Datsuncog Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Heading back now - some decent finds, both at the market and further afield! bunglebus, Split_Pin and andrew e 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 7 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: and further afield! What, you had enough time to go into Castle Court? Do you have a Jet Pac now? Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Heh, not quite that far - but had time for a quick squizz in the Ann St branch of Poundland, plus the exceeding tight branch of B&M in Rosemary St... Worth it. bunglebus, Split_Pin, flat4alfa and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 4 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: B&M fLyInG cUsToMs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 8 minutes ago, bunglebus said: fLyInG cUsToMs? Not yet, annoyingly... or at least, not in this very very small branch. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Oops! bunglebus, andrew e, FakeConcern and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Well then - back once more at about 12.30. The market was pretty quiet, and a number of the traders were grumbling that they'd hardly shifted anything all morning. Not great for them, admittedly, but that suited me... Not very much had gone from the stall. Except for the Corgi Aston, which someone had also decided was good value for a five-spot and promptly snaffled it. The tidy Corgi Chevrolet Impala police cruiser, which was an early one-piece casting and also seemed quite a good prospect, had also gone - as had the rather less pristine but eminently restorable Dinky Cadillac Criterion ambulance. Ah well. The 50p Tat Box was well-rummaged through, but it seemed that not much had been taken. The Lesney and Husky dregs from the collection first encountered a fortnight ago had been slung in unceremoniously to take their chances. Public Safety Film Cambridge special was now knocking around in there, graphically warning kids to drink no more than half a bottle of scotch before getting behind the wheel - or else! Unusual low-budget Timpo casting of a post-war racer was also seeking a new home. The name's dimly familiar, but the model isn't. Only three wheels, though. I can't even begin to imagine the horrors this regular wheels Ford F100 has been subject to. Looks like Junior's been playing with Daddy's side-cutting pliers. Ouch. Likewise, this Corgi Rockets Porsche is in a bad, bad way. In better condition, though still a bit odd, was this strong contender in the 'something shaped a bit like a Volvo 740' competition, which seemingly every diecast manufacturer going participated in during the mid/late '80s. Radical. But! I did not buy any of these. And these were left too. I even left the Swedish Jet Car by Corgi, which designer Marcel Van Cleemput complained had been criticized for being 'overly phallic' on its early-'70s release. I did manage to get pretty much everything on the list, though... I also dived over to the Irish Tat Stall, where it seemed that 'Hundred Hot Wheels Harry' had finally shown up and done a deal. They were, however, mostly late 2010s/2020s releases, so no redlines or blackwalls to be seen. Boooo. I did take some pics, but there were A LOT of them, and it all became very confusing as I was trying to photograph them on some greetings cards, and then someone wanted to look at the cards, and then some fell on the ground, and... it was a whole thing. So I haven't edited them yet. A quick turn past Alan's Emporium - home of the five-pound Days Gone - showed a belated 50p tray, with not a lot to enthrall thereupon. Though this Jaguar XJ6 was quite in quite good shape - surprisingly lustrous paintwork. No maker, but I think these have cropped up before. So then I headed on over towards the city centre... Split_Pin, andrew e and danthecapriman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 8 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: Jaguar XJ6 If you did grab it, or see it again I'll have it please. High Speed - the one that showed up in Majorette packaging recently Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Poundland didn't have much, to be honest. It's a big store, but Hot Wheels stock was both 2022 case stuff, and quite thinly spread. Corvette gasser was about the only thing that raised my interest, though not enough to create a hand/ wallet interface. I was primarily there to see about Matchbox items, but... Yeah. That's your lot. No thanks. So, over to the World's Most Cramped B&M branch... Oh, well that's more like it. And pretty recent stuff, too! Finally, an RS2000 - cheers for the offer @Split_Pin, I'm now sorted! I couldn't get all of these, but I picked up a couple. They'd some big stuff as well. I did feel a bit sorry for the girl working the floor, who rounded the corner with a surprised "Oh!" as she nearly walked into me, kneeling there on the very limited floor space and photographing a load of kids' toys... So there we go... and I'd just time to grab something for lunch, before heading back to the office with my Friday Bachelor's Selection... wondering, as I tried not to make eye contact with the same girl on the till, whether I'm turning into one of those funny old men... Reluctant Adult, RoadworkUK, Remspoor and 8 others 7 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 I just lolled sufficiently to have a very funny look shot at me. