Shite in Miniature II

[purplebargeken]

Got some model stuff that needs to find a new home/homes. These are made kit models of planes, a couple of motorbikes and  a JPS race car.  Sizes vary from 1/76 to 'bigger',  a pound coin gives an idea of scale.  If it all goes in one hit, then great but splitting is ok.  They have been built to a nice standard but am unsure of make.

Location is Merseyside. Prices.... whatever really but not going to be OTT. A good home is vital.

[sierraman]

Oh for the days when you could advertise fags on toys. I had a Mira Renault 21 advertising some brand of fags on it, probably those Ducados high tar bastards that leave you sounding like Bonnie Tyler. 

[andrew e]

Got round to disinfecting my haul of (wait for it….) 3 for a £ majorettes and others! Hidden beneath all the pretty things in a box on a floor were these chipped and battered yet throughly enjoyed selection - I was grinning like a 7 year old, not a 47 year old 😁

 

Yup thats a Corgi Dodge Magnum! Snowmobile is majorette and has a lovely rubber belt track beneath too. Heading iver to the £ selection (it was a surprise day, let me tell you!) is this corgi and Husky selection, and a couple of 800 which I always collect when I see them.

Finally I had to pay a pint for these two 😁 Pretty happy with that AND they wernt on the floor in a box of disease 🤣

So bargains can be had at Toyfairs its the luck of the draw 👍

[sierraman]

I find the prices actually more realistic than at the Car Boot in fairness. 

[bunglebus]

3 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said:

 a late 70s HW. A quick look around the interwebz suggests it may have not been sold on these shores? Interesting that 'Hong Kong' has been removed from the base too...

Super Scraper

Mattel often removed or changed the production country from the base, yet another variation to find!

[bunglebus]

On 14/10/2022 at 14:49, Datsuncog said:

You'd mentioned an interest in the bird-splat Supra, but they're all yours if you fancy them.

I found a non-tampo one in a charity shop today 

They also had a few in a locked case

Of which this was one

Didn't think I was likely to see other boxed one any time soon.

Lastly I saw these in Poundstretcher 

Got excited for a moment because some of the mystery models are rather good, and you can work out which ones are in each bag. Unfortunately these are Hot Wheels Reward Cars - they're all generic castings.

[D.E]

I figured some here might enjoy this Sealink advert from 1976! I think they are all Matchboxes?

[RoadworkUK]

1 hour ago, andrew e said:

So bargains can be had at Toyfairs its the luck of the draw 👍

Fairly spectacular haul! I particularly like the K70 and RO80, and it's especially awesome having both of them together so you can make comparisons. Nice Sterlings, too.

[bunglebus]

26 minutes ago, D.E said:

I figured some here might enjoy this Sealink advert from 1976! I think they are all Matchboxes?

The ones on the French side are - I'll need my Go Go Gadget eyes to inspect the ones in Blighty

[RoadworkUK]

I own a blue and silver Corgi Mazda B1600, which has never, to my knowledge, had a tailgate.

Can anybody tell me whether that could be because it was originally part of this set?:

The one on the box art doesn't appear to have a tailgate, either.

[bunglebus]

7 minutes ago, RoadworkUK said:

I own a blue and silver Corgi Mazda B1600, which has never, to my knowledge, had a tailgate.

Can anybody tell me whether that could be because it was originally part of this set?:

The one on the box art doesn't appear to have a tailgate, either.

The camper version was only made in red and white as far as I know. The blue and silver was the first release of the B1600, I seem to recall Datsuncog saying the silver was a last-minute change to make it slightly more appealing

Campers don't have a tailgate as the rear body locks in place where it would be

[Dick Cheeseburger]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Super Scraper

Mattel often removed or changed the production country from the base, yet another variation to find!

Thanks for the clarification! I still can't find any over here to compare it to though - rare or not officially sold here do you reckon? 

[155V6]

16 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Thanks for the clarification! I still can't find any over here to compare it to though - rare or not officially sold here do you reckon? 

I'm sure I had one many years ago although it was blue rather than yellow.I do have a copy by another maker somewhere though,I'll try & find it tomorrow

[MiniMinorMk3]

1 hour ago, RoadworkUK said:

I own a blue and silver Corgi Mazda B1600, which has never, to my knowledge, had a tailgate.

 

The blue and silver Mazda was Corgi 493. It had a tail gate.

 

[bunglebus]

34 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Thanks for the clarification! I still can't find any over here to compare it to though - rare or not officially sold here do you reckon? 

Honestly don't know, I do remember a couple of toy shops that sold Hot Wheels in the 80s but I didn't get very many.

I know I bought this Turboa which came out in 86/87

And this Cobra from 88

There doesn't seem to be much info about specific markets but I don't think things were as complex as they are now. Hot Wheels just made toy cars and sold them where they could

[RoadworkUK]

Cheers Bungle and Mini. Yeah, I'm not sure where my B1600 came from. Might have acquired it in a school jumble sale or something. Shame about the missing tailgate!

[AndyW201]

Damn. When there's a drought of Hot Wheels, I'm like "Never mind, I'm giving them up anyway. I can plunge my meagre disposable income into 1/43 instead"

My local Tesco are always shite anyway for HW and Matchbox, so when I got sent there for a few bits, I knew I was safe.

Shite! There was a full dump bin, new case stuff as well.

Haven't seen a release of this for a while. Haven't seen it on any of the preview vids either. Looks nice in orange (despite the flipping chrome interior...)

