Shite in Miniature II

[MiniMinorMk3]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

 

 

 

 

18 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Those black and white matchbox packaging are unusual, never seen them before? 

They are 1981 Italian Market boxes.

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[MiniMinorMk3]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

 

 

 

I bet you got that Budgie VW Pick Up.

I would have gone for the Solido Mercedes.

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, sierraman said:

Those black and white matchbox packaging are unusual, never seen them before? 

Apparently Italian, replacement boxes as the originals got sun damage very easily. None had any specifics on them as to which model was inside, just MB and a blank for the number. They were very tempting, £15 each. I bought the two trays of loose Matchbox off him last time but he wasn't willing to do me the same deal on those for some reason!

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

I bet you got that Budgie VW Pick Up.

I would have gone for the Solido Mercedes.

I would have, if it wasn't £80. He has some nice stuff but they're rarely a bargain. Here's what I got, with a couple of bits that arrived in the post today too. The Mrs also picked me up some bits in Smyths, more anon when I've taken pics 

[andrew e]

48 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Apparently Italian, replacement boxes as the originals got sun damage very easily. None had any specifics on them as to which model was inside, just MB and a blank for the number. They were very tempting, £15 each. I bought the two trays of loose Matchbox off him last time but he wasn't willing to do me the same deal on those for some reason!

He had them in Kent last week, but I couldn't find him to ask the price! 

[bunglebus]

10 minutes ago, andrew e said:

He had them in Kent last week, but I couldn't find him to ask the price! 

Outside smoking as usual I expect 

[MiniMinorMk3]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I would have, if it wasn't £80. 

 

 

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[Spottedlaurel]

I got the day wrong for the fair in Essex, for some reason I thought it was the 28th. Will have to go to the little one in Norwich tomorrow instead.....

[bunglebus]

Got all my toy fair bits photographed, along with a few that came in the post and a pick up from the local lad who buys and sells diecast

These two Hot Wheels Datsuns were in the mix

Got excited when I saw the flame

But they both have it

Premium '40 Ford 

This mad thing was rattling around in a tub, haven't ID'd it yet

Got quite excited finding several tatty redlines in a 50p box

Until I bumped into the VW nemesis who proudly showed me the ones he'd already pulled out of the same box, which were much nicer! 🤬

Unusual colour Polo

Various Matchbox were unearthed

Big front wheel dragster!

Nice Charger funny car too

Unusual colour Prairie 

300ZX is a 50th anniversary release 

Laser Wheels Sierra with unfortunate screen damage

Very clean XJ6

Isuzu Mysterious Utility Wizard 

And an FX4

[bunglebus]

Moving onto Corgi, nice tidy Chevrolet Van, all the info bar "Made in England" deleted off the base

Escort with knackered rear suspension 

When is a Rover 3500 not a Rover 3500?

When it's a Pencil Eater

Princess Anne edition 

This Whizzwheels Camper is absolutely lovely

DS is one of the very first Corgi Juniors, with the Husky name removed from the base

Kidco Burnin' Key Car

Glow test!

Customised Lone Star Taunus - the version I wanted to use when I did mine, with the full complement of opening bits

ERTL 'vette

Krazy Wheels Zylmex 

Super Kings Capri in a colour scheme I'd not found before, KP1 version maybe?

Got this Prelude for £3 as I thought one of you lot would want it

Dinky Silver Cloud III is pretty good except for a slightly hinky bonnet hinge

Just sold my Siku Hannomag, so I thought I'd buy another in a different colour

It had something like a jelly sweet jammed in the base which has caused a bit of corrosion 

VW nemesis did redeem himself by giving me several Lucky Toys he'd bought in a job lot, starting with the Matchbox Ford Pick-Up copy

The Corgi Range Rover copy

And this, which looks familiar but I can't actually say if it's a copy of anything 

[bunglebus]

Moving onto boxed stuff, this one piqued my interest 

Despite saying A Laurie Toy on the box, inside is another Lucky

It's complete with the doohickey to fire it, but it feels so fragile I daren't test it!

Bought this on Facebook, yet another iteration of the F&F Escort 

This was at the toy fair, quite a fun take on the Transformers Bumblebee 

An online purchase 

I'd really like to find the 32 Ford and Samba, think they're going to be tricky to track down though!

While I was out, the Mrs found a new batch of Hot Wheels twofers, there's this one

And the two she got me

Pickup looks familiar 

Looks exactly the same as the previous release, bar the wheels

[FakeConcern]

@bunglebus I believe @eddyramrod wanted a Corgi Prelude.

