Shite in Miniature II

[flat4alfa]

Matchbox Rolamatic STOAT looks tidy 

Would like that if a pound

I do have one from childhood but it is Olive Drab

[Split_Pin]

Hi Tim if you could you nab the Kia Sorento and the tripod Mira Renault 4 for me please?

[Split_Pin]

28 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

@Datsuncog  Dinky Singer Vogue shell please

I have a complete one (they go for ££) but the thought of making a convertible out of that is too much to miss

Are they valuable? I have a VGC one with its box.

[bunglebus]

43 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Playmobil Matchbox transporter copies, I've got three already

[flat4alfa]

53 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Majorette did loads of 1/24 scale for their domestic market, I had a few at one point, E-type, Cobra, Cherokee. None as far as I know were ever retailed in the U.K., the quality was a bit indifferent as well. 

I thought they were Bburago rebrands

But appears not

[bunglebus]

39 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Corgi rip-off vaguely interesting, though.

SZE Toys, I think that says.

Yes indeed. Oddball small bus and several larger vans in the collection here

[flat4alfa]

45 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Are they valuable? I have a VGC one with its box.

They seem to have the edge in value over some others, yes. Not sure why they are scarce as they were on catalogue for five years

I ended up spending almost a tenner on a humbrolled one, just to stop the chase twitch!

All playworns seemed to go for £20+

A/A+ according to toymart.com:

[flat4alfa]

SZE TOYS ARE COMING TO GET ME

These were distributed in Zodiac brand 'Midnight' packaging for UK

 

[flat4alfa]

On 12/29/2021 at 9:27 AM, Datsuncog said:

Yes and no... I think the problem was that Playmobil's toys and trademarked name were also pirated by a Hungarian toy firm called Schenk, with no connection to the real Playmobil (owned by German toymaker Brandstätter). I'm not sure, but were Hobby Cars maybe linked to Schenk?

Can't find it on these pages, but I think I profiled a plastic copy of the Matchbox Superfast Bedford TM car transporter which was made by Schenk and sold with Playmobil branding, in an impressively bold disregard of both sets of intellectual property rights. The model shop in Smithfield had a fair few of these, and apparently there were other MB copies in the same range.

Schenck were sued by Brandstätter, and ordered by a court to stop selling toys under the Playmobil name in the mid-90s.

Naughty, naughty.

Hungarian Playmobil piracy story entry from CogBook™

Quote

 

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, Datsuncog said:

Corgi rip-off vaguely interesting, though.

SZE Toys, I think that says.

SZE Toys, Hong Kong.

The Airport Coach is ex-Majorette casting.

Think we have seen the Leyland Terrier Corgi Junior copies before.  They are different castings though, confirmed by the 'grille' on the SZE that is part of the plastic base

Had a right aversion to these as a child.  It was the piddly tinny lightweight sound they made, the box body seemed to accentuate the racket.  A shame the bases weren't metal, or the front end detail was picked out.  And those stupidly large Whizzwheels.  And they were EVERYWHERE and still are.  The Corgi Juniors 'Days Gone' van

Even in real life they seemed to annoy me.  Don't know why, perhaps the overhang and chin.  More likely the memory of the Corgi Juniors model!

I suppose to get it out of my system, I should restore one, fit more sensible pre-Whizzwheels, fit sound insulation, do a proper detail on it.  Or just ignore it and hope it goes away.

[Split_Pin]

8 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

SZE Toys, Hong Kong.

The Airport Coach is ex-Majorette casting.

Think we have seen the Leyland Terrier Corgi Junior copies before.  They are different castings though, confirmed by the 'grille' on the SZE that is part of the plastic base

Had a right aversion to these as a child.  It was the piddly tinny lightweight sound they made, the box body seemed to accentuate the racket.  A shame the bases weren't metal, or the front end detail was picked out.  And those stupidly large Whizzwheels.  And they were EVERYWHERE and still are.  The Corgi Juniors 'Days Gone' van

Even in real life they seemed to annoy me.  Don't know why, perhaps the overhang and chin.  More likely the memory of the Corgi Juniors model!

I suppose to get it out of my system, I should restore one, fit more sensible pre-Whizzwheels, fit sound insulation, do a proper detail on it.  Or just ignore it and hope it goes away.

I love these as they were all built in Bathgate which was just a few miles from me. The lightweight Terrier and lower weight Boxers all had the old BMC 6/98 engine. I think it made a great sound. The Terrier did have comically small wheels and I always felt the model looked closer to a heavier Clydesdale 4 wheeler.

[junkyarddog]

Nice to see a R4 van that isn't a Majorette!

[flat4alfa]

5 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

I love these as they were all built in Bathgate which was just a few miles from me. The lightweight Terrier and lower weight Boxers all had the old BMC 6/98 engine. I think it made a great sound. The Terrier did have comically small wheels

Australian Terrier production included 4.4 petrol V8 and Allison autobox option.  Lowered the compression improving torque over the engine fitted in P76 cars.  Governed to around 3500rpm.  400 built.

This is the sole known survivor with the autobox

[MiniMinorMk3]

13 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Nice to see a R4 van that isn't a Majorette!

Here's some 1/43rds by Solido

Anyone know what STE is?

Solido version

Pompiers version

 

[RayMK]

@eddyramrod:  The Spot-on Humber estate's roof rack is in the post to you.  With it being a Royal Weekend,  expect it on Tuesday or Wednesday. It's in a jiffy envelope with additional packing as it is quite delicate but should fit through your letterbox.

