bunglebus Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 1 hour ago, RoadworkUK said: Is that the same Intex that makes lilos and cheapo inflatable kayaks? I don't know but it wouldn't surprise me 15 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: I had originally intended to use the front axle and wheels from the rougher example I have a few* spare wheels if you (or anyone) needs them. Honestly there are hundreds Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Velocette Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 I finished this today. Only Sunbeam Lotus I'll ever own.😁 Jon, sheffcortinacentre, Tenmil Socket and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Nice. My mum's Dolomite had plates with that font, very distinctive "4" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Velocette Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 14 minutes ago, bunglebus said: Nice. My mum's Dolomite had plates with that font, very distinctive "4" Serck plates so much early 80's goodness! I've tried and failed to get some in the past. bunglebus and Dick Longbridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgem driver Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 My latest purchase. A Ford Explorer. I've wanted a model of this iconic movie car since I first saw the original Jurassic Park film in 1993. I think it's very cool and I've already started detailing it a bit since I took these photos, with black around the side door windows and the rear window pillars which has improved the look immensely. Datsuncog, Remspoor, andrew e and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 i did a buyage of a colour combo i did not know Datsuncog, andrew e and AndyW201 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 That is a smart X19! Is it a regular issue or a mothercare one? @Vincent Velocette that Sunbesm Lotus is lovely! Is it a L&L models shell on a TT02? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Mothercare did a few commissions of their branded versions of Corgi/Matchbox, I had the Superkings Landrover Hi-cap Vets Van as a kid. Quite hard to find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 1 hour ago, sierraman said: Mothercare did a few commissions of their branded versions of Corgi/Matchbox, I had the Superkings Landrover Hi-cap Vets Van as a kid. Quite hard to find! I remember seeing the green K-144 Land Rover in the Early Learning Centre too - looked a bit better than the police/ airport/ road maintenance version from the Superkings mainline range, even if it still had the clunky roof sign. I had a vague suspicion the yellow version of the Superkings K-164 Range Rover (toy fair find by @bunglebusthe other day) was also an Early Learning Centre version - and it seems it was, from the same farm toys range. On 10/8/2022 at 7:49 PM, bunglebus said: This Matchbox RR is fairly crap all things considered, but I liked the attempt at recreating the three spokes... ...and the TOF reg bunglebus, sutty2006, AndyW201 and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Like I say I had the ELC one that was still boxed, sold it for a pittance in about 2009 on eBay along with a load of stuff I should have really kept like my Corgi council garages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 3 hours ago, andrew e said: That is a smart X19! Is it a regular issue or a mothercare one? i really don't know- it doesn't have the towbar all the other colours have andrew e 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 9 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said: i did a buyage of a colour combo i did not know I've never seen a 1/36 Corgi X1/9 with anything other than a black bumper/ interior/ engine hatch - and a towbar. I think you may have a rarity on your hands, good sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Could be a pre production Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Yup, either pre-production or some sort of colour trial for a later incarnation. I think the X1/9 version produced exclusively for M&S was done in silver, but there were likely a few different colours prepared as samples for Corgi to take along to their client meetings. I understand M&S wanted their versions from the Corgi range to be different from all the mainline models, so possibly different coloured plastic components were floated to make that happen. Either way, well bought! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 How do these things escape into the public domain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Velocette Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 4 hours ago, andrew e said: That is a smart X19! Is it a regular issue or a mothercare one? @Vincent Velocette that Sunbesm Lotus is lovely! Is it a L&L models shell on a TT02? Yeah! L&L.👌 andrew e 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 39 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: I've never seen a 1/36 Corgi X1/9 with anything other than a black bumper/ interior/ engine hatch - and a towbar. I think you may have a rarity on your hands, good sir! you wouldn't think so with the number on fleabay lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 12, 2022 Author Share Posted October 12, 2022 1 hour ago, sierraman said: How do these things escape into the public domain? Probably in the pocket of an employee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 57 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Probably in the pocket of an employee! It would have been hard not to break the monotony and make a lunchtime special. Imagine though back in 1982 when they folded all the old castings, preproductions and prototypes that would have ended up in a skip. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 12, 2022 Author Share Posted October 12, 2022 Roverageous has a 1/18 XM in a dealer box for sale on here, £30 plus post is very reasonable in my opinion. andrew e and RoadworkUK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 3 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said: you wouldn't think so with the number on fleabay lol There’s hundreds* well quite a few, I’ve never seen one, not even a battered one! Job lots of things do turn up though, like all those Schabak Scorpio’s a few year back. I’m hovering over the BIN button now 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom13 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Talk to me about Mini GT Kaido house people. Want some cool cars and some garage type stuff to put in a diorama for my lad. I'm feeling the 510 wagons and something like the lifts greenlight sell. Is there anything else like Kaido House I should be looking at? Love standard Hotwheels but want some more modified/custom looking stuff. I do have a Datsun Hyper Hauler as well but I don't want to open it lol. Anyone got any cool cars, lifts equipment for sale? Doesn't have to be mint condition, anything cool really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW201 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 5 hours ago, tom13 said: Talk to me about Mini GT Kaido house people. Want some cool cars and some garage type stuff to put in a diorama for my lad. I'm feeling the 510 wagons and something like the lifts greenlight sell. Is there anything else like Kaido House I should be looking at? Love standard Hotwheels but want some more modified/custom looking stuff. I do have a Datsun Hyper Hauler as well but I don't want to open it lol. Anyone got any cool cars, lifts equipment for sale? Doesn't have to be mint condition, anything cool really. Inno 64 are good too, especially for JDM stuff. BM creations' stuff is good too, their Toyota Starlets are fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warch Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 In a similar vein to Datsuncog this Unimog has been sitting on my desk at work for nearly five years now. It’s one of those part work models by Universal Hobbies but is superbly detailed and is in the ever appealing green with red wheels combo. Just out of shot (behind the rubber dinosaurs) is my grey Fergie but I don’t like that as much since the PAT testing bloke broke the steering wheel craning over my desk to reach the plugs. Split_Pin and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 12, 2022 Author Share Posted October 12, 2022 Sparkies can be clumsy buggers sometimes! warch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 2 hours ago, warch said: In a similar vein to Datsuncog this Unimog has been sitting on my desk at work for nearly five years now. It’s one of those part work models by Universal Hobbies but is superbly detailed and is in the ever appealing green with red wheels combo. Just out of shot (behind the rubber dinosaurs) is my grey Fergie but I don’t like that as much since the PAT testing bloke broke the steering wheel craning over my desk to reach the plugs. Photos of the Fergie required! warch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Purchased a Corgi 1/36 Sierra today, been after the yellow one for a while, when they crop up they seem to go for a few quid. The one I’ve bought is less than pristine but it’ll do. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500tops Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Stopped off at Taunton Sainsbury's just off the M5 this afternoon. There happens to be a B&M next door and luckily both had a good amount of HWs. 4 from B&M 4 from Sainsbury's and the Kadett yesterday in Tesco. sutty2006, bunglebus and AndyW201 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Anything Matchbox new in Tesco? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500tops Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 6 minutes ago, sierraman said: Anything Matchbox new in Tesco? Nothing at all. Probably 8 or 9 weeks since the Matchbox hangers were replenished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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