sierraman Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 The Superkings Bus cropped up on Facebook recently. Someone has come across a box full of them in the original package, think there was something like 24 to a box, presumably having sat in a warehouse for 30 years. I think they wanted £50 for the lot, what you’d do with them all I’ve no idea. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 @DatsuncogWhile we are at it, if he wants to widen the deal, I could take opportunity to grab the Dinky '49 Ford and the Hudson Commodore too. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 So, eventually I managed to scuttle round to the far side of the stall, to find out just what was so great that it had kept Nemesis occupied for a full twenty minutes. Initially, I was perplexed... I mean, this is mostly just dreck. The usual giffer-tastic MoYs, DGs and no-name Chinese 'Vintage' cars... Though on closer inspection there were a very few items that fell outside the usual parameters: Fiat is quite a detailed Rio model - though with a headlight missing and the roof rack trashed. Mangled Dennis D bus lying to the side of it is a very heavy white-metal Varney product. Unbranded R4F (likely an IXO/ Altaya magazine partwork) was quite nice, though sadly missing its front bumper (and wingmirror). Mid-size Lowenbrau Crossley beer lorry is, surprisingly, made by Guisval. (Corgi Cameo shown for relative scale - it's bigger than a Matchbox 1-75, but much smaller than the MoY Crossley.) What was really interesting was this box, though... I was advised that these were all £3 each. Lots and lots of EFSI Volvo coaches in there, in various liveries (plus one in all-white): And a fair few Majorette Neoplan coaches, too. But what were of particular interest were the Tomica buses - not a common sight on this side of the world. Seemingly a Daimler Fleetline/ Leyland Atlantean, but here just badged as a 'London Bus'. And there were quite a few of them. Mmm, shiny. '8th Joint Meeting at Osaka' looks like a Code 2 rather than mainline release (not that I know much about these at all). Tomy promo coach? More coaches. And then this. You know how some models just grab you, for no reason? I was really drawn to this one - Tomica L4 Fuji Semi Decker Bus. There's just something about it... so yes, I snagged this one for myself, being very careful not to set it down lest someone else swooped down and nabbed it. Because there were yet more boxes under the stall... (TBC!!!) MiniMinorMk3, danthecapriman, RoadworkUK and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Tomica Keep Britain Tidy for £3 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Oh deary me. I would take one random nice Majorette Neoplan and one random nice EFSI Volvo (with what could be early Jonckheere bodywork?) You know... if the option was there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 21 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: But what were of particular interest were the Tomica buses - not a common sight on this side of the world. Seemingly a Daimler Fleetline/ Leyland Atlantean, but here just badged as a 'London Bus'. I won't pretend I can read Kanji, but I do recognise the second and fourth letters on the red bus 香港 = Hong Kong Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 33 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: '8th Joint Meeting - Osaka' looks like a Code 2 rather than mainline release (not that I know much about these at all). Yes for the JMAC (Japan Miniature Automobile Club) in 1980 JMAC 80 Akemashite Omedetou (London Bus) 1980 https://tomica.fandom.com/wiki/JMAC_(toyline) Akemashite Omedetou = Happy New Year Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 MORE rummage boxes. Crumbs. More Superkings buses, plus various Corgi Classics and MoYs. Big Soviet bus was one of those briefly available in Poundland a good few years back - missing quite a few bits like lights and aerials, though. More very scrappy Dinky repaints, too. And another odd scratch built bus - apparently an Alexander-bodied Volvo. You've got to admire the tenacity here. Some more of those weird Metosul Fleetline/ Atlanteans - I recall one cropped up on the stall last year, and now here's three of the buggers: What's weird is that the double-wheel on the back axle protrudes mightily beyond the edge of the body. Were these hand-finished at the factory, or has someone been detailing these at home? Paint runs, thumb marks and general shonkiness doesn't suggest a professional finish, but I could be wrong... More boxed buses also appeared from the depths of the under-stall: And a super-shonky Dinky Dodge, that appears to have been converted... into a very small bed? I have absolutely no idea what's going on here. Some sort of spray-painted fabric has been stuffed into the cabin space, after the roof's been hacked off. The base has been whacked hard and bent all out of shape too. Mini Countryman is an Atlas repro that's been robbed of its tyres, for some reason. Man, this place is weird. And still more lurking beneath... What's in with this lot, then? Lesney Charger in orange with the unfortunate 'Bender' stickers was sun-faded and missing the engine, though otherwise fairly tidy. Saico Minor was utterly trashed, BUT still has all its lights (somehow). One wheel on my wagon... MB Rolamatics Range Rover in military ambulance colours was on the stall a good few months ago - looks like it's still here. A pair of modern Oxford OO gauge cars from opposite ends of the motoring spectrum were also languishing in there: Looks like they've been rent asunder from someone's railway layout. This pair of Norev tourers were mildly bashed, the Morgan more so