[bunglebus]

Mira, Norev, Solido. Got a boxed one somewhere, another Solido I think

[flat4alfa]

Only got one, the Majorette had since I was 10

And it's staying that way

Annoyingly, paint always seemed to fall of it, while the Acadiane kept hers

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

The 1999 Weetabix promotion resurrected the Terrier, colouring the grille and fitting a better* choice of wheels.  So, it survived the Mattel ownership era, despite them not transitioning it into a Hot Wheels.

But wait....

It's not the same casting - what's that on the roof of the Chinese-manufactured resurrection?  That wasn't there in the 70s and 80s castings.  Or was it?

[flat4alfa]

On 3/10/2023 at 10:14 AM, Datsuncog said:

Both eras of Corgi Leyland Terrier Weetabix promos were in evidence - the '70s original, and the late '90s version with no commonality.

Apologies.  it's already been covered in the CogBook™

[flat4alfa]

On 5/4/2023 at 10:50 AM, MiniMinorMk3 said:

The values of Spot-Ons always amazes me.

I don't think it's even worth keeping this watchlisted with any hope of actually winning it!

23 watchers with near two days to go...

[Datsuncog]

Alright, well that was disappointing...

The morning meeting massively overran, only finishing at 1.45pm.

I dashed over to the market, but... everything was packed away, and both Market Blokey and Charity Blokey were already gone for the day.

Moreover, I learned earlier that Market Blokey's going to be off on holiday for the next three weeks - so he won't be back with his stall until June.

Ah.

What do we say?

[MiniMinorMk3]

35 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

I don't think it's even worth keeping this watchlisted with any hope of actually winning it!

23 watchers with near two days to go...

I think I might put a cheeky offer in on this (not)

TRIANG SPOT-ON MODELS AUSTIN SEVEN MINI RED NO 211 BOXED 1/42 | eBay

[NorfolkNWeigh]

2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Australian Terrier production included 4.4 petrol V8 and Allison autobox option.  Lowered the compression improving torque over the engine fitted in P76 cars.  Governed to around 3500rpm

This is the sole known survivor with the autobox

As rallied as part of a 2 ‘car’ team with that other ideal long distance marathon rally car a Mini Moke in the 1977 London to Sydney.

[Noel Tidybeard]

On 30/04/2023 at 20:57, bunglebus said:

Got a link? 

yes, yes, i have

https://uk.corgi.co.uk/products/jaguar-43-litre-e-type-blue-rt33501

[bunglebus]

So it's from Corgi but not the Corgi Model Club? Colour me confused

[Noel Tidybeard]

yes corgi are using the castings of the shaguar, ovlov p1800, mustang fastback & porch carrera 6 in other colours to CMC

https://uk.corgi.co.uk/new-2023?encoded=VY9Ni8IwEIb_Sk69KVYQt4dBUPAkrKywFwlhNhnb0G4SphPQf7_1Y6ten5f3a9VhqPcoDdjItZ_ktjj5Toj7468PJrG3pGH2hHj-h-WymlbVqBwk2lYdBCX3Gka8Z5p8siPWIJxp5GvG4DRsrq3PDIvdkLz1oqQhtY7nl-LgUCJfzJ2Yn4s-Jo4uWzE1x5weYepreERqhznYpkhYk_EOyvliPoztI8vghI-bAGXhQ8ryjV2mTXP1OXjf8gc

[MiniMinorMk3]

14 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

So it's from Corgi but not the Corgi Model Club? Colour me confused

As Noel says, Corgi are going to be doing the other colours that models came in. These modern repros are only worth buying as sentimental reminders of lost toys, there is no investment potential in them. Just like the old Atlas Dinkys from a few years ago, I suspect that these Corgis will be available for a fraction of the cost in about 5 years time.

I was considering the Mini Magnifiques, but I'll wait.

It must be annoying if you have paid the £35.99 for an E-Type from CMC...

335 - 4.2 Litre Jaguar 'E' Type 2+2 – Corgi Model Club

only to find that the blue one is £19.99 from Corgi.

 

[bunglebus]

The gold Mustang looks nice. I don't need another expensive but it's interesting to know anyway

I got a delivery from @Mine's a Leganza!

Excellent service, the Mini was one of the ones Tesco deprived us of and I liked the idea of the red MGB in a box - think it was only a multi pack colour over here?

Mini van didn't make it to these shores at all as far as I know

[bunglebus]

On 28/04/2023 at 17:14, Datsuncog said:

Different wheels on mine though - the earlier five-crown type.

I couldn't help myself 

Strangely it's in nice condition, other than the wheels which are a bit chewed up.

This also arrived. I have quite a few of these and there seems to be an endless variety of shades of purple from grape to pink. It's very tidy and will be replacing a not as good one

I also bought this. There is a plan which you might be able to work out

Lastly there's this oddly scaled beast, Politoys and supposedly 1:43. Maybe the Honda Z is so small it just looks weird against others the same scale? It's nice in any case 

[flat4alfa]

33 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Lastly there's this oddly scaled beast, Politoys and supposedly 1:43. Maybe the Honda Z is so small it just looks weird against others the same scale? It's nice in any case 

Oh they are tiny things, 11.5 cm slimmer and 6.6cm shorter in height than a BMC Mini

If you tell me the width and length, I'll compare it to the Zylmex Honda 600 here which looks too big for 1:64