Datsuncog Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 A worthwhile jaunt to Tesco, as it turned out.. New singles case had indeed touched down. Nine-packs also available... And a fair few species of five-pack still on the pegs too, at £5 each. Didn't go clean buck daft with the singles, but happy enough with what I came away with. No Capris, as it happens - I did look through the whole dump bin, just in case. Does the MR2 have flip-up headlights? Just noticing that they seem to be raised on the unboxed example that @Split_Pin posted, but they're flush to the bonnet on mine. bunglebus, Burnside, AndyW201 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW201 Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Just now, Datsuncog said: Does the MR2 have flip-up headlights? Just noticing that they seem to be raised on the unboxed example that @Split_Pin posted, but they're flush to the bonnet on mine. Apparently there have been two versions cast, one with headlights up, one with them down. Yay! So that's two to hunt down... Need to get provisions on my way home from work tonight so may swing by the local Tesco's. Not expecting owt though... Burnside, bunglebus and Datsuncog 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Tesco is really out of my way and I’m finishing a 10 hour shift but I think it’s worth the effort... Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Buggers have got nothing in Chelmsford! Matchbox quite often do two different plastic parts to their castings - VW crew cab comes with and without loads in all colours The Skyline has two interiors/engines (that you can't see) Chevy van has a bike or tyre/fuel cans Hot Wheels are getting in on the act now Datsuncog and AndyW201 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicycle repairman Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 off to auction to fund my addition to loose woman and drink am loaded up. 155V6, Burnside, Remspoor and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 after what must be moar than 3 years i finally won one of these 🦄😍🥳🚌 Datsuncog and AndyW201 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Datsuncog said: A worthwhile jaunt to Tesco, as it turned out.. New singles case had indeed touched down. Nine-packs also available... And a fair few species of five-pack still on the pegs too, at £5 each. Didn't go clean buck daft with the singles, but happy enough with what I came away with. No Capris, as it happens - I did look through the whole dump bin, just in case. Does the MR2 have flip-up headlights? Just noticing that they seem to be raised on the unboxed example that @Split_Pin posted, but they're flush to the bonnet on mine. Damn, there were a few left in Tesco tonight I should have checked. Got to have both versions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 If anyone's stuck for a particular version of the MR2, also happy to go back and check the shelves! I'd heard that the T3 crew cab came with or without a load, but didn't know about the others... I'm getting vibes of buying music singles in the mid-90s where 'CD1' and 'CD2' would test whether you were a real fan, by encouraging you to buy the same thing twice by dint of a slightly different cover and b-sides... Of course, I always did... Split_Pin, egg, RoadworkUK and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Nothing in Tesco. Fuck all. I’m going to write to my MP about this. flat4alfa, Burnside and bunglebus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Your MP possibly has a hush-hush arrangement with the store manager, and is buying boxes of mainline singles out the back door to flog individually on eBay. Full public enquiry NOW. #matchboxgate #cashfordiecast #gubbermint flat4alfa, sierraman, andrew e and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 If anyone fancies a blue drag bus, I've been sent a link: https://www.mad-4-toys.co.uk/en-gb/products/hot-wheels-monster-trucks-1-64-scale-vw-drag-bus-33-75 I've ordered one course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 1 minute ago, Datsuncog said: Your MP possibly has a hush-hush arrangement with the store manager, and is buying boxes of mainline singles out the back door to flog individually on eBay. Full public enquiry NOW. #matchboxgate #cashfordiecast #gubbermint Plan of attack now, hit the Tesco in Dinnington on the 22nd when I’m assured by the note on the shelf is getting a delivery Saturday 22nd. If that fails I’ll go to the Chesterfield one which usually turns up trumps. If that fails I’m going to have to start taking hostages. andrew e 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Personally, I'm getting a little rattled that Charlie-boy was seen sniffing round the market only a few miles away today... If he decides to extend the visit so he can nip to St George's on Friday, and then assume that he's got first dibs on the £2 EFE buses and that scratched-up Corgi Pacer due to Royal Prerogative, he'll have to go through me... "...is that really one's best price on the Lone Star Firenza? One is led to believe one can find them cheaper on-line..." "It's fufty quid or nathin', yer Rile Hi'ness... but luk, I'll give ye a wee blue beg til put it in, so I will. How's that?" andrew e, Burnside, AndyW201 and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 34 minutes ago, sierraman said: Plan of attack now, hit the Tesco in Dinnington on the 22nd when I’m assured by the note on the shelf is getting a delivery Saturday 22nd. If that fails I’ll go to the Chesterfield one which usually turns up trumps. If that fails I’m going to have to start taking hostages. Datsuncog, 155V6, Amishtat and 9 others 1 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 I want a full range of Matchbox 2021 case B, a helicopter and some Thatchers Gold or I’m going to start stamping on the Hot Wheels. Isopon, AndyW201, Amishtat