Ghosty Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 That's cheap - I've only seen that Majorette set in TK Maxx where it's in double figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 A few new arrivals. First up, Mercury No.63 Fiat Dino, from 1967-69. The start of the decline perior for Mercury, with far fewer opening parts and less detail than previous releases, but still of incredibly high quality and a particularly accurate shape. This one has been knocked about on eBay for ages, and I noticed recently it had had £20 slashed off the price so it seemed silly to ignore it any longer This has had some crude detailling done at some point, but I'm not sure I'm brave enough to try and remove it, and it doesn't look too bad overall My favourite colour variation of this model, too. Another oddball which several diecast makers tried their hands at - I can think of Mebetoys in 1:43 and a funny Matchbox-sized Playart. Were there others? Next up, Poltoys M.12, 1969 Abarth 2000 Pininfarina. This is my first example of an 'M' model (as opposed to the M-500 range) which was a very early 1970s attempt to make models with broader toy appeal. The range was mostly supercars, concepts, racers, and all fitted with wider, free-running wheels. Nevertheless, these 'M' cars were more detailed than the Export range which was mostly devoid of opening parts and made up of fewer separate parts It's not 1960s quality, but still nicely done, with a particularly good engine. There's even a bit of detail underneath. Only ever released in this colour, despite the real thing being red Continuing the wedgy concept theme is the Mebetoys (Hot Wheels) Sputafuoco No.6621, 1969 Ferrari 512S Pininfarina Another first for me, in that this is is my only Sputafuoco/ Gran Toros model thus far. This was an American-led range from Mattell, after it bought Mebetoys, to produce a range of 'Hot Wheels' style 1:43 cars, ie with free-running wheels to win playground grands prix, and focussing on more exotic subject matter. Several were current Mebetoys castings, with big fat wheels fitted, but there were many models which started life in this guise, some of which were retroactively branded as Mebetoys and fitted with nicer wheels later in the 1970s. This one has a nice little mechanism to lift the headlamps. Several colour variations were released (including the yellow of the real thing). Again, lots of different attempts at this car - there was a Politoys 'M' which was fairly crude, and a Pilen which I don't believe was a copy (and is easily the equal of the Mebetoys). There was also a Hot Wheels Redline which I assume was sold concurrently to this. Wedgy supercars aren't really my thing per se, but I like these one-off concepts which fit well with my general 'Euro exotica' theme, and I'm building up a nice little group of them now. RoadworkUK, 155V6, Jon and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 9 minutes ago, barrett said: Wedgy supercars aren't really my thing per se, but I like these one-off concepts which fit well with my general 'Euro exotica' theme, and I'm building up a nice little group of them now. Good use of the word "group" there, not a collection. Obviously. Datsuncog, barrett and andrew e 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 Not much at a muddy car boot on Sunday,I did find this intact Corgi transporter trailer for 50p Also this Siku Unimog Ambulance,& another yellow Corgi TR7 Plastic Volvo & wind up Hazzard County Plymouth both came from charity shops bunglebus, FakeConcern, eddyramrod and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 3 minutes ago, 155V6 said: Plastic Volvo Any markings on the Volvo? I saw a similar one on eBay from a Swedish brand, Flexi Toy, and I have the MK3 Escort somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 10 minutes ago, bunglebus said: Any markings on the Volvo? I saw a similar one on eBay from a Swedish brand, Flexi Toy, and I have the MK3 Escort somewhere Viking Toys Sweden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 9 minutes ago, 155V6 said: Viking Toys Sweden Think mine is Viking too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 18 minutes ago, bunglebus said: Think mine is Viking too I thought the Volvo wheels looked like they came from an Escort XR3,that explains why 😀 bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 14 hours ago, barrett said: My favourite colour variation of this model, too. Another oddball which several diecast makers tried their hands at - I can think of Mebetoys in 1:43 and a funny Matchbox-sized Playart. Were there others? Other vintage Dino Coupes DTC (Hong Kong) Norev andrew e and Shite Ron 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Staying on an Italian theme, some MiniChamps versions of Italian cars Maserati BiTurbo Alfa Giulia F355 Spider F50 Fiat 850 Spider Fiat Dino Spider Datsuncog, andrew e and AndyW201 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 31 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said: Other vintage Dino Coupes DTC (Hong Kong) Never heard of that before, but both the Dino and Fulvia appear to be the old Mebetoys castings (the Mebetoys logo is almost intact on the base!). Wonder if they did any others? Edit: Yes, looks like they did andrew e, MiniMinorMk3 and Remspoor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Struck a gold mine in Aldi today. Must be the last of the current range going out before the new stuff comes in. But it was a massive box and there were loads in there, including some I already got. But I picked these up. £1.49!!!! Worth it. AndyW201, MiniMinorMk3 and andrew e 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 I got to a Tesco at just the right time today & found this lot There were quite a few I hadn't seen before,but I was quite restrained & came away with these andrew e, warch, MiniMinorMk3 