Shite in Miniature II

10,308 · July 2, 2023

Plastic Renault 5,& the small Capri in the free stuff please

60,378 · July 2, 2023

Nissan Prairie and red Renault 5 please

Plus these two Porsches ta

Ooh and the Man from Uncle car

6,105 · July 2, 2023

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Nissan Prairie and red Renault 5 please

Plus these two Porsches ta

Ooh and the Man from Uncle car

@155V6 got in before you on the R5 I’m afraid.

43,545 · July 2, 2023

'57 Chevy please

Hot Wheels carded Pass'n'Gasser and Volvo modified drift yo!

Dodge Monaco wagon

12,287 · July 2, 2023

Boot fair today

Mrs Concern got a few caravans, I got the Matchbox C30 and Corgi Land Rover Crane canopy for 30p! I have a Land Rover waiting to be painted so that's handy. I know most of you won't be interested in the C30, they are silly money on ebay now. I now have 22 of them!

The Corgi Mini van isa bad repaint and £8 was asked for it, I've been looking for one to repaint and on ebay they go for that sort of money with missing doors or lights and this has both

So I haggled it down to £5 which I thought was ok and when I got home I was pissed off when I noticed it's one of those with the wrong Austin grill rather than a van grill.

Not really what I wanted after all.

28,792 · July 2, 2023

Perfectly acceptable period mod on the 1/1 examples! I remember seeing a few around Southport way back when. I suppose how much that info is worth depends on what livery you intended to give it.

9,218 · July 2, 2023

3 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

£2 each

Could I trouble you for the DeLorean, 300ZX and Merc W124 from that selection, ta?

5,256 · July 2, 2023

For those bemoaning the lack of Matchbox and Hotwheels, I’ve been in NYC for a few days and quite frankly they are invisible there too!

To be fair supermarkets and toy shops are thin on the ground but I guess this is 10+ general retailers/supermarkets (which I poked my head in as I passed) and I saw just TWO matchbox and one bald HW display and one full (but picked) display in a Target. So here you go 😁

60,378 · July 3, 2023

7 hours ago, andrew e said:

Hotwheels

Ultra Hots!!!1!

43,545 · July 3, 2023

11 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

So I haggled it down to £5 which I thought was ok and when I got home I was pissed off when I noticed it's one of those with the wrong Austin grill rather than a van grill.

Not really what I wanted after all.

It is one I am after though!

43,545 · July 3, 2023

7 hours ago, andrew e said:

For those bemoaning the lack of Matchbox and Hotwheels, I’ve been in NYC for a few days and quite frankly they are invisible there too!

To be fair supermarkets and toy shops are thin on the ground but I guess this is 10+ general retailers/supermarkets (which I poked my head in as I passed) and I saw just TWO matchbox and one bald HW display and one full (but picked) display in a Target. So here you go 😁

I wasn’t expecting that, I was expecting Target to be a utopia

Did you spot any Target Exclusives?

42,622 · July 3, 2023

Is that... $1.19 for 2023 HW mainlines?

I appreciate there are sometimes state taxes that get added at the checkout in the US, but....

That's equivalent to 94p.

And I think they've gone up a bit lately - Mattel used to make much of how their basic models retailed for only a dollar.

I fear we're getting stung over in Blighty with these £2.49 pricepoints, folks...

6,105 · July 3, 2023

50p each

£2

42,622 · July 3, 2023

2 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

50p each

Ooh... could I take the Superkings Ford A-Series please?

42,622 · July 3, 2023

(Actually, I think this might be the same A-Series I sold you only 18 months ago, during my reluctant pre-move clearout... which I bought from @egga few years before that... ah well, I'd still like to buy it back!)

6,105 · July 3, 2023

9 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

(Actually, I think this might be the same A-Series I sold you only 18 months ago, during my reluctant pre-move clearout... which I bought from @egga few years before that... ah well, I'd still like to buy it back!)

I thought it was!

