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I think the main thing is that apart from the examples us lot hoover up, most HW and MB will be played with to either destruction or at least well worn, so as you say some of the shorter runs will become sought after. 

I just can't understand how Bburago and Polistil 1/24/5 scale cars from the 1970s and 80s have not become more collectable. They were almost ubiquitous when I was a kid yet fell to bits after a few days. They modeled real cars you could see down your street which themselves are now collectable. But apart from some high prices for MIB examples on ebay unboxed items are relatively overlooked. They probably don't appear on this thread much as over the years I think I have acquired most of the collections of other members! I think they are brilliant as they were well beyond pocket money budget as a kid so I'm now trying to own all the ones other kids had that I didn't!

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Forgot to say - picked up a Hot Wheels Miura in MoreThanAPoundLand last night.

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They didn't have much else of interest, but I'd picked this one up and put it back several times already over the past year and decided that tonight was the night...

I do like a Miura. I'm not normally a supercar fan, but they just look so right from every angle.

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Also swung by Asda in North Belfast last night - not normally a supermarket I would go into as there aren't any local to me, but I was on the way back from the MOT centre in Mallusk and thought I might give it a try just in case...

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Yeah, that'll be a no then.

Ah well.

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18 hours ago, Jon said:

Finally, look at this piece!

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I'm still struggling to decipher what the heck it's supposed to have been based on, about 4 stolen casting renditions prior; the closest so far is a sort of resemblance to a late 60s Buick Electra, at the front. Vaguely.

There was a little feigning of delight as my wife sought credit for her hand picked efforts but in reality, this brought more pleasure than I imagined it would have.

I mean, there's no way I'd have picked it up and bought it myself but to be given something as a gift transcends the significance, somehow. Yes, it's the closest of the 4 selected that aligns with my core interest - but just look at it! A rolling relic of the sad decline in the die cast industry.

Admittedly though, it rolls beautifully!

Maybe just because you're in that part of the world, but my first thought was Leyland P76. That would be a pretty off the wall choice but then again toy manufacturers have often gone for some weird subjects. Makes me wonder, has anyone ever modelled the P76?

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Had a couple of left-field choices arrive. This Zowee was hidden in with a load of broken Hot Wheels and Corgi junk

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I got very excited about this one, thinking for a minute I'd finally found the 1:64 Polistil 928

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And in a way I have - this is the same casting but with the name removed and made by Golden Wheel. I've already got the yellow version

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One day I'll find an original and complete the set

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1 hour ago, quicksilver said:

Makes me wonder, has anyone ever modelled the P76?

I don't think it was ever modelled in period, but Trax do a 1/43 version:

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It's resin rather than diecast - I think I saw one in a model shop in Brisbane around 2005, but it was strong money and I couldn't very well justify it... I did leave with a 1/60-ish Ford Falcon XY GTHO...

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 but I'd sooner have had the P76...

Leyland P76 by Trax – Mike Pigott's Diecast Toys & Models

Trax also do a model of the strangled-at-birth P76 Force 7 coupe, too.

1:43 TRAX 1974 Leyland P76 Force 7 Coupe Home a l'Orange Resin Modelo

HFM?

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Strewth.

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3 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

E-Types, from the crude 1980s to the better detailed 21st Century.

Joal Series 1 Roadster

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Eligor Series 1 Roadster

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Box Series 1 Roadster

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Box Series 1 Coupe

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Best Series 1 Coupe

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Best Series 1 Lightweight

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Matchbox Dinky Collection Series 1 Roadster

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Matchbox Collectibles Series 1 Roadster

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Vanguard Series 1 Roadster

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Kyosho Series 1 Coupe

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Vanguards Gold Series 1 Coupe

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Vanguards Gold Series 1 Roadster

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Kyosho Series 1 Roadster

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Atlas Series 1 Coupe

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White Box Series 1 Coupe

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Oxford Series 3 V12 Coupe

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They are all lovely

But don't come close in realism as much as that Lone Star Roadmaster Major one  😆

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1 hour ago, quicksilver said:

Maybe just because you're in that part of the world, but my first thought was Leyland P76. That would be a pretty off the wall choice but then again toy manufacturers have often gone for some weird subjects. Makes me wonder, has anyone ever modelled the P76?

 

1 hour ago, Datsuncog said:

I don't think it was ever modelled in period, but Trax do a 1/43 version:

 

Leyland P76 by Trax – Mike Pigott's Diecast Toys & Models

Trax also do a model of the strangled-at-birth P76 Force 7 coupe, too.

 

 

I've had those three P76 pass through over the years and have also had a Trax P76 Targa Florio

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I like the Trax range as they cover pretty much all of the domestic Australian cars built. Some of them are becoming quite sort after and if I ever put any up for sale, they find new homes quite quickly.

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10 minutes ago, 500tops said:

Picked this plastic, friction-powered Vectra up in a local charity shop. I rather like it!

You need to find the Spanish Policia one now

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Had a few of those.  As they are 1:32, they sell well on slot car section of eBay

I think they are sold in Dickie Toys boxes

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55 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Hah, brilliant!

Seems that you never forget the excitement of a box that shape being dropped off by the postie...

I think I only even got the Kellogg's Beetle, Mini and Minor - not even the 2CV.

I can still feel the annoyance at the scale discrepancy of the Mini compared to the others 

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39 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

You need to find the Spanish Policia one now

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Had a few of those.  As they are 1:32, they sell well on slot car section of eBay

I think they are sold in Dickie Toys boxes

I quite often see those - I'll have to start buying them!

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Been fondling this.

It's the Budgie "Jumbo" range example nabbed from @danthecapriman last month.  Do quite like this one, it's certainly unusual.  Scale is approx 1:64, yet is is still 6½ inches in length.

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The tractor unit is Seddon Diesel and with the trailer, dates from 1959-63 in the catalogues

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The trailer is Mobile Traffic Control Unit in as you can see in the AA Automobile Association livery.  It seemed to be the only livery they did, which made me think it was modelled on a real thing, but had not been able to find a period photo...

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However!   Stumbled upon the 1959 Morris & Stone catalogue sheet for their Budgie range, showing a cropped and coloured photo of one

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Not only that, a bit more googlification found this modern day painting by artist Mike Jefferies.

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A mobile office such as this I reckon was probably unique in1959, if so then perhaps we have a registration plate for it.  Hurrah!

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I have made a mistake buying some tyres for Corgi Minis, Cortina, Imp etc.

I've bought tyres from Steve Flowers before now, but at the moment I'm working on a massive order for bits and pieces and wanted the tyres quickly.

So I bought these on ebay thinking they must be the Corgi Mini ones, but they are too small.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225414618292

Description seemed right...

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Buy from the manufacturer, UK Manufactured from the genuine original rubber mould tools.

12 pieces x Genuine Treaded Rubber Diecast Toy Black Tyres Cars Vans 9/10mm will fit various brands.. Corgi, Dinky, French Dinky, Tri-ang, Spot-On, Matchbox, Tekno, Amazon, Budgie

Size: approx 10mm outside diameter.


UK Manufactured from the genuine original rubber mould tools.

however completely wrong, I have no idea what these can be for, but nothing I own.

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Anyone want them for £5, I paid £8.37?

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