Shite in Miniature II

[eddyramrod]

1 hour ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

what sort of condition coop does sir hanker after?

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]

4 hours ago, 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!

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]

2 hours ago, 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.

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]

2 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

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

 

2 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

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

 

2 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

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

 

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

Boxed Zodiac is cheap

 

1 hour ago, sierraman said:

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

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]

1 hour ago, junkyarddog said:

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

 

1 hour ago, eddyramrod said:

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

 

4 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

 

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

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]

6 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

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

Is that a boxed Laser Wheels Thunderbird too?

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!

[sutty2006]

I’d like to add that Audi to my Collection if possible!

[AndyW201]

Gah! Missed out on the Audi!

[sierraman]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

 

 

 

 

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

If it’s all original that’s a very very good price, potentially £100 profit in that! 

[sierraman]

Haven’t seen the red Mach E yet so I’ll pick that up when I find it. The wife actually looks for them in Morrisons for me which is a result. 

[bunglebus]

38 minutes ago, AndyW201 said:

Gah! Missed out on the Audi!

I've seen loads about, several even at the toy fair for £2/ 3 for £5.

I don't think they're especially uncommon so I'm sure one will land near you eventually 

[bunglebus]

Let's try and get a few toy fair finds catalogued

@andrew ethrust this Treasure Hunt into my sticky mitts

Clean enough Ferrari

I always grab these if the grille is intact

Was I the only annoying kid pointing out these should be La Voiture?

First stall i went to saw the guy in front of me hoover up about half a dozen mint-looking military Matchbox including a Field Car - he left these two though

Bought these mainly for the Supervan

Is this a colour changer?

Ooh, Glo Racer BMW!

[Zie]

3 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

 

Bought these mainly for the Supervan

Oh that's Cool! My favourite Van and Soft drink in One amazing combination.