Shite in Miniature II

40,656 · July 29, 2022

The Skoda is probably worth at least £20 in the box now.

1,812 · July 29, 2022

On 7/26/2022 at 8:04 PM, Split_Pin said:

Sorry for the sideways picture, I finally found the Toyota Van in Tescos tonight.

They've hiked the price up 50p to £2 though. Bastards.

How? I need one of these. Never seen one in the shops. If anyone has any spares of this model I would be happy to buy.

5,941 · July 29, 2022

14 minutes ago, sierraman said:

The Skoda is probably worth at least £20 in the box now.

I'm still trying to find a decent one unboxed...

42,531 · July 29, 2022

3 hours ago, tom13 said:

How? I need one of these. Never seen one in the shops. If anyone has any spares of this model I would be happy to buy.

I'll have a look in Tesco tomorrow - there was at least one in the Hot Wheels bin in my local store on Wednesday night; I picked it up but decided I didn't really need it and put it back again...

7,357 · July 30, 2022

ok i'll admit it- i ordered the twin pack of professionals crapis from corgi

14,102 · July 30, 2022

6 hours ago, tom13 said:

How? I need one of these. Never seen one in the shops. If anyone has any spares of this model I would be happy to buy.

I have a spare one. Are you at FOTU today?

9,215 · July 30, 2022

12 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

I managed to get a MIB Sterling at a toy fair back in 2007, for something silly like £1:

That's the absolutely perfect rendition of the MIB Sterling. That futuristic blue hatched box was such a mouth-waterer.

I vividly remember WH Smiths of Clacton-On-Sea having a twirly display tower thing laden with such boxes, and every time I visited (probably on monthly intervals), I'd make straight for it, eager to check out the new arrivals. When the Sterling arrived, and I spotted that it had an actual sunroof, it became my number one diecast want. Alas, I never got a boxed example; I instead acquired a playworn example from the school playground.

It's funny, right now I can still feel the sensation of the car rolling from side to side in the box, and remember the frustration of trying to prise the box open without tearing the flap too messily. Also the "will it, won't it" anticipation of whether or not there's a collector's card in the little void below the car. Generally the latter were reserved for the earlier light blue boxes.

Oh to be seven again.

Actually, maybe not.

33,725 · July 30, 2022

Loving the nostalgia here!

I have 2 burgundy Sterlings so if anyone wants one in good but not quite mint condition, they can have it for cost of postage.

42,531 · July 30, 2022

17 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Matchbox Glow Racer right?

Blank base. Somewhere in the depths of my memory there's something about these being sold under another name, so I'm guessing this was the case here. Hoping @Datsuncog has better recollection than I do!

15 hours ago, sierraman said:

Lash Tameron.

13 hours ago, bunglebus said:

?

Yup, the Glo-Racer range was briefly sold under the Matchbox name for 1982 only, before the tooling passed to Hong Kong toymaker Lash-Tameron, who then marketed them with the Matchbox name deleted off the packaging and bases from 1983 onwards.

I'm not sure whether L-T originally made the range in Hong Kong under contract to Lesney and simply took it over when the British company hit financial difficulties (possibly in lieu of money owed?), or if they bought the line from Universal during the takeover, but that's what your nameless Glo-Racer will be.

I think the catalogue number on that one is GR-12, and it was sold as 'Night Bird'.

59,854 · July 30, 2022

Now it makes sense! I'd had a couple of ciders last night so I didn't understand Sierraman's reply...

1,812 · July 30, 2022

5 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

I have a spare one. Are you at FOTU today?

Appreciate it but I am not unfortunately.

17,922 · July 30, 2022

New arrival time. A classic 'why did they model that?' - the Mebetoys A30 Iso Rivolta S4 (aka Iso Fidia), the outrageous Italian-American super saloon built in tiny numbers in the late 1960s

This thing is brilliant. Firstly, it's a huge model -even in my beefy mitts it feels big, heavy and impressive. If you were a kid in 1970 you'd feel so chuffed to have this

Proportions and details generally spot-on, although the car itself is quite plain so there's not loads of details to model, but it's got the (too large) Iso crest on the C-pillars, and badges on the back

Lots of opening bits...

