Shite in Miniature II

[eddyramrod]

I dread to think how much those are going to be!  "Boxed innit m8, wurf an armannaleg y'know!"

 

[flat4alfa]

Carrimore with Ford H.... Oooo shall I offer £25?

[egg]

The silvertop with the glasses and slack trousers - who knew Woody Allen was up for tat Friday? 

[flat4alfa]

Brill shirt too 

[Datsuncog]

Having managed to get myself up and in before my Nemesis, it was irritating to have to hang about, tatless, and naturally he was along about five minutes later.

We were both getting twitchy.

Eventually, agonisingly, some bits of diecast tat began to appear up top.

Corgi Classics Showman's range, some late 90s Lledo Vanguards twin sets and - some of the NEW Corgi Toys sold via the official Hornby Hobbies shop, based on the Blue DTC/ Corgi Model Club replicas but in unique paint finishes.

Three blue E-Type 2+2, three gold-and-black Mustang, three red Volvo P1800S, and three red-and-white Porsche Carrera 6 - priced at £15 each they weren't exactly cheap-cheap, but still representing a sizeable discount over the current £21.99 RRP from Corgi.

Cuckoo-in-the-nest Dinky Honda S600 was also £15.

More of the vintage toy buses we first saw a few months ago - Matchbox, Corgi, Tins Toys and Mandarin.

Not quite my bag, but Nemesis is quite fond of these and bagged a couple - most of these are Code 2s within the boxes, some more excitingly finished than others.

While some boxes opened to reveal unusual green and gold painted '100th Anniversary of the Circle Line' versions, or '1000 Years of the Tynwald' others were just red with a plain white sticker in a boring font saying stuff along the lines of 'Pangbourne Bus and Steam Rally 1981'

Lone Star Routemaster was a bit crude but still quite charming.

Big 1/18 Corvette was by Revell.

Various other 1/24 and similar appeared:

Some Bburago, some Polistil, some Corgi, some no-name.

Some horses too.

(Schleich, I believe)

Corgi Scammell showman's wrecker did tempt me a bit, but I held my breath and the moment passed.

Other oddities began to pop up too - including this Merit Alfa plastic kit; built, but still largely intact - but £40 asked.

Oof.

Dinky Humber Hawk in a weird aftermarket collectors' cardboard box is one we've seen before - and this was picked up by Nemesis.

But where oh where were the sublime Corgi Ford H semi trucks?

[Datsuncog]

Some other, cheaper stuff started to be unboxed too.

Tenner on the bigger stuff, like last week - but only a fiver on the smaller items.

Don't think there was much here to tickle our bus fans:

Detail Corvette, Corgi Zodiac and Trav not too bad at a fiver, mebbe.

I've found a few of these Corgi Motoring Memories A35s before, but none boxed.

I think this casting would go on to be improved and later rolled out in the Corgi Vanguards range, but this is a bit basic.

I was still hopping from foot to foot a little, wondering what was going on with those Corgi trucks under the stall... was Market Blokey waiting until the Nemesis squared him up for his morning finds and departed, before bringing them out?

Because that's happened before...

[flat4alfa]

Just went across to Corgi website and saw the blue Jaguar,  red Volvo and Goldstang are £22 inc shipping

So what's happened there then?  Are they overstocked and selling off some in bulk at the Tuesday auction? 

[Datsuncog]

Eventually, my diecast fellow-traveller did take his box - containing the big 1/12 Jaguar XJ220, Polistil Porsche, four Lesney buses, a blue Corgi reissue E-Type and (bargainously, for a fiver) a Vanguards 'Hidden Treasures' Allegro in a tatty box - and headed off into the morning.

I sidled up and made enquiries about the Corgi trucks under the stall, which had now had some other boxes strategically placed over them.

"Naw, sorry - they're already sold. I'm just holding them."

Well, bollocks.

I mean, I daresay they were at least £60 each, probably more - so there was never any chance of bringing them home with me - but still...

So it seems there's someone else, mebbe - someone who gets in even earlier and spends even more.

I wonder if it's Mr Smiley, the taciturn fellow who sings under his breath and apparently had £100 to drop on that massive Guiltoy Honda Gold Wing last week.

Hmmm.

It's like a bloody computer game - just as you get a handle on how to beat one level boss, a tougher one comes along.

Tat Fighter II.

So, slightly disconsolately, I sloped off to see what else there was...

[sierraman]

Is the nemesis buying for himself or to flip on? 😂

[andy18s]

How much was the big Jag 220?

