Shite in Miniature II

[155V6]

48 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Just that people with Lupos want them so they go for good money. Other than that, nothing, just a slightly odd scale toy car

See also MC Toys Granada,Majorette Fiat Coupe & a few others

[bunglebus]

1 minute ago, 155V6 said:

See also MC Toys Granada

Literally just won this auction 

[bunglebus]

Remembered I had a spare Hot Wheels Miura so I whipped it out of the pack for a quick comparison 

Things have obviously come a long way in terms of tampo printing in the last 50 years, but the Matchbox is probably more faithful in terms of overall shape. I wonder what size the wheels would be scaled up? 

[Split_Pin]

As always, loving the cast numberplate in a realistic font. Majorette also used to do this in a similarly accurate style for France.

[Tenmil Socket]

I spotted something pretty odd yesterday in Home Bargains. 
They were described as Micro Toys, around 8 or 10 in a pack.

They were essentially micro versions of the actual toy. The Hot Wheels in the blister on the card can’t have been more than 2 cm!

 

[Tenmil Socket]

2 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

I spotted something pretty odd yesterday in Home Bargains. 
They were described as Micro Toys, around 8 or 10 in a pack.

They were essentially micro versions of the actual toy. The Hot Wheels in the blister on the card can’t have been more than 2 cm!

 

They actually contain 20…

 

[sierraman]

That’s the type of tat my eldest would have me buying. 

[andrew e]

19 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Where did you go? I reckon you could cover the Dunton boot sale nicely...

Got it on one! I think the Wednesday one is better, more Tat less market.

[bicycle repairman]

telephone came out off my late mothers flat i gave it her about 25 years ago the trucks came out off a charity shop in norwitch and i probaly paid to much lol,tipper £7.50p scammell matchbox£1 and dinky truck £7 sad times only down there knowing my mother was dieing been ill well over a year been in a home anyway shes in better  place now had a good innings so treasure your moments and visit your love ones

[AndyW201]

An arrival, today.

Well, that gave me a clue as to what it was...

Sadly, having cost 56 bloody pounds, it's going into the 'put away for Christmas' cupboard, and the flipping thing's sealed so I couldn't even get a sneaky peek!

However apparently, the other item I've pre ordered from them is due to hit Corgi UK at the end of this month so I should hopefully have that soon.

I'm REALLY excited about that one!

[eddyramrod]

On 8/21/2022 at 1:00 AM, eddyramrod said:

Aw bollocks.  It's the wrong side of £40 now, therefore badly over budget.

And it closed the far side of £50.  No way I can go that high.  I know BOS aren't cheap, but I wouldn't have cared -and still don't - who made the model.  Price is much more important!

Meanwhile... anyone got a contact who can bring in some 1/43 Motormax Dodge Diplomats, preferably in the semi-blank black and white livery?  At a sensible price of course!  I'm not some retired civil servant with weight issues, BO and a manners deficit.  The Diplomats seem to be impossible to find in this country, but they're a dead ringer for the Plymouth Gran Fury of the 1980s, one of which, of course, I owned.

[bunglebus]

Hot Wheels are in stock at Lidl,  £1.49 each

Bugger all in my small store though

[Split_Pin]

I dug this out the loft yesterday.  

I got the MK3 minibus version  in around 1987 and while it was a great model the lack of quarterlight pillars in the front side windows always annoyed me. So when I saw this version in Christie's toy shop in St Andrews the following year I was smitten as it looked much more realistic.

Fast forward to August 1997 and I bought this late release, complete with 'L' registration. 

 

[tom13]

On 8/20/2022 at 5:50 PM, sutty2006 said:

And I needed cake tin liners and decided Tesco wasn’t good enough so went to mozzers. 3 boxes of half picked tat left me with these bloody expensive cake tin liners 🤣

 

 

I need that Toyota so badddddddd!

[tom13]

On 8/14/2022 at 2:46 PM, bunglebus said:

OK I know not everyone will like these, but these boxed pull-back cars were too cheap to leave behind. The Merc SEL is branded a Welly on the base, but the others are unbranded

one of very few Hot Wheels worth buying, Dixie Challenger (Roger Dodger) was Mattel's way of avoiding Dukes of Hazzard copyright 

Pretty good Matchbox Nissan 270X

And a K-35 Lightning

Andrew E pointed out this trailer in among a serious pile of them (must have been a dozen boat trailers and half as many yellow car versions) as being the one that carries the ugly white Porsche behind the yellow van. I've probably got one but...

Blue is one of the less seen colours on the ovloV

I found a Field Car in a multipack but don't mind a loose one

Newer version of the VW bus in a livery I didn't have

Not a bad Racing Mini

Miura is a body donor to allow the resto of the broken yellow regular wheels i found recently 

Thought this was an early Lesney but it's a Benbros

Clean Corgis - Polo has been detailed nicely by someone

Majorette horsebox - with horse

944 ain't great but should be restorable

Why did I buy this? I already have one as a stalled project but for 50p...

No regrets on this buggy though, think i have the choice of 5 colour bodies and two bases now - they clip together and are easy to customise/parts swap

Tomica bus

I'm hoping Mr. Flowers does a windscreen for the Dinky "Sam's Car"

Joal Simca is a repaint but too unusual to resist

I know some of you will enjoy seeing this Vanguards Cav

Don't think I've missed anything..?

