Shite in Miniature II

[flat4alfa]

22 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

The Rover P6 3500S Scarab Blue, Export Specification, RHD, model number VA06520, was a limited edition of 1,000 pieces.

Five sold on eBay this year (so far) at an average selling price of £28

[155V6]

Called in at a couple of charity shops on the way home & found these two

The Golf is marked Viking Plast underneath,no markings on the red truck

Also these two Siku Jeeps

Don't look like they've ever been played with,although one has a snapped roll cage.

[Noel Tidybeard]

atlas marina tc police car if one is there pls

[bunglebus]

29 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

I've got the Golf

And a MK3 Escort 

[AndyW201]

Eagerly awaiting tat Friday. Ten pound Vanguards are not to be sniffed at in the current climate....

[FakeConcern]

There was a C30 in this series...

I'd love one of these...

[FakeConcern]

2 minutes ago, AndyW201 said:

Eagerly awaiting tat Friday. Ten pound Vanguards are not to be sniffed at in the current climate....

Also re; the shop marking up the prices, I'm not surprised as in the short time I've been looking to buy old toy cars the prices (at least of the ones I want) have really gone through the roof on ebay.

[sierraman]

7 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I've got the Golf

And a MK3 Escort 

Looks more like an Otosan Anadol to me!

[flat4alfa]

2 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

If there's anything you see that you like, or anything you're particularly searching for, then do sing up in the next few hours...

Vanguards VA06510 Rover 3500 ?

Met Police version.  You'd know it from the twin search lights the blue rear board above the number plate 

TYK 194S was the first Met car to get the 'jam sandwich' stripe

The sister cars in the fleet had to wait a bit longer

[bunglebus]

6 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Kidco Corvette and no-name 300ZX key cars, at £1 a throw.

Majorette beach buggy with yellow wheels and a front light bar, at £2.

Texaco and Agip transfers look like they're Scalextric waterslides added on by a young owner, not Majorette originals.

Though I could be wrong...

That plastic fantastic looks interesting - might be up for that, think it might be related to the Impulse/Imperial copies of Matchbox cars.

Could it belong inside this Pinch Poppers van?

Majo buggy:

[flat4alfa]

8 hours ago, barrett said:

It's always worth pointing out just in case anyone gets the wrong idea.

Been a while since I did this, so here's the Mercuries (minus one which I forgot about)

The Mebetoys

And the Politoys

And if that counts as a 'collection' I don't know what more to say. Just a couple of interesting bits, nothing weird or obsessive about it at all. Just a couple. Just don't ask to see my Pilens, alright mate?

It was bugging me and I found it!

 

Brilliant collection of die-cast by the way.  So much bella figura in one post

[bunglebus]

3 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Think that Unimog forklift passed through my hands, many moons ago.

50p Box refugee from December 2019.

What I hadn't really noticed until I put it in the loft earlier, was that the same casting came with forks or a snowplough

That one ^ also came of one of you the other day

[eddyramrod]

3 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

atlas marina tc police car if one is there pls

You and me both!  Good luck!

2 hours ago, AndyW201 said:

Eagerly awaiting tat Friday. Ten pound Vanguards are not to be sniffed at in the current climate....

Yes they are, and I am doing that sniffing.

2 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

Also re; the shop marking up the prices, I'm not surprised as in the short time I've been looking to buy old toy cars the prices (at least of the ones I want) have really gone through the roof on ebay.

And my model-hunting goes exactly the same way, and has done for sixty years.  Funny how everything I want shoots up the moment I think of it!

[flat4alfa]

19 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

Funny how everything I want shoots up the moment I think of it!

[flat4alfa]

5 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

If there's anything you see that you like, or anything you're particularly searching for, then do sing up in the next few hours...

Oxford Austin J2 Paralanian.  Not a tenner though!

 

or an Oxford Maxi

They are only £7.45 direct from the manufacturer though

[barrett]

3 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

It was bugging me and I found it!

 

Brilliant collection of die-cast by the way.  So much bella figura in one post

If you tracked that down purely on the basis of that one picture that's really impressive work (unless you can read Japanese). It's a good album! The other visible records are Max Roach's The Loadstar (a new chance discovery for me) and Peter Hammil's Fool's Mate, before you wear yourself out...

[bunglebus]

You learn something new every day. I mentioned when I found the new Hot Wheels 72 Stingray that I liked the headlights being made as part of the glazing. It seems it has another trick up its sleeve too

This one does the same apparently 

I've seen no mention of this anywhere before, nothing on the pack. If there's a moving part it's usually shown as a diagram on the back. Hopefully there will be others, Trans-O-Lite isn't dead!

[flat4alfa]

2 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I've seen no mention of this anywhere before, nothing on the pack. If there's a moving part it's usually shown as a diagram on the back. Hopefully there will be others, Trans-O-Lite isn't dead!

THEY DID WHAT ?!

Bastards!  That means I've got open the packet now and ruin my children's inheritence*

[bunglebus]

Ever seen one of these? Circa 1986 Polistil mutants!

Chances of finding one?

