Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

52 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

Majorette Capri looks tidy though!

It's not bad, guy had loads of stuff but his prices were a bit high. Offset by several 10p purchases though.

Most pleased with the three promotional Matchbox including the "Alpha" Romeo. Anyone know why and when they were issued?

[Jon]

Looks like a PlayArt Mercedes T2 ambulance, @bunglebus? Would be interesting to compare to the Corgi Juniors version you've picked up.

[MiniMinorMk3]

Which is better, Spark or Vanguards.

The 4,000,000th Mini...

a Glacier White 1275GT, has been modelled by both Spark and Vanguards in the last 10 years or so.

The Spark version came out first in 2012. It was cast in resin and retailed for around £40-£50. 

It was quite a good model but had many mistakes. The front bumper was a bit thick, it was on 10" Rostyles, had the usual Spark over curved radiator grille and had a wrongly coloured interior. They did get the roof banner mounting right though. At the time Spark were the only manufacturer with a Square fronted Mini in production.

A couple of years later Vanguards brought out their version of the 1275GT, and in 2015, the 6th version of the casting was the 4,000,000th Mini. The retail was £24.99 I think, and I orderd mine direct from the Corgi website.

Vanguards did their homework with this model and did a better job than Spark. They tried to replicate the Denovo wheels of the original, they got the interior colour correct, and matched the side stripes aswell. My main gripe is the grille looks to deep making the front even squarer than it should be.

AT the rear they even put a correct black and red rear badge on, even if the rear lights look a bit more flush than they should be. A minus point is the roof banner detail being all white.

 

Today the Vanguards can be found on Ebay at £35-£50. If you can find a Spark one then judging by the prices for other Spark 1275GT models, sellers will probably be asking near to £100.

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, Jon said:

Looks like a PlayArt Mercedes T2 ambulance, @bunglebus? Would be interesting to compare to the Corgi Juniors version you've picked up.

Correct, good eye! That was the other thing I bought from the Capri seller

[AndyW201]

17 hours ago, Jon said:

If you're keen on it at about £21 and willing to wait until early 2024 for delivery, I'm happy to buy for you.

I could send over my Sunbeam at the same time, if you'd be willing to sell on my behalf again?!

Cheers Jon, yeah, wouldn't mind the Nova at that price, but there would also be a few quid in it for you if you were to buy and flip it. Happy to punt the RB Sunbeam on for you too, recent sold ones of those on eBay have been going for about £45-£50 so should do well for you next year!

[bunglebus]

Right here are some of today's finds.

Hot Wheels GMC Motorhome

Majo Jeep

and Capri

Kidco Lockups is unlocked

Here's the Playart Merc bus and 10p Corgi version

Big Merc is tired but has intact pillars and was cheap. Resisted the similar condition Cubs also on offer

This was a freebie

When I bought these

Two other commercialish Matchbox - is the Peterbilt from the Commando series or similar?

[AndyW201]

Love those boxed Matchbox ones!

[bunglebus]

Hot Wheels Blind-Sided has gone from this...

...to this

Flat Iron has gone from this...

...to this

If you look closely you'll see a tiny saw blade in the front grille...

...the one that got embedded in my finger as I was cutting the windows out on it! Removed at the hospital so I thought I'd find a way to include it.

Joined by Speed Bump

Ratty cars unite!

 

[danthecapriman]

24 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Hot Wheels Blind-Sided has gone from this...

...to this

Flat Iron has gone from this...

...to this

If you look closely you'll see a tiny saw blade in the front grille...

...the one that got embedded in my finger as I was cutting the windows out on it! Removed at the hospital so I thought I'd find a way to include it.

Joined by Speed Bump

Ratty cars unite!

 

They look absolutely fantastic👍

[bunglebus]

Chances of finding the Cossie?

 

[flat4alfa]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Ratty cars unite!

Ratty cars look great and need a ratty period transporter 

The DanSale Ford LTS along with the generic Super Kings trailer being given the ratty Bungleification would be GR9

[RoadworkUK]

Oooh, I'd rather like the M5 and 500E from that selection.

BUT: What the bloody hell is with that artwork? The E39's wheelarches are enormous and look utterly ridiculous.

Grotesque overwheeling is one thing that really spoils Hotwheels for me.

[flat4alfa]

Just looked back you already have one 

Quote

 

[AndyW201]

Trip into the town proved worthwhile today. (Not often you can say that about our town centre!)

As usual, Entertainer was a waste of time. Hot Wheels case G aplenty. But then I headed to Toytown, a shop I keep forgetting about, even though I've had a couple of good scores from there, notably a load of recent Majorette premiums I got last year for £1.99 each.

First I found this Moving Parts Rangie, down to 3 quid,

Some lovely detail on this one,

And then some Matchbox mainlines that I've not seen in any shop, anywhere. I have the Scooby SVX in white and red but I've never even seen a preview of this grey version,

Can't remember if I already have this in red, but I'm pretty sure I haven't. Sure looks pretty in red anyway, I think this is the nicest colour the 2002 has come in so far,

 

Bit of a mixture on the pegs, as they also had a couple of the beige Lexus LSs, a couple of Amis and the inevitable Speed Trapper...

Across the way was Poundland so had a quick scout round the tiny toy section and actually found a few  recent Hot Wheels,

Was chuffed to find this Pajero, seems to be a sought after one at the moment. Love the Ralliart graphics,

No Supra though, alas!

