flat4alfa Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 35 minutes ago, bunglebus said: So was it you that bought the Rockets body to go on your Rockets base? Not me no. Never seen that spare Rockets body before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 That was the one I bid on and lost, not that I have a base for it. I did find myself down another internet rabbit hole looking at Corgi Escort variations Anyone heard of Kiko before? Apparently they used various manufacturer's castings or moulds to reduce costs in Brazil. There are loads of Corgis in colours we never got https://www.hobbydb.com/marketplaces/hobbydb/subjects/corgi-kiko-juniors-series Sudsprint, Burnside, andrew e and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Majorette too Sudsprint, AndyW201, Burnside and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FakeConcern Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 I got this pretty cheap on ebay the other day.. Matchbox Mercury Sable A bit rough, but fine for what I wanted It now looks like a front wheel drive sleigh... Meant to be a Ford Taurus... which looks more or less the same.. Mrs Concern is going to stick a Christmas tree on top as part of her Christmas display.. Split_Pin, andrew e, AndyW201 and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Yes, unfortunately I knew about Radio Taxi. In fact you've guessed the clone I wanted to make with the @amishtat Inc. donor.... @Datsuncog has mentioned Kiko a few times Not the Majorette link though. Wish I didn't though - why do you do this to us before bedtime! I've got to be proper up in the morning, running an IT course on dullard cloud stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 14 minutes ago, flat4alfa said: Not the Majorette link though. Wish I didn't though - why do you do this to us before bedtime! I've got to be proper up in the morning, running an IT course on dullard cloud stuff I found one site that said they made Siku variants too but can't find any images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, bunglebus said: I found one site that said they made Siku variants too but can't find any images Poliguri? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 42 minutes ago, 155V6 said: Poliguri? Right, I'm off down another rabbit hole. From Wiki: Quote In the late 1970s to early 1980s, the Brazilian toy firms of Inbrima and Kiko manufactured Majorette models under license. By producing locally, Majorette benefited by avoiding duties on importing from France. Flat4alfa's comment about doing this before bedtime really made me laugh, I often find myself wandering about on the internet looking at oddball diecasts or something related to them when I really should be asleep. It seems Poliguri aren't officially anything to do with Siku, but they had some remarkably similar features, especially the wheels/tyres However: Quote Metchy was licensed to make SIKU castings in Hungary for distribution under the Metchy name Not much about them available, but this 928 looks very similar to the Matchbox version As does the MK2 Golf GTI And: Quote Miniaturas REI is a series 1:43 and 1:66 scale models that includes Siku castings made under license in Brazil. Datsuncog, Burnside, AndyW201 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 1 hour ago, bunglebus said: Anyone heard of Kiko before? Apparently they used various manufacturer's castings or moulds to reduce costs in Brazil. There are loads of Corgis in colours we never got https://www.hobbydb.com/marketplaces/hobbydb/subjects/corgi-kiko-juniors-series Yeah, Kiko's a weird one - the story seems to go that in the early 80s the Brazilian government slapped hefty tariffs on imported toys and - facing the effective loss of that market - a number of European toymakers instead chose to sell some of their obsolete tooling to Brazilian manufacturers, including Kiko. No-one seems quite sure exactly when the deal with Corgi was done - either before or after Mettoy hit the skids - but a load of 1970s Whizzwheels tooling made its way over to Brazil, along with some more recent stuff like the SD1 and Metro. Corgi had the foresight to run off a substantial quantity of Juniors castings before selling the dies, which were put into storage to paint, assemble and sell through in the coming years. Kiko did alright selling the Corgi Toys with their own colours and stickers - Corgi had always been popular in Brazil - but before long policy was reversed and the tariffs were dropped. With the Brazilian market now open again, the recently formed Corgi Toys Ltd took the opportunity to buy back some of their former tooling - though exactly what came back to the UK is still unclear. But rumour has it that those 'US Vans' found with no maker's name on the baseplate were made using repatriated tooling, where the Kiko name was machined off but there wasn't enough tolerance left to add the Corgi name back on... I didn't know until tonight that Majorette and Siku had been in on the same wheeze, but Kiko Corgis seem to command a definite premium and I'd guess so do the others. flat4alfa, bunglebus, RayMK and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudsprint Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 I love all this back history stuff.. Datsuncog and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Found another of the Alme MK1 Golfs with the filler cap on the wrong side Datsuncog, Tenmil Socket, Burnside and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Inbrima used to sell licence made copies of Matchboxes in the early 80’s. It would say ‘Made in Manaus’ underneath. bunglebus, Datsuncog and Burnside 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hennabm Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 21 hours ago, bunglebus said: I've got a couple of those Escorts but not in as nice condition. There are several different colour interiors etc but the one I really want is the Daily Mirror version with exterior roll bars - got outbid on just the body of one recently May I ask what these are