Split_Pin Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 What is the appeal of these Lupos? I have one and I don't understand it. It's out of scale with the majority of other cars and it's only an average model. Bonus shite points for it being an SDi though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Very busy morning at the bootsale, plenty of sellers with tat and very reasonable prices for the most part, including free because I'm always buying stuff off the same guy! I buy the occasional Hot Wheels but mainly as parts donors - Motor Psycho has an excellent beach cruiser inside that looks great in the bed of a pickup This one is giving up its co-mold wheels and surfboards Regular seller had some boxed goodies on his table Matchbox isn't mint but I have a nice condition hovercraft somewhere. Box has to be worth £1! Saw some very early Matchbox but at silly prices. D type was cheap though As was Merc I don't often buy incomplete cars, but this Rolls was so nice otherwise that I had to have it. Hopefully a donor will emerge Who's jealous of my Sterling? Did quite well here, was quoted £4 for these pretty decent English Super GTs - went of to have a think and got them for £2 later - he was asking £4-5 for tatty 60s Lesneys too AndyW201, Tenmil Socket, Datsuncog and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 I think I should have bought that blue Super Kings tipper, and found it a replacement bed - especially as I went on to splurge 50p on this unusual Hurcules crane that needs a donor vehicle Rover 3500 is missing the dash - think I have a spare tucked away somewhere Corgi Marcos Volvo 1800 is a fairly unusual find "Dinky" Aston - made in China by Mattel No-name Alan Mann MK1 OK this is an oddity. Plastic Suzuki van by Shinsei Think this may be the star buy, Siku Pontiac GTO Lock-Ups Mustang is locked up annoyingly Rarer colour Majorette BMW And exciting* MK3 Golf This one is completely left-field though - anyone heard of Majorette Turbooms before? Britains bike is rather less unusual And this just because it amused me This was one of the freebies - Minic Jeep. Don't think repairing pressed steel is within my range of abilities sadly Lastly I bought some more Buddy Ls for an extortionate 50p each - two of them steer from the roof which I've not come across before And some random toot MorrisItalSLX, Tenmil Socket, Datsuncog and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Some cracking finds there gents - both those Siku’s were excellent scores! Went hunting toys and headed home with a £5’s worth of ex-electricity board spanner instead 😂 bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 24 minutes ago, andrew e said: Went hunting toys Where did you go? I reckon you could cover the Dunton boot sale nicely... andrew e 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Split_Pin said: What is the appeal of these Lupos? I have one and I don't understand it. It's out of scale with the majority of other cars and it's only an average model. Bonus shite points for it being an SDi though. Just that people with Lupos want them so they go for good money. Other than that, nothing, just a slightly odd scale toy car Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 I had a Majorette Turboom. Basically you got a sort of cap gun thing that you sat in the engine bay, retracted the car and when it hit something a sort of firing pin went into the cap and caused a Big Bang. I may actually have a bootlid for the Rolls somewhere. andrew e and bunglebus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roverageous Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Very excited for this one! I had no idea such a thing existed. Opel Astra F Convertible - the closest thing (in the correct colour) to my first car - a Vauxhall Astra F. AndyW201, Split_Pin, Six-cylinder and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 1 minute ago, 155V6 said: See also MC Toys Granada Literally just won this auction 155V6 and andrew e 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 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? RayMK, andrew e, Datsuncog and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted August 22, 2022 Author Share Posted August 22, 2022 As always, loving the cast numberplate in a realistic font. Majorette also used to do this in a similarly accurate style for France. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 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! bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 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… bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 That’s the type of tat my eldest would have me buying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 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. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicycle repairman Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 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 eddyramrod, AndyW201, Split_Pin and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW201 Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 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! Split_Pin, warch, andrew e and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Hot Wheels are in stock at Lidl, £1.49 each Bugger all in my small store though Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted August 23, 2022 Author Share Posted August 23, 2022 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. Tenmil Socket, andrew e, Datsuncog and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom13 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom13 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom13 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 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. mk2_craig and bunglebus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 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. Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 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 tom13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Saw this Majorette garage in a charity shop. Was £30 though Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 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. eddyramrod, AndyW201, bunglebus and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted August 23, 2022 Author Share Posted August 23, 2022 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. Datsuncog and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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