Shite in Miniature II

[AnnoyingPentium]

1 minute ago, bunglebus said:

Well you're in luck - that one is probably the easiest to find, think I've had three. The reason you thought it was a police car is because it is

and a taxi

 

I like Crack ups!

Mine was definitely the red one though, so it'll have been the fire one. It was just so much fun to futter about with the wee flippy bit as a bairn.

[bunglebus]

And on the subject of 1980s Hot Wheels - I got some today

Mad colour Turismo

Omni 024

Hot Bird

Phone Truck

Also came with one of the last Kidco Dinkys I don't have, but...

yeah.

[sierraman]

8 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

When did MB start making them in Macau? I have have Superkings Datsun 240Z dated 1974 which is made there but all my other Superkings up to around the early 1980s are made in England.

Sometimes you can see where the country of manufacture has changed as the mould has had it sculpted out and the new place stamped in. I'm fairly sure I have 2 similar models made in Macau and Thailand. I think the Rancho is made in 'Macao' just to add confusion.

I think the Superkings and the Super GTs continued to be made in the U.K. until around 1985 but the other stuff moved to Macau in about early 1983?

[bunglebus]

Another new Hot Wheels set. Nothing here that interests me though

 

[Bren]

21 hours ago, barrett said:

Isn't vintage Action Man stuff mega valuable? I had a fair bit when I was a kid (must have been 10-15 years older than I was, picked up from boot sales) includint a motorcycle/sidecar combination. I can't remember what happened to any of it but I think I possibly sold it on when I was a teenager and even then was surprised by what it fetched. Trying to get my head round the scale of that truck - it must be absolutely massive!

I went in a shop recently that had the helicopter and scorpion tank - both boxed. They were £150 each.

[morrisoxide]

Emm Gee Bee Gee Tee Matchbox in a box in One Below zero. I should have got some more as those wheels are nice.

Which reminds me I've not posted my roof chopped version.

I need to get a picture of them next to each other now.

[Noel Tidybeard]

mr. ramrod

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125268108759?hash=item1d2a8fa5d7:g:8YoAAOSwwTZiXXRh

too green?

or search corgi va09100/102/103

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, morrisoxide said:

Is that a standardised Hot Wheels MK1 too?

[ETCHY]

On 4/21/2022 at 7:54 PM, Split_Pin said:

I'm not sure if this belongs here or not but hang it, it's my thread 🤣

A while ago I gave away my early 1980s Action Man collection to an ex-soldier after I stuck it up on Marketplace. My parents were clearing their loft and I don't really have an interest in it.

Anyway, fast forward to the weekend and my Auntie had found my 2 elder Cousin's even earlier collection so it was duly ferried down to me .

Now, I said I had no interest in Action Man however when I was a kid I absolutely loved the Jeep and trailer. I played with it until it was falling apart and was eventually crushed by my dad's MK2 Cavalier. Turns out that olive green is indeed a great camouflage.

There was a Jeep in the collection as you can see but I'd had my time with it.

However I was speaking to my younger Cousin the day before I got the collection and  she said she'd had been up at my Aunties tidying up and had come across the Action Man Foden truck. Sadly it was too far gone and she binned it. Now I absolutely LOVED this thing and took any opportunity I could get as a young kid to play with it when I went up to visit so I was very disappointed.

I thought I'd try and categorise the collection somewhat before the same chap, who was very excited when I messaged him again and offered him the collection (for free, as it was to me). As I rummaged through I found what I was certain was  the roof hatch of the lorry, still intact. Then a door, then another door, then all 4 bits of the dropside body, the vinyl tilt and all the intact pieces of the frame. I bagged them up and thought I'd keep them just on the slim chance that a truck came up for sale as spares and repairs.

I casually checked ebay and I could not believe it, there was a bare truck with just the cab, chassis, wheels and flatbed. No more and no less than I needed. A cheeky offer was submitted and it was mine for £25 posted.

It arrived today and I could not wait to build it up. I'm delighted with it and there was even a space waiting for it on my shelves.

 

The lorry and the Jeep are by Cherilea/Sharna who did Action Man scale vehicles. I have a boxed lorry. Great vehicle it can i think be converted to a tipper if a couple of clips are removed. Careful of the door hinges they're very fragile. They did a white UN version too i think.

The Action Man lightweight Land Rover is a cool thing, i had that as a kid that's worth looking out for.

I think Sharna were based in Manchester. Argos sold a lot of their stuff as did various catalogue companies. Look up old Argos catalogues they'll be in there. Made some cool stuff.

 

[Split_Pin]

Cherilea were based in Blackpool.

The truck is a great toy, I'm going  to clean it up today as its a bit dusty. It's in really good condition now, bar a small tear in the vinyl tilt. Even the stickers are decent, no need for me to have to buy new ones.

