Shite in Miniature II

[FakeConcern]

11 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

At the Oxford BMW Mini plant there is one of those in the foyer. So it clearly gets the thumbs-up by Mini

Exactly!

[Datsuncog]

18 hours ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

Could I settle up for my goodies to date please ? No rush and don’t tell me what’s in there, my memory is atrocious and I enjoy the surprise! 

Sure thing! Will pull the spreadsheet up and message you later.

18 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

@Datsuncog

Could I bag the Hot Wheels Escort please!? It’s one I don’t have yet. 
Ta for picking up the Chevy too.

Not a bother - will pop those both aside for you!

18 hours ago, bunglebus said:

That's odd, mine were on Wednesday 

Yeah, the last time I was in The Entertainer the Matchbox mainlines were shown as 3 for 2 - and indeed the basic Hot Wheels still were marked as such today - but the signage was now removed on the Matchbox display.

Could be a staff error?

18 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Top right of the blue tray is a Roadblasters Mercury in case you hadn't noticed. Missing the accessories of course

Yeah, I've had my eye on that for a year or two now... £3 isn't super-dear, but it's not super cheap... one day I'll bring it home! But today was not that day.

[flat4alfa]

Roadblasting Mercury please next time thanks 

[Noel Tidybeard]

***tat box alert***

omg the dinky "oliver" kadette is beautiful!

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

***tat box alert***

omg the dinky "oliver" kadette is beautiful!

You be Richard Hammond and ICMFP

[Rust Collector]

I can’t remember if I posted this to the thread previously, but I definitely made a mental note to.

Whilst out in Slovakia, my father in law bought this for our son:

I was possibly more excited about it than my son was 🤣 for a cheap toy aimed at kids I thought it was quite a nice reproduction of the real thing.

We went to a toy shop there later in the trip, and they had a whole wall of trucks, tractors and farming implements. It transpires that they make a bigger version of the Tatra truck we have, and that the bucket on that one can hold 100 kilos 😳 I could have spent a lot of money!

[155V6]

Items should be added to my for sale thread this evening,aiming for about 7.00

[eddyramrod]

I'm looking for one or more of these at scrap prices, in case anybody falls over one...

I don't mind what livery - it came in several - because it's only going to get painted.  Damage is unlikely to be a problem because it's a simple, robust casting.

I also need a Morris Minor convertible and a mk2 Ford Zephyr (and any mk3s).  Again, one is only a minimum, multiples will be perfectly acceptable at scrap prices.

Just a heads-up in case you find any!

[danthecapriman]

3 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

I'm looking for one or more of these at scrap prices, in case anybody falls over one...

I don't mind what livery - it came in several - because it's only going to get painted.  Damage is unlikely to be a problem because it's a simple, robust casting.

I also need a Morris Minor convertible and a mk2 Ford Zephyr (and any mk3s).  Again, one is only a minimum, multiples will be perfectly acceptable at scrap prices.

Just a heads-up in case you find any!

Pretty sure there’s a Zephyr here in your box Eddy. Red one if memory serves.

[eddyramrod]

Thanks Dan, well remembered there!  So, less urgency on the Zephyr mk2 then, but I'll always welcome a mk3.

[FakeConcern]

46 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

I'm looking for one or more of these at scrap prices, in case anybody falls over one...

I don't mind what livery - it came in several - because it's only going to get painted.  Damage is unlikely to be a problem because it's a simple, robust casting.

I also need a Morris Minor convertible and a mk2 Ford Zephyr (and any mk3s).  Again, one is only a minimum, multiples will be perfectly acceptable at scrap prices.

Just a heads-up in case you find any!

What scale are you looking for? I did say I was going to do a selling at some point, I haven't got around to it yet,but have taken the pics.

Saico Minor

1/32?

 

[bunglebus]

Didn't mean to come back with loads from the morning's boot sales, but ended up buying a whole box rather than spending the same on a few of them. There's a couple of unusual ones here...

[eddyramrod]

10 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

What scale are you looking for? I did say I was going to do a selling at some point, I haven't got around to it yet,but have taken the pics.

Saico Minor

1/32?

 

Thank you good sir!  Yes, the Saico Minor is about 1/32, which is just that bit too big for the space available.  So I'll have to decline, but again, thank you.

The models I mentioned are all 1/43, either by Corgi or Vanguards.  Vanguards also did the Rover 75 and MG ZT, both of which I would like to find as scrappers.  As usual, my intention is to paint them.

[eddyramrod]

@bunglebus we might have to have a chat about the bobsleigh, top right of your pic!  Also, would there happen to be a Mercedes 450SEL among those Matchbox?  I can't discern one from the photo...

[MiniMinorMk3]

17 hours ago, barrett said:

Ey up. Been a while since I've had anything to contribute to this thread due to general cost-of-living shit which means I'm not feeling quite so spendthrift when it comes to stupid toy cars. With that in mind, and fully aware that I possess the collecting gene which means I'm incapable of just owning one of anything, let me introduce you to...

The Lion Toys Daf 600!

 

I like those Lion Toys DAFs. I've had a few come through here, mostly later production.

