Shite in Miniature II

5,096 · April 9, 2023

33 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Come on, if you're going to buy something I've been after for ages at least post a picture of it!

What this old thing? With the working door handles too I stole too for a few pounds if that makes it worse 😇 We do have a thing for green Porsches in this house, its been probably well over 40 years since I had one this tidy and despite being a childhood favourite like everything it disappeared into the abyss no doubt!

56,167 · April 9, 2023

Oh look, we're on page 1302

56,167 · April 9, 2023

11 minutes ago, sierraman said:

I have that set, think I got it for my birthday as a kid. Not easy to find the Sierra tbf now.

I may have this set tucked away

8,898 · April 9, 2023

40 minutes ago, andrew e said:

I had that one, REALLY need to sort the box(es) out in the loft..... mind you, they've only been up there a year, as retrieved from Mutha and Fatha_Outlaws..... I moved out in 1998.

I don't believe in acting too hastily.....

56,167 · April 9, 2023

Here are the rest of the Royal Mail vehicles, bought six including the Corolla and Model A van for £10.

The rest went straight on eBay to recoup a bit of my spend!

8,898 · April 9, 2023

Re paint, this is fairly close to what I'm after - the purple is a bit dark, but you get the jist.... (I didn't paint this one.....)

42,733 · April 9, 2023

Last night, trawled all the B&M in three towns. No new Hot Wheels mainline stock in for over a fortnight... but had a box or two of Matchbox recently replenished in one. No Flying Customs. Some Orange and Blue 2021, but alas not the missing cars to complete the saddo OCD collection...

Did find a few of the F&F set and got these, TBH just to feel like the petrol use was worthwhile. I can see another side to this chasing now, you need to scalp to fund the fuel !

Sainsbury's is a big store but toy aisle has never heard of Matchbox. Two boxes of HW mainline but no Audi IMSAs.

This arrived in post this morning! Wasn't expecting Royal Mail to be delivering on a Bank Holiday?!

Went big car boot today. Sunny out and as the second of the year I was looking forward to it. But a waste of time really. It's nothing like it was even three years back - these days it's wall-to-wall knock-off sports gear from east-european sellers and English is barely spoken. This was pretty much all there was, from a full field!

Vanguards Cortina MkII and A35, non-brand Golf, HW Rise 'n Climb from 2017 which had 50th colours not dissimilar to the Orange and Blue range mentioned earlier and I'm now worried there will be more OCD retrospective set collecting going on soon. Grrr.

42,733 · April 9, 2023

On 4/7/2023 at 6:28 PM, Datsuncog said:

There were loads of these Hot Wheels anniversary models, though.

Hmm... yeah, those.

The missing cars to (almost) complete the saddo OCD collection back here... are the top one Ford Torino Talledega and the bottom one Gazella R (which doesn't look like it should be in the collection anyhow)

The only other to complete it would be Twin Mill

https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/Orange_and_Blue_Series_(2021)

56,167 · April 9, 2023

Facebook group ID'd my plastic Beetle as an Arkin A-OK

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/354499835267?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=snytrxnesyq&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=X5RtjeAxSP-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

So there's a brand I'd not heard of before

56,167 · April 9, 2023

24 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

non-brand Golf

Zylmex D83

56,167 · April 9, 2023

14 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Hmm... yeah, those.

The missing cars to (almost) complete the saddo OCD collection back here... are the top one Ford Torino Talledega and the bottom one Gazella R (which doesn't look like it should be in the collection anyhow)

The only other to complete it would be Twin Mill

https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/Orange_and_Blue_Series_(2021)

I've been seeing those all over the place, I'll keep an eye out.

The Gazella is the chase car so looks different from the others

27,902 · April 9, 2023

26 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Last night, trawled all the B&M in three towns. No new Hot Wheels mainline stock in for over a fortnight... but had a box or two of Matchbox recently replenished in one. No Flying Customs. Some Orange and Blue 2021, but alas not the missing cars to complete the saddo OCD collection...

Did find a few of the F&F set and got these, TBH just to feel like the petrol use was worthwhile. I can see another side to this chasing now, you need to scalp to fund the fuel !

Sainsbury's is a big store but toy aisle has never heard of Matchbox. Two boxes of HW mainline but no Audi IMSAs.

