Shite in Miniature II

[flat4alfa]

I'm off out in ten to scour Billington & Mayman stores for the Orange and Blue range missing ones oh the shame of it

[sutty2006]

  On 08/04/2023 at 12:12, bunglebus said:

I believe Datsuncog managed to find the missing one, thank you though - I think a few people were looking for them?

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Well I’m looking for red fords. Sierra or escort. Willing to swap both of these. 
 

 

 

[Mine's a Leganza!]

HEYU models

I am in the Philippines at the moment and have never seen these before and although boxed look pretty cheap Chinese models. There appear to be ten but I have only found these four so far. If anyone is interested they are £1.50 each plus postage. 

[bunglebus]

We found a Saturday boot sale - in fact thinking about it we could attend four per weekend as two are 10 am starts and the others are stupid o'clock 

Weirdest find was this Hong Kong plastic Beetle, not one I recognise 

Another TF like the one Datsuncog sent me recently 

An MC Toys Firebird 

And if you've got the black version

These Matchbox motorbikes often seem to be missing the panniers

Had to go outside for this one. I had a few Convoys as a kid but this one's unfamiliar. Ladder is a bit of a monster!

Found the tractor unit in a different tub to the trailer, both were mostly assorted kid crap but there were gems buried

Like a Clean Tyrone Malone/Bandag Bandit

And a Turbo 2 Mister 2

Found the Glo Racers Night Bird separately though

A couple of Corgis bringing up the rear

[Noel Tidybeard]

  On 05/04/2023 at 18:21, eddyramrod said:

If it's getting on top of you by the time you get to that Marina Coupe, I'm sure I can help you out...

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what sort of condition coop does sir hanker after?

[Christine]

  On 08/04/2023 at 12:56, sutty2006 said:

Well I’m looking for red fords. Sierra or escort. Willing to swap both of these. 
 

 

 

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You want the common or garden red rs2000 ?  Or do you mean the red and black  version ?  I had to push some kids out of the way to get a plain red spare one if you want it ..

[sutty2006]

  On 08/04/2023 at 17:11, Christine said:

You want the common or garden red rs2000 ?  Or do you mean the red and black  version ?  I had to push some kids out of the way to get a plain red spare one if you want it ..

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Eh? 

[eddyramrod]

  On 08/04/2023 at 16:25, Noel Tidybeard said:

what sort of condition coop does sir hanker after?

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Sir is partial to the salvageable sort of lame duck!  The coop under discussion seems to be complete but probably in need of paint, which is an ideal condition.  I'm interested in almost any family-type or executive cars from the 50s to the 70s, especially American, or police.  I'm also interested in commercial vehicles, from a Minivan to a Mack truck.  All in approximately 1/43 please, and at scrap prices.  Show me whatcha got!

[bunglebus]

A VW 1300 for page 1300

 

[AndyW201]

In that spirit, have an Escort 1300 too,

[AndyW201]

Or a more-autoshite 1300...

 

[Noel Tidybeard]

  On 08/04/2023 at 18:31, eddyramrod said:

Sir is partial to the salvageable sort of lame duck!  The coop under discussion seems to be complete but probably in need of paint, which is an ideal condition.  I'm interested in almost any family-type or executive cars from the 50s to the 70s, especially American, or police.  I'm also interested in commercial vehicles, from a Minivan to a Mack truck.  All in approximately 1/43 please, and at scrap prices.  Show me whatcha got!

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ahh unfortunately maurice marauders and tinacorner gxls are 2 that don't really appear at "scrap prices"- ask me how i know 🙄

my second hand looking one was £10 inc postage and the nice ones over £25!

[eddyramrod]

Aww bummer!  But thank you for the thought anyway.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Am I too late? Is this going to make the 1300 page, I wonder.

The first car I always think of when 1300 is mentioned, because my Grandad had one.

[Split_Pin]

That's my favourite UK Dinky model. I wanted one for years before finding mine at a swapmeet in 1995.

Interesting to see that they change the number plate to coincide with that year. Mine is UVR576D. The 'I's in Dinky plates always make my teeth itch though.

[bunglebus]

Toy fair day

[eddyramrod]

  On 09/04/2023 at 08:08, Split_Pin said:

That's my favourite UK Dinky model. I wanted one for years before finding mine at a swapmeet in 1995.