[flat4alfa]

15 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Despite saying A Laurie Toy on the box, inside is another Lucky

It's complete with the doohickey to fire it, but it feels so fragile I daren't test it!

Count yourself Lucky!

I thought I had one of those Honk Kong plastic De Tomaso Mangusta (Thomson Mongoose in @Datsuncog-ese) back here, but no, it is a different moulding

This one measures to approx 1:34, so larger than the Corgi and Dinky efforts.  I wonder what scale your Doohicky one is

Despite being a Honk Kong, it states the mode name in French:  MANGOUSTE DE TOMASO

But they forgot to brand it

[bunglebus]

8 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

This one measures to approx 1:34, so larger than the Corgi and Dinky efforts.  I wonder what scale your Doohicky one is

I thought I had another one but it must not be a Lucky. I'll try and find a pic

[eddyramrod]

19 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

@bunglebus I believe @eddyramrod wanted a Corgi Prelude.

That would be correct; also a fit-for-painting Thames minibus  

[flat4alfa]

8 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Oh look, a Scalex MG TF

I wonder what was asked of that

 

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Oh look a rare Edil Lancia Flavia Coupe!  I thought

A Mercury perhaps...  but no still not right

Ahh, with the bonnet strip and having a fixed bonnet and boot lid, it must be a Norev 

Still, in white with red interior, it must be a vintage one as not the silver 'reproduced for partwork' one.  WLTM!

 

The plastic car transporter is a Tudor Rose.  I used to collect car transporters.  But I'm better now.

[FakeConcern]

I didn't get any die cast for Christmas, but I got this Spot On Ice Cream Van for Mrs Concern a few Months ago and luckily she was really pleased with it

I gave it a bit of a wash and it came up well, particularly the glazing

She's happy with the playworn look and even likes it, but it had one headlamp missing which looked a bit crap so as Steve Flowers takes forever I cut a light off of a Lledo van and it looks so much better

I also managed to fit in a couple of modelling sessions over the holiday (not THAT kind!) and got a Pilen Volvo/Daf 66 I bought ages ago restored.

No A pillars and missing the dash and steering wheel plus front bumper

I originally painted it yellow, but as so often I had trouble getting an even finish and had to strip it off again. As I was painting a Corgi Astro Vette in copper metallic, I used it on this as well

Front bumper from plasticard

Dash also plasticard

A pillars were staples as learned from @eddyramrod

Pilen has lovely detail cast into it with a grill and badges looking great, shame my painting skill isn't up to it! I decided on a Dutch plate coz Daf.

[flat4alfa]

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[bunglebus]

21 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Oh look a rare Edil Lancia Flavia Coupe!  I thought

That was a large tin plate. Beetle was similar but too rusty for me. Possibly Bandai

[danthecapriman]

40 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

I didn't get any die cast for Christmas, but I got this Spot On Ice Cream Van for Mrs Concern a few Months ago and luckily she was really pleased with it

I gave it a bit of a wash and it came up well, particularly the glazing

She's happy with the playworn look and even likes it, but it had one headlamp missing which looked a bit crap so as Steve Flowers takes forever I cut a light off of a Lledo van and it looks so much better

I also managed to fit in a couple of modelling sessions over the holiday (not THAT kind!) and got a Pilen Volvo/Daf 66 I bought ages ago restored.

No A pillars and missing the dash and steering wheel plus front bumper

I originally painted it yellow, but as so often I had trouble getting an even finish and had to strip it off again. As I was painting a Corgi Astro Vette in copper metallic, I used it on this as well

Front bumper from plasticard

Dash also plasticard

A pillars were staples as learned from @eddyramrod

Pilen has lovely detail cast into it with a grill and badges looking great, shame my painting skill isn't up to it! I decided on a Dutch plate coz Daf.

That Spot-On ass cream van looks fantastic! Must be a weighty old thing in 1:42 as well. Those little A60-esq tail fins are superb!

You’ve done a blinding job on the DAF too, looks really nicely finished and that colour suits it well.

