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5 minutes ago, neil72 said:

Here's a few from a selection that a friend gave me about a year ago, he found about 20 of them when clearing out a small office block.

 

 

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Nice. If you're ever looking to sell, please let me know. 

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14 minutes ago, neil72 said:

Here's a few from a selection that a friend gave me about a year ago, he found about 20 of them when clearing out a small office block.

 

 

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Those look like Schuco models. I have an orange Passat that sits with the green Jetta

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And here's a Golf that was sold off during one of my many purges.

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15 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Those look like Schuco models. I have an orange Passat that sits with the green Jetta

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yep, all Schuco, here a few more

 

 

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I've got some Schucos, they don't turn up especially often. Think I passed this Passat estate on

Schuco VW Passat Variant

But the saloon version lives on the parcel shelf of my 1/1 scale 

Schuco VW Passat Limousine

Audi 80

Schuco Audi 80

MK1 Golf

Schuco MK1 Golf

Beetle

Schuco 818 VW 1302S

MK1 Escort 

Schuco Ford Escort GT No.810

 

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1 hour ago, neil72 said:

Here's some other recent car boot tat that was cheap, the white car is russain or ukranian and came in a box with the remote control.

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The top one is great… let me know if ever for sale 👍🏻

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5 hours ago, neil72 said:

Here's a few from a selection that a friend gave me about a year ago, he found about 20 of them when clearing out a small office block.

 

 

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What were they doing in an office block I wonder? 

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38 minutes ago, sierraman said:

What were they doing in an office block I wonder? 

Who knows, apparently it was meant to be empty but wasn't and loads of interesting bit and pieces were found.

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A few new arrivals; Glo Racers BMW

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Glow test

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Came with a US Mail Jeep, got three variations of this one now

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A caravan (not periwinkle blue though)

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The donor type 3 from @Split_Pin

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And one more of the Speed Graphics series - only the Honda I haven't got and I won't lose any sleep if I don't find it

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I found a HotWheels Dodge Viper in a playpark I was at with my sin and family in Aviemore about 10 years ago. It was in the trough underneath a trampoline and after spending about half an hour with a stick, I got it out. The place was empty apart from us and my son wasn't into cars so I kept it - still got it!

I also found a Hotwheels RX7 on top of a scrapped Rover 75 in a breakers. There was other kids crap in the back so this must just have got lost and found when someone took the seats out. I'm guessing it was perched on the scuttle in thehope someone would take it so I obviously did! It was in really good condition as well!

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My small haul from @bramz7 arrived today. I'm very pleased with them.

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Now, I've got to admit, as a model car collector, I like unusual stuff, normal, everyday road-going cars.

Many model makes of cars can be difficult to find or very expensive. However, sometimes you can find stuff you're not really looking for at good prices and end up with a haul of them. Case in point is 1.43 Renaults:

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I've never owned a Renault or expressed any desire to apart from maybe a Renault 14TL or something. But somehow, over the years, I've managed to amass this small collection of 1.43 Renaults. Some of which were bought at a French car boot sale when I lived down in the South for a bit 10 years back.

Others have been cheeky bids that I've won and now also from here. I'm glad I've got them and love them, but you'd think I was a Renault enthusiast from the amount of them (there is probably more but this is all I have at home)

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40 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Where’s strangest place you’ve ever found diecast? Once found a MB Skoda in a camping shower block as a kid. 

I dug one up from the roots of a tree metal detecting with my kids

Matchbox 33a Ford Zodiac

 

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Oh and this Matchbox Superkings Hilux was left on a shelf in QDs. Staff said they'd throw it away rather than keep it in lost property so it became mine. A very strange thing to find in a shop in 2024

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I think the weirdest place I’ve found one is the soil on the ground of the woods I used to live near. 
It was a green MC Toys Granada. I can’t even remember how I actually found it but it was very well buried in the leaf litter and soil under some trees/bushes. 
I could probably walk straight back to the spot I found it now all these years later! Unfortunately the car itself isn’t with me anymore. It was in one of the big box full of my old toys that got sent to my cousin when she had kids. Most of which are now long gone!

Istr it was actually not too bad a condition when I pulled it out the ground. The axles had gone rusty and thin but the wheels still turned. After washing it and pulling all the roots and worms out of it, it was alright! 
 

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Things must be going well down the lock up and fuel pumps,Smoll Eddy just showed me his latest acquisition. 

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What is it Smoll Eddy?

"W Motors Lykan Hypersport M8"

That's quite a mouthful isn't it!!

"So the Missus tells me M8"

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I was too weak to resist when I saw this new full set of Premiums in Sainsbury's this morning:

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I think we've seen numerous versions of the bottom three, but the top two look to be new castings and they are rather nice.

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Apparently there's a black chase version of this 1960s Skyline.

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1972 Corolla Levin is probably my favourite.

As often seems to be the case with new stuff in Sainsbury's they wouldn't scan, so they put them through using the code off an older Premium (sadly not a mainline).

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11 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

 

@FakeConcern was it you that found the rare Hot Wheels Corvette thing in a suitcase job lot?

I'm just being nosey and ordered what happened with it?

