Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

Had a mooch around the shops earlier. 

Poundland are slowly putting out more of the orange Opal mix of Matchbox - they had a few on the pegs last week and the bloke was trying to tell me they come in a box mixed with Hot Wheels 🤔

Home Bargains have cornered the market in monster trucks

Entertainer had a sealed B case, with no regular Treasure Hunt. Some bloke got the hump because I had "all the Escorts" (two) and he "just wanted one for the little 'un".

Righto mate, pull the other one. Probably the same bloke that took all the Escorts out of the last box they got in!

[sierraman]

I wonder if they are getting tipped off by the staff? 

[bunglebus]

Well someone is - I often get asked if the manager has whatsapped me about the latest case to arrive. He doesn't have my number.

[MiniMinorMk3]

I was in my local Aldi today getting some milk. They had a small box of Hot Wheels by the till. No idea what was in the box, but they looked kind of small to me. Sorry no pictures as I never take my phone into shops since I noticed that a lot of them ask you to click on their Wi-Fi  when you walk in. I see enough adverts without having to put up with offers for shit I do not need coming in from the local supermarket.

[Datsuncog]

Lots and lots of recent Hot Wheels in Poundland today for a fairly reasonable £1.50 - but it's the mix with the blue Cadillac Seville and purple Datsun Bluebird estate, and I don't think this is the latest case with the red Proton Saga in it?

Some undignified raking through the dump bin in full view of the lunchtime office meal-deal queue did not yield up any of Malaysia's finest, sadly. Though I've no doubt I'll find one before long! I can wait.

Went into The Entertainer too, but their Hot Wheels displays were still stocked with cases from right back at the start of the year.

Couldn't get near the Matchbox pegs to see what they had, since the queue for the tills snaked nearly round the whole shop.

Oh well.

[bunglebus]

7 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

I was in my local Aldi today getting some milk. They had a small box of Hot Wheels by the till. No idea what was in the box, but they looked kind of small to me. 

 

6 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

 I don't think this is the latest case with the red Proton Saga in it?

Both Q case with the Volvo 240 Drift Wagon in green which could be a Super Treasure Hunt. Also features pearl pink Datsun estate, Land Rover with surfboard etc.

Cool case but it's EVERYWHERE. 2024 A case seems to be hard to find, seeing the B fairly regularly now but can't find the 47 Chevy from the A case

[Tenmil Socket]

So what was in the box?

[flat4alfa]

Keeping or selling?

[bunglebus]

Still like the Lone Stars and purple Pontiac best

[sierraman]

That MG1100 looks beautiful!

[junkyarddog]

Purple Superfast Pontiac is quite rare,1 year only,1970 afaik.

The missing engine on the Wild Cat Mustang can be replaced with one from the Gruesome Twosome,I tend to buy them just for that purpose.

[Tenmil Socket]

13 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Keeping or selling?

Selling. I will be keeping the blue MG 1100 and the roof rack off the Fiat and the remainder will be roffled.

£1.50 a ticket or 4 for £5. If someone would like to kindly run the roffle they can have 4 tickets for free.

[MiniMinorMk3]

16 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

So what was in the box?

I had all of the above except for the red van and the artic tractor unit between the years of 1969 and 1975. A good selection of first issue narrow wheel Superfast there. I set fire to the Fiat using petrol. The casting cracked into two pieces during the inferno. I had the MG 1100 in both the regular wheel green and Superfast blue. Also the Miura in both regular and superfast. My favourite was the 250 GT Lusso, it is still one of my all time favourite cars.

[junkyarddog]

Was near Smyths today so wandered in and saw the Jay Leno's garage premium 4 pack was reduced,so got it mainly for this,The "Blaues Wunder" transporter. 

Was disappointed to see that the bed is fixed and doesn't move,but I suppose it was fixed on the real thing too.

Still it's a nice model.

You like it Smoll Eddy??

"Prefer a Transit  M8"

[bunglebus]

Yeah I couldn't resist either. I want to rob the wheels off the tank car but my mate's earmarked it

[flat4alfa]

No no
No no no no
No no no no
No no there's a limit
TEKNO TEKNO TEKNO

 

You may remember the angst at being Nemesis'd earlier this year on a Tekno Mercedes SL 'Pagoda'

 

Sleep was deprived. 

Many months later, a job lot / parts bin bag was spotted.  Unfortunately the bidding was a bit strong (to almost a tenner..) in order to be able to play the identify-the-part game 😕 and tick the Tekno box

 

Some weeks later, there was a dual-build event, alongside revisiting the rogue part identification assessment.  You are welcome to join in at this stage

One example was sat alongside a collection of similar W113 Mercedes-Benz, for group shonk shots

L>R: Tekno ; France Dinky ; Spot-on ; New-Ray

Tekno and France Dinky showed they have opening boots and opening bonnets

And decent efforts on the 6-cylinder engines, to admire

All boot lids refused to stay up, but France Dinky at least tried to show-off, while Tekno parts car II got in the way to show-off its original paint

Spot-on and New-Ray have nothing to open.  Cheapskates.

 

Out came a measuring stick and a spreadsheet was fired-up to see who scaled it worse

Result: Tekno and New-Ray won the accuracy contest, while New-Ray got added bonus for at least not fibbing about its scale.

 

Helmut and Zigmund took their late-father's 280 SL out for a drive to celebrate

It broke down just outside Heidelberg

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, junkyarddog said:

Was near Smyths today so wandered in and saw the Jay Leno's garage premium 4 pack was reduced,so got it mainly for this, The "Blaues Wunder" transporter.

