Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

I've only ever found one - it was in such a state I didn't even know what make it was until I cleaned the base up

[MiniMinorMk3]

23 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I've only every found one - it was in such a state I didn't even know what make it was until I cleaned the base up

 

 

Nice resto.

[Zie]

Another day of scraps but did manage to find an EB 110. 

[andy18s]

@sutty2006 you after US police cars? Not a bad price for an Auto Art.

[sutty2006]

1 hour ago, andy18s said:

@sutty2006 you after US police cars? Not a bad price for an Auto Art.

Yeah I want that. Don’t go on Facebook a lot though 😢

[bunglebus]

OMG B case in Entertainer!!1!

[Zie]

1 hour ago, andy18s said:

@sutty2006 you after US police cars? Not a bad price for an Auto Art.

I love Autoart, have a few from back when I could afford them. 

[sutty2006]

Autoart stuff is superb 👌

[barrett]

17 hours ago, Lord Sterling said:

@barrett - Is that Vitesse Cinq still up for grabs?

interest was expressed, but nothing concrete... send me your details and it's yours

[bunglebus]

I very nearly didn't go in Entertainer today as they had 3 or 4 boxes in on Saturday so didn't think there'd be more - but there was!

Regular TH is the Surf Crate

It's silly but I like the Gotta Go

This one would be the Super - a very hard casting to find, last time it came out I managed to find a single example on a tatty card - only one in this box too

Mooneyes, VW. What's not to like? 

This though. This is the dog's

[Remspoor]

11 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

This though. This is the dog's

Watched the story about this on YT a while ago.

 

[Remspoor]

17 hours ago, Jon said:

Anyway, it all relates to BRIXMIS:

When I served in Germany we was warned about the Soviet equivalent SOXMIS. There was a procedure we had to comply with if we ever saw one of these vehicles. Maybe I still  have a SOXMIS card if a really looked in amongst my junk.

Here is one I found on line.

Never did encounter a SOXMIS car.

Here is a YT video I watched a number of years ago about BRIXMIS

 

[bunglebus]

Got a couple of boxes through the post of bits n bobs I'd spotted on various website

Majorette GMC (Blazer?) with Pinders tie-in

These two were just odd, is the Charger a concept car?

This one just has a really unusual card, seem to be a "Wall Hanger" as far as I can tell

Onto loose stuff, a few Hot Wheels 

Some VWs - Lupo was very cheap unusually. Poor Corgi (MC Toys/Maisto) baja made a dying squeak instead of playing its familiar tune. I may be able to fit a new battery

Majorette Golfs 

Also got a Renault 11

Found a different version of the Mira AMX Javelin with a hood scoop

And another copy that I was unaware of - the Team Matchbox. Of course Mira couldn't call it that so it's just a Team

Moving onto actual Matchbox, found an orange Turbo 2 Porsche 

A better condition First Matchbox Peugeot Quasar than my current one

And another colour of Dodge Daytona...

With a strange base - this it with the common grey one

Nice early Roller

And an Alarm Cars F40 - another one needing new batteries

Lastly a Sze Toy US van. Got a few of these now in different colours and grille combinations 

[andrew e]

Because I’m a big kid I tore it out the packet 😂 it’s a cracking casting though!

[bunglebus]

I wonder how far the engine detailing extends under the bonnet?

Discovered the Matchbox Merc estate has junk in the trunk - but what's it all supposed to be?

 

[AndyW201]

Early morning visit to Morrisons paid off!

Chuffed to get a Mk1. Quite like this colour scheme, some of them have been a bit meh,

But the highlight has to be,

Yessss!!!!

It's already been mentioned on here, but what an absolute honey this is. The detailing for a £2 toy is amazing.

No Cossie sadly, the box had already been rifled through. I was surprised to find the Escorts TBH.

[bunglebus]

On 23/11/2022 at 09:09, bunglebus said:

I'd only end up slamming it over phat rimz anyway 

Like so

I painted the interior and it looks like I haven't as I chose a rust colour. Base got a good sanding and interior got chopped about plus a tickle inside the arches with the Dremel to allow for lows. A coat of back on the base and a bit of detail improve things over the standard grey plastic. Matchbox wheels seemed appropriate 

[sierraman]

Picked up an RS2000. Also saw this absolute masterpiece... they also had a Manta B.

[MiniMinorMk3]

16 hours ago, bunglebus said:

baja made a dying squeak instead of playing its familiar tune. I may be able to fit a new battery

 

 

Guess what, I used to have a Baja Bug. These were taken at the 1982 VW Action at Stoneleigh Park.