Also, unrelated... I watched an episode of Wheeler Dealers the other day which featured a Chevrolet Camaro which looked great in the light blue metallic paint. I'm thinking of looking for a play-worn toy model to replicate it.

Yes that was me and it's still in the suitcase!

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Mrs Concern wants me to put it on ebay with a BIN of £100 and I may do that for a laugh!

I did a Fake Corgi Firebird which is obv a similar shape to the Camaro in light metallic blue so you should do it

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Thinking about it I may have a rough Corgi Golden Jacks Camaro, I'll have a look if you fancy one.

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I’m an archaeologist so I often find old Matchbox cars when out excavating (or I did back when I wasn’t in the office quite so much). My favourite wasn’t actually a car either it was a Skybusters Stuka that we excavated from the upstream side of a 300 year old weir in Ludlow where I used to go to school. There was a footbridge above the weir where kids from that part of town used to walk to and from the school and for years had dropped or thrown stuff in the river. We found several old school ties, obviously chucked in on their last ever walk home from school.

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17 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

I was too weak to resist when I saw this new full set of Premiums in Sainsbury's this morning:

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I think we've seen numerous versions of the bottom three, but the top two look to be new castings and they are rather nice.

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Apparently there's a black chase version of this 1960s Skyline.

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1972 Corolla Levin is probably my favourite.

As often seems to be the case with new stuff in Sainsbury's they wouldn't scan, so they put them through using the code off an older Premium (sadly not a mainline).

Oh man,I need that Corolla!!!

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Just now, junkyarddog said:

Oh man,I need that Corolla!!!

I may have the opportunity to revisit on Wednesday, and/or go into another one. I'm pretty sure they had one or two more, maybe not the full set though.

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14 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

I may have the opportunity to revisit on Wednesday, and/or go into another one. I'm pretty sure they had one or two more, maybe not the full set though.

Thanks,but I'm sure I'll find one.

Brexit has made posting to the ROI a pain,I'd end up paying duty and VAT on it.

 

 

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2 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Thanks,but I'm sure I'll find one.

Brexit has made posting to the ROI a pain,I'd end up paying duty and VAT on it.

How annoying. Offer stands if anyone else is after one....

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Opened this Hot Wheels Custom '68 Camaro the other day:

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But didn't spot the error.

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Any ideas?

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Front looks alright.

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So does the back.

But if you look at the tampo print area just below the door handles...

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Yup, the printing on the side has slipped downwards quite dramatically. And if anything, it's even worse on the other side, with a jaunty angle in the mix too:

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It should look more like this:

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Oops.

Ah well. I still like the casting anyway - looks kinda purposeful...

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Here's some stuff to not find in the shops

Datsun recolour

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500 looks mad

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They chopped the top off the Field Car

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Haven't seen the Red Fiesta yet and there's a Crystal Green version out

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Merc looks lovely in gold, one to line up with an original

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Ah dammitt!

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This dropped through my letterbox today from that Chinese site that I think I need to keep away from. Thought I'd have a bit of an exclusive... 😆

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Its a little honey though, I was tempted by the '72 Civic, but I plumped for.this as I already have quite a few mainlines of the Civic and RX-3. Plus I've always had a soft spot for this shape of Corolla, as there was one across the road from our house  when I was a kid in the '80s owned by an old boy, and which had an ever-rising underseal tidemark until there wasn't much metal left on the lower flanks to apply the underseal to. (It got replaced by a frankly amazing K reg Reliant Regal, which had funky two tone paintwork and was crammed full of giffer mods.)

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Local Smyths have actually had a bit of a restock, and there was quite a bit there. Had it not been for the fact the wife's Corsa has had to take the big yellow taxi to the garage yet again and I'm expecting a big kick in the balls when its done, I could have come out with shitloads,

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These two sets that Ive been after for a while (particularly the BRE Datsun set) were both reduced in price. They also had that 1/43 Hot Wheels AMG Merc 6.3 as well.

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Yet another Crass and Spurious set appears to have come out. I have to admit, that although I'd rather stick hot needles in my eyes than watch a F&F film, I do like a lot of the HW cars that have come from them. To my surprise, I found myself really liking the Bentley, and I came so close to getting that F150 Lightning, as it's gorgeous, and the Caprice isn't bad either.

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But with a garage bill-induced one car limit, I went for this.

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The SX is a lovely little casting (though I could live without the side skirts). I got quite a few of the mainline ones when they came out, but they were all in racing and drift style livery. I really liked the recent mainline release in plain blue, but with no chance of finding that one, this one was definitely coming home with me.

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10 hours ago, warch said:

I’m an archaeologist so I often find old Matchbox cars when out excavating (or I did back when I wasn’t in the office quite so much). My favourite wasn’t actually a car either it was a Skybusters Stuka that we excavated from the upstream side of a 300 year old weir in Ludlow where I used to go to school. There was a footbridge above the weir where kids from that part of town used to walk to and from the school and for years had dropped or thrown stuff in the river. We found several old school ties, obviously chucked in on their last ever walk home from school.

Wow, where’s the typical places you find them? Buried in old back gardens etc? 

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