laser wheels Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Matchbox super kings are getting bloody expensive - when boxed. I remember going to toy fairs late '90s and early '00s and picking up NOS Super Kings and Speed Kings for a couple of quid each. Even when I sold up a decade or so ago I got next to nothing for them. Models of Yesterday still seem pretty cheap on ebay, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 Much more desirable than those God-awful 1/36 scale Dinky models of the late 1970s. The Princess and Volvo 265 are nice though, still shite models though. They should have stuck to nice 1/43 models like the Spanish Dinkys, with the traditional cars box. Fuck it, they were going bust anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laser wheels Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 I'll offer you double your money!!!!!! Can pay asap.....lol I am interested though.... Please feel free to make an offer, although I feel a bit weird as I've just told everyone what I paid for it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Can I loiter in the queue for the Cosseh behind Andy in case he decides a pube-less plastic kit isn't for him after all? laser wheels 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Much more desirable than those God-awful 1/36 scale Dinky models of the late 1970s. The Princess and Volvo 265 are nice though, still shite models though. They should have stuck to nice 1/43 models like the Spanish Dinkys, with the traditional cars box. Fuck it, they were going bust anyway.The bean counters were hard at work at that time - most of the dinky toys had plastic bases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 It was a shame Dinky went fart, just before they were about to bring out a Mk2 Granada Junkman, Banger Kenny, mercrocker and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 The bean counters were hard at work at that time - most of the dinky toys had plastic bases.I don't mind that so much, more the terribly proportioned wheels. They added those to some otherwise good 1/43 models such as the lovely Citroen Dyane and it totally ruined it, same goes for the MK1 Escort. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laser wheels Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 I have been googling the Dinkys of which you speak, and you're not wrong they do look a bit naff, especially if you were to put them next to contemporary Matchbox Super Kings et al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 The SD1 was awful, very skinny, tapering nose laser wheels 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laser wheels Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 The SD1 was awful, very skinny, tapering nose It looks like someone stood on it - And, yes, those wheels look hideous. The TR7 is pretty bad, too. Banger Kenny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 we've been to the NEC today for the toy fair there. and no, there wasn't any stinky folks there, but there were a couple of fellas rolling about in one of them scooter things like Davros..... oh yes and having a hits of the 1960's music on in the back ground usually doesn't cause too many problems, but as one of the tracks was Rolf Harris Tie My Kangaroo Down Sport, well that could be a mistake and all. at a TOY FAIR!! but no matter, while it was really bits of train set i was look for, but i did manage to complete this buyage this is the presentation pack Corgi did for Rover to commemorate the Mini Thirty. every owner of the car got one included, its a 1/36th diecast Mini Thirty on cherry metalic, and a leather bound copy of Rob Goldings's book. hence it been a run of 3.000, to match the car! this one is number 2150, the numbered card is included. well as i would have loved one of these when new, and now it seems unlikely i will ever get to own one, at least i can have the toy version instead! the cost, well it was a not unreasonable £20. especially as a guy at the other end of the hall had one in a poorer condition box for £50!! Banger Kenny, eddyramrod, Mr A Lawrence and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 Ooh that's very nice indeed and a snip too. I remember seeing that in the Collector Club Magazine and how amazing it looked. I have the 'regular' Thirty in its box which my mum bought for me in 1989, I was so delighted with it. I've also got the other 4 special 30th anniversary edition models that Corgi made that year: Sky, Rose, Flame and Racing. Re: Dinkys, that SD1 is so crude I may just have to buy one to compare it with the contemporary Corgi example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Maybe that Dinky should have been issued as a Standard 2000..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 Just looked and it appears that the SD1 is made in Hong Kong and not Liverpool. Not seen that before, my Princess models are made in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Dinky did some very strange things in their latter years that no doubt contributed to their demise. I read somewhere that right at the end they were due to introduce a new bus. Was it a nice Leyland National, Bristol VR or something that could be seen everywhere and would sell to kids and bus modellers alike? Hell no, they called it a 'Continental Touring Coach' but it was actually an American city bus in the colours of Liverpool Football Club. WTAF were they thinking?! mercrocker and laser wheels 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 The non descript lorries they did at the end were absolutely awful. Proper cheap tat!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 Don't forget the 1/43 Solidos rebranded as Dinkys. They weren't even the nice Solido examples from the mid 1970s, they were much more basic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 A few of the Dinky tools lived on in the Spanish Auto Pilen range.The Spanish modified those tools to make even better models than the originals were.The nicest of the bunch must be the 2CV, admittedly from a Dinky France tool, though. Which brings me to another point - the French fucked it up even more than the English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 A 3 piece door casting on the Renault 12 produces a very good look but must have been costly to build. The Spanish deleted this feature on this model. I would love to find some Spanish Dinkys, like a Renault 6 or 14 but they are expensive. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Purchased in a charity shop recently, Minic bungalow, missing a bit of the chimney but still boxed so for 25p it was a steal! eddyramrod, Junkman, junkyarddog and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Flippin 'eck never seen one of those....Bargainous find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 10, 2016 Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 I do like that a lot 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 It's also a good diorama for the older Matchbox sizes. Never heard of it before now, what were they like a smaller more geeky Scalextrix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Jake: What the hell is this? Elwood: This was a bargain. I picked it up at the Mount Prospect city police auction last spring. It's an old Mount Prospect police car. They were practically giving 'em away. Don't normally buy stuff like this,but I had asked my local Die-cast pusher to keep an eye out for one,this is what he turned up.Will get a Chicago police car to go with it next 8) MarvinsMom, Junkman, NorfolkNWeigh and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Jake: What the hell is this? Elwood: This was a bargain. I picked it up at the Mount Prospect city police auction last spring. It's an old Mount Prospect police car. They were practically giving 'em away. Don't normally buy stuff like this,but I had asked my local Die-cast pusher to keep an eye out for one,this is what he turned up.Will get a Chicago police car to go with it next 8)Its got a lotta pickup... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 I've been chasing those on ebay for ages now, they always, ALWAYS go over budget, usually by a big margin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 10, 2016 Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 Do. Want. Eddy if you are prepared to have a non blues brothers one, you can get one for about 45 quid in EBay. Too dear for me atm though 😕 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 HOW MUCH?????????? Who's got that kind of money to waste invest in model cars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 See if somebody will do a swap for a microphone. Junkman, andrew e and eddyramrod 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 ^just make sure the cigarette lighter works... mercrocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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