Is it this £9.99 deal ...or even less?

https://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toys/construction-and-cars/car-toys/hot-wheels/hot-wheels-cars-and-trucks/hot-wheels-premium-jay-lenos-garage-collector-display-4-pack/p/219905

Because even Mattel UK direct were asking £37.99 !

https://shopping.mattel.com/en-gb/products/hot-wheels-premium-collector-jay-leno-s-garage-set-3-cars-and-1-transporter-hkc17-en-gbt

[bunglebus]

On 14/12/2023 at 10:54, bunglebus said:

The Jay Leno set is now a tenner in Smyths. For four premiums! 

 

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

Is it this £9.99 deal ...or even less?

https://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toys/construction-and-cars/car-toys/hot-wheels/hot-wheels-cars-and-trucks/hot-wheels-premium-jay-lenos-garage-collector-display-4-pack/p/219905

Because even Mattel UK direct were asking £37.99 !

https://shopping.mattel.com/en-gb/products/hot-wheels-premium-collector-jay-leno-s-garage-set-3-cars-and-1-transporter-hkc17-en-gbt

I did tell ya!

[junkyarddog]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

Is it this £9.99 deal ...or even less?

Yes,but it was €9.99😁

[flat4alfa]

3 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I did tell ya!

Ah yes you did, but I'm no longer buying anything, so didn't pay enough attention

[Dick Longbridge]

9 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Selling. I will be keeping the blue MG 1100 and the roof rack off the Fiat and the remainder will be roffled.

£1.50 a ticket or 4 for £5. If someone would like to kindly run the roffle they can have 4 tickets for free.

Happy to run the roffle. Let me know deets. 

[flat4alfa]

On 19/12/2023 at 18:37, Dick Longbridge said:

Happy to run the roffle. Let me know deets. 

4 tickets please

(It seems I'm still gambling on small amounts though)

@Dick Longbridge

[flat4alfa]

On 18/12/2023 at 23:01, junkyarddog said:

Purple Superfast Pontiac is quite rare,1 year only,1970 afaik.

Oh course, I had to go and look it all up. It seems some were still made in red going into 1970, the final year of production.

To make matters worse, according to collector/expert Christian Falkensteiner, there were a few shades of purple!

dk. met. purple
med. met. purple
met. grape 
very lt. met. purple 
lt. met. purple
brt. met. purple

Also it seems just the 3rd run (of 15 that year), when purple, it still had the headlamps and grille painted silver.  From then on, the rest are undecorated and have sealed doors - the one above is one of those, looking at the photo.  Gah!

While on the subject (and boring myself too) a pre-production Superfast colour was this yellow

First box art for 1965 depicted a blue colour.  Pontiac G.P. Sports Coupé on base.

Second box art red.

Third box art red at a different angle

Final box art in purple, now a Superfast in red, still getting painted grille and lights and opening doors.  Retained Pontiac G.P. Sports Coupé on new base.

A purple, last of the line(s), without decoration or opening doors. The cheapskates.  Nice colour though.

Never heard of again until the 2019 brand new casting homage, as part of the Moving Parts series, as '64 Pontiac Grand Prix.  I wish I'd bought one of those at the time

A 2020  recolour in red was made part of the Superfast 50 Years Anniversary series.  Doesn't it look smart

The re-cast Premiums have also been blue, white and bronze.  Currently for 2023 as a Super Chase, an orange.  Not that we will ever see one of those this side of Connecticut

 

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

First box art 1965 depicted a blue colour.  Pontiac G.P. Coupe

Wasn't really thinking about the box art at the time, just liked the colour 

[flat4alfa]

Surprise find.  As-yet unconfirmed until proof of packaging seen...

Gift Pack G284 with Honda Motorcycle Trailer

Checked, but not in UK or US Catalogues for 1970.

[andrew e]

Now they look great, love it 👍

[danthecapriman]

Got a few more pics of the Ford Country Squire wagon from the ‘large cars of Mexico’ collection. 
Bloody nice looking rig! Wood effect sides look good too.

 

Cadillac Coupe DeVille from the same collection. 
Grille on this one sits slightly too far forward, needs sitting back so it’s slightly behind the front lip of the hood. Might open it up and see about correcting that. Rear side window isn’t a great fit either so add that to the list if it’s in bits. Another nice looking model other than that though.  
Im sure these cheaper ones from Europe are damaged or rejects though, this one’s got a weird blister in the paint on the other side next to the wheel spat. Looks like a big rust blister!

 

And one of my Spanish BMC LD vans is here! (I’ve got another coming for repainting purposes!). I love these. They just look so much like the LD van, it just needs a more British livery on it. For a shade over £10 these are great! shouldn’t be too hard to swap over to right hand drive either.

 

Also, I went on eBay and had a look for Bimbo bread and cakes… they make some very nice looking and sounding stuff! So far I’ve resisted the urge to order some!

[Datsuncog]

2 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

Got a few more pics of the Ford Country Squire wagon from the ‘large cars of Mexico’ collection. 
Bloody nice looking rig! Wood effect sides look good too.

That looks fantastic. What a wonderful big slab of Americana - I do like an estate/ station wagon.

I wonder how long I can resist going online...

 

BTW, Vitesse did a Morris LD150 van in RHD, under their 'City' range - they crop up quite often for £not that much.

I've seen various repaint candidates at the market around the £5 mark...

[Remspoor]

2 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

Bimbo bread and cakes… they make some very nice looking and sounding stuff!

I would not you will be very disappointed.  Pan de leche has never seen any milk (leche) no butter used in cakes.  Bread that can have a used by date of weeks forward. Vile stuff.

[sierraman]

You could effectively roll a slice of bimbo up into a ball.