going for now in a similar condition to the photo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 One on eBay with a more worn card for £100 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Corgi-Rockets-Ford-Escort-Mexico-Daily-Mirror-World-Cup-Rally-Boxed/402616881631?hash=item5dbdd611df:g:540AAOSwKFhf334e A really mint one was listed for slightly more and went for an offer price https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Corgi-Rockets-Ford-Escort-DAILY-MIRROR-WORLD-CUP-RALLY/303618737169?hash=item46b1164411:g:xGMAAOSwJi9fBxwi hennabm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogchod Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 I seem to have strayed from my original plan of just collecting Buick Electras. Might as well collect Rivieras too, here's another one from Neo. Very happy with this one especially as it was a quarter of new price, just because there was no box. This white monstrosity is a Buick Sail. Popular in China apparently. Looks like a Zafira to me... bunglebus, Sudsprint, antony denman and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Today's arrival was the Corgi Lunar Bug I remember someone had one of these at Infant's School in the early seventies.I thought it was a bit daft 😂 Fast forward nearly fifty years,I think it may have been one of the catalogue scans on here that reminded me of the Lunar Bug so I started looking & found this one. The back drops down for loading Loaded up Wings out,ready for take-off Flight mode! Sudsprint, Datsuncog, Burnside and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 I bought this a while ago, it's a generic casting from the kids TV show Fast and Furious Spy Racers I thought it had a bit of Datsun 240Z/Renault Alpine about it so thought I'd do a custom .Despite being a brand new casting for 2020, the metal was pretty rough, got rid of the spoiler and smoothed the sills out which was fun... a nice new lick of Ford Azure blue, chrome paint on the bumpers/spotlights and a bit of interior detail and I'll call it done Might paint in the bonnet lights and hood scoop opening when my hands feel really steady RoadworkUK, FakeConcern, AndyW201 and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 A Facebook Marketplace buy I collected this morning 😎 Burnside, Tenmil Socket, Remspoor and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Bid on something locally before we got put into tier 4. Luckily I could still collect. Any guesses what I paid £1 for? he had a few other in a box so I paid another squid each for this one (easier to ID) and this which doesn't have reg. plates so I'll just show it Majorette Pontiac Firebird Sudsprint, AndyW201, Burnside and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 The first one looks like the Kew Dodge D600. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Second is a Safari Rolamatics, I must have got 10 of them in varying states of disrepair bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 13 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: The first one looks like the Kew Dodge D600. I thought that was the difficult one. Not bad for a quid? has suspension on the box that I've only seen on the Husky Commer walk-through vans before Burnside, eddyramrod, AndyW201 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 17 minutes ago, sierraman said: Second is a Safari Rolamatics, I must have got 10 of them in varying states of disrepair Yep. I have a few but for a quid I thought it was worth grabbing Datsuncog and Burnside 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 A few weeks ago I entered a giveaway on a new YouTube channel (TWYCE diecast) and I only won! These just arrived Tenmil Socket, Sudsprint, AndyW201 and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Package received from @Datsuncog That's Christmas trinkets for the kids sorted. I'm leaving the paper on the Dyane and the Volvo 200 estate because they are wrapped well enough, I'll wrap the Typhoon and the V70 rozzer special before the day. Thanks. Great seller, great items. Would recommend 👍 Burnside and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 One more arrival. Having found the Playart lorry the other day, of course this lot appears also came with a second tractor Not so long ago I couldn't find the Playart pickup at all, well not at a price I thought was reasonable anyway. Now I have three of the buggers and two matching lorries that I didn't know existed until I saw the flatbed one a few weeks ago. at least this one has an intact towhook. I do have a couple of things en route that I'm quite excited about, maybe they'll arrive before Christmas? AndyW201, Spottedlaurel, Burnside and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 That Scania looks like a Tekno copy. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 7 hours ago, Tim_E said: Package received from @Datsuncog That's Christmas trinkets for the kids sorted Hey, glad it all showed up safely - I was becoming mildly concerned as I'd heard all sorts about postal worker shortages and mail being shovelled into warehouses until the New Year! These little tat box escapees haven't had much love in recent times, so it's quite nice to think they'll be putting in a turn on Christmas Morning... enjoy! Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Finished this Silvia on Sunday: Got one more car in this batch of builds to complete, and I've just started on a '67 Impala. I've completed 17 kits this year, some of them long-term projects that date back to the early-mid '90s. Don't think I've ever finished that many in a year before. Amishtat, andrew e, Sudsprint and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 In a couple of those pictures the Silvia looks real. Lovely, no, perfect job. I have asked Santa for the 1/24 MK2 Transit in The Gas Board livery and a motorway Police Range Rover. Hoping to hone my skills in 2021! Amishtat, Datsuncog, eddyramrod and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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