Datsuncog Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 1 hour ago, TheDoctor said: Shitroen is getting better. Can anyone find the pics of what it used to look like? @Datsuncog? 5 minutes ago, TheDoctor said: No, I was looking for the original pictures, covered in glitter and shit.. Here y'go! Not so much glitter on this one as the Caprice - and I did my best to clean most of the shit off before posting. Looking heaps better now, anyway! Slot mags look cool; way better than the previous owner's choices, any road... Tenmil Socket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusty Sills Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Anyone wanting to flood the market with Lledo and other valuable commercial models. From this week's Classic Car Weekly. Datsuncog and Sudsprint 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 £220 for a Days Gone? Crikey, let me at those tat stalls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 I think the ‘Days Gone By’ of those Lledos being worth any more than their weight in mazak. Chuck ‘em in the skip. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 3 hours ago, Datsuncog said: Here y'go! Not so much glitter on this one as the Caprice - and I did my best to clean most of the shit off before posting. Looking heaps better now, anyway! Slot mags look cool; way better than the previous owner's choices, any road... They gave me the creeps those models for some reason 😆 Did the tyres in the back of the Citreon have labels on like a new tyre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 20 hours ago, 155V6 said: I had a spare half hour,so gathered together all the Zylmex models I could find I thought I'd dig mine out - took rather longer than half an hour, there's at least one I can't account for and this is just the 1:64ish stuff Six-cylinder, Split_Pin, Datsuncog and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 6 hours ago, TheDoctor said: Shitroen is getting better. Can anyone find the pics of what it used to look like? @Datsuncog? Those slot mags are ace, sauce? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 7 hours ago, Split_Pin said: I recall being amazed in about 1989 on discovering a bronze one of these in a friend's toy box. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/373332345509 Local to me Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said: They gave me the creeps those models for some reason 😆 Did the tyres in the back of the Citreon have labels on like a new tyre? Yup, the tyres in the back had manufacturer labels on 'em... looked like a nice model hidden under there, I'm just trying to guess what on earth happened... freaky stuff, for sure! But miles better now. 4 hours ago, Crusty Sills said: Anyone wanting to flood the market with Lledo and other valuable commercial models. From this week's Classic Car Weekly. Blimey, that's quite a haul... though I can't help but feel a bit sorry for the vendor when he gets his cheque for £8.30 from the auction house, then sees them all down the market at twelve for a pound. As investments go, he might have done marginally better throwing his cash at some Nigerian princes experiencing technical difficulties with their bank accounts... andrew e, Split_Pin, Crusty Sills and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 1 hour ago, bunglebus said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/373332345509 Local to me I need two doors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 2 hours ago, bunglebus said: Those slot mags are ace, sauce? Ebay. They are OK, but the holes are a bit wonky so they don't quite sit on the axles right. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/173542239782 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 I thought they might K&R. Look better in your pics than theirs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Anyone also into Woody wagons? I've two of these, a 'woody' Ford made by SunnySide, bought in a job lot with other models that were damaged in transit, but I bought them to modify into slot cars anyhow. I thought it was a plastic rear but no, it is diecast after all, making it heavier than expected. I think it's modelled on a '40 Ford Deluxe It's around 1:32 scale So being realistic, it's surplus; so was going to pop it on the bay of evil but wondered if swaps here were probable. I quite like it, ok it's recent model and made in China but so what, it looks decent to me. Wood is best, as the wife says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Got a few woodies but nothing of that scale - Hot Wheels Morris Traveller and the 40 Ford spring to mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Dug out a couple of models from my collection earlier. The Imp cost £87 back in 1998! Fortunately values haven't declined, but it's interesting just how much was being asked two decades ago. It's mint with original leaflet in the box. Front suspension seems to have dropped, although a bit of rake never did any harm... Fortunately the rear suspension is still spot on, and the mechanism to move the back seat up and down still works perfectly. Vantman, RayMK, andrew e and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 I also unearthed my Corgi Citroen DS19 Safari. Like the Imp, the attention to detail is excellent and it has a really weighty feel to it. I've got the original box for this one too - wish I'd taken more photos now! hennabm, Sudsprint, Split_Pin and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 A couple of bits just turned up First, another Zylmex - D14 Tornado A Polistil Merc Lastly the ex-C1am Chinese Hot Wheels Range Rover copy. Original ones get a bit too expensive for me on eBay flat4alfa, Split_Pin, Burnside and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Crikey, £87 for a Corgi Rally Imp, that's all of £150 in today's money! Mind you, back then it was par for the course to blow £87 on useless induction kits for my Alfa 155. Car long gone: investment fail. All I can offer is my 99p Dinky Herald bought last Tuesday. 