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 I went in B&M this morning but despite having a million Hot Shits they had no Matchbox... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 I haven't got most of them yet! Red RS, Honda, Delorean, 911...want! Sure they'll show up soon enough. Also has this got actual shins in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 54 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: Poundland didn't have much, to be honest. It's a big store, but Hot Wheels stock was both 2022 case stuff, and quite thinly spread. Corvette gasser was about the only thing that raised my interest, though not enough to create a hand/ wallet interface. I was primarily there to see about Matchbox items, but... Yeah. That's your lot. No thanks. So, over to the World's Most Cramped B&M branch... Oh, well that's more like it. And pretty recent stuff, too! Finally, an RS2000 - cheers for the offer @Split_Pin, I'm now sorted! I couldn't get all of these, but I picked up a couple. They'd some big stuff as well. I did feel a bit sorry for the girl working the floor, who rounded the corner with a surprised "Oh!" as she nearly walked into me, kneeling there on the very limited floor space and photographing a load of kids' toys... So there we go... and I'd just time to grab something for lunch, before heading back to the office with my Friday Bachelor's Selection... wondering, as I tried not to make eye contact with the same girl on the till, whether I'm turning into one of those funny old men... Good choices. In terms of the Civic, I think the case is closed on Matchbox making far nicer standard versions of cars than the lurid HW versions. That said, the first colour choice for the RS 2000 was spot on. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 So, last installment for today - finish strong, yeah? Argh. Was someone looking for one of these Civics? If so - available. I had a sealed first release DMC-12 in silver, with opening engine hatch, which went out the door last year. It's a regret. So I put this one back, then took it out, then put it back again... No wonder B&M's security lads were watching me. I dunno if I really like the wheels here, though. Also available! The Escort is, I think, one I'll hang onto... Likewise the other li'l Honda - for now. So, market tat. Enquiries were made by @flat4alfaand @bunglebus about the no-name Piaggio Ape: It's in not bad shape, overall. Though is lacking a front wheel. Still, screws should make it an easy fix/ custom job, right? Available to whoever wants it, at 50p! Some haggling was done, and - thanks to it being a slow day, maybe - this pair were secured for @flat4alfa's target price of a fiver all-in Not in stellar condition, but certainly the basis of something else for not too much moolah. DeSoto Fireflite and Dodge Royal, as it turns out. Also for the @flat4alfa box, the Frankly Skint Stingray. Which was reduced to 50p - but also now reduced to one wheel on this particular wagon. Annoyingly, I did absently clock one of the wheels lying loose in the bottom of the box this morning, but when I went back this afternoon I couldn't find it again. Maddening. Then there's the Glo Racer Flash Fire, which looks a bit like it's come under small-arms fire... Yeah, all is not good in the roof department - though it's otherwise not in bad shape. Any takers? Then, further @bunglebusspecials: A Grifo door donor, and a no-name Carabo (which, I note, does have the code 'TF 305' moulded into the base. The Grifo's actually quite good, with only the missing tyres and scratched-up paintwork to let it down. Even the glazing's good. Now, here's where I started freestylin' it a little. I agree that the Daf was too nice to leave. But I've little use of it. (I also checked my oracular spreadsheet, which tells me that in fact this originally came to me from @andrew e in September 2020) So - any takers? [**EDIT - TAKEN!!