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That's cool. But I want the Track Car

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I'm sure someone on here was on the trail of one from Facebook marketplace years ago

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Posted
On 1/14/2023 at 11:23 PM, bunglebus said:

Dinky Rover 3500

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Remnants idea #1

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Remnants idea #2

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Quick question for those in the know!

Is the Dinky Wayne school bus rare? I’ve just scored one, not too bad condition, but it just occurred to me that you don’t seem to see very many around. Or I don’t anyway! Did it not sell well?

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9 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

Quick question for those in the know!

Is the Dinky Wayne school bus rare? I’ve just scored one, not too bad condition, but it just occurred to me that you don’t seem to see very many around. Or I don’t anyway! Did it not sell well?

Americans chase them.  Not so much here

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https://www.planetdiecast.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=194&id=66489&Itemid=0

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Posted
6 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

There was another wild Baracus Party here this afternoon too, where a tiny ERTL joined with a Kidco, clambering all over the bigger Corgi effort

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Then Ken turned-up uninvited in the chunky Majorette 'Limousine', to put a stop to the plan that came together.

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Crazy fool.

I love vintage A Team stuff. Spotted this Kidco Burnin' Key van on Muppetplace earlier. Top dollar I'd have thought. 

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Well folks, I'm off down a rabbit hole again. Posted that Sunnyside Rover 3500 Dinky copy on FB and someone came up with this

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As well as some others in the same Midnight branded boxes

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That another one I've had (the Panda looks familiar too - Bburago?)

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And this

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That's the Alme Golf I showed earlier...

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...along with the BMW 633. Might explain why they usually have no make on the base

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So of course off I went searching for Midnight, and found they often have the brand Zodiac on them

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Think this '57 is an MC Toys which is also sold as a Zee (or the other way around)

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Here's mine

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Not sure on the T-bird, might be Zee again

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some others on the back of a box containing what's 100% a Zee pickup - recognise any? 

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So yeah. More weirdos for me to hunt down, I have read the SS-909 Rover also came as a rally car - the search continues! 

Posted
13 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

Quick question for those in the know!

Is the Dinky Wayne school bus rare? I’ve just scored one, not too bad condition, but it just occurred to me that you don’t seem to see very many around. Or I don’t anyway! Did it not sell well?

Just had a quick look - they're not cheap are they! Hope you got a bargain 

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16 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

I love vintage A Team stuff. Spotted this Kidco Burnin' Key van on Muppetplace earlier. Top dollar I'd have thought. 

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Yeah I got mine last year with key for a under a fiver bundled with the Ferrari GTS and key

Can't knock a tryer though.  Their curtains are nicer than mine and need paying for.

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Posted
5 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Well folks, I'm off down a rabbit hole again

One of the SZE TOY vans here came new in Zodiac Midnight box

You know those ones that say 'No.70½ U.S. VAN' underneath

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7 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Just had a quick look - they're not cheap are they! Hope you got a bargain 

On their own no! The one I got was part of a small job lot, which also contained a few others I was after. Win win!

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3 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

One of the SZE TOY vans here came new in Zodiac Midnight box

You know those ones that say 'No.70½ U.S. VAN' underneath

Oh yes

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So Superior, Zee, MC, Alme and Sze all sold under the umbrella of Zodiac. Very interesting 

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1 minute ago, bunglebus said:

So Superior, Zee, MC, Alme and Sze all sold under the umbrella of Zodiac. Very interesting 

It's probably more likely that the distributors for the Western market ordered in bulk and had them put into their own English language packaging

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31 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

On their own no! The one I got was part of a small job lot, which also contained a few others I was after. Win win!

This lot?

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The one on the right looks interesting.  It's a Dinky Meccano France factory issue for 1950:  29E Autocar Isobloc

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Just now, flat4alfa said:

This lot?

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The one on the right looks interesting

No, it Wasn’t those ones.

Apparently there’s a blue version of the Wayne too, a tour bus I think?

