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9 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Which you still had it - looks a bit of a laugh

I have a Tyco set, one of the F1 GP sets.  Very large box, biggest set box of the lot in the pile in the loft.  Charity shop, a while ago - never have set it up...

Bought one of these at Doncaster toyfair in the mid 90's for a tenner still have it.

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While on the subject of 1/32 scale, how about these two by MSZ ?  You can find these in TK Maxx for very little. 

Bentley Continental GT Supersports Convertible and Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione.

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Bought to convert to slottishness, but in hindsight I think I will leave them as they are.

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Perhaps the scaling is a bit off as the Bentley is a bigger beast in the flesh, but proportions either way are spot on

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Diecast, both have sounds and lights and opening things. 

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Pretty good models and so cheap for what you get. 

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Even came with the lithium cells fitted ready

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Tonka/Maisto mashup I hadn't seen before. Seller has quite a few but I just bought the bug

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Also a cheap job lot, Chinese Yatming copies for the most part

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Found the roofless Range Rover with its screen intact

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And a couple more of these for resto or parts donors. I need more Tow Jams now!

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36 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I need more Tow Jams now!

Can very likely be arranged...

(Well, I have one anyway that's up for grabs!)

Tonka/Maisto also a new one on me - though I guess MC Toy/Maisto were always pretty accommodating when it came to making Matchbox-sized toys for whoever came knocking. You must have a cracking collection of Maisto and variants by now!

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2 hours ago, TheDoctor said:

Not sure whether I should complain about the paint blemish /fault on the green one. 

Mmm... I know what you mean, it may be 'factory fresh' but it's definitely a flaw.

I was pretty annoyed to pay top dollar a few years back for a mint/boxed Corgi Toyota Supra, only to find it had similar blisters along with smudges to the two-tone paint. A manufacturer quality control issue, for sure, but no mention of that in the listing, or shown in the pics (all in the box).

It's possible that the vendor genuinely didn't know about the blister - say, if they're listing a whole load of stuff and didn't take it out of the box - but if you paid a fair whack for it and/or it was unboxed in the listing pics, I think it wouldn't be unreasonable to ping them a query asking them how they wish to proceed with an item not as described - return/refund, or partial refund?

I guess whether you wanted it as a minter or as a basis for a custom might influence how you go forward.

But yeah, tldr - I'd be annoyed at that.

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2 hours ago, jon.k said:

I hope this is the right place, but if anyone is interested in any of these please let me know.  

The big trucks say buddy corp 1979. 

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Well, if the other AA vehicles are spoken for, could you set the Corgi Transit tow truck (with hook!) aside for me please, unless it's been claimed via PM?

Also the Corgi FX4 taxi and Matchbox Ford Cargo skip truck, if available!

(Assuming that sending tat to Norn Iron won't spark an international incident these days)

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10 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Well, if the other AA vehicles are spoken for, could you set the Corgi Transit tow truck (with hook!) aside for me please, unless it's been claimed via PM?

Also the Corgi FX4 taxi and Matchbox Ford Cargo skip truck, if available!

(Assuming that sending tat to Norn Iron won't spark an international incident these days)

The fx4 isn’t a corgi, sorry.  There’s no brand. The transit and the land rover 110 are the two AA models left. For those three and the skip lorry does £12 posted sound ok?

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41 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Please tell me you're de-stickering or repainting the Pooh one?

Stickers already removed, will be making a replica of mine out of one of them. 

40 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Mmm... I know what you mean, it may be 'factory fresh' but it's definitely a flaw.

I was pretty annoyed to pay top dollar a few years back for a mint/boxed Corgi Toyota Supra, only to find it had similar blisters along with smudges to the two-tone paint. A manufacturer quality control issue, for sure, but no mention of that in the listing, or shown in the pics (all in the box).

It's possible that the vendor genuinely didn't know about the blister - say, if they're listing a whole load of stuff and didn't take it out of the box - but if you paid a fair whack for it and/or it was unboxed in the listing pics, I think it wouldn't be unreasonable to ping them a query asking them how they wish to proceed with an item not as described - return/refund, or partial refund?

I guess whether you wanted it as a minter or as a basis for a custom might influence how you go forward.

But yeah, tldr - I'd be annoyed at that.

I was going to keep the green one fresh and modify the Pooh one, but now I'm not so sure. Oddly enough, the pink one also has a similar (although smaller) blemish on the same side. 

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For the sake of clarity I should say the Escort neatly replaces the one in my childhood AA set which had an unfortunate incident with a hammer some time around 1991. I found the rest of the set still boxed a couple of months ago when we moved and hoped I'd come across an Escort singly, didn't think there was much chance of that though. Cheers Jon! 

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13 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Well, if the other AA vehicles are spoken for, could you set the Corgi Transit tow truck (with hook!) aside for me please, unless it's been claimed via PM?

It's ok you can go for the Range Rover too.  I've projects coming out of my ears

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