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Here's today's haul. First up, 8 ball Roger Dodger. Not the Super Treasure Hunt sadly

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Next up, found the ID car of the Twin Mill

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Quite like the Surfin' School Bus

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Don't always go in for X Racers but I like this - I really wish Matell would do some that are stock cars and just completely clear

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Integrale is going to be a popular one

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There aren't many generics that float my boat but Head Gasket is quite funky

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I usually pick up the new colours of Surf N Turf when I see them

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These next two are very cool - GT-40...

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...and Porsche 935 in a very familiar paint scheme

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Then two Matchbox, beautiful 914

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and Dodge D200

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39 minutes ago, sierraman said:

I got told the Matchbox sell out really quickly. Guess that’s s good thing no?

I think the new ones sell initially, then they hang around for ages. In this case there was room on the pegs for four cars, so that's all they put out, and the woman I asked pulled a CBA when I asked if there were more

Found the matching Porker to today's find

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I wonder if they will also do the 935 with the reversed colours?

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There's a Corvette C7 coming soon with matching paint to a previous release too. I like when they do this, and the b*st*rds know I'll have to buy it!

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These are the 2021 'UK' series cards.  Interesting there is a Swedish Scania there and worse, a Dutch-built Mini.

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No idea if these are destined for these UK shores, but probably not as all the (re)sellers I've seen are in Germany:

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Likewise the 'Cadillac' range.  Apparently exclusive to Walmart in the US.

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Here in my front bedroom model room/office, I have a pair of waist-high bookshelves back to back in the middle of the room.  I've lined up some 1/43 cars on top to make two classic-car-show displays.

On the Classics side I have 18 cars, and could double that without too much effort.  They're a bit too closely-packed for the space available though.  The other side is the Autoshite side, and stands at 11; much better spacing.  I really should get some 1/43 people to stand around among the cars!

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MINIC MOTORWAYS

I now nothing of them.  But do have this little Rolls Royce Silver Cloud.  It's a bit short in length, taking the average scaling to be approx 1:69

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It came in bits so can I assume it's borked...   the self-tapper doesn't inspire confidence.

Anyone have Minic Motorway experience?

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28 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Isn't that the Ogle prototype though

Didn't that have side windows that curved over into the roof?  The model has what I would have to describe as a panoramic windscreen but all the rest is Scimitar, the only model of it I've seen.

The copcar might be a 1978-ish Pontiac Bonneville.

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10 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

MATCHBOX POWERTRACK

My Police car has been taken under a semi trailer by Buford T Justice.

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Anyone have a spare bodyshell amongst their boxes of bits?  Long-shot, I know

Having a bit of trouble identifying the model too.  

What scale is it? I’ll have a look in the Sierraman miniature vehicle dismantling yard later.

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22 minutes ago, sierraman said:

What scale is it? I’ll have a look in the Sierraman miniature vehicle dismantling yard later.

It's in comedy proportions to fit the base and packaging, at 8.5cm long by 3.5cm

Thanks but it was the identical plastic Matchbox bodyshell I was after, just in case one was floating about wanting a new home :-)

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54 minutes ago, Bren said:

The juniors scimtar has that panoramic windscreen that was never put into production. I bought a loose blue junior but then obtained a carded white one off ebay. Another where £££ have gone daft.

This one is my only example

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