than the Renault Caravelle: While this Franklin Mint Stingray had also seen better days: Only the two wheels, then. Dear oh dear. SPEARS OR REAPERS YO A very large box contained some very smol HO gauge lorries... The foam was degrading and crumbling horribly - but this seems to be some sort of Benz centenary release, from 1986. And while there was plenty of other rubbish in there, I think this was pretty much all that was worth commenting on. Unless you're a Spurs fan, in which case this may be of interest... So - I'll pop back over then, and see if I can nab a few bits as specified above for Round 2... Catch you on the flip side, kids. MiniMinorMk3, AndyW201, RoadworkUK and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 7 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: Saico Minor was utterly trashed, BUT still has all its lights (somehow). One wheel on my wagon... If he's talking £1 then the lights and bumper are worth that to me. Everything else can go to the skip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 23 minutes ago, flat4alfa said: I won't pretend I can read Kanji, but I do recognise the second and fourth letters on the red bus Hong Kong = 香港 43 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: Seemingly a Daimler Fleetline/ Leyland Atlantean, but here just badged as a 'London Bus'. London Bus- Changchun Medicinal Liquor (World Double-Decker Bus Fair) London Bus- Changchun Medicinal Liquor (World Double-Decker Bus Fair) | Tomica Wiki | Fandom No. F15 London Bus | Tomica Wiki | Fandom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 8 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: ARRRGHHHHH that song is on my head now So I had to go and look it up and produce link from here to get you back The day is going to slog now Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 23 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: Three Mark Curran at Belfast, just one is likely match due to age Date of birth June 1970 M C DENTAL LABORATORY LIMITED (NI648172) Unit 15, Down Business Centre, 46 Belfast Road, Downpatrick, Co. Down, United Kingdom, BT30 9UP Dental Technician Pop over and hand him it back! And get a free check-up to say thanks. andrew e 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 I'd quite like that orange Bender Charger if it's not silly money - also don't think I've seen that Matchbox mix in the boxes, white Ranchero looks good. Any other interesting ones? Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 6 minutes ago, bunglebus said: don't think I've seen that Matchbox mix in the boxes, white Ranchero looks good. Any other interesting ones? Nothing super-interesting, I don't think - Caprice peelermobile and modern Nissan pickup look to be the best of what's left. They seem to be Chinese-market releases that somehow made it to the UK last summer - I picked up a few from Poundstretcher at the time (yellow Civic, red 90s Nissan pickup, Dodge cop car), think they were all part of the same case. I've got the Ranchero for you - and also picked up the Bender Charger (£2 alright for you?) andrew e and bunglebus 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 1 hour ago, danthecapriman said: Any chance you could grab me the white and red DAF flatbed and the Corgi Ford Classic (whitish colour/red roof)?? The DAF was already gone, I'm afraid - though I do have the Consul Classic for you! 1 hour ago, flat4alfa said: Ah yes well I can see in the pics the pillars now If Millar lets us have it for a quid or so off then it's still a yes, because plus = Karmann Ghia tragically gone also, I'm afraid. 1 hour ago, flat4alfa said: @DatsuncogWhile we are at it, if he wants to widen the deal, I could take opportunity to grab the Dinky '49 Ford and the Hudson Commodore too. Ford snaffled by persons unknown, BUT I did get the Hudson. 1 hour ago, flat4alfa said: Tomica Keep Britain Tidy for £3 ? Yup. 53 minutes ago, flat4alfa said: Yes for the JMAC (Japan Miniature Automobile Club) in 1980 JMAC 80 Akemashite Omedetou (London Bus) 1980 https://tomica.fandom.com/wiki/JMAC_(toyline) Akemashite Omedetou = Happy New Year Also yup. 42 minutes ago, flat4alfa said: If he's talking £1 then the lights and bumper are worth that to me. Everything else can go to the skip Gave it to me for nowt, as he was about to put it in the bin himself! Pics etc to follow, once I'm back at my desk... 1 hour ago, RoadworkUK said: That Fife Daimler "Keep going by bus" bus looks to be a bit special. If it's still there, perchance... I really don't understand this strange bus affliction I've gone down with. Sadly, this one wasn't there either. All the Hong Kong ones were, weirdly - normally they're the ones I'm chasing... 1 hour ago, RoadworkUK said: Oh deary me. I would take one random nice Majorette Neoplan and one random nice EFSI Volvo (with what could be early Jonckheere bodywork?) You know... if the option was there... One of each selected and procured for you - pics later! andrew e, flat4alfa, danthecapriman and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 1 hour ago, junkyarddog said: In the fast paced world of diecast tat,if you snooze you loose.....to THE NEMESIS!!!🤣🤣 I snossed, and I lost. Ah well! Still a reasonable haul today, as it turns out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 6 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: One of each selected and procured for you - pics later! Laahvley. Ta very much. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 24 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: The DAF was already gone, I'm afraid - though I do have the Consul Classic for you! Shame about the DAF but the Classic will do nicely, thanks!