RoadworkUK Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 A few weeks ago, a quite excellent parcel arrived from Norn Iron. One of these days I'll take pics of the contents. Not today, though. Today I took my new Lada Samara for a spin in the countryside. Cheers @Datsuncog. D.E, andrew e, Remspoor and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warch Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 13 hours ago, sierraman said: Britain’s Farm Tat seems to be going for some good coin at the moment. I had quite a bit of this when I was a kid but it used to be really susceptible to sunlight and brittle plastic. The Rice horsebox I had literally fell to bits after a few years in my window. It does. It wasn't the most robust stuff at the outset, the tractor cabs were plastic and pretty to scale and never withstood much hard play (aftermarket replacements are available though). You also get plastic degradation, especially wheel melt on some vehicles. Luckily the only example I have of this thus far is on the relatively cheap and easy to find Massey Ferguson seed drill. I usually buy my Britains stuff broken and mend it myself using aftermarket parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 I had an hour today to rush around Romford looking for toy cars. Managed to check 8 shops, both Entertainers being closed on Sunday. Found naff all except this Jada Nano set which was way too expensive but will allow me to line up all the F+F MK1 Escorts in size order Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 I have REALLY wanted one of these launch model Cavaliers since getting my first one in February but they were all north of £30. Far too much for one of these crude Gama efforts. This one had no bids at £9.99 so for £14.19 posted it was mine. It arrived today, shame about the non disclosed crack in the windscreen but I still love it. Apt Autoshite slogan as well. Remspoor, bunglebus, Amishtat and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherStu Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 A heads up. Bicester Sunday Scramble has a slightly new format. Part of it is that the main hangar is no longer auction and cars for sale, but it's setup as an Autojumble. As such, there were sellers of exotic miniature shite. Some of it was pricey, but some of it, not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 My mind is starting to play tricks on me. After getting the knackered police Peterbilt recovery truck recently, I found this one locally - and now I cannot for the life of me remember which version I had as a kid! This one does not have the working steering I remember from my original, guess this was dropped for cost reasons? Everything else works though andrew e, D.E and RoadworkUK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 I also opened the Jada Nano Escort, and the others for a lineup. The 1:36 hadn't been opened before. I don't think Jada do a 1:64 so that's the Mattel but not Hot Wheels version andrew e, Justwatching, Datsuncog and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 On 10/11/2021 at 2:32 PM, bunglebus said: My mind is starting to play tricks on me. After getting the knackered police Peterbilt recovery truck recently, I found this one locally - and now I cannot for the life of me remember which version I had as a kid! This one does not have the working steering I remember from my original, guess this was dropped for cost reasons? Everything else works though That's a K-20 Peterbilt you have there, only produced in the green and white, available between 1979 and 1985. A police-livery version was made from 1986 on, in Macau, and replaced the green and white K-20. It was renumbered as K-121, and came with the working steering you remember - highlighted as a 'new feature' in the '86 Matchbox catalogue. Was yours the peelermobile special? My own childhood version with this feature dates from the late 80s (Woolworths buy with Christmas money) - I'm not sure how long it remained in the range, but it's still listed in the 1990 catalogue, though not in the 1993 one. It's a rare occurrence where features were added during Matchbox's Universal era, rather than deleted... RoadworkUK, Split_Pin, andrew e and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Boxed Bburagos in a charity shop. Audi £3.50, Ferrari £5.00. Audi has some chips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 I remembered another local charity shop on Sunday that I hadn't been in for a while. Nosing through the window revealed a tantalising glimpse of some die casts in a tub. Popped back today; Even the offer of viewing the boxed ones hidden in the store room wasn't enough to tempt me. But the 50p box turned up a few orphans D.E, Tenmil Socket, andrew e and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezzabsa Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Loving the Aqua Lotus bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 10 minutes ago, bezzabsa said: Loving the Aqua Lotus It's pink...no wait you mean the Corgi 007 one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Todays charity shop finds, Racing Mini and Edocar 309: Datsuncog, Tenmil Socket, andrew e and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 I keep hoping