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14 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

Apparently there’s a blue version of the Wayne too, a tour bus I think?

Yes the Continental Touring Coach.  It's mentioned in the planetdiecast.com link up the page

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Posted
7 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

There was another wild Baracus Party here this afternoon

Ooh I missed one - Galoob

Galoob A-Team van

 

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Another to seek out is the Greenlight Vandura

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Have that tucked in a box upstairs with all the other boxed never unwrapped I wasted money on

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9 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Saw this and went off to see but did not find a RatDat post - must have been lost in a purge?  Never mind, Corgi's 1975 Buick (Century) Regals have been discussed plenty before in this thread.  Also found a photo on the t'interweb that might help with the original Mettoy-era ones I remember at least:

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Not sure how some of you manage though, when it comes to collecting variations.  I had to realise the hard way that something had to give?!  The collection was becoming a burden with no room left and money becoming shorter.  Wife also feeling the strain of being surrounded by obsession.  So I decided to avoid slope-slipping, keep to one example of a model.  I saw it start to work, repeatedly telling myself 'the Vans' were enough... 🙂

Example: the first Corgi Buick Regal Juniors release for 1977.  I told myself it was not required any longer...

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...because I have owned the big 1:36 one for years and will keep it.  Hooray!

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Didn't really need the others either, so moved them on, just keeping back the UAE Police شُرْ طَة‎ (šurṭa) Juniors (might never see another) and the City of Metropolis 'Superman' tie-in Juniors ...well it was in better condition than the 1:36 Metropolis.  Helped also by knowing there was also another in 1:36 that was stripped bare in a box for a future idea (e.g. make into the unreleased large scale yellow Taxi version, or perhaps THE CLEEMPUT PROTOTYPE ?).  That was the thinking.

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So did I get some space back?  Well, the biggest Buick Regal from Corgi was got hold of.  Something only ever seen from a catalogue photo when a child.  Result: increased space achievement failed.

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But why, you say?  Because it does this:

I realised I am 'such a child'.  But I felt better.  Relaxed.  Calmed.  😆

So, all in a row:  Corgi's Buick Regals in 1:21, 1:37 and 1:72 scales (I measured).   Ta-da!  Collection complete!  

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Then I found this photo today, the last of the line, using tooling carried on by Mattel as a Hot Wheels for 1997

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Arghhhhh...

I think I’ve or maybe a dozen Buick Regals, I think they just went with whatever was available paint wise. I’ll check out in the Corgi book what it says as that goes right up to 1997

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I did a post a while back wittering on about base variations, there are different numbers of rivets, disappearing Corgi branding, slots for the sidepipes fitted to the Track Car version etc. Then different wheels on top of colours. It could be into three figures easily

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Posted
15 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Any new Matchbox in Tesco? 

Not yet - checking today though

Posted
12 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

Quick question for those in the know!

Is the Dinky Wayne school bus rare? I’ve just scored one, not too bad condition, but it just occurred to me that you don’t seem to see very many around. Or I don’t anyway! Did it not sell well?

Vectis get about 4 or 5 a year through their sale room. Estimates for boxed examples range from £60-£120.

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Here is the first road car produced by Minichamps. It came in three colours, met red, met blue and met black. Also note the dark silver box and the very early model numbering.

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The Karman Ghia was also an early release, the first versions having the 4 digit numbering.

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Soon after came the brighter silver box.

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Then 5 digit numbering

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The the MIN numbering

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and finally the 9 digit numbering, the 430 denoting the scale of 1/43rd.

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Soon after the silver outer was changed to the black outer

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Picked up a few bits over the weekend,nothing special although the police car has a battery compartment underneath,and optics running up to the roof lights.

Quick clean up and new batteries but nothing works....

And finally got the treasure hunt Subaru for a decent price.

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Posted
4 minutes ago, andy18s said:

It's a Welly,same as the Subaru behind it.

Yes sorry! I have one somewhere 

As for new Matchbox in Tesco - no singles but there are some new 5 packs 

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