And a pretty decent Chevy V8 engine, which made the real thing the world's fastest four-door car when it was launched

There was obviously a bit of national pride involved in this model, as there were a few Iso toys out at the same sort of time. This makes a nice pair with the Politoys Iso Rivolta. I need to find the Politoys Export Grifo to complete the set, now.

Lovely! Very pleased to add this one to the non-collection. I don't think I've seen one for sale before at a reasonable price. Considering the condition I was pretty amazed to score this for £20 as most of these earlier Mebetoys seem to have gone pretty crazy in the last couple of years

5,121 · July 30, 2022

I have delayed the return home today, at the end of our holiday, so I can go to a large car boot this afternoon.

Someone had better be selling some decent matchbox, to make it worth having an unhappy wife.

40,656 · July 30, 2022

2 hours ago, Cookiesouwest said:

I have delayed the return home today, at the end of our holiday, so I can go to a large car boot this afternoon.

Someone had better be selling some decent matchbox, to make it worth having an unhappy wife.

Not Blue Anchor is it? Quality hunting ground for Matchbox that is.

5,121 · July 30, 2022

1 hour ago, sierraman said:

Not Blue Anchor is it? Quality hunting ground for Matchbox that is.

Yes BA

5,121 · July 30, 2022

So what did I find, first time out hunting for MB that I use to have as a child in the 70's and early 80's, cause I am old

First this. Always thought the wings should be black. Maybe the paint has come off.

Then

Followed by

Then an unexpected Majorette. Just had to have it. Was my favourite of the day

Well it was my favourite, till this was discovered. Even has one of the hoses still attached.

£10.50 all in. The Texaco truck was a fiver. The dumper was 50p and the others were a quid each.

40,656 · July 30, 2022

There used to be a guy that just sold diecast at that car boot. There’s another half decent one at Dunster tomorrow morning.

5,121 · July 30, 2022

1 minute ago, sierraman said:

There used to be a guy that just sold diecast at that car boot. There’s another half decent one at Dunster tomorrow morning.

The Texaco came from the diecast guy.

Sadly can't make Dunster. Mrs will kill me if she's not home tonight.

59,854 · July 30, 2022

Cheap tat shop I passed today has a load of vintage* toy cars in the window

And a charity shop had this - if it wasn't broken and having the engine scoop missing it might be worth £11 going by eBay prices. Can't say I've ever seen one before

33,725 · July 30, 2022

Good haul @Cookiesouwest, have you got the bug then?

5,121 · July 30, 2022

23 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Good haul @Cookiesouwest, have you got the bug then?

I think I have lol

9,215 · July 30, 2022

12 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Loving the nostalgia here!

I have 2 burgundy Sterlings so if anyone wants one in good but not quite mint condition, they can have it for cost of postage.

Dude, if you really do have one spare, I'd love one as a dashboard adornment / talisman for my 800...

59,854 · July 30, 2022

On 24/07/2022 at 13:07, bunglebus said:

This one poses a dilemma - my restored silver Dinky Zodiac is still short one door card - do I pinch it from this?

Well, the answer's no as they're different colours

33,725 · July 30, 2022

39 minutes ago, RoadworkUK said:

Dude, if you really do have one spare, I'd love one as a dashboard adornment / talisman for my 800...

Let me dig out a jiffy envelope

5,483 · July 30, 2022

20 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

ok i'll admit it- i ordered the twin pack of professionals crapis from corgi

Got one of those ordered too, should only be a couple of weeks according to Corgi, till they're released.

Still no dice in Tesco regarding Matchbox. Just hoping now that they do the Kadett in another colour scheme as I missed the first releases of the Merc S123 and Capri but managed to find the subsequent releases.

Morrisons had a big restock of Hot Wheels. Not much there that I haven't already got apart from,