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I had a bit of grief getting these, ordered them from the same place that I bought the Mooneyes Matchbox Drag Bug from recently. Only one car rather than a set turned up, and I just couldn't get an answer from the shop. I tried email, found them on FB and sent a message, opened a PayPal case - nothing. Eventually I asked on a FB group if anyone had dealt with them before and someone tagged the seller - he was apparently already on the case sending out the rest of the cars, but hadn't replied to me. So frustrating!

Anyway I haven't seen the second series of these blue/pink 54th anniversary cars anywhere else

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Man, those Minichamps are awesome. The first ones I got were part of a prize package that I won from Diecast Collector magazine, Toyota Corolla T Sport, Mercedes 500SL and Bentley Arnage in 1/43 and the Escort Mk1 in 1/18. I was already well into my Vanguards collecting by then, but even compared to them, I was blown away by the Minichamps stuff. Sadly I ended up selling the 1/43 ones during a diecast cull, but the big Escort remains with me.

Since then, I've added quite a few more, I've been lucky to grab a load pretty cheaply, second hand. A lot of them have been '80s and '90s Mercs, as they are about the only company to have been really bothered to model them.

As Iain says, for the era, the detail is staggering, Among the favourites in my collection are the Mondeo saloon, I've also got the Citron yellow version,

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In fact I've just installed this in the Ford section of the display cabinet as I was reminded of how much I like it!

The Mercedes W124, I like the fact they modelled the turbodiesel version, complete with the slats in the front wing, Models of diesel cars are fairly uncommon.

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But it's the interior detail that makes this one for me, with the wood trim, the gearshift panel perfectly reproduced, a Becker radio cassette and even a period carphone. Brilliant!

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The C124 is also a lovely looking thing. Opening bonnet and boot on this one too,

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Another one I was glad to find was the yellow W202 C Class.

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Interior features the Sport spec seat trim, carbon-look dash trim and colour coded gearshift and steering wheel.

A contrast to the red Esprit version. The Esprit was intended by MB to be the 'youthful' version so it was based on the povo  Classic spec, but got lowered suspension, carbon look trim instead of wood and some wacky trim combinations, this being one of them,

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Still want that blue facelift W202 though as that looks the closest to the two real blue C Classes that I owned.

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The Astra OPC/VXR is another fave. The outer box wasn't in the best condition but I wasn't complaining at a tenner!

Sadly there a few of them seem to have suffered with storage under previous ownership, because as can be seen with the yellow C Class, Minichamps can be prone to paint imperfections over time. The red C Class, and the Mondeo also have a couple of spots. But they were cheap and still look decent.

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Some more example of Minichamps

Fiat X1/9 1300, complete with deck chair stripes

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Opel Rekord Caravan

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Auto Union 1000 SP

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Borgward Isabella Cabrio and Coupe

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DKW Junior

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Capri RS

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Capri II GT

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NSU Sport Prinz

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Peugeot 304 Coupe and Saloon

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1955 Karmann Ghias

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Razor Edge Ghias

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Picked up this Corgi Mk1 Escort recently,in poor shape with a bent pillar and cracked glazing.

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Decided to give it a makeover but with some heavy mud weathering to give the appearance of a car that's just come off a stage at a forestry rally.

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What do you think Smoll Eddy?

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"Self service car wash is out back M8"

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2 minutes ago, Cookiesouwest said:

Picking the brains of the hive mind.

What era are these from? Never seen boxes like these (although I've been into buses for a very long time, so they are probably common as muck - despite a half arsed Google search turning up nothing).

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Are they not from a garage promotion like shell did a few times???

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Picked up my delivery from @Jon

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With a couple of unexpected bonuses

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That crap Mercury Commuter (or is it a Ford?) leads me onto this - spied a job lot containing an unusual version of the green Matchbox Merc wagon with the larger Superfast wheels

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This is a pity, I don't have this version of the Dodge Daytona. I may have a donor - would a  matt black bonnet work?

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Very clean Racing Mini

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Pink Crapi

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And some earlier stuff

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Nice to find this complete

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Lastly some lurid Corgis

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4 minutes ago, 500tops said:

Nothing in my nearest, large Tesco as of Monday 

That’s a shame, the Lamley Group pages are just torture these days, reviewing all this stuff we will never get in the U.K. It doesn’t sound promising with the Tesco deal ending in a few months either for the prospect of us getting Matchbox in the future. 

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My partner works in Tesco and keeps an eye for deliveries. All I've seen is restocks of the last lot that had the Kadett in.

Found my other Mercuries

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Just realised it's also missing the fuel door, not sure when/why that vanished as some of the enlarged wheelarch versions still have it

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I'm in the doghouse...

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I mentioned this parcel the other day: some ebay purchases, all from one seller.  Well it arrived today.  The Bentley is quite nice, I don't think I want to paint it, or at least not yet.  The Commer might also be a bit too good to paint but it has no back, and fortunately I have a spare (ambulance) body to put on it.  The Rover was supposed to be a scrapper, to cut up in order to build my 800 Fastback, but again, it's a bit too good.

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1 minute ago, bunglebus said:

Got this poor beaten up Tonka bug in the post. Going to test my skills trying to sort this one out

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Also got a delivery from Modelmatic. Annoyingly I forgot to add the Mitsubishi Lancer

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And of course this

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The Minor, Henry J & Subaru are v'cool.
I vaguely remember a Matchbox Beetle dragster when I was a kid.

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