If you want to sell the Spiderman van let me know. My boy will love that.

[tom13]

On 8/16/2022 at 4:16 PM, bunglebus said:

What's an Essex girl's favourite wine?

"I wanna go to Lakeside!"

And she did, so we did. Entertainer came up trumps for me, best find being the new Maxima drift yo wagon

Maxima is very cool.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

It transpires that Longbridge Jr has a bit of a thing for Binis. He's constantly pointing them out to me despite only being three and a half. 

Does anyone have a cheapy diecast model they're selling? Ideally red...

[AnnoyingPentium]

17 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

It transpires that Longbridge Jr has a bit of a thing for Binis. He's constantly pointing them out to me despite only being three and a half. 

Does anyone have a cheapy diecast model they're selling? Ideally red...

I'll have to check what father time has kept aside for me. Or rather what AP Snr. kept aside, rather.

[bunglebus]

59 minutes ago, tom13 said:

If you want to sell the Spiderman van let me know. My boy will love that.

Staying in the collection but they're not especially rare - you can get a biggun too

Blue seems to be the more common colour in either size

[bunglebus]

Saw this Majorette garage in a charity shop. Was £30 though 

[Datsuncog]

This month's arrival from the Corgi Model Club...

The #437 Superior Ambulance on Cadillac Chassis.

It's rather handsome.

The big news on this one is the battery operated light.

Achieved through an AA cell carrier that slots into the base.

The only thing is, the original version came with a light bulb that flashed. Apparently, such a thing cannot be obtained these days, so the repro version just lights up when the switch at the base is turned.

Or at least, it's meant to.

This one doesn't, unless you squeeze it really hard. And even then, it only flickers a bit and the Trans-o-lite lamps at each corner don't do very much.

Ah well. It's still nice to look at.

Goes nicely with the Olds police car from June, I reckon.

[Split_Pin]

23 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

This month's arrival from the Corgi Model Club...

The #437 Superior Ambulance on Cadillac Chassis.

It's rather handsome.

The big news on this one is the battery operated light.

Achieved through an AA cell carrier that slots into the base.

The only thing is, the original version came with a light bulb that flashed. Apparently, such a thing cannot be obtained these days, so the repro version just lights up when the switch at the base is turned.

Or at least, it's meant to.

This one doesn't, unless you squeeze it really hard. And even then, it only flickers a bit and the Trans-o-lite lamps at each corner don't do very much.

Ah well. It's still nice to look at.

Goes nicely with the Olds police car from June, I reckon.

I have the original version of that which matches the box artwork. The bulb won't flash as the rotating barb on the rear axle, which opened and closed the circuit, has been deleted. Its the same mechanism used on the Commer PB police and ambulance vans. The Dinky BMW 2000 TI Lux uses a similar mechanism except the contact is an eccentrically mounted cylinder on the axle.

They're all in the loft at the moment so I can't grab them for a picture.

None have ever worked for me in my ownership.

[sutty2006]

2 hours ago, tom13 said:

I need that Toyota so badddddddd!

If I spot another you want me pick it up? 

[Split_Pin]

You can hear the barb clicking as it rotates.

 

[tom13]

55 minutes ago, sutty2006 said:

If I spot another you want me pick it up? 

Appreciate it dude but just popped into Lidl as I saw on here they had them in.  Managed to get two. I think they had 4 in total. 

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, Datsuncog said:

Really looking forward to this for comparison

They suggest the blue/white is rarer but that seems to now be the more common colour - I do have a shonky red one though

[bunglebus]

I'm more excited about the next one however

 

[bunglebus]

Not quite as exciting as a brand new, old Corgi, but I did acquire another colour of the Superfast AMX Javelin 

[sheffcortinacentre]

Local Asda have stopped selling  hot wheels 

[Datsuncog]

Today's laptop ornament - this 1/43 Vauxhall Chevette L.

No maker's name anyway- possibly by DeAgostini or Altaya or one of those lads?

It was from some remaindered stock of Polish-issue partworks that Jumajo.fr were selling off last year for £notmuch.

It's actually a sort of terracotta colour, but comes across as very red indeed in the camera lens.

Dunno if it's meant to be slightly lowered or not - I reckon a slight lift would do it no harm at all. Wheels are a fair approximation of Rostyles, though all one shade rather than the black 'n' silver I'm familiar with.

Being a low-spec Chevette, it's quite a plain thing - but the lines are captured pretty well, including the early recessed headlights.

The bulbous rear valance with the number plate mount looks about right too.

As a European example, it's mildly disappointing that this is a left-hooker. A left hand drive Vauxhall's probably a real rarity these days, so in a way it's a shame that Vanguards or someone hasn't produced a UK-spec roadgoing Chevette. Hey, it wouldn't be too hard to produce HS/ HSR versions in road and rally spec too.

There's also some black paint drizzled on the rear arch, presumably from outlining the glazing, which I should have a go at removing.

But overall it's a nicely rendered example of some fine British street furniture; I maybe wouldn't have paid loads for it, but I'm quite happy to have it in the collection!