flat4alfa Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 4 hours ago, bunglebus said: Charity shop, £4. Tatty box If you're popping back then yes please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 8 minutes ago, flat4alfa said: If you're popping back then yes please It wasn't very local unfortunately, I very nearly did after looking at eBay. If I'm back in Basildump I'll check Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 19 hours ago, 155V6 said: This plastic 1/18 Alfa 155 by Dickie is pretty close to the Minichamps version You might like this site https://modelcars1-18.com/en/makes/Alfa-Romeo/155.html I mean, the 1:18 scale deviation is +0.5%. Who knew? 155V6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 On 11/17/2019 at 8:13 PM, Amishtat said: Probably mentioned it before but I saw an Airfix Rapier built as a slot car but unpainted in about 2001. Really liked it but it seemed expensive at the time (£40 I think) so I passed, thinking I'd come across another for less at some point. Never seen another since.. Oh look! Dolly has three to play with Not slotted yet though. One is a resin copy Datsuncog, Amishtat, eddyramrod and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 2 hours ago, flat4alfa said: So they work like a Matchbox Turbo Special. I had some of those as a child but so far haven't found any more to play with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Oh to be in America eddyramrod and sheffcortinacentre 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Got gifted this not look inside yet AndyW201, MiniMort, Datsuncog and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 7, 2021 Author Share Posted October 7, 2021 More new MB in Tescos tonight. Still alright for £2. You're not really allowed anything vaguely 'UK' or 'Britain' in Scotland any more so I had to have this face down on the trolley going around the shelves 😄 eddyramrod, Remspoor, Shite Ron and 6 others 2 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Surely its not that bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sierraman Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 13 hours ago, Split_Pin said: More new MB in Tescos tonight. Still alright for £2. You're not really allowed anything vaguely 'UK' or 'Britain' in Scotland any more so I had to have this face down on the trolley going around the shelves 😄 I don’t understand what merits a reissue of an old model being 75p more expensive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 14 hours ago, stuboy said: Got gifted this not look inside yet I’ve never had a go on one but I understand it’s got a spring that runs in a closed loop. The people I know that have had one remember it being the most frustrating thing known to man! MiniMort 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 andrew e, junkyarddog, Justwatching and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 34 minutes ago, sierraman said: I’ve never had a go on one but I understand it’s got a spring that runs in a closed loop. The people I know that have had one remember it being the most frustrating thing known to man! I was lucky enough to find one at a boot sale a few years back. Spring was easy enough to get in place and use,but it is incredibly noisy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 5 minutes ago, junkyarddog said: I was lucky enough to find one at a boot sale a few years back. Spring was easy enough to get in place and use,but it is incredibly noisy. Not only the experience of a motorway but the sounds as well.🤣 Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 13 hours ago, flat4alfa said: You knows it... Damp, dark morning with low cloud hiding the hills, and the streetlights still on at 7.30. Nothing much of interest at the market this morning, and no Nemesis either. There was only a small box of mostly rubbish Lesney, Corgi and Dinky stuff - incomplete and broken for the most part, with a high proportion of aircraft, trailers and other stuff that's a bit useless on its own. Matchbox Superkings Ferrari Testarossa was a bit too shabby to appeal. Speed Kings Nissan and Mercedes C111 were also tired, but all there. Weird off-brand Transformers that looks a bit like a Mk8 Civic mixed with a Citroen C2. Some big tinplate trucks were interesting, mind: Not sure how much; probably not cheap. I tried to engage Market Blokey in some light conversation, hoping to enquire about the Adidas Avenger's general well-being, but he looked slightly pop-eyed and confused at my attempt pleasantries, and so I didn't pursue it further. I guess people aren't much used to small talk from me. The Charity Stall had only that Fisher-Price rescue vehicle on it, still unsold. Alan's Emporium did have some diecast - but I'm not sure that £2 for a chipped generic MotorMax represented great value for money... ...though £4 for the boxed Automax Porxster seemed pricey, though not outrageous. But there were only those two. I was happy enough to slip back out into the autumnal drizzle with a bag of home-made cherry scones and a decent mug of coffee; mildly unfulfilled from a diecast perspective, but at least I wasn't subject to temptation... Once again - a happy Friday to you all. flat4alfa, Shite Ron, andrew e and 7 others 5 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Is there some sort of hyper inflation going on in Northern Ireland at the minute? £2 for that yellow thing? Whaaaa??!!!! Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Thanks for looking again Tim,I'm jealous of the cherry scones 😁 Datsuncog and andrew e 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 I for one am elated to have lived through The Golden Age of St George's Tat Market. flat4alfa, andrew e, Split_Pin and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 1 hour ago, sierraman said: Is there some sort of hyper inflation going on in Northern Ireland at the minute? £2 for that yellow thing? Whaaaa??!!!! I have no idea... and, I suspect, neither does Alan of the Emporium. Still, I got some decent Lesney off him for 25p before, and a nice Corgi 'Man from U.N.C.L.E' Oldsmobile for a mere £2, so sometimes his cluelessness pays off... 1 hour ago, 155V6 said: Thanks for looking again Tim,I'm jealous of the cherry scones 😁 The scones were excellent! Breakfast of champions. 