DAF 66 Coupe

Again with Variomatic cast into base

Much later 33 van

And one the Pilen front, they did a Rallye version of the Volvo.

 

[bunglebus]

25 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

@bunglebus we might have to have a chat about the bobsleigh, top right of your pic!  Also, would there happen to be a Mercedes 450SEL among those Matchbox?  I can't discern one from the photo...

Not today but they turn up regularly. I almost didn't buy the bobsleigh even though it's the 007 version, but on my second look through his trays of cars I found an original 16 Hot Wheels so I grabbed that and the Corgi

Lots of kid paint but complete.

Frankly terrible plastic copy of the Matchbox Cadillac ambulance 

And the most unusual find, sadly a bit broken but Benbros 57 (?) Ford isn't one I've stumbled across before

[NorfolkNWeigh]

On 8/10/2023 at 1:51 PM, Datsuncog said:

Well, that's certainly looking a lot better since the last time I saw it!

Indeed, plucked from the market on 13 August 2021.

It was not in a good way.

Vast improvement; well done!

Shonky doors seem to be a given on these - and in fairness, this was the first time opening doors had been attempted by one of Britain's mainstream diecast  toy manufacturers.

Corgi kicked off the 'opening things' craze with their #218 Aston Martin DB4 in March 1960, featuring an opening bonnet and detailed engine beneath (and, coincidentally, an early one of those with disc wheels fell into a Tat Box just the other week):

(Turns out that's antique Plasticine in the engine bay, and not anything more repugnant.)

Corgi continued to innovate with an opening boot feature the following year - the #224 Bentley Continental in April 1961, complete with removable spare wheel...

While the #239 Chevrolet Corvair followed a few months later, with a detailed air-cooled flat-six engine beneath the opening rear compartment.

More opening bonnets followed - the #234 Ford Consul Classic...

and the #231 Triumph Herald Coupe.

February 1962 saw Corgi release both the #230 Mercedes 220SE Coupe with an opening boot and spare wheel, and the #420 Thames Airborne Caravan with opening rear doors.

In September the #238 Jaguar Mark X was launched, going one better by boasting an opening bonnet and boot, plus plastic suitcases.

But by that stage Dinky had pulled out their #113 MGB, cunningly released on the same day as the real-life car's launch, and the novel opening doors feature was A Big Thing.

Corgi appeared to be blindsided by this development, and at first could only respond by adding more of the same opening features for 1963: including the opening bonnet and boot on the #239 VW Karmann Ghia Type 4, and the opening tailgate and flip-down rear seats on the #436 Citroen ID19 Safari.

The #310 Chevrolet Stingray of August 1963 was the first to offer innovative flip-up headlights:

But the really big news came in November 1963, just in time for the Christmas rush, when Corgi finished development of the #241 Ghia L.6.4, boasting 'the works' - bonnet, boot and doors, all opening - and tip-forward front seats, too.

This was a first, and at that point the ultimate in diecast realism - so it was no surprise that sales were strong, with over a million were shifted in the first two years of production. This was despite the real life counterpart being rarer than a rare thing, with only six examples ever built.

Unfortunately, in Corgi's rush to catch up and get it released in time for the big festive sales pitch, it turned out that it could be a little fragile compared to others in the range...

Mmm, shonky.

An unscientific study of one places this as the model I'm most likely to find in pieces at the bottom of any given Market Tat Box.

No new opening-door models appeared in the Corgi range for 1964, other than the rear doors of the #448 and #450 Mini van, but in May 1965 the #320 Ford Mustang 2+2 was launched featuring opening doors, with another 'everything opens!' model - the #246 Chrysler Imperial - following in August.

Within a few years, most new releases by both Corgi and Dinky would boast at least one opening feature - sometimes two or more - as the search for added playvalue pushed design innovations even further.

But for all Corgi's endless gimmickry, the #113 MGB was very much Dinky's glorious proof that the old stalwarts Meccano could innovate too - and even steal a march on their Mettoy rivals.

Excited by the reminder of the DB4, I looked for my other early Corgis.

I obviously need to try harder, although somewhere I’ve got a Plymouth Suburban that was my Dad’s only non Dinky. 
That Classic is the former @FakeConcernand @eddyramrod, I think. Acquired in a deal for an X350 Jag. If only full size ones were a similar value these days.

[egg]

what sort of terrible scam is this? 100 hot wheels for £3. Fishy AF.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=122093916548016775&set=a.122093518304016775

[bunglebus]

Yeah that's been all over FB - signs you up to a £25 a month subscription service after three days

[MiniMinorMk3]

Random posting of the day.

Old Cars Iveco Minibus.

These Old Cars are quite rare in the UK. They did all sorts of the Iveco trucks and vans.

The casting is 1980's crude.

Along with the detailing.

Rear doors are a bit wonky, but then so are a lot of this era that open. 

Nice touch is the Modena number plate.

Paint was obviously done with doors fitted. 

Clocks on dash is just a sticker

Has a separate detailed chassis.