[Datsuncog]

He says he collects them for himself, but I daresay he passes stuff on too... doesn't seem to be a serial flipper though - he's quite passionate about them...

[Datsuncog]

Just now, andy18s said:

How much was the big Jag 220?

Dunno - the other unboxed 1/18 were a priced tenner, so I'm sure it was £15/£20.

[flat4alfa]

I did have a sneaky eBay search set up a while ago to search on stuff he had picked up previously, radius 10 miles from Belfast, but there was nothing I recognised

[Datsuncog]

Right - I have to scoot, regrettably, as I'm off today BUT I have a lot of stuff to get done around the house.

So I need to get back and break out the tools to plasterboard a room...

It's not been a day of wonders and delights, but some smallish purchases were made - more to come later on those, sure!

[andy18s]

22 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Dunno - the other unboxed 1/18 were a priced tenner, so I'm sure it was £15/£20.

Arse...lol

[andrew e]

I will stick my hand up for bargain gold Mustangs in future!

[bunglebus]

Those Superwheels would be very cool if they weren't buses - were you tempted by the Corgi Merc bus on its card? 

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, Datsuncog said:

It's not been a day of wonders and delights, but some smallish purchases were made - more to come later on those, sure!

Due to the anguish and impatience, had a look in your hat and saw

Red repro Volvo, Jaguar XK120 1:36, Matchbox 1986 Peterbuilt Amoco Tanker

Also two from the 2007 Matchbox 5-Pack 'Airways': Utility Truck (Mini Tanker) and City Bus

[egg]

Hey a CogBox has landed! Sweet little haul. Thanks @Datsuncog

😀

[danthecapriman]

7 minutes ago, egg said:

Hey a CogBox has landed! Sweet little haul. Thanks @Datsuncog

😀

Nice! 
Theres another version of the GT40 with number 9 instead. I can’t remember which is the rarer though. As a collector you must attain both😆

[flat4alfa]

Oh, that Hercules graphics card I've been after since the 80s has finally arrived!

It's a better-than-CGA monochrome 8-bit FULL LENGTH ISA card with 64KB of RAM!  Can't wait to fit it to my IBM XT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh hang on

@155V6

[MiniMinorMk3]

21 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

Nice! 
Theres another version of the GT40 with number 9 instead. I can’t remember which is the rarer though. As a collector you must attain both😆

The 9 is just the 6 decal placed upside down.

The two rare versions are the one with red wheels...

and the yellow painted version.

[flat4alfa]

21 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

Theres another version of the GT40 with number 9 instead. I can’t remember which is the rarer though. As a collector you must attain both😆

But surely to qualify at collector status level, you would need to also obtain the yellow variation from the G-4 Race Track Set !

Otherwise known as the 'export colour'

Here's one https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175885429757

Bid bid bid!

[flat4alfa]

Two types of decal to collect

[Jon]

Or get a Bulgarian one, if you want a more affordable yellow option. I've got one somewhere but don't think it has a red interior.

[MiniMinorMk3]

36 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Two types of decal to collect

The righthand one is the paper sticker type as used on the superfast versions.

White narrow wheel

Bronze narrow wheel/small arch with bronze wide wheel/big arch

Bronze narrow wheel/big arch

Bulgarian yellow

Bulgarian blue

More Bulgians

Bulgarian promos

Japanese three-ways.

Japanese box variation

[bunglebus]

Superfast base colour variations 

[danthecapriman]

2 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

The 9 is just the 6 decal placed upside down.

The two rare versions are the one with red wheels...

and the yellow painted version.

I don’t know why the decal is upside down though? Is it just an error from the factory? It doesn’t seem to be a common mistake.

I do like the yellow ones but I’m certainly not paying eBay prices for one! 
The more modern Matchbox GT40’s are nice too.

[flat4alfa]

1 minute ago, danthecapriman said:

I don’t know why the decal is upside down though? Is it just an error from the factory? It doesn’t seem to be a common mistake.

Well, Pauline was brought up in Melbourne.  Sometimes she used to be absent-minded when thinking of back home.  But Alf wanted to stay on at Lesney as he was due promotion in a year or so.

[danthecapriman]

Picked up a handful of Majorette’s t’other day. 
I only wanted the Fury but they were all in a bag together.

Theyre not too bad really, but I think they’ve been stored in a garage or something as they stink of oil! 
I might give the Fury a civilian makeover eventually.