I don't think its worth a great deal as it stands though. There's one on ebay with a few parts missing, some small areas of damage and no stickers for £35. Mine is in a lot better condition so I reckon another tenner on top of that, not really worth the hassle. Plus I really like it and I had a big space to spare on top of a chest of drawers and it sits just nice on there. I maybe should have kept one Action Man to drive it!

[eddyramrod]

10 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

mr. ramrod

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125268108759?hash=item1d2a8fa5d7:g:8YoAAOSwwTZiXXRh

too green?

or search corgi va09100/102/103

OMG, HFM???????

A fellow Shiter is coming to the rescue, I just have to find him a suitable swopper.

[Datsuncog]

Lovely to see the big Action Man vehicles - I had a load of hand-me-downs from my older cousin, including the Foden truck (with doors and hatch present, but without the rear load cover or fold-down side bits), a Jeep with a missing bonnet, a self-propelled gun (as shown at the top left of the poster above), some bits of a howitzer, a motorbike and sidecar, and a sandy-coloured staff car that looked vaguely like an overinflated Kübelwagen.

They were all pretty well used when they passed to me, and even more used whenever I sent them on their way - think I sold them at a car boot sale when I was in my late teens. The SPG seems to have been a Palitoy item, but I'm not sure whether my Jeep was by them as well or another toymaker.

Would have been nice to have them still, but they were pretty big!

[sierraman]

Which Matchbox are in the One Below? 

[morrisoxide]

35 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Which Matchbox are in the One Below? 

There wasn't much in One Below other than the MGB. 

Blue Willys Jeep, Red and beige Jeep Wrangler, Blue Jag F Type and some modern mini bus/van thing. All in the boxes not the blisters, It had been well picked over though.

 

10 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Is that a standardised Hot Wheels MK1 too?

Yes. 

You can get away with sanding down the bubble arches there is just enough metal.

Ditched the spotlights and filled the bumper with a split pin added some MBX wheels.

 

I need to figure out what I've posted on here.

I'll get some finished pictures up soon.

[ETCHY]

2 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Cherilea were based in Blackpool.

The truck is a great toy, I'm going  to clean it up today as its a bit dusty. It's in really good condition now, bar a small tear in the vinyl tilt. Even the stickers are decent, no need for me to have to buy new ones.

I don't think its worth a great deal as it stands though. There's one on ebay with a few parts missing, some small areas of damage and no stickers for £35. Mine is in a lot better condition so I reckon another tenner on top of that, not really worth the hassle. Plus I really like it and I had a big space to spare on top of a chest of drawers and it sits just nice on there. I maybe should have kept one Action Man to drive it!

Ah right Blackpool, ta for that must be Sharna that's Manchester I'm sure it's on the box.

It depends on the model and being boxed etc, i don't think the lorry even when boxed goes for big money but it's still cool.  Things like the Kettenkrad they did seem to go for a fair bit. 

[Split_Pin]

I spent an hour cleaning this up this morning, I wanted to be careful ofnthe original stickers so I had to stick to baby wipes, cotton buds and an old make up brush.

 

[ETCHY]

3 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I spent an hour cleaning this up this morning, I wanted to be careful ofnthe original stickers so I had to stick to baby wipes, cotton buds and an old make up brush.

 

Looks cool.

I had one as kid too. It was always a favourite.

Great model.

[Datsuncog]

2 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

...a sandy-coloured staff car that looked vaguely like an overinflated Kübelwagen.

Found it!

Seems it was indeed made by Palitoy.

I'd thought it was probably made by another manufacturer - the quality was ok, but not brilliant.

That's a very small part of my mind that can rest easy now...

[ETCHY]

52 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Found it!

Seems it was indeed made by Palitoy.

I'd thought it was probably made by another manufacturer - the quality was ok, but not brilliant.

That's a very small part of my mind that can rest easy now...

That's a cool one. Were the task force vehicles a cheaper range perhaps ? It looks more basic than the usual Action Man stuff.

[Split_Pin]

Palitoy made Action Man and also a small range of vehicles. They were quite basic however. You can just make out the name on the bottom left of the top side of the box in the picture.

Cherilea came along and produced a much better range which was clearly very popular as their range of vehicles are the only ones I recall. They were unashamedly aimed squarely at Action Man but were never marketed as such, instead the boxes said suitable for all 12" Action Figures. However that pretty much meant Action Man.

The latter must have pissed off Palitoy no end as both ranges were shown together in catalogues.

According to Google, Cherilea appeared to dissolve around 1991. 

[bunglebus]

Got a lot of cars land on the mat. 

Mainly wanted this Playart Mercury

Anyone recognise this Lotus chassis?

