Shite in Miniature II

[MiniMinorMk3]

One final vanguards is #40

[MiniMinorMk3]

#29 is the Green Hornet car, original version

#13 is the Saints Volvo

#12 is one of my favourite toys, the Ferrari 250 LM

#17 Bluebird

#23 

[flat4alfa]

Think that’s the back of a Vanguards Granada too next to the Fiesta. But there is no number affixed

Interesting that the JPS Lotus set is there complete

but not the Duckhams Surtees set, just the Ferrari Daytona as #43.  

Yet they found another standalone JPS Lotus 72 for #31

[Tenmil Socket]

Check out this Hyundai Pony I spotted on Instagram 

 

[sierraman]

The Lancia Gamma would have been a brilliant model. 

[eddyramrod]

1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Maybe they were going to do a gift set with a Whizzwheeled Hillman Hunter on a trailer.

I've got a Hunter in primer right now....

[junkyarddog]

Recently found this boxed Metro "Turbo"

Mmmmm,freshly unboxed Corgi...

[Datsuncog]

A mini-adventure for the FJ60 Land Cruiser this morning...

Out along the ridge path...

And onto the loose scree.

Then out across the swampy bits...

Through a bit of a squeeze...

Up above the lake*...

(Real Riders™ tyres come in handy with their extra grip; this terrain ain't for nylon-wheel mainlines, no-siree.)

Top o'the world, maw.

And back again.

Rapidly gaining the title of my Most Favourite Model right now, this one.

Love it.

[Tenmil Socket]

6 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Recently found this boxed Metro "Turbo"

Mmmmm,freshly unboxed Corgi...

Does it still say 1.3 HLS or whatever on the boot?

[sierraman]

10 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

A mini-adventure for the FJ60 Land Cruiser this morning...

Out along the ridge path...

And onto the loose scree.

Then out across the swampy bits...

Through a bit of a squeeze...

Up above the lake*...

(Real Riders™ tyres come in handy with their extra grip; this terrain ain't for nylon-wheel mainlines, no-siree.)

Top o'the world, maw.

And back again.

Rapidly gaining the title of my Most Favourite Model right now, this one.

Love it.

‘That guy next doors playing with toy cars again in the garden…’ 😂

[junkyarddog]

15 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Does it still say 1.3 HLS or whatever on the boot?

It does indeed 😁

[MiniMinorMk3]

19 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Alrighty

Indentify the Corgi model on a Tuesday game

 

 

2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Think that’s the back of a Vanguards Granada too next to the Fiesta. But there is no number affixed

 

Yes it's this one

also Green Golf ahead of Fiesta is

and bottom right, in front of the Herald is 

[MiniMinorMk3]

#42 is the Renault 16bTour de France gift set car

[Tenmil Socket]

Just had these delivered for less than a fiver from Amazon to use as tyres.

 

[flat4alfa]

4 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Maybe they were going to do a gift set with a Whizzwheeled Hillman Hunter on a trailer.

Yes considering the Hillman sticker on the Commer you’re onto something thing there. Which might mean there is a Whizzwheels prototype Hillman base out there..      Oh no, that means not more new project options arghh

1) Fully Whizzwheels Rootes Rally Set.

2) Take-Off-Wheels Commer (!) in a Rootes Rally Set.

Forget 1968 London Sydney.  How about JCB Team livery set for 1970 World Cup Mexico

Or how about the Chrysler Dealer Team for 1973

[bunglebus]

#34 is the BMW M1

[MiniMinorMk3]

#30 and #44 are probably from one of the many issues of the Only Fools and Horses sets

 

Corgi always exploit their licence agreements.

[barrett]

4 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Scale is 1:35 and brand is Kingstar

Looks quite different to me, and quite a lot cruder. I love those other two, though

[MiniMinorMk3]

8 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Scale is 1:35 and brand is Clover Toys

Also something very similar from Kingstar

Not convinced the blue one has same door castings, but both in same scale, both in-period and a bit Pony

 

3 minutes ago, barrett said:

Looks quite different to me, and quite a lot cruder. I love those other two, though

Green one is a facelift early Pony

Second is the later Pony

 

[flat4alfa]

22 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

#34 is the BMW M1

Yes.  1:36, really looks smart on the shelf

The livery is as reproduction of the 1980 Hans-Georg Bürger (RIP) ProCar BASF-sponsored car, driven through 1981 by Hans-Joachim Stuck (#80) after Bürger's death in F2

[barrett]

2 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

 

Green one is a facelift early Pony

Second is the later Pony

 

I meant the blue one is a different toy from the yellow one, but I've just noticed somebody else has already said that

[Tenmil Socket]

My dad had an early Hyundai Pony when I was a kid that had twin headlights. I used to imagine it was a Capri 😂

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

The livery is as reproduction of the 1980 Hans-Georg Bürger (RIP) ProCar BASF-sponsored car, driven through 1981 by Hans-Joachim Stuck (#80) after Bürger's death in F2

I only have the yellow one

 

[sierraman]

I have the yellow one, I remember taking it to school (always fatal…) as we had a sort of concrete car track built into the bank between the two playgrounds. According to my nephew it’s no longer there but it had tunnels, bridges etc. Some absolute dick had broken one of the wooden bridges though. My mate Steve I suspect pinched my Jaguar police car, it’s all XJ6’s under the bridge as we are still friends 30 odd years later. 

[MiniMinorMk3]

17 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Yes.  1:36, really looks smart on the shelf

The livery is as reproduction of the 1980 Hans-Georg Bürger (RIP) ProCar BASF-sponsored car, driven through 1981 by Hans-Joachim Stuck (#80) after Bürger's death in F2

Here's the Minichamps version of H-J Stuck in Pro-Car

 

[Tenmil Socket]

Another Instagram spot… the packaging turns into a service station.

 

[bunglebus]

Found one of the Tesco that has an Entertainer toy department. 

To get around the different prices (Entertainer are £2.40 but buy one get one half price), they've had to put a new barcode over the old

Found a few cards stuck together thanks to this...

[Spottedlaurel]

48 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Found one of the Tesco that has an Entertainer toy department.....

Does it mean their stock is any more interesting than the dross that seems to be available in most/all other supermarkets at present?

A local Tesco that I sometimes visit had it's shelves emptied of toys and big boards saying that Entertainer will be coming soon, but I haven't had the opportunity to go back and take a look. Maybe next week....

[egg]

This Morestone Beetle casting is really quite nice - robust and detailed. Not words I always associate with the 'esso range'

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Does it mean their stock is any more interesting than the dross that seems to be available in most/all other supermarkets at present?

Seemed to be a bit better yes, went in another Tesco earlier that had nothing but MB 5 packs and empty "reduced to clear" shelves. This one had quite new cars such as the yellow Fiat 500 and Pontiac Aztek.

I've been talking to the manager of my local Entertainer and each store will be responsible for stocking Tesco's store with toys - so hopefully we'll see an improvement