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Ok, so it's maybe not quite the cornucopia of mint boxed Spot-Ons I'd been fantasising about for the past hour or so, but Market Blokey was true to his word...

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Get out of the way, naked ladies - you're obscuring the diecast tat.

Budgie, Dinky, Scalextric and no-name Hong Kong plastic were indeed boxed, and were indeed brought out after The Nemesis departed.

 I'm guessing there's some sorta backstory there, but beyond that is anyone's guess.

Scalextric Vanwall looks good and is in the correct box:

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However, this may fall foul of the usual Scalextric hazard, where touring cars are worth ££££ while the racers go begging. £25 asking on this.

EDIT: just as I was leaving, someone bought it.

Budgie FX4 taxi is sorrier-looking than its box might suggest:

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S-reg suggests a fairly late 1977/78 version.

There's a fairly hefty £35 asking price on each of these.

Scammell Scarab may be a repro - not only does it look very shiny, but the box here says 'collectors item only - not suitable for children', whereas the others have 'Made for H.J. Seener & Co' on them.

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I know there are repro Budgie VWs available; is this another?

Little plastic airport coach is quite sweet, though:

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But it's dear enough, if it's also £35 (he just waved his hand generally at the whole lot when telling me the price).

Last of the line (1979) Dinky Brinks armoured van has a couple of chips to the extremities, but is otherwise pretty decent, with door mirrors still intact:

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I don't think that 'Made in USA' is quite correct, though?

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Also, a few other new arrivals had pitched up:

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Siku Mercedes Unimog is in excellent shape, and a bit unusual:

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Taxis a bit dusty: (l-r) unbranded Corgi clone FX4, Welly FX4, and the TX1 on the right is a Corgi effort (no opening doors - must try harder)

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Also, a Corgi Mk3 Transit minibus:

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So! That's probably about it for today - and I really gotta go, so one more turn round the stalls and I'll be homeward bound - if there's anything you really really want, sing up quick!

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Just for a bit of perspective from the other side of the stall.

Back in 2013, I had to sell pretty much everything I owned due to a foul up by EDF energy and causing them to try and rectify their mistake by slapping me with a huge bill.

Anyway, I took what would have been about 1/2 to 3/4 of my entire collection, which would have been around 500 items, to the local Swapmeet where I had rented a table.

I was asked to arrive and set up at 11am, but the Swapmeet didn't open until 1pm. By around 12.30 or so, I had sold around half to other stall holders. They gave me more or less what I was asking for them and I genuinely  believed them when they told me it was for their own collection. Nothing reappeared on their stall apart from 1 bus (which stayed there for months). I could have packed up and left before it opened as I didnt sell nearly as much to the public later on. The same thing happened the next month too. Good for me, but I had to sympathise with the punters.

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11 hours ago, andrew e said:

watch out for the Gazelled Avenger  😂

The GREEN ones are definitely Adidas Gazelle, with the old bare 'gum rubber' sole colour no less.  They are no longer in the current range with those soles.  I will have to admit I also own a pair in that Collegiate Green, unfortunately with the modern white outsole.

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But the BLUE are Adidas Nizza.  It's the stripe on the sole a third of the way down that identifies.  That stripe and positioning makes all the difference when you are the early-rising captain of a playworn diecast resale industry

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Perhaps it's more than a fashion statement.  It's a way of life.  Only on the AS SIMii thread can you appreciate the finer detail and ponder such nonsense.

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2 hours ago, andrew e said:

I’d throw a crisp £5 at the Siku happily @Datsuncog

Procured at target price... pics to follow around lunchtime, hopefully!

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Quite like the look of those if they're £3 ish, especially the buggy

Didn't get a price from Charity Stall blokey, but I'll see if they're still around next week!

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3 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

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He's had better Corgi Camaro SS models on the stall for a tenner in the past - though if all it needs is a repro windscreen, this could be worth it.

It needs the roof piece too.  But it looks tidy otherwise.  I probably should have said go get it even at a tenner.  Is it a Golden Jacks one not sure

Went into the archives and the one he in November 2019 was this one

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Which sold for just a fiver...

November 2019 is such a long time ago.  The world has exploded since then.

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2 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

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Get out of the way, naked ladies - you're obscuring the diecast tat.

The two naked ladies to the right are models of the Little Mermaid that sits on a Copenhagen shoreline.  I saw it in the 'flesh' years back, shortly after the head was put back on after one of the many vandal attacks.  I've no idea she keeps getting attacked.

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And for that reason, and also the daft reason that FB auto-block any images of it, I would like one if not too dear.  Next time please.