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

Here's some Tomica Dandys that have been rebranded for a Japanese shop chain called Miki House. It's a kind of Mothercare.

There all come with a grey bag and have the model description on the box.

 

 

 

[bunglebus]

3 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

I do like a bug-eye baja - and VW Action, about the only show I still religiously go to every year, although I was only 5 in 82! Been to most of the Peterborough, Herts and now Santa Pod shows though

[sutty2006]

While picking my weekly shopping up from the Tesco click and collect, I’d forgotten some stuff, so went in for a giggle. They had quite recently replenished stock of MB and HW. Came out with these. Still no hot fords but there’s time yet. 

[Conan]

My Minichamps CX 1/43 was a bit lonely so I got it a companion. BMW M535i by Autoart. The box's not in great shape but the model itself is in excellent nick.

[sheffcortinacentre]

22 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I wonder how far the engine detailing extends under the bonnet?

Discovered the Matchbox Merc estate has junk in the trunk - but what's it all supposed to be?

 

Top two a satchel and a cycle helmet?

[bunglebus]

Maybe, I agree one looks like a bag of sorts - the crate looks a bit like beer to me...

[bunglebus]

Just watching a 2023 D case unboxing video. BMW is a nice new casting

Autoshite tour bus will be appearing

And I'm sure someone at Mattel is watching me - first they copied my red Matchbox MR2, now the Honda Cub!

 

[w00dy]

Looked a nice model in the packaging.

 

Oh dear.

[Datsuncog]

Nice morning.

Kinda wintry.

Had a meeting in town today, so headed in a bit early.

You know why.

Can't say it was entirely worthwhile, from a tat perspective...

As I'm not really the target audience for a dog on wheels, or even a retro coffee set.

Not these days, anyway.

There were the last of the 1/76 buses and trams from a few weeks back, but that was pretty much the height of it.

Oh, hang on...

Well, hot damn.

An unusual collection of (mostly) early 2000s Matchbox and 2010s Hot Wheels, mainly road-standard versions of production cars - almost all of which had been opened and then taped up again.

Which maybe isn't unusual in itself, only there were loads of duplicates - like maybe three or four of each, all of which had been opened.

Hmm.

Some of them had also been put back in the wrong boxes, and most of them were upside down/ sideways on.

For instance, this Cadillac Allante ain't a Shelby Cobra.

Nor is this Ford Probe a Thunderbird by any stretch.

Most peculiar.

Some interesting castings though, a few of which were unfamiliar to me - like this Toyota Scion.

Guess I was living overseas at the point these were released (c.2005/6).

The bag of Hot Wheels were similar: many duplicates, with multiple models in the same colour - and nearly all of them previously opened.

This selection was a little bit newer than the Matchbox, I think - dating from around 2015 or so - and a mix of short cards and long cards.

My knowledge of the newer stuff is highly limited, so it's possible these are sooper rare - but I kinda doubt it.

At a quid a throw, I imagine these will be popular with the kiddywinks, but dunno how many collectors would be all that keen.

I shuffled around the rest of the stalls, but there wasn't very much to grab my attention.

The General Tat stall had some more Hot Wheels from a few years back nestling in among the Sudoku puzzle books, at a slightly inflated rate:

And also some Matchbox, in boxes - looks to be the same Chinese-packaged 2019 releases that Poundstretcher had out on their shelves over the summer.

And, perhaps more interestingly, another smattering of Greenlight models:

Nice, but not really my thing these days.

I took a spin past Alan's Emporium, but he didn't have very much beyond the unboxed Days Gone stuff, still being given the premium treatment at a fiver a throw:

God loves a tryer, as they say.

I swooped briefly past the Charity Stall, which in times past had served me well with some vintage diecast delights, but there was nothing of interest - a couple of chipped Disney Pixar 'Cars' toys was all he had with wheels, amid the discount dog food and bundles of secondhand pens.

Ah well!

[bunglebus]

I'd have had a good rummage through that lot!

This method of customising is far too easy - another Matchbox has succumbed to the route of wheel swapping and a bit of detail. This is the Moving Parts '32 Ford pickup.

Sun is annoyingly low in the sky (I suppose I should just be happy it's out) so I tried taking pictures indoors and out.

Wheels are from a guy who 3D prints them, with a coat of sparkly silver. Did the wings in matt black and a coat of red primer for the seat. That's about it, simple but effective. 

Interesting how much smaller modern Matchbox are too

[Datsuncog]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

I'd have had a good rummage through that lot!

Well... I can't say that I didn't...