[Shite Ron]

I got this corgi from the Charity shop today, I have not seen one before. It is a great colour. It is missing a rear door and two tyres. I will need to look for some part worns or maybe some o rings. Nice for a quid though, it will go with my ever growing collection.

[MiniMinorMk3]

24 minutes ago, Shite Ron said:

I got this corgi from the Charity shop today, I have not seen one before. It is a great colour. It is missing a rear door and two tyres. I will need to look for some part worns or maybe some o rings. Nice for a quid though, it will go with my ever growing collection.

 

They came with a couple of surfboards and a surfer dude figure originally.

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, Shite Ron said:

Decent find for a squid. Would look good alongside the repro

[egg]

Diecast companies really thought Skis added play value didn't they at one time?

Like Norev too, google pic. Why was that? 

 

[bunglebus]

Here's that 007 bobsleigh 

Along with a couple of Rockets in varying conditions 

Further Corginess in the form of a Mini Minor

Along with Husky and Corgi Ford tractor units

Big box had a few niceties in it such as this Fairlane

Nicest Jeep Gladiator I've ever found

A few busses were in there such as this Londoner, as well as some Routemasters and a Daimler

Freeman Intercity seems to come in an infinite range of reds and pinks

Only picked up this Hairy Hustler as it has the unusual colour glass

One seller has loads of interesting stuff but were a bit pricy. I came away with this 928 with Tyco era wheels (there were various others like the probe on the table)

As well as a couple of Connectibles I hadn't seen before. Left a tatty green RS2000 behind

Late Matchbox T3

Continuing on a VW theme

Husky Stude has of course ejected the cameraman 

Lone Star trailer - but what towed it and what did it carry?

Two Majorettes Jeeps with roof/rollbar

What's the "Ministere De L'equipment"?

[danthecapriman]

3 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Here's that 007 bobsleigh 

Along with a couple of Rockets in varying conditions 

Further Corginess in the form of a Mini Minor

Along with Husky and Corgi Ford tractor units

Big box had a few niceties in it such as this Fairlane

Nicest Jeep Gladiator I've ever found

A few busses were in there such as this Londonderry, as well as some Routemasters and a Daimler

Freeman Intercity seems to come in an infinite range of reds and pinks

Only picked up this Hairy Hustler as it has the unusual colour glass

 

One seller has loads of interesting stuff but were a bit pricy. I came away with this 928 with Tyco era wheels (there were various others like the probe on the table)

As well as a couple of Connectibles I hadn't seen before. Left a tatty green RS2000 behind

Late Matchbox T3

Continuing on a VW theme

Husky Stude has of course ejected the cameraman 

Lone Star trailer - but what towed it and what did it carry?

Two Majorettes Jeeps with roof/rollbar

What's the "Ministere De L'equipment"?

Nice finds there. The Jeep Gladiator is one of my favourite Matchbox of that era I think.

Some of those Corgi wheels have certainly covered some miles!

[MiniMinorMk3]

18 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

 

One seller has loads of interesting stuff but were a bit pricy. I came away with this 928 with Tyco era wheels (there were various others like the probe on the table)

 

 

One for the Shite Spelling and Punctuation thread there.

 

The 007 Bobsleighs are pricey when still in their bubble packs. I remember having both that one and the orange one. 

 

 

[Split_Pin]

The Entertainer always have lots of HW although they've been stuck on the old cases for a while now up my way at least.

But I went to a branch I don't normally visit and came away with these.

I left the VW ID bus as it was 3 for 2. Really happy to find the Alfa, it's a fine casting indeed. Glad to know there's a Busso under the non opening bonnet too. It's a pity the Chevette has all that drag racing crap on it as I'd love a stock one. I remember seeing these in a 1989 issue of Canadian Auto Trader. My dad also had 2 of the UK version in the 1970s.

I haven't decided if I am keeping the Volvo yet.

[egg]

30 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

What's the "Ministere De L'equipment"?

Thought I should know - but I didn't, seems name of ministry of transport/town planning etc up to 1972.

https://francearchives.gouv.fr/fr/authorityrecord/FRAN_NP_006651

[sierraman]

48 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Here's that 007 bobsleigh 

Along with a couple of Rockets in varying conditions 

Further Corginess in the form of a Mini Minor

Along with Husky and Corgi Ford tractor units

Big box had a few niceties in it such as this Fairlane

Nicest Jeep Gladiator I've ever found

A few busses were in there such as this Londoner, as well as some Routemasters and a Daimler

Freeman Intercity seems to come in an infinite range of reds and pinks

Only picked up this Hairy Hustler as it has the unusual colour glass

One seller has loads of interesting stuff but were a bit pricy. I came away with this 928 with Tyco era wheels (there were various others like the probe on the table)

As well as a couple of Connectibles I hadn't seen before. Left a tatty green RS2000 behind

Late Matchbox T3

Continuing on a VW theme

Husky Stude has of course ejected the cameraman 

Lone Star trailer - but what towed it and what did it carry?

Two Majorettes Jeeps with roof/rollbar

What's the "Ministere De L'equipment"?

The trailer I think was an RNLI set with a rigid on it and a Range Rover 3 door towing it. I had one a while back.