and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnside Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 5 hours ago, Datsuncog said: Does the MR2 have flip-up headlights? Just noticing that they seem to be raised on the unboxed example that @Split_Pin posted, but they're flush to the bonnet on mine. My Brother got jammy at our local Tesco's. He brought both versions without realising till he got home! He kindly also brought me the only other remaining MR2 and the Chevy, 500 & Holden. Result! I also managed to get myself a HW RX7 from my local Home Bargains. Wasn't much else to choose from though. But pleased to add this one to my growing HW collection. Edit: If anyone wants a MB Fiat 500 or a Black Mazda MX-5, my Brother has some going spare. AndyW201, Datsuncog, eddyramrod and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW201 Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 14 hours ago, AndyW201 said: Need to get provisions on my way home from work tonight so may swing by the local Tesco's. Not expecting owt though... Well, as predicted, bugger all apart from a couple of the Cadillacs and Caprices. No MR2, Holden ute or CLA wagon, which I was hoping for. Ah well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 I'm after the MR2s if anyone manages to pick up any extras please. Nowt in my local Tesco (Southend A127). Got these though Datsuncog, AndyW201, Burnside and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 @AndyW201: Holden and CLA in my branch, want me to pick them up for you in the morning? If I can score an MR2 or two, or three, I will.... Datsuncog, DoctorRetro, Burnside and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 I'm just going to console myself as only getting the priapic version of the MR2 light units. I might just paint the headlight tips in Tat Wednesday helmet red. Might not. Amishtat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 10 hours ago, bunglebus said: I had a couple of hours spare so rushed around like a madman trying all the usual suspects. Found this in Entertainer I'll have to get the hairdryer on it later Now - I'm not especially into monster trucks, but I do like VWs, and I think a bit of wee came out in Asda when I found this, there just aren't any in the UK it seems. The previous blue version seems to have missed us entirely You want one? £3.50, delivery at some point in the distant future! bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 7 hours ago, Jon said: You want one? £3.50, delivery at some point in the distant future! I got over-excited and ordered one online. Just the Herbie version of the Beetle to find now - until they release something else. Jon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW201 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 9 hours ago, eddyramrod said: @AndyW201: Holden and CLA in my branch, want me to pick them up for you in the morning? If I can score an MR2 or two, or three, I will.... That's very good of you Eddy, yes please, if you're passing, and yes, if you spot an MR2 and a Mini-Cooper, so much the better! eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 This plopped onto the mat this morning. Majorette Toyota Celica. Smoll Eddy loves it. "Hotter than Wasabi M8" Datsuncog, sheffcortinacentre, 155V6 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Instead of relying on bits of wood and old tins I’m going to fashion a spray booth for my restorations. Anyone built one before? Burnside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 20, 2021 Author Share Posted May 20, 2021 I just use a cardboard box tilted on its side. I chuck an old sheet over the 1/1 car in the garage and spray on my workbench. I have various bits of wood that fit up inside the body of the model to raise them off the ground for spraying. I have a turntable somewhere at Parents_Pin which Mutha_pin used to use when working on pottery many decades ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 I just put mine in one of those helping hand things and hold that. I do all my painting outside or at least in the doorway of the outhouse, I have got a couple of high power fans I can use as extractors if I decide to build a booth, but I find holding the casting allows me to get paint under the wheel arches and inside where it's often visible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 4 hours ago, AndyW201 said: That's very good of you Eddy, yes please, if you're passing, and yes, if you spot an MR2 and a Mini-Cooper, so much the better! CLA and Holden obtained! Also 3x MR2,all in daylight mode, for those who want one. Andy, I forgot you wanted the Mini, sorry, but I'll be going out again tomorrow, I expect there will be one left. AndyW201 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Only new things in Tesco are the Porsches. Think the problem is they only put stock out when the pegs are empty - but they won't be as no-one's buying the peg warmers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Hot on the heels of the blue Dinky Beetle(s) I found recently, I grabbed a later 1970s version Now I'm not 100% up to speed on the kit versions of these Dinkys, but I'm pretty sure this was supplied as one going by the paint finish and blobs on the base and inside the glass. No evidence of any other colour inside either. As it screws together, the excess paint is easy to remove, and I fitted the axles back under the springs too. Even the deck lid stays closed now for the most part What a lovely pair There's also nothing to stop me repainting it, maybe I'll even crack open the Humbrol for correctness. Also noticed the bases and bodies are different, red one is retained by a screw and a lip on the body, blue is held by three rivets with no lip present flat4alfa, Burnside, Datsuncog and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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