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Today I popped to Cora, the Belgian equivalent of Tesco/Sainsburys etc...

Cora always seem to have an excellent choice of smol diecast cars.

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Yeah right....

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These Matchboxes were about 9.99 € each, a little out of my budget.

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Heck! They even have 1/18 cars 😳

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Uh oh:

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Purchases were made blowing a lot of my reserve money:

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Excuse the bad light and half-eaten Belgian waffle 😋

Couple of late purchases:

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Whilst in the store, I noticed that someone had taken a but of a liberty with one of the matchboxes:

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What you should be able to see are staples on the box and a non-Matchbox car, so someone has gone to some trouble to replace a car and re-staple the box.

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41 minutes ago, barrett said:

Not sure if there is a UK supplier for those brilliant Twingos, but the cheapest one on UK ebay is £50. I reckon you'd be quite popular if you brought a few back and sold them at £30

I'm on a Twingo Discord where there are a plethora of young twongi enthusiasts who would no doubt bite your hand off too.

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1 hour ago, barrett said:

Not sure if there is a UK supplier for those brilliant Twingos, but the cheapest one on UK ebay is £50. I reckon you'd be quite popular if you brought a few back and sold them at £30

 

23 minutes ago, loserone said:

I'm on a Twingo Discord where there are a plethora of young twongi enthusiasts who would no doubt bite your hand off too.

Wow, there's a Twingo Discord! Nice. There was only 1 more there, again with a slightly damaged box. I'll need to check into Cora near my Dad's to check if there are anymore.

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Just got a new phone so currently trying to understand why they make it so difficult to just make everything *work*. It also supposedly has a decent camera, so let's see how things look in snappy-snap mode with a couple of new purchases. The first was semi-accidental. It Put a half-assed bid in and it sold for my maximum, which was mroe than I really should have paid for it, but I figured I'd probably never see another one...

It's Mercury No.13 Alfa Romeo 1900 berlina

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These early Mercurys were not scaled to 1:43, I think perhaps 1:48 or something? They're pretty basic - it's an Italian Corgi, really.

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I have a couple of the recent partwork reissues, and it sits very nicely with the Giulietta Sprint

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The second purchase was quite deliberate. Mebetoys A20 Lamborghini Miura

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Not sure about those shutlines! Rest of it is very nice though

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It's unsurprising the Miura was modelled by virtually every company at one point, given that it was probably the most exciting production car in the world on its launch and for several years after. This is definitely one of the better efforts but I think just pipped by the Politoys (which has even more opening features) and, strangley, the Solido, which has a better interior.

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Still, no complaints with this one (aside from the boring colour, but that's probably why it was cheap-ish). The engine detail is great, there's a spare wheel under the front and despite its size it feels weighty and solid. Not much underneath sadly.

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New camera verdict: fine.
Old toy cars verdict: WTF is wrong with me?

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20 hours ago, Lord Sterling said:

Today I popped to Cora, the Belgian equivalent of Tesco/Sainsburys etc...

Cora always seem to have an excellent choice of smol diecast cars.

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Yeah right....

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These Matchboxes were about 9.99 € each, a little out of my budget.

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Heck! They even have 1/18 cars 😳

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Uh oh:

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Purchases were made blowing a lot of my reserve money:

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Excuse the bad light and half-eaten Belgian waffle 😋

Couple of late purchases:

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Whilst in the store, I noticed that someone had taken a but of a liberty with one of the matchboxes:

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What you should be able to see are staples on the box and a non-Matchbox car, so someone has gone to some trouble to replace a car and re-staple the box.

That Sierra cossy on the top is a rare sight, in the uk it would have long gone, but at 9.99€ I’m not surprised it’s still there! 
 

used to love getting 1/18 stuff from supermarkets abroad. They love them more than we do! 

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58 minutes ago, sutty2006 said:

That Sierra cossy on the top is a rare sight, in the uk it would have long gone, but at 9.99€ I’m not surprised it’s still there! 

used to love getting 1/18 stuff from supermarkets abroad. They love them more than we do! 

Hotwheels Sierra Cossie was only 1.99 €, there were 2 or 3 of which I bought one. As well as that, there was one of those Matchbox VW Golf country 4x4s. I bought one from eBay for a couple of quid morenonly to find a couple of weeks layer they had them in Cora!