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Hmm didn’t know the Capri was back again. Might pick one up to customise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Mmm blue Crapi! Had a strange experience today. Won this Hot Wheels Heavyweights on eBay yesterday It was local so I asked if I could pick it up - all good. Then VW collecting nemesis sends me a Facebook message - it's his. Fair enough. But when I turn up and he opened the door I clocked the display cabinet in the hall and realised I'd been there before - 2nd of March 2019 to be precise, bought this off him I remember it well as my partner was in the car and I spent ages looking at all his Hot Wheels Beetle castings. Anyway, he ended up giving me a couple of other bits FOC which was nice of him I already had one of those - think @Datsuncog discovered it one Tat Friday Never seen this version of the MC Toys baja before though And yet another version of the copy of a copy of the Sand Digger, the type with the sticky roller underneath so it crawls down walls andrew e, MiniMinorMk3, AndyW201 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Think I’ve got one like that in the loft…. used sellotape to make it sticky again….. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 I've got a fair few now - still looking for the van that fires out the Impulse Macau made copies; Then there are the Chinese made wall crawlers What colour is yours? MiniMinorMk3, AndyW201 and andrew e 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warch Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 On 11/15/2022 at 9:57 PM, 155V6 said: Plastic Volvo & wind up Hazzard County Plymouth both came from charity shops I'm so pleased to see the little wind up Dukes of Hazzard car, I had the wind up Hazzard Charger when I was about five or six, but I lost it somewhere and can still remember being very sad about it. What make is it and does it still work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Got one more RS2000 today, Cossie and two MK1s still up for grabs or they're off to eBay Zie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Some American stuff from Vitesse. '69 Corvette Nash (Austin) Metropolitain '58 Buick Roadmaster Laughing Cow Cadillac 1958 Tour de France Chevy Impala (Vlad the Impaler) '56 Ford Fairlane '55 Chevy Bel Air Datsuncog, AndyW201, andrew e and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 VW collector nemesis mentioned ordering a new version of the Beetle monster truck off eBay last night - I found one in Smyths this morning Also received a job lot with different versions of the High Speed Golf, Porsche 935 and Fiat 131, plus a Hot Wheels 55 Chevy MiniMinorMk3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Oh wow check this out https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195007699871?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=WfJlm6eFQ8y&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=X5RtjeAxSP-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Datsuncog, 500tops, Jon and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Three local tescos. first one provided this. Was on its own along with a dozen airport trucks. Does anyone actually buy them? Second one was a disappointment didn’t bother going to the third. Went home sad and miserable. Remspoor and AndyW201 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 11 hours ago, warch said: I'm so pleased to see the little wind up Dukes of Hazzard car, I had the wind up Hazzard Charger when I was about five or six, but I lost it somewhere and can still remember being very sad about it. What make is it and does it still work? There's no maker on it,it just has Warner Bros 1980 on the boot.A bit of research found this on eBay though The wind up motor on mine does still work,but there's some sort of arm which should come down to make it do wheelies & that doesn't 🙁 MiniMinorMk3 and warch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warch Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 To be fair I’m impressed that they still work at all, seeing as they’re nearly as old as I am. I might have get one simply for closure. 155V6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Quick trip to town to pick up Master SL and get some milk meant another Tesco visit, they seem to have restocked the HWs since yesterday and I came home with these (plus he got a GR Supra as well): They also had the Mk1 Escort (on its way to me), Miura and several of the grey 1986 Toyota Van. The Gran Torino can be filed as a "diecast that look like a carrot" along with the Superfast Tanzara: w00dy, bunglebus, MiniMinorMk3 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Aldi w00dy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 A varied selection today Brumm Fiat 1100E Ambulance NZG Porker 911 SC Trofeu Mk2 Escort Trofeu Toyota Silly Car GT4 Atlas Editon Fiat 1500 Spider Atlas Edition Lancia Flaminia Atlas Edition Simca 8 Sport Atlas Toyota 2000 GT Atlas Triumph Spitfire MkIV Eligor Jag Mk1 Solido Land Rover Fire Service AndyW201, Datsuncog, bunglebus and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zie Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Went to Four shops today and nothing but scraps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Had a few parcels arrive today, including a Cog delivery, but you've seen those cars before. I also received another Mira Lamborghini Countach, thinking it was a different version of the Matchbox copy Well it's certainly different Anyone know what's going on with this one? Engine cover is cast shut too Also arriving were a couple of very tidy Matchbox, both of which I have but not in such nice condition Datsuncog, AndyW201, MiniMinorMk3 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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