**] In my tat-induced delirium I also fundamentally misunderstood @Jon's post, and ended up buying this Hendrickson tractor unit by mistake... Daah. There were no corresponding trailers in the box, for definite (though there was one a fortnight ago!) and I don't think there were any bogies - though if, as I strongly suspect, this is the same unit I originally bought in May 2019, then there should be a bogey in there, somewhere... [EDIT - actually, on looking at the pics again side-by-side I don't think it's the same tractor unit - the one I picked up today is less scratched] Available (though I also might keep it myself and try to build a full set as the other bits crop up). Getting to the end now, I grabbed these from the smol Corgi stable: The grotty Rockets Aston in overpaint green looked a bit steep for £3 the other week, but strangely appealing at 50p this week. The Mercedes taxi is one I was kicking myself for getting rid of when doing the toybox review last month. It's really nice - dunno what I was thinking. Aston is available - Merc is not. [**EDIT - Aston TAKEN!!**] And lastly... Lone Star Impy 'Gran Turismo' (Chevrolet Corvette Stingray) Oh, this is familiar. This is one of mine. Originally scooped on 9 July 2021, and for which I rather injudiciously paid £3. Eeep. Quite good, though missing a front wheel, annoyingly. The axle kept sliding off, so I'm amazed it's stayed with it. And then I looked... Ah yes. Like a worried mother at the start of WW2, packing their child off to be evacuated, amid the chaos of the impending house move it seems I made one last frantic effort to try to ensure the safety and survival of this one by pressing a bit of White-Tac onto the end of the axle. In the hope that someone would see it, rescue it, keep it. And it's still there. Covered in dirt, fluff and tiny bits of paint-chip - but still there. Well. My grandmother used to say, what's meant for you won't go past you - and it's been an odd day, to put it mildly. I can't pretend I've got a lot done, work-wise. In fact, you could probably say that this is what fuck-all in a hat squared looks like: And I really need to give my cap a clean, before MrsDC starts asking awkward questions about my sudden attack of strangely multicoloured dandruff... Ah well. Happy Friday, kids. AndyW201, RoadworkUK, Tenmil Socket and 8 others 8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 I'll let the Piaggio go to FFA as I have far to many projects. I'll put my hand up for the Rockets Aston though! I think I should be able to find the Hot Wheels over here, much as they all give me Want Face flat4alfa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Plainly, I don't know what I'm at. 4 hours ago, Datsuncog said: The red Saab's one I've never owned before - so I might hold onto it for a while. This came from @sierraman in November 2020. Quote Blue MC Toys Beetle has no particular relationship to me - but the bumpers are usually bust on them, so I thought I'd nab it in case anyone could use it. The Beetle came from @jon.k in February 2021. What am I like? In my defence... I suppose there was so much tat-mongering going on at the time that these ended up in a box amidst many, many others. Which is kinda telling. Hmmm. sierraman, jon.k and RoadworkUK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 3 hours ago, Split_Pin said: The Saab 9000 is a brilliant casting, probably one of the best of the time because it's metal on metal. Quite hard to find now, I regretted letting both of mine go at some point. I saw 2 model saab 9000 s last week in a local charity shop . Hewn from solid material , big ,about 6 inches , long a note next to them said they were volvo's! own factory models made in Sweden ... £30 each .. Obvious they were special , but not special enough for me to buy one for 30 quid.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 8 minutes ago, Christine said: I saw 2 model saab 9000 s last week in a local charity shop . Hewn from solid material , big ,about 6 inches , long a note next to them said they were volvo's! own factory models made in Sweden ... £30 each .. Obvious they were special , but not special enough for me to buy one for 30 quid.. They were almost certainly Stahlbergs and £30 is a steal if you care to check ebay....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Really? They were in a glass cabinet, i'll see if they're still there . Would you want them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 4 hours ago, flat4alfa said: Guisval Datsun! What a find 4 hours ago, bunglebus said: Hell yes Crumbs! I wonder if that means the Skoda Beach Buggy's not far behind... 