They've slightly tweaked the lovely Chevelle casting to make this mean looking bugger. Sadly my shit phone and the crappy design of the plastic blister means I can't capture it very well.

Nice contrast between the shiny black paint and matt stripes. This version comes without the bonnet and with a decently rendered engine bay.

Slotmags too!

Nice '70s vibe with this funny car. Great paint and tampos.

And a slightly more stock looking 'Stang

The Copo Camaro looks fairly factory original this time round..

Another version of one of my fave castings of the year. Can't wait for the beige one!

And a modern one to finish off. I do like the E-Tron though, one of the few EVs I'd happily rock. (In about 20 years time when it's shed about 90% of its value like nearly all the German cars I've owned). Like all HW Audi's, front and rear detail is superb,

Those are what I grabbed today. There were a few I had to actually leave behind too, as seeing as I only went there to grab some Gruyere and sourdough (Croque Monsieur FTW!) I felt I had to show some restraint!

Oh, and don't even bother asking about Matchbox...

[bunglebus]

7 hours ago, AndyW201 said:

Did you notice the flame? That's the treasure hunt for that case, one I haven't found yet!

Loads of pics on FB of the 2023 cases hitting Tesco including the new light blue version of the MK1 Escort

[andrew e]

I have not been to another Toyfair, I can stop at anytime you know 😂

My partner in crime will post pictures, but a few to whet the appetite:

Totally derailing the thread however, are these wonderful O gauge meths filled high speed smoking flammable trains - this toy fair has a model railway layout running and the air is thick with flammable spirit 😳😁

 

[AndyW201]

6 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Did you notice the flame? That's the treasure hunt for that case, one I haven't found yet!

Loads of pics on FB of the 2023 cases hitting Tesco including the new light blue version of the MK1 Escort

Aye, I noticed the flame. Didn't know if it was the TH as I couldn't see the stamp on the card. Gonna have to keep an eye out for the 2023 stuff hitting the shops then. Well, that's if I was bothered about buying Hot Wheels, which of course, I'm not... Seeing as I'm supposed to be giving them up...

[bunglebus]

Toy fair pics. There's one stand in particular full of stuff that makes me salivate, unfortunately none of it is anything like a bargain 

Another seller had several of the Corgi Qualitoys Turbine Trucks - never seen the fire version with trailer...

...and is that the platform from the Husky VW pickup, scaled up?

A few other delights dotted about

[Split_Pin]

£85 for that Vitesse Golf, whiis a thorougly average model . Madness.

[paulplom]

Vw scene tax innit.

[camryv6]

22 hours ago, RoadworkUK said:

I own a blue and silver Corgi Mazda B1600, which has never, to my knowledge, had a tailgate.

Can anybody tell me whether that could be because it was originally part of this set?:

The one on the box art doesn't appear to have a tailgate, either.

I had one of those that had the Hulk in a cage in the rear, i don't think it had a tailgate either

[bunglebus]

I didn't find anything I wanted to buy.

Yeah right

There were two really nice Dinky Jersey Interceptors available in the £15-17 range. Lovely as they were, I'm quite happy paying a third of that for this one which I believe was a kit - no paint anywhere except that brushed-on blue

A recent post about the Corgi Mini Cooper may have influenced me in laying out 50p for this sad refugee - has the Austin front by the look of it

Grabbed a handful of Matchbox including this Jeep

And a hookless but otherwise very nice Toe Joe

The same seller had some decent Majorettes, frustratingly the guy next to me swiped a Siku Kadett just as I spotted it, and was eyeing up the Renault taxi - didn't want to swap it though

Dag!

Should this Husky have glazing? Seems unmolested otherwise

The usual Corgi Volvo - sadly not purple

I already have one but couldn't resist

This was a nice 50p find too

Along with a tidy Siku T4 for the same

Matchbox Fiat seems to be quite sought-after 

I don't often buy loose Hot Wheels but this Super Chrome appealed 

Even found a few still on cards

Talking of things still in their original packaging, I'm becoming more and more temped when I see something I like, so despise merciless mocking from my accomplice, I bought this

It was not the only boxed car that fell into my bag either

The Guisval is wonderfully odd, the Jag was just £1 and the Saab was still way less than loose ones sell for. I'm always picking up tatty Corgi Sierras so I thought it time I had some great ones.

The Jag box had been taped but had come open - rude not to take a few pics of it released

Scooped this Bburago out of a £1 box mainly to flog on

Lastly, this. 

It's a plastic Marx MG 1100, so unusual it piqued my interest - but there's a problem 

It's either glued or friction welded together, so I don't know what the prospects of improving it are...

[bunglebus]

8 minutes ago, camryv6 said:

I had one of those that had the Hulk in a cage in the rear, i don't think it had a tailgate either

Chrome tailgate on the gold Hulk version - two different shades of gold to find plus different colour cages for the Hulk...

[camryv6]

1 minute ago, bunglebus said:

Chrome tailgate on the gold Hulk version - two different shades of gold to find plus different colour cages for the Hulk...

Haha i vaguely remember it and you know what colour the cage was lol 

[Split_Pin]

Good haul @bunglebus, there's a home here for the Bburago if its not too far gone.

[bunglebus]

Oh and while I was at the toy fair, Mrs was at the boot sale, asks if there's anything here worth having

So maybe the Maisto VW "Champer", might be a variation I haven't got - I mean it can only be 50p or £1?

TWELVE POUNDS. TWELVE.

[andrew e]

£11 for cash surely 😂