bunglebus Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Thanks Morrison's eddyramrod, AndyW201, andrew e and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 On 2/18/2023 at 8:01 PM, bunglebus said: Who made it? Edit Bandai https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203224537174?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=y7_l_LPpQ9u&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=X5RtjeAxSP-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Cheap! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325530599996?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=CBnONkS5TNe&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=X5RtjeAxSP-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY This terrified me as a kid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 52 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said: This terrified me as a kid! Tenmil Socket, Reluctant Adult, NorfolkNWeigh and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 4 minutes ago, bunglebus said: You know what, for a long time now, when I catch a glimpse of her when EastEnders is on I always think who she reminded me of... you've just solved that mystery. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Supervan III done - for now, engine repainted etc. I still have a strong urge to paint it a silly colour flat4alfa, 500tops, Remspoor and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 1 hour ago, bunglebus said: She sang a couple of good songs years ago, mind. andrew e, eddyramrod, Tenmil Socket and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Was away for a few days, Wedding Anniversary Got these while away Got the bag too, to wander around the town with, to annoy the wife eddyramrod, andrew e, Remspoor and 4 others 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Popped by local charity shop at lunch Got these for 25p each Did I do ok? eddyramrod, AndyW201, FakeConcern and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Can anyone identify this? It’s got a button on the bottom. No idea what that does. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 1 hour ago, flat4alfa said: Popped by local charity shop at lunch Got these for 25p each Did I do ok? Nah that blue pickup is crap - I'll buy it off you for a quid out of the goodness of my heart flat4alfa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 39 minutes ago, sutty2006 said: Can anyone identify this? It’s got a button on the bottom. No idea what that does. Kentoys. Loads on Ebay. The button lights up the lights, so I guess there must be a battery inside. I think it is under the rear axle cover that is held in place by the shiney screw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 28 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said: Kentoys. Loads on Ebay. The button lights up the lights, so I guess there must be a battery inside. I think it is under the rear axle cover that is held in place by the shiney screw. Thanks! I’ll have at it once the nipper lets go of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Heads up - last of my spare diecasts should be going on my sales thread at 6pm I had a couple of deliveries. Bought a job lot of mostly beaten up Matchbox, although there are a couple of half decent survivors in there such as this Marzal Main target was the last of the HW series copies of 70s Matchbox, Corgi etc. This is 308 - may not look familiar... ...unless you've seen a Tomica Nissan R382 before Typically after buying this another appeared for less money so I may have a spare... Another donor. This poor thing has obviously spend some time buried in the garden and the body is falling apart Majorette Pontiac isn't too bad other than someone attempting to glue the bonnet shut! Matchbox Snow Plough isn't too bad Next up was a Dan Box - nice clean Bat trio including trailer Think the horse box is a twin pack issue - I didn't have it or the Jeep in green. I do have a red one though Why is this Pontiac so hard to track down? Tidy Super GTs Transo-o-lite Commer needs a back, and restoring Not sure why I wanted this strange Toby Toys tractor unit but maybe I'll give it a mirror polish Remspoor, AndyW201, andrew e and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Feeling particularly low energy at the moment. Here's a one-pic-two-cars stiuation. If anyone really wants more I can expand, but I'm guessing everyone knows the score by now? Old Italian 60s diecasts/ nice quality/ I'm not a collector/ ladies love me. AndyW201, flat4alfa, MiniMinorMk3 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 26 minutes ago, barrett said: Feeling particularly low energy at the moment. Here's a one-pic-two-cars stiuation. If anyone really wants more I can expand, but I'm guessing everyone knows the score by now? Old Italian 60s diecasts/ nice quality/ I'm not a collector/ ladies love me. Saw these in a shop in Arundel High St and immediately thought of you barrett, eddyramrod, andrew e and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 27 minutes ago, barrett said: If anyone really wants more I can expand Yes, I would like to hear about the Alfa Romeo on the right. I have a plastic model of that body and never did find out what it was, despite a search about La rete informatica internazionale. Assumed it was Giulia 105 basis, or the running gear at least It's a tad larger than 1:43, the Del Prado Giulia TZ next to it to compare. Made in Hong Kong. Bought it on a whim. So what's your one then? Is it in 1:43 MiniMinorMk3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 3 hours ago, bunglebus said: Heads up - last of my spare diecasts should be going on my sales thread at 6pm I had a couple of deliveries. Bought a job lot of mostly beaten up Matchbox, although there are a couple of half decent survivors in there such as this Marzal Main target was the last of the HW series copies of 70s Matchbox, Corgi etc. This is 308 - may not look familiar... ...unless you've seen a Tomica Nissan R382 before Typically after buying this another appeared for less money so I may have a spare... Another donor. This poor thing has obviously spend some time buried in the garden and the body is falling apart Majorette Pontiac isn't too bad other than someone attempting to glue the bonnet shut! Matchbox Snow Plough isn't too bad Next up was a Dan Box - nice clean Bat trio including trailer Think the horse box is a twin pack issue - I didn't have it or the Jeep in green. I do have a red one though Why is this Pontiac so hard to track down? Tidy Super GTs Transo-o-lite Commer needs a back, and restoring Not sure why I wanted this strange Toby Toys tractor unit but maybe I'll give it a mirror polish Do you (or anyone!?) know anything about that weird Tomy truck? It sure is an odd thing but I couldn’t find out anything about them. Does it have a trailer even? I’ve never seen one before until that one, although that’s not saying much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 My latest eBay finds and a few from a local-ish tat shop. Some old Hot Wheels, all from around 1979 - 1981ish I think. US autoshite! A few newer Hot