There was also a Mira - this one seems to pop up regularly 

A clean Husky RO80

And a Majorette I wasn't aware of - BX  4 TC

[barrett]

That chassis is from the Corgi Lotus Elan. The bare chassis was part of the Lotus Racing Team set - I used to have a couple of the Elans and always suspected the chassis was removable but never quite had the balls to try and prise one off.

[junkyarddog]

4 hours ago, barrett said:

I used to have a couple of the Elans and always suspected the chassis was removable but never quite had the balls to try and prise one off.

A screwdriver may have been a better choice🤣

[Crusty Sills]

On 4/17/2022 at 10:28 AM, bunglebus said:

 

Just got time to show you this before we go to the outlaw's for Easter dinner - I had one of these tumbling buggies when I was a kid, so couldn't resist a boxed one for £2.00

I'll find some C cells and test it later

Oh what a find. 

Reminds me a Christmas, must have been 10 and wanted a remote control car.

Imagine my horror when I opened a yellow version of this. Santa really let me down with his Sunday market haul that year. 

I don't dwell mind!! 🤔

[Remspoor]

9 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Found it!

Seems it was indeed made by Palitoy.

I'd thought it was probably made by another manufacturer - the quality was ok, but not brilliant.

That's a very small part of my mind that can rest easy now...

That looks more like a DAF 66 YA then a Kübelwagen.

 

[sierraman]

7 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Got a lot of cars land on the mat. 

Mainly wanted this Playart Mercury

Anyone recognise this Lotus chassis?

There was also a Mira - this one seems to pop up regularly 

A clean Husky RO80

And a Majorette I wasn't aware of - BX  4 TC

Read up on the BX4TC, probably one of the most interesting Group B cars.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

12 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Lovely to see the big Action Man vehicles - I had a load of hand-me-downs from my older cousin, including the Foden truck (with doors and hatch present, but without the rear load cover or fold-down side bits), a Jeep with a missing bonnet, a self-propelled gun (as shown at the top left of the poster above), some bits of a howitzer, a motorbike and sidecar, and a sandy-coloured staff car that looked vaguely like an overinflated Kübelwagen.

They were all pretty well used when they passed to me, and even more used whenever I sent them on their way - think I sold them at a car boot sale when I was in my late teens. The SPG seems to have been a Palitoy item, but I'm not sure whether my Jeep was by them as well or another toymaker.

Would have been nice to have them still, but they were pretty big!

We had the Scorpion Tank , but I’m sure we also had a Lightweight Land Rover. Maybe it was that Jeep and my memory is playing tricks on me , I remember dropping it off the coal house roof with an Action Man parachute , so I’m sure it was an Airportable. It didn’t get broken even though the parachute was rubbish. I convinced my brother to jump off that roof with Action Man’s parachute too. Didn’t break his fall either, I remember my Mum freaking out though.

My Grandma used to study the AM catalogue and copy the uniforms on her sewing machine.

[bunglebus]

On 21/08/2019 at 15:56, Datsuncog said:

As with the military version of the Jeep which initially appeared with 'Jeep Hot Rod' stamped on its base, it seems that quite a lot of the early mainline MB05 run still came with incorrect Roman Numeral bases calling it a No.II Sleet-N-Snow - including those sold in the UK.

Additionally, the verified Roman Numerals Jeeps seem to have plastic seats in the back - like the 1976/77 release 'flat floor' military Jeeps. Mine, however, has cast metal seats like the 1978-on yellow 900 Series car.

So it may be the case that the way of telling genuine limited-edition No.II Sleet-N-Snows apart from incorrectly based MB05 mainline US Mail Trucks is the rear seating.

Plastic = genuine US limited edition.

Metal = mislabelled mainline

So that seems to clear up the mystery, after all these years.

If anyone else has one of these, I'd be interested to see what your baseplate says - especially as I've yet to find a pic of a 'proper' MB05 US Mail Truck base.

I remembered you mentioned these Jeeps recently* look what arrived today

Very probably an error, as it has the cast-in seating in the rear (and no windscreen, TADS)

My other one...

...has the US Mail Truck base

 

[Split_Pin]

11 hours ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

We had the Scorpion Tank , but I’m sure we also had a Lightweight Land Rover. Maybe it was that Jeep and my memory is playing tricks on me , I remember dropping it off the coal house roof with an Action Man parachute , so I’m sure it was an Airportable. It didn’t get broken even though the parachute was rubbish. I convinced my brother to jump off that roof with Action Man’s parachute too. Didn’t break his fall either, I remember my Mum freaking out though.

My Grandma used to study the AM catalogue and copy the uniforms on her sewing machine.

Lightweight Land Rover was a Palitoy product, as opposed to the Willy's Jeep which was Cherilea.

My old Auntie knitted a fair few uniforms and a track suit for AM over the years,  the guy I gave the collection to really liked them.

[AnnoyingPentium]

A "Realtoy" Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag...