sutty2006 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 2 hours ago, tom13 said: I need that Toyota so badddddddd! If I spot another you want me pick it up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted August 23, 2022 Author Share Posted August 23, 2022 You can hear the barb clicking as it rotates. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom13 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 55 minutes ago, sutty2006 said: If I spot another you want me pick it up? Appreciate it dude but just popped into Lidl as I saw on here they had them in. Managed to get two. I think they had 4 in total. Datsuncog, bunglebus and sutty2006 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Datsuncog said: Really looking forward to this for comparison They suggest the blue/white is rarer but that seems to now be the more common colour - I do have a shonky red one though eddyramrod and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 I'm more excited about the next one however Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Not quite as exciting as a brand new, old Corgi, but I did acquire another colour of the Superfast AMX Javelin Datsuncog and AndyW201 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Local Asda have stopped selling hot wheels AnnoyingPentium and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Today's laptop ornament - this 1/43 Vauxhall Chevette L. No maker's name anyway- possibly by DeAgostini or Altaya or one of those lads? It was from some remaindered stock of Polish-issue partworks that Jumajo.fr were selling off last year for £notmuch. It's actually a sort of terracotta colour, but comes across as very red indeed in the camera lens. Dunno if it's meant to be slightly lowered or not - I reckon a slight lift would do it no harm at all. Wheels are a fair approximation of Rostyles, though all one shade rather than the black 'n' silver I'm familiar with. Being a low-spec Chevette, it's quite a plain thing - but the lines are captured pretty well, including the early recessed headlights. The bulbous rear valance with the number plate mount looks about right too. As a European example, it's mildly disappointing that this is a left-hooker. A left hand drive Vauxhall's probably a real rarity these days, so in a way it's a shame that Vanguards or someone hasn't produced a UK-spec roadgoing Chevette. Hey, it wouldn't be too hard to produce HS/ HSR versions in road and rally spec too. There's also some black paint drizzled on the rear arch, presumably from outlining the glazing, which I should have a go at removing. But overall it's a nicely rendered example of some fine British street furniture; I maybe wouldn't have paid loads for it, but I'm quite happy to have it in the collection! Remspoor, Six-cylinder, Split_Pin and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 I've owned two full-size Chevette hatchbacks, pre- and post-facelift, and a pre-facelift estate, all in the same lipstick red. I have a terrible feeling I should have two of these models so if you see any more...! Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500tops Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Pulled these out of a bucket junk in the local charity shop AndyW201, Datsuncog, andrew e and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 That's a nice bunch of blackwalls! And a Welly PG Tips Corvette andrew e and 500tops 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500tops Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 20 minutes ago, bunglebus said: That's a nice bunch of blackwalls! And a Welly PG Tips Corvette Ahhh! Thanks. I was wondering about that one. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 I can see Flat Out 442 Fire Chief Mirada Stocker Super Scraper on Real Riders - missing the snowplough sadly Blazer 4x4 Bywayman Neet Streeter Only one I don't know is the red one next to the Neet Streeter andrew e 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500tops Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 It's a Turbo Heater, apparently bunglebus and andrew e 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Cool. A couple I don't have in there! The Turbo Heater is the first (1984) release Based on the Dodge Daytona apparently 500tops 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 2 hours ago, bunglebus said: That's a nice bunch of blackwalls! And a Welly PG Tips Corvette Takes us back to the days when companies like that used to give away stuff…. I seem to remember getting a couple of matchbox trucks with red arrow hawks on the trailer from a certain cereal company…… must go back in the loft……. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Remember back in November 2021 I bought this thing? And I said: Quote It's quite sweet really, and fairly well detailed given its size, but I don't really want to get in to collecting these things. I suppose when I've ticked off all the 1/43 Politoys that I want to find, it would be nice to have the 1/66 versions to go with them, but that's really going down a road towards a weird-old-man lifestyle I'm trying to avoid for the timebeing. Yeah, well. I know, but it's so unusual to see these in the UK I couldn't resist a job lot of three. Mainly because: What a sad little life you lead, Jane andrew e, RoadworkUK, 155V6 and 9 others 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Nothing wrong with that, lovely little cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 4 hours ago, eddyramrod said: I've owned two full-size Chevette hatchbacks, pre- and post-facelift, and a pre-facelift estate, all in the same lipstick red. I have a terrible feeling I should have two of these models so if you see any more...! Well, there's this one currently up for auction... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385074608162 But it seems that, sadly, they're not that cheap anymore! eddyramrod, AnnoyingPentium, warch and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 On 21/08/2022 at 18:30, bunglebus said: Literally just won this auction And here are the interesting bits out of it - MC Granada (good rap name) was a strange sickly green But a few minutes in the fridge turned it dark green - started to change back as soon as I removed it though And a blast with the hairdryer completed the transformation Volvo is also a colour changer So was this Hot Wheels Bug Brain once. I have one in it's original packaging but sold my previous loose one. Maybe time for a custom makeover? Old Hot Wheels colour shifting paint never seems to work Also included were a Thunder Burner And this shabby but appealing Siku andrew e, AndyW201, eddyramrod and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 On 17/07/2022 at 11:24, bunglebus said: Had a bit of good luck the other day - this boxed MK1 Golf was missing the front bumper - or so I thought. Happened to be in the garden doing something and found the missing bumper sitting in the stone filled barbecue area, must have fallen out as I opened it Tenmil Socket and Split_Pin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 43 minutes ago, bunglebus said: Also included were a Thunder Burner I could be wrong, but I had one of those years ago and I think it's a colour changer too? Or was supposed to be, any road... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 1 minute ago, Datsuncog said: I could be wrong, but I had one of those years ago and I think it's a colour changer too? Or was supposed to be, any road... Off to the fridge! https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/Thunderburner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Aren’t those MC Granada supposedly worth a few quid on fleabay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 7 minutes ago, sierraman said: Aren’t those MC Granada supposedly worth a few quid on fleabay? Yes sir. I think someone tried to snipe me but I'd put in a fair bid to ensure I won. Didn’t really pay attention to the other cars so the Volvo etc make a nice bonus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 22 minutes ago, bunglebus said: Yes sir. I think someone tried to snipe me but I'd put in a fair bid to ensure I won. Didn’t really pay attention to the other cars so the Volvo etc make a nice bonus Last one I bought was something like 50p. Might pay more attention to them in the future! Searching now for a good 1/36 Corgi Dyane. Like the original they don’t seem that popular! Seeing as the weathers shit I’m going to get my Hot Wheels out after work. bunglebus and Split_Pin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW201 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 15 hours ago, Datsuncog said: Well, there's this one currently up for auction... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385074608162 But it seems that, sadly, they're not that cheap anymore! Still available from Jumajo at the moment, with UK postage it works about £16 all in, not bootsale money granted but less than the other eBay chisellers. Interestingly they have both versions of the casting (made by IXO incidentally). The one datsuncog has, from the Polish partwork, badged as a Vauxhall with the black interior. Plus the slightly more intriguing one, from the Opel Collection partwork. This one is based on the version of the Chevette that was (IIRC) marketed in Germany and Holland, for a short time by Opel, priced below the Kadett, with no Vauxhall branding on it. Just Chevette badges front and rear and with the rear number plate mounted between the tail lights a lá Kadett rather than on the rear valance. This one comes in more attractive Opel Collection packaging, and with IMO a more realistic brown interior. Had both of them on my watchlist for ages as there is still a Chevette shaped hole in my diecast collection, I really must get one ordered. As noted, apart from these IXO part work jobs, and the expensive Trofeu HS, there isn't really a lot of choice out there. Split_Pin, bunglebus, Datsuncog and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 2 hours ago, bunglebus said: Off to the fridge! Well no dice there, went a very slightly greener yellow and that's about it. Don't know it is with 80s Hot Wheels Color Shifters/FX/Changers, I rarely find one that still reacts. They just get stuck in one or other of the colours or sometimes somewhere in the middle with both sets of decals showing. That Thunder Burner (also called Thunderbird Stocker) is at least the 6th one in that colour to pass though my hands, as far as I know none of them ever changed colour. The Sheriff Patrol is another one I find a lot going through the change as it were I'll have to try my Fish N Chipped out in a few decades and see how it's fairing Having said that, the plastic bodied ones don't seem to fail like the painted diecast ones do Split_Pin and andrew e 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted August 25, 2022 Author Share Posted August 25, 2022 The Siku Magirus is tremendous, nice find. I was also unaware of the MC toys 740, I thought I had one from every toy maker. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 The MC Porsche 911 is almost a straight rip off of the Matchbox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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