Wheels. Newer Matchbox. And finally an AutoWorld Chevy square body. Which looks great imho. I’m really liking these American Greenlights/AutoWorld etc ones. FakeConcern, bunglebus, MiniMinorMk3 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 1 hour ago, danthecapriman said: Do you (or anyone!?) know anything about that weird Tomy truck? It sure is an odd thing but I couldn’t find out anything about them. Does it have a trailer even? I’ve never seen one before until that one, although that’s not saying much! It seems the Toby is a product of Marx toys, and some were sold with that brand name on - here are some complete ones Toby branded stuff seems to be quite expensive on eBay. I just liked the weirdness danthecapriman, FakeConcern, andrew e and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 20 minutes ago, bunglebus said: It seems the Toby is a product of Marx toys, and some were sold with that brand name on - here are some complete ones Toby branded stuff seems to be quite expensive on eBay. I just liked the weirdness They certainly are weird, definitely not seen those before! It would look great in polished up bare metal. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 2 hours ago, flat4alfa said: Saw these in a shop in Arundel High St and immediately thought of you Wow, amazing, do you remember which shop? Thos are mostly quite expensive but the Bertone Mustang is probably a bargain at that price, and one that very rarely seems to come up for sale in the UK. Guess I know where I'm going next weekend... The red Alfa is the Giulietta-based Canguro. Mine is a 1:43 Politoys - I'll post some more pics up soon eddyramrod, bunglebus, Datsuncog and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 7 hours ago, bunglebus said: Supervan III done - for now, engine repainted etc. I still have a strong urge to paint it a silly colour Pink with little ears on front wings & curly tail on back door. Used to be a 4 wheeled Jag engined one drag race called the squealer. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 27 minutes ago, barrett said: Wow, amazing, do you remember which shop? Thos are mostly quite expensive but the Bertone Mustang is probably a bargain at that price, and one that very rarely seems to come up for sale in the UK. Guess I know where I'm going next weekend... I was correct in my assumption on that Mustang then! Cor, I did a good thing. Just wandered up the road just now on the Google Map Streetable and found I can just about see the display through a doorway. So did some reverse searchabling and came up with 12 High Street, Arundel, 07762 408994 It’s one of those stack ‘em high three story outfits that probably don’t shift an awful lot half-past February, so hopefully they should be open to a postal deal over the phone Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 38 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said: Pink with little ears on front wings & curly tail on back door. My partner is obsessed with pigs (make your own jokes), and I did just find a can of a very offensive pink paint. Might just stick to the respray though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 1 hour ago, flat4alfa said: 12 High Street, Arundel, 07762 408994 It’s one of those stack ‘em high three story outfits that probably don’t shift an awful lot half-past February, so hopefully they should be open to a postal deal over the phone This place? Heh, that's the same shop where I bought this Pilen Talbot Alpine. Small world, etc etc. Cost me a fiver, I believe. No box and warped glazing. It was also twenty years ago, I shudder to realise... Split_Pin, flat4alfa, RoadworkUK and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Well this is all very surreal! Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 18 hours ago, sutty2006 said: Can anyone identify this? It’s got a button on the bottom. No idea what that does. Thought you were talking about your jeans to start with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Quote This place? Yes that place. A new Mecca for Shiny-Tat? If you zoom in through the doorway at that angle, you can see the cabinet where the the elusive Politoys Ford Mustang by Bertone currently lives I couldn't stay long in the shop as 1) I had the wrong glasses on, lighting was poor so wandering about a store like that I'll likely be a nuisance and trip/knock things flying, 2) Wife was making daggers as it was supposed to be our long-weekend away of lust. Not die-cast lust. So a photo was attempted for your delectation, as the Mustang stood out as something I knew had never seen before, but all the more so the intriguing history around the real thing You see. It is lost, missing, not seen since 1966. Nobody knows what happened to it. Despite many trying, including the American that commissioned it as a conversion of his own private car in first place. Ford was keen to assist (perhaps it was a Ford lease car after all) and once finished it was displayed at the April 1965 New York Auto Show. The last it was seen was when Road & Track borrowed it to run their January 1966 cover article on it. However in September 1967 this advert appeared in Road & Track, which implies it went back to Europe as the price offered included shipping from Genoa However, Bertone was never able to produce a record of its sale and the 2014 liquidators could not either. It was assumed to remain tucked away in the Bertone collection, but they did not find it. If it ever resurfaces, Pebble Beach will likely have a de-factor winner that year. MiniMinorMk3, andrew e, FakeConcern and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Anyway back on topic. There are three ways into obtaining a scale model Mustang Bertone example, all at 1:43 scale. The Politoys is die-cast, has opening things and a detailed engine bay. First in catalogue for 1968, it was produced in silver or yellow. There was a USSR-made release (brand KIEV) using the Politoys moulds. Initially die-cast from around 1980, later in plastic which ran to 1990. For the discerning collector, Matrix in recent years produced a resin model in limited numbers. It's pretty unlikely any of those have left their plinths. MiniMinorMk3, andrew e, Datsuncog and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 DanBox touched down yesterday morning. Huzzah! Very, very well packaged. And inside are... Many wonderful things from the 1960s Lesney King Size range. Cheers for that, dude! Very pleased with this lot - more detailed perusal to follow. Of course, as luck would have it, only MrsDC was at home to receive parcels yesterday, since I was away out attending a transport planning meeting. She hasn't mentioned it. Yet. I guess I could say it's gardening equipment? Given the absolute state of the back garden in the new place, regular Matchbox aren't gonna be up to the job this time round - it's gonna take King Size heft to get it all done... (Flashback to three years ago: Ah, 2020. What a weird old year you were.) NorfolkNWeigh, Jon, FakeConcern and 13 others 10 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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