Shite in Miniature II

[Tenmil Socket]

12 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Christmas money plus a bit in my Paypal account from selling another kit spent:

Most expensive kit I've purchased, and it's been lightly started, but that makes it ideal for actually building.

Having finally organised my stash of kits it's apparent I have enough for a good few years, but it'd be good to improve the variety/quality of what's there by the odd bit of trading/selling.

Looking forward to seeing this built! 

[Tenmil Socket]

1 hour ago, DoctorRetro said:

You can't have it unless you can correctly identify it 😂😜

FSO? 

[sierraman]

1 hour ago, DoctorRetro said:

Quattro is dibsded by @Tenmil Socket

928 and Alpine are both Solido

Yes, there are two Corgi Cubs there, the Fire Dept thing in the row behind is also one.

 

 

Price wise I reckon £3.50 for the decent ones, and £0.50-£1.50 for the more shit ones. Reasonable?

So:

@Tenmil Socket - £4.50

@sierraman -£4.50

@155V6 - £5 

 @bunglebus - £8

 

Sounds good to me, let me know the total with the postage and I can get it wired across. Cheers

[155V6]

35 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Sounds good to me, let me know the total with the postage and I can get it wired across. Cheers

Me too please

[Tenmil Socket]

16 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

Me too please

Ditto 👍

[Spottedlaurel]

3 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Looking forward to seeing this built! 

Thanks, but don't hold your breath! I have some kits that have been patiently waiting their turn for over 30 years.....

[Richard_FM]

Thanks for feedback about the Majorette rectangular hole.

[155V6]

Another search found this set containing the Majorette tow truck copy

The caravan looks like a Majorette copy too,not sure about the others.

[bunglebus]

1302 Beetle possibly, Majo doesn't have quarterlights though

[bunglebus]

Yet another rabbit hole fallen into - Hungarian Hobby-Cars copies of Matchbox and Majorette

Terrible rip-off of the 126X

Majorette BMW Turbo, apparently most of them have this casting fault

They copied the Motor version too

 

No mistaking those last two. Apparently there's also some link between this company and Playmobil, who definitely copied Matchbox too

[Datsuncog]

46 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Apparently there's also some link between this company and Playmobil, who definitely copied Matchbox too

Yes and no... I think the problem was that Playmobil's toys and trademarked name were also pirated by a Hungarian toy firm called Schenk, with no connection to the real Playmobil (owned by German toymaker Brandstätter). I'm not sure, but were Hobby Cars maybe linked to Schenk?

Can't find it on these pages, but I think I profiled a plastic copy of the Matchbox Superfast Bedford TM car transporter which was made by Schenk and sold with Playmobil branding, in an impressively bold disregard of both sets of intellectual property rights. The model shop in Smithfield had a fair few of these, and apparently there were other MB copies in the same range.

Schenck were sued by Brandstätter, and ordered by a court to stop selling toys under the Playmobil name in the mid-90s.

Naughty, naughty.

[155V6]

59 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

1302 Beetle possibly, Majo doesn't have quarterlights though

I don't think it's a Majorette copy.The Majorette Beetle has always looked a bit off to me.I'm not sure if the roof is too flat or the windscreen too upright?

[155V6]

That Hungarian Datsun looks like a Clown's car that's about to fall apart 😁

[sierraman]

Are those pictures taken on a Hot Wheels foldable garage? I had one, fantastic, loved the little garages, used to keep a little Corgi Metro in the top one. 

[bunglebus]

26 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Yes and no... I think the problem was that Playmobil's toys and trademarked name were also pirated by a Hungarian toy firm called Schenk, with no connection to the real Playmobil (owned by German toymaker Brandstätter). I'm not sure, but were Hobby Cars maybe linked to Schenk?

Can't find it on these pages, but I think I profiled a plastic copy of the Matchbox Superfast Bedford TM car transporter which was made by Schenk and sold with Playmobil branding, in an impressively bold disregard of both sets of intellectual property rights. The model shop in Smithfield had a fair few of these, and apparently there were other MB copies in the same range.

Schenck were sued by Brandstätter, and ordered by a court to stop selling toys under the Playmobil name in the mid-90s.

Naughty, naughty.

Here's the site - English translation isn't the best

http://hungariandiecast.blogspot.com/2010/07/diecast-toys-made-in-hungary-hobby-cars.html?m=1

And here's one of my Playmobil Machbox copies - I have three

9 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Are those pictures taken on a Hot Wheels foldable garage? I had one, fantastic, loved the little garages, used to keep a little Corgi Metro in the top one. 

Pass - I "borrowed" them from the above site

[bunglebus]

Talking of blatant copies - look what just arrived

Yup another Lucky Toys Gruesome Twosome copy in a subtle shade of magenta

But wait, there's more

Also a Lucky, looking very much like the Matchbox #6 Ford Pick-up. Is it a copy? The original certainly didn't have an opening hood

Looks like it came with the canopy too

[bunglebus]

49 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

I don't think it's a Majorette copy.The Majorette Beetle has always looked a bit off to me.I'm not sure if the roof is too flat or the windscreen too upright?

I keep thinking Tomica but they also don't have ¼ lights.

Yes the casting is a bit odd, '02 Beetles aren't the best proportioned to start with

[bunglebus]

Having a nose around online at Luckys, I was well aware they did a VW T1 pickup,

but didn't realise it was copied from Corgi, as evidenced by this version

*edit* looks like they had their eye on Husky too!

[sierraman]

Can imagine an old split screen not being up towing much more than a wheelbarrow let alone a Ferrari 250GTO!

All the Tesco yesterday were devoid of any Matchbox, even the crappy Top Gun tie ins were gone. Hopefully in week after New Year we’ll see some new stuff. 

[bunglebus]

Just saying...

 

[Richard_FM]

Bob Anderson used to lug his F1 Brabham - BRM around Europe on the back of a VW Transporter.

[andrew e]

Pretty common actually 😂

[andrew e]

So here’s one box of my majorettes, there’s another loose box (with my pick ups) but it’s eluding me at present! Most of these were childhood bribes from Pitsea market 😁

 

 

 

[andrew e]

Found another one for @155V6 😁

A bonus Chrysler 180 too!

[sierraman]

30 minutes ago, andrew e said:

Pretty common actually 😂

And so convenient for easy on-off loading. 🤣

[andrew e]

Some of my boxed majorettes - which while pristine are un-displayable. God knows how I got into the packets as a kid 😂

Later packaging above, early packaging below, spot the brass axles!

[sierraman]

Had loads of Majorette as a kid, used to pick them up on frequent trips to France where they’d be only a few francs when the exchange rate was favourable. My liking of them was off the back of their models usually bring base spec cars you’d find in the street. The Sierra was a distinct high point, the proportions were spot on. Plus they were tough as old boots, they survive much sandpit or garden path action. At our infant school we were lucky enough to have an actual concrete car track moulded into the banking. 

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, andrew e said:

Well jel of that pink 5 door R5 - they're really hard to find!

56 minutes ago, andrew e said:

They're the decals that have ended up on one of my Cougar Dragsters

 

[bunglebus]

19 hours ago, 155V6 said:

Another search found this set containing the Majorette tow truck copy

The caravan looks like a Majorette copy too,not sure about the others.

 

9 hours ago, 155V6 said:

I don't think it's a Majorette copy.The Majorette Beetle has always looked a bit off to me.I'm not sure if the roof is too flat or the windscreen too upright?

This has been bugging  me all day. Playart Beetles have quarterlights but the casting is clearly different. Lintoy/ERTL?

[bunglebus]

Just found this pic online. Anyone got a spare $1000 for this Yanoman tin plate Fastback?