky produced 2 transits because the sliding door one is based in the phase 1 Transit MK1 which ran from 1965 to about 1971. The non sliding door version is based on the phase 2 MK1. Check the front grilles to see. The latter also morphed into the MK2 front Transit in 1978. I had 2 of the Phase 2 MK1 Transits and while they were nice, I sold them in and kept my sliding door Phase 1. I felt that the later model lacked character and I love any light van with a sliding door! Burnside and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 16 hours ago, flat4alfa said: Oh no what has he done to the DOGGIE ! It was there the other day, see look: It looks like the doggie took the A-post with it too He needs to be more careful. Just sayin' https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124356717535 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Who knew that a connection with Joanna "Up The Gurkhas" Lumley would add so much to the value of a rather basic kit? £199.99 plus postage...... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Very-Rare-Revell-1-25-The-New-Avengers-Purdeys-Triumph-TR7-Plastic-Model-Kit/133535733661 Save £25 and get Gambit's Jag instead: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Very-Rare-Revell-1-25-The-New-Avengers-Gambits-Jaguar-XJS-Plastic-Model-Kit/154115316561 Relating back to recent discussions, wonder if they did a version of Steed's XJ? I'd have swapped Steed's and Gambit's Jaguars around. Looks like Purdey may also have driven an MGB. Sudsprint, AndyW201, Amishtat and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 She did, yes, in early episodes. Also a Toyota Corolla Liftback in some Canadian episodes, in which Steed had a yellow XJS and Gambit a Toyota Land Cruiser and a red TR7. In France they had a gold SD1 and whatever else they could get, as Canada. AndyW201 and Sudsprint 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 I was just a bit too young to watch it, my only knowledge of the programme came from seeing the cars in the Dinky catalogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 2 hours ago, bunglebus said: Just sayin' https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124356717535 I might just be watching the DS Dandy. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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