a Racing Mini will turn up in a lot, the custom I did doesn't have very good glazing. I think I have three spares and it's cracked or missing in all of them D.E 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 49 minutes ago, bunglebus said: I keep hoping a Racing Mini will turn up in a lot, the custom I did doesn't have very good glazing. I think I have three spares and it's cracked or missing in all of them Steve Flowers does them for £2.10 bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 The pile of catalogues waiting to be scanned is slowly shrinking. Today's victim is the 1985 Zylmex effort AndyW201, andrew e, Split_Pin and 5 others 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Some interesting stuff there 😎.The trailer of the auto carrier looks like a copy of the larger Siku one Does anyone know where Zylmex were sold?.I don't really remember seeing them when I was growing up,same as Yatming & Playart.Maybe it was a period when I was more interested in other things 😂 andrew e and bicycle repairman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 12, 2021 Author Share Posted October 12, 2021 I had this set as a kid. All I know is that my granny got me them and that, despite this probably being in my most reckless phase of toy car ownership when I was about 3 or 4, they have unbelievably all survived in good condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 There are quite a few of them about, made by various manufacturers. Most just say Hong Kong, Zee ones have the name inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 31 minutes ago, 155V6 said: Does anyone know where Zylmex were sold?.I don't really remember seeing them when I was growing up, same as Yatming & Playart. I think they may have been sold mainly in '50p Shops', as they were known to me - cheap discount stores, and often repackaged by an importer. I mean, this one says 'Tuf Toys', but the Kenworth cab, wheels and trailer look very similar to the ones in the Zee/Zylmex catalogue. Dunno if in this part of the world we just rarely saw the names Playart, Yatming or Zylmex by themselves - kind of the way Maisto/MC Toys were branded Edocar for a while in Europe, as that was the importer's branding? 155V6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 I don't remember seeing them in shops as a kid, but they did seem to be sold in their original packaging. I've tracked a few down with different style cards and boxes The exception being these two branded Fast Lane - 100% Zylmex cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Went into a weird “ Re-use Centre” which seems a cross between a junk shop and charity shop but in an old warehouse , anyway picked these up. There was a lot of Days Gone By etc, also lots of FX4 Taxi models in various scales- all boxed if anyone wants me to go back. There was also a Matchbox Rover Sterling in its box and a Superkings 944 , again boxed for a Fiver each . I can pop back in at the weekend if anyone’s interested. RoadworkUK, bunglebus, eddyramrod and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 OK ID time again - this looks like a Hot Wheels X Racer but I cannot find another one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrisoxide Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Just doing the weekly shop in Tescos and picked these up, Mr Bean Mini with roof chair and bear. Think I timed it right as I recon the Bean Mini is going to be a scalper magnet. They also had these in. AndyW201, bicycle repairman, MarvinsMom and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Ah, good stuff - yet to see any of the latest UK Collection long card stuff, but that S2 Land Rover looks tasty. Will be keeping a beady eye out next time I'm in Tesco... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 4 hours ago, bunglebus said: I had that Lexus. Not sure if it went in my Great Diecast Sale; possibly not, because it still had a box (although it had been opened). I must have a look, see if it's still here. Datsuncog and bunglebus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Thought I should check Tesco - no Minis of course but I picked up this Lotus Hot Wheels were nearly all gone but this was on a clip strip. I don't often buy generics but this reminds me of a 70s concept car Datsuncog and Justwatching 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 10 hours ago, eddyramrod said: I had that Lexus. Not sure if it went in my Great Diecast Sale; possibly not, because it still had a box (although it had been opened). I must have a look, see if it's still here. I'd be interested if you do find it, otherwise it'll be one for me to look out for...... eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 15 hours ago, NorfolkNWeigh said: There was also a Matchbox Rover Sterling in its box and a Superkings 944 , again boxed for a Fiver each . I can pop back in at the weekend if anyone’s interested. I hate making plans for people, but if you happened to be passing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 I'd like the Majorette R5 but I'm not buying a £15 set for the privilege in Smyths Likewise the Bumble Beetle in Asda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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