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Popped out at lunch and found myself in another charity shop.  This was £1

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MB Games Dragster.  Honestly have no recollection of this one.

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So what with my daughter off school, we had to give it a go on the garden table.

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The accuracy of the modelled play-pieces is uncanny.  You can smell the nitro-methane if you get too close

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4 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Popped out at lunch and found myself in another charity shop.  This was £1

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MB Games Dragster.  Honestly have no recollection of this one.

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So what with my daughter off school, we had to give it a go on the garden table.

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The accuracy of the modelled play-pieces is uncanny.  You can smell the nitro-methane if you get too close

I remember this - not for the game but for the tiny dragsters.

I also remember a kojak board game - the game was unremarkable but it came with tiny plastic cars that looked like AMC matadors.

 

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I can imagine if you have a sizeable collection especially if it’s rare stuff that the money they command does tempt people to cash in and use the money to chip away at the mortgage or whatever. I doubt it be tempted though, my collection definitely falls into the category of ‘play worn’ so it’s enough for the enjoyment factor to outweigh its financial value. 

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54 minutes ago, sierraman said:

I can imagine if you have a sizeable collection especially if it’s rare stuff that the money they command does tempt people to cash in and use the money to chip away at the mortgage or whatever. I doubt it be tempted though, my collection definitely falls into the category of ‘play worn’ so it’s enough for the enjoyment factor to outweigh its financial value. 

Almost all of mine falls into the same bracket, although if I really tried, I'm sure I could make quite a bit of money on the 50-odd 1/18s I have now; but they give me so much pleasure!

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11 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

Almost all of mine falls into the same bracket, although if I really tried, I'm sure I could make quite a bit of money on the 50-odd 1/18s I have now; but they give me so much pleasure!

You could pack it all in and get a couple of hundred quid and be bored to death in an evening so when you put it like that it’s an asset. Corgi 1/36 values are on the slide, acquired several over past 6 months, no more than £3 each paid for relatively presentable items.

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6 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Popped out at lunch and found myself in another charity shop.  This was £1

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MB Games Dragster.  Honestly have no recollection of this one.

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So what with my daughter off school, we had to give it a go on the garden table.

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The accuracy of the modelled play-pieces is uncanny.  You can smell the nitro-methane if you get too close

I had one of those games.

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After I bought the StreetKa from @Peter C a couple of weeks ago,I started looking for a 1/43 model.The Minichamps version is nice,but doesn't seem to come in blue,which was the colour I wanted.

A bit of eBay searching found one by High Speed with a buy now of £7.50,so I hit the button & it arrived yesterday.

Quite a nice model,I just need a Laguna Estate now to complete my real-life trio 😁

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36 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

After I bought the StreetKa from @Peter C a couple of weeks ago,I started looking for a 1/43 model.The Minichamps version is nice,but doesn't seem to come in blue,which was the colour I wanted.

A bit of eBay searching found one by High Speed with a buy now of £7.50,so I hit the button & it arrived yesterday.

Quite a nice model,I just need a Laguna Estate now to complete my real-life trio 😁

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Most cool, well found.

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Those Hotwheels are only a few pound you tell your self when your out shopping, then next thing you know you spend £30 on a shelf off eBay 😆 actually it’s not bad, but it needed a sand and few coats of clear varnish so it’s dustable. 
 

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Pride of place on the workshop wall it’s only partially loaded… 

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some new additions to the collection- 

first off these, today is my 21st, again, and again, and a  bit more, birthday. so kerry has got me these.

the matchbox racing car transporter, along with the matchbox lotus and ferrari racing cars. sadly the ferrari has lost its driver, though Steve Flowers do carry one in their range, its in playworn condition, but the glazing, ramp and tail boards are present and correct. which is nice.

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there was also this ERF stake wagon, which is in really nice shape, even more so considering how old it is, dating from the mid-1950s.

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and recently i also bought these, the plantectnican removals van, complete with back roller shutter door. this  deserves new decals, which i have ordered, though have yet to arrive

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i also got this, the Vauxhall Victor saloon, and a Bedford Wrecker Wagon. and an Austin A50 Cambridge. and a Ford Station Wagon,

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all are pretty early Matchbox 1-75 series toys, all from the first series of the these toys so date from the early 1950s.

the great things with these  diddy cars is that you can get loads of them in a display case!

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On 6/18/2021 at 10:13 AM, Datsuncog said:

big plastic motorised Corgi 'Saint' Jaguar XJS

Good news! - Post Lady delivered something the other day.  It's since been repaired and got working

Bad news - Simon Templar is RUBBISH AT PARKING

Disaster.

 

 

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