4 hours ago, AndyW201 said: Can I call dibs on the MB Saab please? one of the peak Matchbox era castings I never got round to having, first time round. Sure can - the fact that I did have one and then let it go kinda removes the grabby-hands element for me - also makes me wonder whether or not I really need to be hoarding so much... 1 hour ago, bunglebus said: [50p XJ6] If you did grab it, or see it again I'll have it please. High Speed - the one that showed up in Majorette packaging recently I didn't take it, sadly, as I was completely out of cash by that point - but I'll keep an eye out next week... 1 hour ago, RoadworkUK said: I just lolled sufficiently to have a very funny look shot at me. 35 minutes ago, bunglebus said: I'll let the Piaggio go to FFA as I have far to many projects. I'll put my hand up for the Rockets Aston though! I think I should be able to find the Hot Wheels over here, much as they all give me Want Face No bother! Yeah, the Hot Wheels thing is annoying - other than the Treasure Hunts, I guess few are actually rare enough to justify posting parcels. I saw a black Art Van and thought of you, but when I looked closer I couldn't quite work out if it was actually black or just very very very very dark blue... RoadworkUK, AndyW201, bunglebus and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Really? They were in a glass cabinet, i'll see if they're still there . Would you want them? Edit . nope not stahlberg..these were solid ..like a paperweight .. more i think back one may have been a 900 turbo .. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 56 minutes ago, bunglebus said: Also has this got actual shins in it? There was some sort of meat-jerky which rehydrated itself while floating around in the hot water, so I'm going to say... yes? Unless you mean: In which case, probably not. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 I'm going to have a lay down in a dark room after being on this thread all day, it's been emotional! Oh hang on, postman's at the door... Datsuncog and eddyramrod 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Someone posted a pic a while back (might have been @bunglebus?) of a Hot Wheels mk1 Transit van… Since then (yeah thanks😅!) I’ve been after one. They don’t seem particularly easy to find though. In the end I bagged this one, loose from a set, but brand new. What a lovely casting they are. Really nice livery and decals too. FakeConcern, bunglebus, MiniMinorMk3 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 That's from the 2022 set I got for Christmas. Very nice it is too! danthecapriman, AndyW201 and FakeConcern 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Also, anyone remember I got myself a fairly rough Dinky LAD skip truck a while back? That big box I posted a pic of earlier contained another big job lot, and in it was the missing bit! This was one of the main reasons I wanted this lot! Now my skip truck is complete. Tenmil Socket, junkyarddog, eddyramrod and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 7 minutes ago, danthecapriman said: Also, anyone remember I got myself a fairly rough Dinky LAD skip truck a while back? That big box I posted a pic of earlier contained another big job lot, and in it was the missing bit! This was one of the main reasons I wanted this lot! Now my skip truck is complete. That's a perfect repaint candidate. danthecapriman and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Ummm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 13 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said: That's a perfect repaint candidate. It is. I don’t think that model is all that common and I don’t think it came in any other colour either? It definitely needs new tyres too, most of the old ones on it are split, swelling and have flat spots on! Question is, should I do it in a nicer colour? Or stick to primrose yellow? Hmm. Theres another vehicle that’s just jumped the queue for restoring though… This came in todays big box, and I absolutely love it! Never had one before. And for scale, with a Matchbox DAF in the back. Big old Triang truck. It’s rough, but more or less all there. Glazing has fallen down and filthy and the rear tipping bed needs a new hinge which I’ll make from plastic card, then it needs a really good strip and clean before new paint. Anyone know much about these? How old they are? FakeConcern, Dick Longbridge, AndyW201 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 21 hours ago, Datsuncog said: Dodge Cattle Truck has epic axle wobble, but is otherwise not in bad condition. Not one of my old flames; it just looked ok for 50p. Base is very shiny. Available, at 50p. The clip-out axle clip-ins look like that's an easy fix or upgrade. Despite getting rid of all the 1-75 commercials in a bundle, months ago, which means there is not one example of the DODGE 500 / K-series here anymore. And you never see the Cattle truck intact do you. I mean, it's even got its tailgate! So yes please I have got a wheely good idea for that. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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