[Spottedlaurel]

6 hours ago, AndyW201 said:

Trip into the town proved worthwhile today. (Not often you can say that about our town centre!)..............

Well done on the Pajero, and there's a blue Maxima Drift Wagon?!?!?!

[bunglebus]

Found out just now that the Matchbox Tanzara

Is based on the 1968-9 BL Zanda concept

Of course Matchbox gave it a few more horses than the rear mounted Maxi lump proposed for the concept.

There was also a fairly limited re-release in the 90s

Must find a Midnight Magic...

[andy18s]

8 hours ago, AndyW201 said:

Trip into the town proved worthwhile today. (Not often you can say that about our town centre!)

As usual, Entertainer was a waste of time. Hot Wheels case G aplenty. But then I headed to Toytown, a shop I keep forgetting about, even though I've had a couple of good scores from there, notably a load of recent Majorette premiums I got last year for £1.99 each.

First I found this Moving Parts Rangie, down to 3 quid,

Some lovely detail on this one,

And then some Matchbox mainlines that I've not seen in any shop, anywhere. I have the Scooby SVX in white and red but I've never even seen a preview of this grey version,

Can't remember if I already have this in red, but I'm pretty sure I haven't. Sure looks pretty in red anyway, I think this is the nicest colour the 2002 has come in so far,

 

Bit of a mixture on the pegs, as they also had a couple of the beige Lexus LSs, a couple of Amis and the inevitable Speed Trapper...

Across the way was Poundland so had a quick scout round the tiny toy section and actually found a few  recent Hot Wheels,

Was chuffed to find this Pajero, seems to be a sought after one at the moment. Love the Ralliart graphics,

No Supra though, alas!

This is my Aliexpress Svx bought for £1 With free shipping.

[MiniMinorMk3]

You know when your collecting has got out of hand when you can not fit them all in the garage!

[MiniMinorMk3]

18 hours ago, bunglebus said:

 

 

One for the Spelling/Punctuation thread there.

I have always wanted one of those Zagato Alfas, but as they have never been less than £20,000, it was never going to happen.

 

But I have had a few white metal ones over the years from SMTS.

ES30 Coupe

RZ Spider

In Yellow

 

 

[bunglebus]

Not exactly an epic haul today

[AndyW201]

Ooh! Matchbox Cavalier. Jealous!

[bunglebus]

Here are some of today's finds.

This guy was selling a load of his childhood cars, there were lots of Convoys but I try to resist them as I don't really find commercial vehicles exciting. I did buy all of these containers to sell on as they're the kind of thing that goes missing, and the wrong trailer for the blue cab I bought recently 

Blue 928 seems to be less common than the gold 

Bronco

And yes a Chav - think I have several now if @AndyW201is in need

I do like Lucky Toys - big 'old Bimmer is missing a roof light but why would it need one to go Canoeing? Who did they copy this from, Majorette?

Siku Golfs are lovely. I have one but for 50p I wasn't leaving it behind 

Russian Partwork Moskvitch

Corgi D Series. Couldn't find the rest of it sadly

Got some 80s Hot Wheels such as this 928

And best of all a Crack-Ups Bumper Thumper. Missing the back of course...

...but I have one on the red version (Back Biter) so that's another thing to get 3D printed man to make

Right - I'm trusting you lot to keep this quiet, but I bought these too as they were silly cheap

[bunglebus]

Just going back to the number plates discussion, Cavalier has GSI 2000 which I suppose translates to European markets better than a UK plate.

I'd be interested to work out when the practice of casting in a registration started and finished, I know we tracked it back to the 60s the other week.

928 has MHH 30V and Merc 300E has D54 CDG, 911 is S-AN 161 so they chose a German reg for that 

Majorette and Siku both put markings on too, MK1 Golf is LS-HT76, Majorette Jag XJ6 is 721 JT 06 I think

[155V6]

1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

One for the Spelling/Punctuation thread there.

I have always wanted one of those Zagato Alfas, but as they have never been less than £20,000, it was never going to happen.

 

But I have had a few white metal ones over the years from SMTS.

ES30 Coupe

RZ Spider

In Yellow

 

 

A guy in the town where I live has got a real RZ Spider in yellow,he's had it since since the early 2000s but it's been off the road for a few years now

[MiniMinorMk3]

6 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Russian Partwork Moskvitch

 

That's not a part work. That's a Novoexport diecast from one of the many factories in the USSR.

[bunglebus]

5 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

That's not a part work. That's a Novoexport diecast from one of the many factories in the USSR.

It's quite endearingly crap. There's no way the bonnet can open with the grille in place - it all comes apart easily and the components feel fragile - yet not have broken.

[quicksilver]

A few more 3D prints of British Leyland's finest, including @Andyrew's Allegro of much blueness.

[MiniMinorMk3]

6 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

It's quite endearingly crap. There's no way the bonnet can open with the grille in place - it all comes apart easily and the components feel fragile - yet not have broken.

Those Russian diecasts are quite sturdy and heavily cast. One of the best I've seen is the Lada Riva model. It has working suspension with live axles and coil springs just like the real thing.

[Andyrew]

20 minutes ago, quicksilver said:

A few more 3D prints of British Leyland's finest, including @Andyrew's Allegro of much blueness.

Those are freaking awesome!

[155V6]

31 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

It's quite endearingly crap. There's no way the bonnet can open with the grille in place - it all comes apart easily and the components feel fragile - yet not have broken.

I've got this beaten up estate version of the Moskvitch