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Damnit! Reposted in the correct thread...

Another Mercury, this time No. 41, Fiat-Abarth 1000 Bialbero from about 1966-69 I think. Quite scruffy but 'find another' etc 20220811_083517.thumb.jpg.2f70fb3126af93a9ca7796db5af77546.jpg

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Stickers are non-original but I'm not going to mess with it. It's had a good clean and that's it.

Base is quite nice with some engine/box/rad details

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I sort of mainly bought it for the rear end. I love the very accurate tail lamps, and the opening bonnet with the air scoop, and the big Abarth exhaust. There's a little twin-cam engine in there but it's hard to photograph. i just really like how it all sits from this angle.

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9 hours ago, Cookiesouwest said:

A Vauxhall Guildsman turned up this morning. Looked like Royal Mail played football with the package. Screen cracked.

I will hunt out a better one.

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My last bootsale find has a cracked rear screen

Matchbox Superfast 40 Vauxhall Guildsman

This one was donated by someone on here with a broken base - fixed with a donor car

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Best one I've found

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Less common colour

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18 hours 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...

Yep me too and yep i cringe thinking about it now.

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Today's finds weren't exactly awe-inspiring like Cora.

I popped to another superstore, Carrefour of whom last year they had some good finds but this time there was nothing much of note no 1/18 scales and the shelves were a mess (I did 'tidy up' some shelves so I knew what I was looking at)

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There was this 1.24 Nissan Hardbody:

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And this 1.36 Mercedes I found quite nice:

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Much to rich for my depleted funds.

Got to admit, Playmobile have really pulled their game up. I think they've got some new agreements to make popular cars. 

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I came away with 2 x Bburago 1.43 Polo and Nissan Juke Nismo and 2 x Matchbox cars an Audi TT and an old Mercedes (I'll add pics later to this post as I'm not at home at the moment)

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5 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Playmobil doesn’t seem to hold its value like Lego does, we’ve a box full under the stairs, we couldn’t even get a tenner for it on Gumtree so it’s awaiting the charity shop. There’s loads of little bits, I remember my eldest getting the caravan, it even had the cutlery!

Playmobile did, for a long time, do a lot of forgetful tat, figures on a picnic or the occasional Construction/Hospital worker. But I reckon these new items may well set Playmobile in a new light.

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13 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Playmobil doesn’t seem to hold its value like Lego does, we’ve a box full under the stairs, we couldn’t even get a tenner for it on Gumtree so it’s awaiting the charity shop. There’s loads of little bits, I remember my eldest getting the caravan, it even had the cutlery!

Had tons of it as a bairn. Loved the wee mobile home set.

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5 minutes ago, Lord Sterling said:

Playmobile did, for a long time, do a lot of forgetful tat, figures on a picnic or the occasional Construction/Hospital worker. But I reckon these new items may well set Playmobile in a new light.

I had the 80’s stuff as a kid, it always struck me how it always had Ibiza plates on them so PM9999AB

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Still haven't found a French supermarket with as much as the Belgian stores above, certainly no 1:18s. There were a few 1:43 bBuragos, but I don't find them very appealing. Got these at a Super U yesterday:

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The Majorette Celica is nice and I'll keep that one. The ambulance (or Bureau de Poste van purchased the other day) was bought with @Split_Pin in mind, and if only we knew of someone who liked custom diecast Beetles - can you think of anyone @bunglebus?.......

This seems to be the full range of 12: https://matchbox.fandom.com/wiki/Stars_of_France_(2021)

A slightly random assortment, the one I'd like to find is the DS.

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Went to the Saturday boot sale, picked up a few bits

Novacar Espace

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Super GT

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Yatming Marzal

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This Dinky Mini was purchased from the original owner, who painted it when he was a kid. Seems to he a different casting to others I've found as the bonnet doesn't open. Bought for £1 and said I'd restore it

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This is an oddity, apparently in about 1986 Hot Wheels released a range of X-V Racers featuring friction motors, this one's the Ultimator

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Lastly this pair of Super Kings Europa caravans cost me £120220813_141637.thumb.jpg.bfe888ecbf98e53b2af4338a06796ae7.jpg

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On 09/08/2022 at 22:03, sheffcortinacentre said:

You have to remember that to big business the UK is an insignificant little market , contrary to what we it's inhabitants are led to believe.

70 million people isn’t insignificant to most businesses especially as most are relatively ( compared to most of the world) well off.  The French economy is virtually the same size as the U.K., very similar in population and GDP.

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So today my brothers took me out to eat and we also visited a place called 'Pêle Mêle' near the Grande Place. Pêle Mêle is a kind of a Hipster-mart with loads of second-hand CDs, records, books, BD (bande dessinée/hard-back comic books which is very popular over here) and some train/car models. 

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Of course, the thing that I was most interested in was the car models:

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These were Ok to start with, nothing really took my fancy especially on a massively depleted budget.

But then......

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Yeah. Budget was gonna take another hit. Ah well.

What I bought was a 1.43 Opel Zafira for 6 €, they are £20 / 25 € on eBay. Plus I had a Zafira before. The Renault Espace was very nice but I already have it.

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The Bburago and Matchboxes were what I bought yesterday. 

Other cars:

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Other (non-car) stuff of interest:

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I had a Mega Drive, complete in box. Gooorn 😔

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