This arrived in post this morning! Wasn't expecting Royal Mail to be delivering on a Bank Holiday?!

Went big car boot today. Sunny out and as the second of the year I was looking forward to it. But a waste of time really. It's nothing like it was even three years back - these days it's wall-to-wall knock-off sports gear from east-european sellers and English is barely spoken. This was pretty much all there was, from a full field!

Vanguards Cortina MkII and A35, non-brand Golf, HW Rise 'n Climb from 2017 which had 50th colours not dissimilar to the Orange and Blue range mentioned earlier and I'm now worried there will be more OCD retrospective set collecting going on soon. Grrr.

If you're not keeping those Vanguards...

42,733 · April 9, 2023

2 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

The Gazella is the chase car so looks different from the others

I wondered that, but I read this :

Quote

Note that there is no chase model in this series, unlike previous years.

and I believed them

42,733 · April 9, 2023

17 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

So there's a brand I'd not heard of before

Me neither. The interwebs said:

The Arkin A-Ok Product Co was in Novi, Michigan and imported dime store toys from Hong Kong

But we would recognise their later 1980s output as they used Universal and Tintoy castings https://www.hobbytalk.com/threads/a-ok-diecast-history.590711/

42,733 · April 9, 2023

Pub was shut so went through photos of the past 6 weeks of purchases of doom

This must be a unique combination that has never been attempted before: a Matchbox TEAM CONVOY Ferrari Kenworth Cabover carrying a Moko Lesney Hillman Minx

And it probably won't happen again either.

56,167 · April 9, 2023

2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

I wondered that, but I read this :

and I believed them

I think that refers to the first wave of cars, the second with the 911 had the chase car - having said that it's number 6/6 - chases normally are either #0 or unnumbered.

I didn't find #6 but I'm not too fussed, the others are nicer castings

42,733 · April 9, 2023

This was a better effort

Matchbox Major Pack M-2 from 1961, the Bedford Tractor [TK]

REUNITED

with its York Freightmaster Trailer

Peaches & Herb can sing to you to celebrate

[click]

42,733 · April 10, 2023

22 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I think that refers to the first wave of cars, the second with the 911 had the chase car - having said that it's number 6/6 - chases normally are either #0 or unnumbered.

I didn't find #6 but I'm not too fussed, the others are nicer castings

Yes compare the ever-present Twin Mill

and the straight-off-NASCAR-track '69 Torino

to this Gazela-R

Why did they choose that? It hardly fits.

But then I found out it was a Ryu Asada re-jig on a previous casting Gazella GT by Dmitriy Shakhmatov which featured in a 'Need for Speed' game on Android and iOS

The 'Orange and Blue' series was 2021. Ryu Asada died March of that year, so more than likely a tribute.

56,167 · April 10, 2023

I'd like the 55th anniversary set, especially the chase car - mega expensive unfortunately unless we get a sudden flood of them in 2027

42,467 · April 10, 2023

13 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Oh look, we're on page 1302

11,416 · April 10, 2023

I’m very jealous of all the boot fair finds, the one near me has been unable to start due to the site being waterlogged and today is raining again! I’ve been wasting my money on ebay making starting price bids on all sorts of stuff and finding the ones I’d really like being lost by a few pence (although I know what happens if you get into a bidding war!) and winning the so so ones leaving me vaguely disappointed. I will have to look out for another toy fair to feed my new found addiction!

@DatsuncogYes please!

9,537 · April 10, 2023

Right lads, wallets at the ready. I'm haeing a die-cast clear out. I'll make a thread on the boot sale bit in due time and link it here if anyone would be interested.

42,467 · April 10, 2023

On 4/9/2023 at 1:12 PM, 155V6 said:

Matchbox King Size Lamborghini Miura

On the subject of Miuras, here's a couple of contemporary ones for comparison.

First up is a Joal from Spain. These came with extra decals and a couple of road signs attached to the bottom of the base. This one has also got a bit of the wheel and tyre reaction that Joals can suffer from.

And second is a Verem, which is an old casting by Solido. When the Veron company took over Solido in 1984 some of the older Solido dies were used and sold as the Verem brand. An original Solido can be worth considerable more than a Verem.