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I've been messing with this, Hot Wheels Speed Bump. I get that it's supposed to be a car crushed by a monster truck but I thought I could make it look a bit more realistic 

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Quite good "damage" on the casting

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Needed the windows opening up and a couple of shades of beige applying

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To end up with this

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It's based on a casting that's supposedly an 84 Olds 442  like this, so the colour is incorrect but the beige looks more shite correct 

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I'd like to track down the other three in the series but they're not available other than with a monster truck, other than this one that was in a 5 pack. The station wagon and van especially are appealing 

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On 07/08/2022 at 15:07, quicksilver said:

I think that's a Morestone/Budgie no.13 Austin Taxi.

 

On 07/08/2022 at 17:23, bunglebus said:

I reckon you're right - with the base upside down!

Or not. Hmm...

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Front rivet is in a different place too

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Similar to the Lesney Austin Metropolitan taxi too

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But still not right

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8 hours ago, bunglebus said:

 

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Thanks! Interesting (to me) to see it's a European release rather than an American one. I've never knowingly seen any of those Gran Toros in the flesh. I prefer the more realistic wheels on my Miura, but I like the addition of wing mirrors. Some interesting ones in that range including a few which were never made as 'standard' Mebetoys

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15 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I've been messing with this, Hot Wheels Speed Bump. I get that it's supposed to be a car crushed by a monster truck but I thought I could make it look a bit more realistic 

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Quite good "damage" on the casting

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Needed the windows opening up and a couple of shades of beige applying

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To end up with this

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It's based on a casting that's supposedly an 84 Olds 442  like this, so the colour is incorrect but the beige looks more shite correct 

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I'd like to track down the other three in the series but they're not available other than with a monster truck, other than this one that was in a 5 pack. The station wagon and van especially are appealing 

Often wondered how hard it would be to simulate a crash damaged mod on a matchbox. Any ideas? 

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Oh, man... 

Yes, after extensive experimentation with a Record bench vice and lump hammer during the summer of 1985, I can confirm that it's quite difficult to replicate convincing crash damage on Matchbox, Corgi, Majorette, Hot Wheels, Siku, Guisval or indeed no-name 50p shop diecast.

I'm still fairly horrified at how many decent models I sacrificed in my attempt to build a 'toy scrapyard', but I guess I wasn't alone...

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Anecdotally I found the front would never deform convincingly enough unless the windscreen pillars broke this simulating a fairly destructive head on crash. I never broke my own stuff but a kid on our street habitually broke his toys, I never understood why, so I used to pick up the remnants as spares once he’d ‘had his enjoyment’ from them. 

Happily @Datsuncog many of yours now reside in Sierramans scrapyard! 

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1 hour ago, Datsuncog said:

Oh, man... 

Yes, after extensive experimentation with a Record bench vice and lump hammer during the summer of 1985, I can confirm that it's quite difficult to replicate convincing crash damage on Matchbox, Corgi, Majorette, Hot Wheels, Siku, Guisval or indeed no-name 50p shop diecast.

I'm still fairly horrified at how many decent models I sacrificed in my attempt to build a 'toy scrapyard', but I guess I wasn't alone...

Aye I did the sane thing as a bairn.

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I bought this 1:25 Schabak last year from Faz's diecast when they were half price. Sadly it had some imperfections, look a the driver's side a post and minor paint damage. They are about £15 on ebay, so for sale here given those issues, for £8 posted in UK. Obviously boxed.

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6 minutes ago, egg said:

I bought this 1:25 Schabak last year from Faz's diecast when they were half price. Sadly it had some imperfections, look a the driver's side a post and minor paint damage. They are about £15 on ebay, so for sale here given those issues, for £8 posted in UK. Obviously boxed.

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Ooooh yes please! I'll send a PM after work.

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On 8/9/2022 at 2:17 PM, Lord Sterling said:

Today I popped to Cora, the Belgian equivalent of Tesco/Sainsburys etc...

Cora always seem to have an excellent choice of smol diecast cars.

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Yeah right....

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These Matchboxes were about 9.99 € each, a little out of my budget.

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Heck! They even have 1/18 cars 😳

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Uh oh:

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Purchases were made blowing a lot of my reserve money:

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Excuse the bad light and half-eaten Belgian waffle 😋

Couple of late purchases:

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Whilst in the store, I noticed that someone had taken a but of a liberty with one of the matchboxes:

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What you should be able to see are staples on the box and a non-Matchbox car, so someone has gone to some trouble to replace a car and re-staple the box.

That 205 looks great!

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