1 hour ago, RoadworkUK said: I for one am elated to have lived through The Golden Age of St George's Tat Market. Heh, it does feel like there's been a steep descent in quality of late - really don't know why, but swings and roundabouts, I guess... Still, for some reason I'm kinda ok with that - for one, it prevents me from arriving home clutching overflowing bags of bashed-up Corgi Juniors, and for another I'm not taking it personally anymore - seems a weird thing to say, but for a long while I felt somehow responsible if there wasn't much of interest on the stalls on a particular week. The law of averages suggests that we might be due a bonanza before too long, though... andrew e, 155V6 and RoadworkUK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 Me too and I've got lots of mementoes from the Golden Era. andrew e and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Post Lady delivered these today Corgi Mercedes 350SL ; 1st series Corgi Chevrolet Impala ; 1st series Corgi Mercedes 220 SE Coupe ; Maisto 1:33 Lotus 340R Never had any of them before. The purchase of the 350 SL is the fault of this forum. The 220 SE picked up for offer of Fiver, liked it because: it's the early steering one ; it has some number plate decals I've never seen before ; also because of this statement: Quote The Mercedes 220SE was first added to the range in 1962 and was produced up to 1964 when it was replaced with No.253, a revised version of the same car with the steering removed and suitcases added in the boot. You will find it in metallic maroon, cream, dark blue and if you are very lucky and are prepared to dig deep in your pocket - black. The black cars are valued at about double the other colours. [https://www.chezbois.com/corgi/1962/Model_230.htm] It seemed the black went well with the plates front and rear. I wonder what it signified? Diplomatic? Or is this just a one-off sticker effort as the boot and roof have paint damage as if there have been stickers on there too. But then, a customiser would have peeled-off the 'Sep 61' tax disc sticker? The Friday Tat Plot Thickens. Amishtat, eddyramrod, RoadworkUK and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 16 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: for a long while I felt somehow responsible if there wasn't much of interest on the stalls on a particular week. I think we all appreciate your efforts finding old toys, packing and posting them all over at no profit to yourself, when you could have slung half of them on eBay. Hopefully some of the bits I've sent back have helped a bit - especially the haggis. I would have been checking that Corgi Minibus for uncracked glass though... andrew e and Datsuncog 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 1 hour ago, sierraman said: Is there some sort of hyper inflation going on in Northern Ireland at the minute? £2 for that yellow thing? Whaaaa??!!!! Not just N.I,I'm in England at the moment and stuff is gone very expensive here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 7 minutes ago, bunglebus said: I think we all appreciate your efforts finding old toys, packing and posting them all over at no profit to yourself, when you could have slung half of them on eBay RoadworkUK, eddyramrod, andrew e and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 I think we need to cheer ourselves up and indulge in some reminisce about the Tat we had as a kid. Those times when we had nothing to worry about other than if we had Bernard Matthews Turkey Drummers for tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 39 minutes ago, bunglebus said: I think we all appreciate your efforts finding old toys, packing and posting them all over at no profit to yourself, when you could have slung half of them on eBay. Hopefully some of the bits I've sent back have helped a bit - especially the haggis. 32 minutes ago, flat4alfa said: Heh, cheers folks - it's been a wild ride, and I think we've all got a lot of joy from it. I've managed to find some choice pieces for the collection, and there's been a roaring cross-sea trade in tatty models, going in both directions. I'll keep monitoring, though... just in case. Can't believe I kept that Days Gone in the fridge for the best part of a week, thinking it was actually a haggis. 🤭 39 minutes ago, bunglebus said: I would have been checking that Corgi Minibus for uncracked glass though... Well, I wasn't able to stop myself checking - but tragically it's the same one that's been kicking round the stall for a few years now, with the windscreen put through and the roof windows broken/ cracked on both sides... Ditto, that Corgi Manta's the one with the roof stoved in - so a brave resto on both counts. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 58 minutes ago, flat4alfa said: Post Lady delivered these today Corgi Mercedes 350SL ; 1st series Corgi Chevrolet Impala ; 1st series Corgi Mercedes 220 SE Coupe ; Maisto 1:33 Lotus 340R Never had any of them before. The purchase of the 350 SL is the fault of this forum. The 220 SE picked up for offer of Fiver, liked it because: it's the early steering one ; it has some number plate decals I've never seen before ; also because of this statement: It seemed the black went well with the plates front and rear. I wonder what it signified? Diplomatic? Or is this just a one-off sticker effort as the boot and roof have paint damage as if there have been stickers on there too. But then, a customiser would have peeled-off the 'Sep 61' tax disc sticker? The Friday Tat Plot Thickens. The triangle atop the rear plate suggests that these will be early 60s Trade Plates, which we are now so used to seeing in red-on-white. Way Back When, you could buy packs of number plates, tax discs, etc, Corgi-branded, and although I don't remember specifically, it's not a stretch to imagine that they included Trade Plates. The market was much less "global" in those days and the packs were UK-specific. andrew e and Split_Pin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 44 minutes ago, sierraman said: I think we need to cheer ourselves up and indulge in some reminisce about the Tat we had as a kid. Those times when we had nothing to worry about other than if we had Bernard Matthews Turkey Drummers for tea. Luxury! All we could eat was coal AndyW201 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Coal? COAL??????? Posh boy! We got dust and thought ourselves lucky! flat4alfa, AndyW201 and MarvinsMom 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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