6,105 · July 3, 2023

42,622 · July 3, 2023

17 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

£free

Could I also take the green Corgi Cubs Jeep-esque thing please!

17 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

And the Momo-branded Hot Wheels Datsun 510 Bluebird, if it hasn't yet been snaffled!

12,287 · July 3, 2023

3 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

It is one I am after though!

Do you have a normal one to swap?

9,218 · July 3, 2023

I'll take the Barry-spec BMW 3 Series, please!

43,545 · July 3, 2023

10 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Is that... $1.19 for 2023 HW mainlines?

I appreciate there are sometimes state taxes that get added at the checkout in the US, but....

That's equivalent to 94p.

And I think they've gone up a bit lately - Mattel used to make much of how their basic models retailed for only a dollar.

I fear we're getting stung over in Blighty with these £2.49 pricepoints, folks...

NYC total price at Target, with both state and local tax additions = £1.02 each. Cor!

It is a Target though. Winn-Dixie would be 50% more, CVS and Auto Zone parts stores likely 100% more; having nothing like the bulk stock of Target and Walgreens

One comparison could be Hamleys store in Regent Street (London) vs. FAO Schwarz in the Rockerfeller Center (where Tom Hanks jumped about on a floor piano). Both of those are the oldest established large toy stores in the cities, where rich people visit as well. I doubt we'd find young Barron Trump wandering about in a Target, lifting up mainline singles to see if there is a treasure hunt logo, while accidentally treading on the Adidas sneakers of Nemesis.

45,048 · July 3, 2023

RIP Steve Neal

43,545 · July 3, 2023

Annoying Monday Facts for page 1401

Gabriella wanted to show you some Pipework. Might be best to look interested, as it looks like she could scratch your eyes out.

The Pipe belongs to the Fiat Abarth 2000 Scorpione prototype, built by Pininfarina for 1969.

You may have recognised that Dinky Toys had a rather good stab at it, at 1:43 scale

At the smaller 1:64 scale, Guisval looked tidy

Also there was Lintoy, who offered an OPENING THING which the Guisval didn't have

Tin Toys weren't quite as successful, yet did add SCREEN STRENGTH

But did you know that Matchbox had a prototype of their own?

In resin, evaluated as part of the Superfast range

Complete with pipe, to get your child's eye out.

The real Scorpione prototype was brought to Japan by Sergio Pininfarina for the exhibition 'Carrozzeria Italiana' at Tokyo in 1977. Pininfarina promised to sell it to Shiro Kosaka if he established an Abarth Museum in Tokyo. In 1993, the museum was opened in the presence of Pininfarina and among others, the promised Fiat Abarth Scorpione.

It is still in the possession of Shiro Kosaka and he drives it about at events such as this little gathering at Lake Como.

July 3, 2023

Had a trip into Lyndhurst today. One of the shops had those Oxford 1:76 models for £10.50 each. The ones you can get off their website for a still overpriced £7.45

However, the nearby antiques place had them for £6. Not that I wanted any, but they had a lot of stuff.

The boxed dinkys and vanguards weren't cheap. But they had some other stuff more reasonably priced.

5,570 · July 3, 2023

14 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Is that... $1.19 for 2023 HW mainlines?

I appreciate there are sometimes state taxes that get added at the checkout in the US, but....

That's equivalent to 94p.

And I think they've gone up a bit lately - Mattel used to make much of how their basic models retailed for only a dollar.

I fear we're getting stung over in Blighty with these £2.49 pricepoints, folks...

Shirley not.

6,105 · July 4, 2023

18 hours ago, RoadworkUK said:

I'll take the Barry-spec BMW 3 Series, please!

Noted… I think it does ‘something’ if you replace the battery.
Oh, and I’ll change Roadworth to Roadwork on my spreadsheet 🙄

45,048 · July 4, 2023

13 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

The Pipe belongs to the Fiat Abarth 2000 Scorpione prototype, built by Pininfarina for 1969.

You may have recognised that Dinky Toys had a rather good stab at it, at 1:43 scale

My Dinky example