Interesting to see that they change the number plate to coincide with that year. Mine is UVR576D. The 'I's in Dinky plates always make my teeth itch though.

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Dinky did that for several years, which amused me because the real-life vehicle could have been replaced in the span of the model, so you'd get for example, a Mini with exposed door hinges but on a K suffix.  And yeah, the I in the INJ series always irked me too.  If I get one now I usually make it into a T or J.

[junkyarddog]

That dinky Zodiac is priced quite reasonable at £20,No?

[eddyramrod]

For MIB I'd say that's about right.

[Datsuncog]

For MIB I'd say that's bloody cheap...

[flat4alfa]

Boxed Zodiac is cheap

[sierraman]

I’d bet for £20 it’s been restored and a repro box.

[bunglebus]

  On 09/04/2023 at 10:14, junkyarddog said:

That dinky Zodiac is priced quite reasonable at £20,No?

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  On 09/04/2023 at 10:26, eddyramrod said:

For MIB I'd say that's about right.

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  On 09/04/2023 at 10:44, Datsuncog said:

For MIB I'd say that's bloody cheap...

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  On 09/04/2023 at 10:58, flat4alfa said:

Boxed Zodiac is cheap

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  On 09/04/2023 at 11:01, sierraman said:

I’d bet for £20 it’s been restored and a repro box.

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I'm glad that sparked some interest - cos I bought it. Original and unrestored

[155V6]

A few bits from 2 car boots this morning

Corgi Marcos Mantis

Matchbox King Size Lamborghini Miura

Corgi Chrysler Imperial,this is tatty but complete apart from the door cards.It still has the golf trolley in the boot

Corgi Ford H Series,this has a bent front axle but better paint than the one I got in the week in the box of doom.I'm hoping to make a good one out of the two

Fiat? tractor,I thought this was Britains,but there's no maker anywhere I can see

And a couple of smaller scale items

[MiniMinorMk3]

  On 09/04/2023 at 10:14, junkyarddog said:

That dinky Zodiac is priced quite reasonable at £20,No?

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  On 09/04/2023 at 10:26, eddyramrod said:

For MIB I'd say that's about right.

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  On 09/04/2023 at 12:07, bunglebus said:

 

I'm glad that sparked some interest - cos I bought it. Original and unrestored

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I'd have snapped that up at that price. You'd get £50 minimum of Ebay for that.

And on the 1300 theme here's my contribution.

[Isopon]

Picked these up at the bootsale today:

The most expensive thing was the king size wrecker at £3 so I think I did reasonably well

 

[bunglebus]

Hot Wheels Custom Volkswagen and Whizzwheels Escort are decent finds there!

Is that a boxed Laser Wheels Thunderbird too?

[Isopon]

  On 09/04/2023 at 12:44, bunglebus said:

Hot Wheels Custom Volkswagen and Whizzwheels Escort are decent finds there!

Is that a boxed Laser Wheels Thunderbird too?

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Yes, box is quite battered but it was only £2- the Escort is an OMHSS rockets 

[Datsuncog]

Corgi Rockets Mercury Cougar in 007 gift pack flavour is a decent find too!

[Datsuncog]

Some more discount store tootling yesterday...

Checked out 'The Big Sainsburys' in case they had any bargain Matchbox 5-packs on clearance, but no - I've yet to see any Matchbox items in their stores over here.

Plenty of Hot Wheels - though still a 2022 selection.

Some pricey premiums too.

A turn over to another B&M branch revealed some well-stocked shelves, but sadly not the pair of Shelby GT500s in the Flying Customs range that I was seeking.

They also had plenty of mainline Hot Wheels, again nicely displayed though still 2022 lines:

Their Matchbox range was only a couple of clip strips in the sweets aisle though - and nothing we haven't already encountered.

Some nifty bags at the tills, though.

A stop at Tesco indicated that the latest Matchbox case has gone down a storm, with not much left...

And also a new case of Hot Wheels:

Well, excellent.

So - following @FakeConcern's mild interest a few pages back, I picked this up...

Here if you want it!

Also - @andy18s, do you need this one still?

And I also nabbed this, as I think a few people are still after one?

Printing is pretty good on this one, from what I can see.

Available to whoever wants it!