👍 Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rover414 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Missed out again but always seems to be a few new buses of interest, the London Metrobus, Nottingham Trident & that kit/scratch Northumbria Delta. Must set a reminder for next time to check! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 14 minutes ago, danthecapriman said: the Classic will do nicely, thanks!👍 Pretty sure you already have one of those? This is the problem with slippery slopes danthecapriman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 On 12/31/2022 at 6:10 PM, danthecapriman said: Just spent the afternoon going through boxes of the old toy cars I mentioned before There she is! With her sexy red roof. The teaser. danthecapriman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 14 minutes ago, flat4alfa said: Pretty sure you already have one of those? This is the problem with slippery slopes 😁 Yes. & Yes. My excuse is that it’s a nice looking model and now I can enjoy it twice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 7 minutes ago, flat4alfa said: There she is! With her sexy red roof. The teaser. Hmmm, just noticed in that pic I’ve also got two of the Rover P6… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 9 minutes ago, danthecapriman said: Hmmm, just noticed in that pic I’ve also got two of the Rover P6… If you shine a torch into the back windows, then magic happens danthecapriman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 😃 MiniMinorMk3, chodweaver, morrisoxide and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Dan Capriman Daniels. That is your stage name at the Magic Circle danthecapriman and andrew e 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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flat4alfa Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Well that just means I'll have to invite myself along to the TRANS party Both our Corgi Buick Riviera and Rover 2000 would have been sold with this card: Couldn't find the Commer Van for the beaming photo-op though. So have a beaming Izzard instead FakeConcern, eddyramrod, Remspoor and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Crikey, imagine being asked to do some work on a Friday afternoon. The very idea. Tch. Still now that's over, where were we? I scooted back over to the market just after 12, to a very different tatscape on the stall to earlier. Despite no-one apparently have two brass farthings to rub together, business appeared to have been brisk in the intervening hours. The £5 bus table was looking somewhat depleted. Although the Hong Kong buses were still there, the ABC Fleetline in Fife livery was not. Up top, the antique china had all been cleared, and the buses and whatnot had space to spread out. The Karmann-Ghia razoredge was gone, as was the '49 Ford. Most vexing. The white Superkings DAF had also moved on to pastures new, though a more common green version was still knocking about. The other crates had also been emptied out, giving me a chance to see what was what, finally. There wasn't much else remaining that wasn't on the stall. And there were some quite unusual items in amongst them; more than initially appeared. This Diapet Mitsubishi Fuso, for example... Not a common visitor to a Belfast market, I wouldn't have thought. Equally, this Routemaster/Atlantean mashup oddity was also Japanese: Sakura? No, me neither. And this curiosity seemed to be handmade in resin: Perhaps not that robustly, sadly. But whoever originally owned all these plainly had an eye for the esoteric. Even this one, which I first thought was an unboxed EFE or OOC Routemaster: Turns out to be made by Seerol "for H. Seener Ltd" I'm sure I had a Budgie Toys Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud which had a similar proclamation on the base. [EDIT: yes I did.] And this destination board seems to be hand-painted. Curiouser and curiouser. Speaking of Budgie Toys - a French Budgie? This LWB Renault seemingly made for the French market. New one on me. Diecast rabbitholes opening up simply everywhere I looked... More Rio models, though again the delicate bits broken off: A Thorneycroft box van, which I initially took to be one of the hoary old Corgi Classics castings from the 80s that are so common (and unloved): But, moving it revealed that it was a white metal model, very heavy and held together with glue. No maker's name. Another scratch build? Crazy. And I've no idea what this is even pretending to be: Not an approximation of one of those weird saloon Citroen ZXs they built in China, maybe? I tell you, this was all getting too weird for me... The Matchbox Rolamatics Rangie turned out, on examination, to have quite badly booked axles: So I ended up scooping the requested models still available, and then carrying out a last turn of the market. Alan's Emporium had the 50p tray out, finally -but there wasn't much to get trippy about. A well-used Superfast Woosh-N-Push and a Corgi Juniors Range Rover Vigilant were pretty much the height of the thrills. Though 2/3 of a Superkings container trailer wasn't nothing - just not much use to me. Kidco Lamborghini Countach, too. A final trawl past the Charity Stall revealed a lone Hot Wheels Pontiac Firebird on the 30p heap: But I was all out of change - so I didn't. And then, time to scarper back and see what's what... bunglebus, Split_Pin, morrisoxide and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 16 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: New one on me. I hope you bought that Budgie Renault Chassis Long! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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