Tenmil Socket Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 55 minutes ago, bunglebus said: Tintoys I’ll tell you what… you do drop on some decent charity shop finds! As I’ve said before in the last three or four years I’ve found nothing round here! I’m going to Caernarfon early September for five days so hopefully if Ms Socket approves I’ll be hunting! bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Funny how things work out. Just recently I got this Which came originally with this behind it - apparently they never released the Bulldozer on its own I don't think I've found the trailer - yet andrew e and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 16:12, bunglebus said: Majorette MK2 Golf isn't an easy casting to find - I have another en route though And here it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 It’s certainly a better casting than the Matchbox one everyone pays ££ for on eBay. I know the Golf Mk2 wasn’t exactly sinewy but the Matchbox one looks like a North Sea catfish. 155V6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Popped into another charity shop that doesn't normally have die casts. They had one of those annoying plastic bags, only two items in there and it was only a quid. Late Matchbox Unimog K-137-2 has lost a couple of bits And a Corgi Juniors Raygo Rascal 600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 22 hours ago, egg said: Shitty little motors from a defunct cheapo RC car, bin or any use to you? Always! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 1 hour ago, bunglebus said: Popped into another charity shop that doesn't normally have die casts. They had one of those annoying plastic bags, only two items in there and it was only a quid. Late Matchbox Unimog K-137-2 has lost a couple of bits And a Corgi Juniors Raygo Rascal 600 I got that Unimog new one birthday as a kid. Still got it I think, guessing it would have been from round about 91/92? bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Does look much newer and made in Chiy-na. Young bloke in the shop found it hilarious that they were for me when he asked 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 19 minutes ago, flat4alfa said: Always! Remind me of your address please. In today's diecast desire but cannot afford an early Polistil Fiat 126 (in whichever scale) Anyone got one? Split_Pin, AndyW201, Remspoor and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 19 hours ago, bunglebus said: Funny how things work out. Just recently I got this Which came originally with this behind it - apparently they never released the Bulldozer on its own I don't think I've found the trailer - yet Wall-E thought he’d found one! But not quite bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 On 10/08/2021 at 15:21, bunglebus said: I did consider buying the trailer pictured here but I had no change and it was smashy bitch tits working in the shop who refused to take my £5 note, so I left it. Did work out what it was for at the time, 90s era anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 The brown trailer goes with a Scania Bull nose, carried a digger. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 K-117 Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 What about Wall-E's red trailer? Which set does it belong to? (Asking for Wall-E) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 1972 TONKA TOYS US Brochure andrew e, bunglebus, Split_Pin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 1977 Tonka Toys US Brochure andrew e, AndyW201, warch and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 1983 Tonka UK Dealer Brochure Split_Pin, andrew e, Dick Longbridge and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 They're really useful ^ as some don't have Tonka on the base - and I can put a name to some of mine too eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Looking at the ‘83 catalogue, had loads from them as a kid. Most of them I’d kept at my Grandmas, remember running them up and down the back path and between the plants. Also had a few of the Buddy L cars with the steering, by far and away my favourite was the ‘Fall Guy’ pick up. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted August 22, 2021 Author Share Posted August 22, 2021 My Cousin's boy hasn't played with his cars for years so she wanted to see if there was any I wanted before the rest went to a charity shop. I gave him some pocket money and he let me take these ones away (1st 2 rows) I'm really pleased with them, especially the 2 Flying Customs, balck Matxhbox Beetle and the Matchbox TVR Tuscan. AndyW201, andrew e, sierraman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 I really rate the new Matchboxes, my youngest is 5 and she loves them, she’s got my old Motorcity track and one of those foldable garage type things. That’s one of the reasons I like coming back to this thread, those warm memories of being 7 or 8 and having the cars out on the rug at our house waiting for Bernard Matthews Turkey Drummers for tea followed by Angel Delight, I had loads of broken Dinkies and Superkings that had been my uncles, I’d line them up like a breakers, until I was about 10 I wanted to be a scrapman. Thinking back even at that age they’d let you in the breakers with your parents, a trip to the scrapyard was like the best day out I could have possibly imagined. andrew e, eddyramrod, Amishtat and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 59 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: The Flying Customs Hare Splitter is the pick of the bunch there Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 57 minutes ago, sierraman said: , a trip to the scrapyard was like the best day out I could have possibly imagined. Yeah, used to go with my dad and get bits for mum's Dolomite and for my own cars later, sometimes just for the fun of seeing what they had. Can't do that anymore, even if they let you in most stuff only stays a short while and gets fragged. No more finding rotten Anglias and A30s buried in the weeds at the back of the yard eddyramrod and andrew e 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Actually that's a thought... I've got two garages for displaying my cars, but never made a scrapyard. Hmmm... Meanwhile, here are some recent restos... Remember this, all scuffed and pigeon-toed? I'm quite pleased with how it's turned out, especially my axle-straightening. Trans-o-Lite Commer now has a new home-made windscreen; not the best but perhaps better than I thought it would look. Vanguards A35 van used to be the AS-hued police van; now it represents SCK 781, owned by my parents in 1973 (and subsequently a garden ornament for almost a decade!). The black panels on the side are supposed to be the aftermarket windows it had (it also had a rear seat). I don't think my skills are good enough to cut whole panels out of a 1/43 model! I hated that little van. We were a family of five at that point, and the little van was, well, little. Far too cramped for a growing 14-year-old! warch, bicycle repairman, bunglebus and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 16 hours ago, egg said: Remind me of your address please. In today's diecast desire but cannot afford an early Polistil Fiat 126 (in whichever scale) Anyone got one? I have the 1:43 version. Here's a nice reasonably priced Mebetoys equivalent, which is actually the nicer model I think: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/114944383210 egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 18 hours ago, egg said: Remind me of your address please. In today's diecast desire but cannot afford an early Polistil Fiat 126 (in whichever scale) Anyone got one? Rather like old car-ficionado @barrett, I too have a 1/43 126: And here's its box, along with various detritus contained therein, some of which I'm aware doesn't relate to this toy model. These photos were taken for @bramz7, who I believe now has a life outside of AS, although he did agree to buy the 126, along with a couple of other items. Good job I managed to get a snap of it in Rome before it was allotted to the 'sold' box in the garage: AndyW201, barrett, eddyramrod and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 And on a personal note, apologies for my tardiness in frequenting these pages but I've been working away from home these past few months, which halted abruptly last Tuesday when we went into Level 4 lockdown, with 6 hours notice. I'm not grumbling though, as I bloody love to be forced to go home and get stuff done! Might even dust off the camera and crack off a few needless photos of toy cars for the enjoyment* of 5 men on the internet I don't know. Or work on the countless things to be done with my largely non-roadworthy fleet. One of the two. andrew e, Remspoor, egg and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Picked this lot up today for 50p each. The Dinky Standard has been painted but it’s a quaint old thing so I nabbed it. andrew e, eddyramrod and Remspoor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 A few bits from this week The Solido R4 Van came from a charity shop I tend to visit once a week,the woman said that there were more diecast out the back,but they hadn't been sorted out & I couldn't even have a look 🙁 The rest were all from one stall at the car boot this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 2 hours ago, sierraman said: Picked this lot up today for 50p each. The Dinky Standard has been painted but it’s a quaint old thing so I nabbed it. When you decide to move that Standard Atlas along, can I be first in the queue please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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