[Datsuncog]

7 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

atlas marina tc police car if one is there pls

 

4 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

You and me both!  Good luck!

 

7 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Vanguards VA06510 Rover 3500 ?

Met Police version.  You'd know it from the twin search lights the blue rear board above the number plate 

TYK 194S was the first Met car to get the 'jam sandwich' stripe

The sister cars in the fleet had to wait a bit longer

 

3 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Oxford Austin J2 Paralanian.  Not a tenner though!

 

or an Oxford Maxi

They are only £7.45 direct from the manufacturer though

Will see what shows up in the crates come the morning!

Just to say, tomorrow's a public holiday here so I'll only be swinging past the market in the morning - bit of a 'one and done' situation.

I'll try to get some pics posted up around 9am, and I may be able to hang around for a short while afterwards, in case there's anything anyone's mad keen for me to secure on their behalf - but come 10 o'clock I'll need to be hitting the road, so it's gonna be a brief event with no lunchtime second round this week!

Catch you on the flipside...

[Datsuncog]

Bit less snowy this morning, it's true.

Kinda misty, though.

Officially sponsored tat-hunting trainers: ON.

[AndyW201]

Highly unlikely, but if there's a Tara green Allegro in the Vanguards haul,..

Or the Oxford diecast Bedford HA  (B Taylor building services), please grab it...

 

[bunglebus]

16 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Officially sponsored tat-hunting trainers: ON.

Is that some sort of tactic to blend in?

[andy18s]

41 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Bit less snowy this morning, it's true.

Kinda misty, though.

Officially sponsored tat-hunting trainers: ON.

I do wonder if The Nemisis is a member of a forum/Facebook page who tries to explain to his friends about the guy who keeps taking photos of everything....

[Datsuncog]

Well then - despite getting a clear run in, and managing to park directly outside the market, I was not the first to today's Tat Table.

As feared a few weeks back, The Nemesis did not take kindly to me besting him over the Rockets Capri and Gamdakoor Impala, so presumably now has his alarm set for 4.30 to ensure maximum diecast opportunity.

Hell's teeth, it was only 7.45 and he already had a sizeable stack set aside at the back of the stall.

That's a Mk1 Escort, Avenger, and P6 in rozzermobile trim he's had, plus a Mini 3-piece set - and I was saddened to note there had been a delightful Roman Bronze MkIV Cortina in the crates, along with two police Transits - one of which was the accident set, with figures and cones and whatnot.

He'd also dibsed an early Corgi Classics Mk1 Lotus Cortina, that blue Series 1 P6 under discussion yesterday, and the red Mk1 Granada that I'd kinda had an eye on.

Must be £100+ there, easily.

Yeah, this is kinda getting out of my league, somewhat. Talk about an arms race.

*Sigh*... Looks like this is the only Roman Bronze I'll be getting my paws on today...

But! All maudlins aside, here's what there actually was left:

Plenty of police Vanguards, though the boxes are a bit rumpled and foxed.

Assorted Atlas reworking of Vanguards police castings, plus civilian castings.

Top left is a Jaguar XJ12, upside down.

More oldish Vanguards, Atlas and a stray Oxford or two.

There doesn't seem to be anything here that anyone had asked me to keep an eye out for

Some rally stuff - P6 and A40 - and vans.

First sweep's always a bit messy, as the stuff's usually just whacked into the crates any old how, and it takes me a while to straighten them all up.

That's a bit better.

Another johnny-come-lately box then put in an appearance:

I'd hoped there might be some treasures therein, but not really.

I don't know why there's a Vanguards Anglia in a Schabak box - just one of many mysteries...

Cararama 1/43 all rattling round loose in their boxes.

Also some late 1990s twin sets, priced at £15.

And this Haynes tie-in, also £15.

There were also a few loose items - but mainly just last week's stuff.

Corgi Classics were very dusty and missing mirrors and wipers etc.

And there were some loose Hot Wheels and similar.

'And similar' encompassing these no-names:

And that was... kinda that, I'm afraid.

Ah well.

Some you win, some you lose.

[bunglebus]

I have to be honest, after last night's frantic die cast sales action I'm glad there's nothing I want. 

Check please!

[Tenmil Socket]

8 hours ago, bunglebus said:

You learn something new every day. I mentioned when I found the new Hot Wheels 72 Stingray that I liked the headlights being made as part of the glazing. It seems it has another trick up its sleeve too

This one does the same apparently 

I've seen no mention of this anywhere before, nothing on the pack. If there's a moving part it's usually shown as a diagram on the back. Hopefully there will be others, Trans-O-Lite isn't dead!

How odd that this feature isn't advertised.

[flat4alfa]

[flat4alfa]

There is plenty there that I would like

But finding the tenners isn't feasible

We do now know that Nemesis must be running an eBay resale shop somewhere as it's not just loose playworn restorables

[AndyW201]

Wouldn't mind that A40 rally please Tim if you're still in the area?

Wouldn't say no to the Consul GT plod car either, but I only want it as a wheels and spotlights donor. Unlikely he'll do a deal on two cars?