 

[bunglebus]

28 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

Spot-On ass cream

[flat4alfa]

Savlon should do as it's just an external spot

 

[bunglebus]

Thanks to a tip off from @155V6, I bought an eBay job lot, mainly for this

I'd not found the blue version before, and I've now noticed the lever on the base to operate the headlights is different 

There were various other Matchbox along for the ride, most will go back on eBay but I might keep the old Tincorner

Not so much the Skybusters 

Nor the Battle Kings that has not seen active duty

[flat4alfa]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

That was a large tin plate. Beetle was similar but too rusty for me. Possibly Bandai

Crikey I was fooled there

That makes it the remote control Marchesini in 1:16

Made in Italy

[flat4alfa]

Anyone got Cargo Carrier releases by Hot Wheels?

[AndyW201]

 Some pre Christmas purchases I dug out of the Merc after giving it a run.

To my delight, Entertainer in Tesco had a stock of ACTUAL. NEW. Matchbox for the first time this year.  You can guess which one of this mix was missing , but I have a red and a green Fiesta now anyway. As a Merc fanboy, I was happy to find a Pagoda though.

Its a lovely thing. I was disappointed to miss out on the white version but I think the gold version is nicer.

The Datsun 510 looks nice in this colour scheme too.

Loving the new artwork on the 2025 cards too.

They also had the new Team Transports on offer too. I was tempted by the Nissan set as shown on here by @Datsuncog, the truck in that is indeed a lovely weighty thing, but in the end, I plumped for this Toyota set. Mainly for that Supra...

So, to have a good look at that lovely Supra, I've had to be a complete savage and open it up!

I got a bit confused with the 4Runner, thought I already had one but turns out its the Matchbox one I've got. This one looks nice in 'front door on a new-build house' sage green, the Real-Rider rims look good and have  some particularly grippy rubber fitted.

Great detail on the front,

And the rear. Should be a handy tow car going by the TRD logos...

Wasnt too keen on the half canopy thing on the trailer, luckily it is detachable.

For a small thing, the trailer is fairly weighty and the winch detail is nice.

As far as I know, the A70 Supra is a casting that hasnt been seen before. It's a little beauty!

Lovely white exterior/burgundy interior combo means it's probably one of the 1989 'White Edition' models.

As a premium, the tampo printed details are all nice,

All goes to make a nice looking set up. 

[danthecapriman]

9 hours ago, AndyW201 said:

 Some pre Christmas purchases I dug out of the Merc after giving it a run.

To my delight, Entertainer in Tesco had a stock of ACTUAL. NEW. Matchbox for the first time this year.  You can guess which one of this mix was missing , but I have a red and a green Fiesta now anyway. As a Merc fanboy, I was happy to find a Pagoda though.

Its a lovely thing. I was disappointed to miss out on the white version but I think the gold version is nicer.

The Datsun 510 looks nice in this colour scheme too.

Loving the new artwork on the 2025 cards too.

They also had the new Team Transports on offer too. I was tempted by the Nissan set as shown on here by @Datsuncog, the truck in that is indeed a lovely weighty thing, but in the end, I plumped for this Toyota set. Mainly for that Supra...

So, to have a good look at that lovely Supra, I've had to be a complete savage and open it up!

I got a bit confused with the 4Runner, thought I already had one but turns out its the Matchbox one I've got. This one looks nice in 'front door on a new-build house' sage green, the Real-Rider rims look good and have  some particularly grippy rubber fitted.

Great detail on the front,

And the rear. Should be a handy tow car going by the TRD logos...

Wasnt too keen on the half canopy thing on the trailer, luckily it is detachable.

For a small thing, the trailer is fairly weighty and the winch detail is nice.

As far as I know, the A70 Supra is a casting that hasnt been seen before. It's a little beauty!

Lovely white exterior/burgundy interior combo means it's probably one of the 1989 'White Edition' models.

As a premium, the tampo printed details are all nice,

All goes to make a nice looking set up. 

Some nice ones there, but that Supra!🥰 absolutely lovely looking casting.

Are they available separately?

[sierraman]

I wonder if this year they’ll keep up to date with the releases in Poundland? Funny how they’ve managed it but the Entertainer made such an indifferent job of it? 

[bunglebus]

On 04/12/2024 at 17:14, FakeConcern said:

Very nice too!

I think the buggy should have a driver though. Mrs Concern has a couple with all the sailing boat parts, but none have a driver

Woohoo, here he is

He was joined by an early Whizzwheels in an odd colour

[AndyW201]

2 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

Some nice ones there, but that Supra!🥰 absolutely lovely looking casting.

Are they available separately?

Not yet, I think the Team Transport release is the first but no doubt it'll become available as a single. I have a feeling it'll be one of those castings that only appears in the premium ranges though.