99p back in 1998 was 58p, which might have stretched to a mid-size bar of Cadbury's Dairy Milk. Complete, so dip and recolour. But which colour scheme? Still pondering. If I'm going to bother with Herald 1200, it's not worth having it look too 'driving school Mumsie' Amishtat, Burnside, Sudsprint and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 ^ those colours, but like this Burnside and flat4alfa 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 We're gonna need a bigger set of wheels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 I do think prices of 50s and 60s Corgi and Dinky have fallen or rather not risen in line with inflation, especially British cars Still a pretty penny mind but I recall going to Swapmeets in the late 80s /Early 90s and the prices of some boxed or VGC Dinky models were not too shy of £100 . Corgis, as inferred above, a shade less desirable. I was and still am lucky enough to have many boxed examples handed down to me by my Dad and Uncles, otherwise I would not have bothered with them. I suppose those that wanted them at that time were reliving their youth much as many of us 30/40 somethings are now with Superfast, Bburago and Corgi 1/36 cars. Atlas will obviously have had an impact too, they're heaven sent to someone who has longer for the French Dinkys in the 'Toy Cars' book! Burnside and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 2 hours ago, flat4alfa said: Crikey, £87 for a Corgi Rally Imp, that's all of £150 in today's money! To be fair, it's worth £150+ in today's money, so it wasn't such a bad buy. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 2 hours ago, flat4alfa said: Crikey, £87 for a Corgi Rally Imp, that's all of £150 in today's money! Mind you, back then it was par for the course to blow £87 on useless induction kits for my Alfa 155. Car long gone: investment fail. All I can offer is my 99p Dinky Herald bought last Tuesday. 99p back in 1998 was 58p, which might have stretched to a mid-size bar of Cadbury's Dairy Milk. Complete, so dip and recolour. But which colour scheme? Still pondering. If I'm going to bother with Herald 1200, it's not worth having it look too 'driving school Mumsie' Feel free to make it into a replica of my old car, something I'd like to do but have neither the skill nor inclination. You can even buy 1/43 GT6 rims on ebay for it! andrew e, Burnside, Dick Longbridge and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 16 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: I do think prices of 50s and 60s Corgi and Dinky have fallen or rather not risen in line with inflation, especially British cars Still a pretty penny mind but I recall going to Swapmeets in the late 80s /Early 90s and the prices of some boxed or VGC Dinky models were not too shy of £100 . Corgis, as inferred above, a shade less desirable. I was and still am lucky enough to have many boxed examples handed down to me by my Dad and Uncles, otherwise I would not have bothered with them. I suppose those that wanted them at that time were reliving their youth much as many of us 30/40 somethings are now with Superfast, Bburago and Corgi 1/36 cars. Atlas will obviously have had an impact too, they're heaven sent to someone who has longer for the French Dinkys in the 'Toy Cars' book! Interesting thoughts, and something I've been thinking about. I'm wondering if my 1960s Dinkys and Corgis values will start to fall in coming years as the generation that payed top dollar for them die off? I have held onto mine as they pique my own interest, and I thought they'd be a good nest egg to pass onto my lad. Now I'm not so sure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 No, I don't think they will either, tbh. The word on the street is Lledo Days Gone. 'Roll up, roll up!' 😉 bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 1 hour ago, flat4alfa said: No, I don't think they will either, tbh. The word on the street is Lledo Days Gone. 'Roll up, roll up!' 😉 I sold some m&b Lledo and Models of Yesteryear when we were clearing a load of crap doing car boot sales a couple of years ago. They sold for peanuts, and even then it was a bit of a struggle getting shot of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 eBay has probably made a dent on this, in 1998 obviously there was none of this so if you wanted a Corgi Imp you’d head for a Swapmeet and you’d pretty much like it or lump it as you’d probably not come across one again for some time. Maybe this coupled with the obsession in the early 90’s with antiques and ‘collectors items’ and the principle anything was collectible probably fuelled prices. Now of course you’d search on eBay and there be a hundred examples for sale. I always found the mint and boxed Dinkies from the 50’s and 60’s quite tragic, never played with and never enjoyed, now 50 years later less a toy more a commodity. There’s something heartwarming about finding a battered Corgi Kojak police car, the suspension sagging and the paint chipped, you can see it’s been played with and enjoyed forming a happy warm memory perhaps for someone. flat4alfa, andrew e, Split_Pin and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C1am Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Auction lot - listing only has this poor quality photo. Anything worth having ? AndyW201, Datsuncog and Burnside 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 34 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said: I sold some m&b Lledo and Models of Yesteryear when we were clearing a load of crap doing car boot sales a couple of years ago. They sold for peanuts, and even then it was a bit of a struggle getting shot of them. Nostalgia is a powerful thing. No-one has fond memories of pushing a MOY 1910 DeDion Bouton along their nan's hall when they were 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 6 minutes ago, C1am said: Auction lot - listing only has this poor quality photo. Anything worth having ? I see a red 3 series cabrio, countach, pink cadillac, XR3i cab, RS200. Not sure on the others but all boxed Matchbox fetch fairly healthy prices C1am 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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