Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

Various boxes of tiny tat have arrived, starting with Matchbox 

Bought a pair of everyone's favourite Porsche, the Super Kings K101, as the red one looked in better nick than my current one 

But the white one is actually the standout, can you see it?

My other one:

Funny enough I was asking an avid Super Kings collector about this version a few days ago, and he suggested the blue sides were dropped before production 

Smaller stuff includes a Maxi Taxi - I wonder if black Square do the decals?

Gun to go behind the usual Jeep

Talking of Jeeps, a CJ6 - but for some reason having a slightly different base to my other one, what did this change achieve?

This version of the turbo nutter 205 isn't common, in great condition too

Escort cab, tatty but with the unusual 5 arch wheels instead of 8 dot

[Tenmil Socket]

3 hours ago, ambassador84 said:

The hype surrounding the Matchbox 1983 Ford Fiesta Mk2, predictably here in the UK, still hasn't died down yet despite the green one being vastly better supplied than the debut red version which hardly got a look in here! Could you imagine the hoarding and scalping if they ever do a MK1! 

Happily Guisval are here to service your Fast Ford Needs with their ancient Mk1 casting which they've been producing on and off since the late 70s. New or old they can get fairly expensive on the secondary market despite still being in production. 

That is wonderfully poor!

[bunglebus]

They were quite decent, a silver base would probably help

 

[ambassador84]

30 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

They were quite decent, a silver base would probably help

 

That looks a lot more substantial 

[Tenmil Socket]

Does it have the tow hook?

[bunglebus]

12 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Does it have the tow hook?

Nope

Hadn't noticed that!

 

[bunglebus]

Goodness me this little Mira Fiesta is testing my patience. Managed to drill a 1mm hole in place of each of the axle pegs, and broke two bits off inside the base! Luckily I can still push a short axle through a wheel into each hole.

Then I started testing a few options, and they stick out more on one side of the casting than the other

The base isn't symmetrical! WTF

[bunglebus]

I'll ignore that for a while and look at some new bits instead, such as these diddy Schuco Piccolos

Packaging is marked Shell, promotionals?

Anyone know what this belongs to?

[matt79]

11 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Anyone know what this belongs to?

Its a Matchbox item, usually paired with the Ford Tractor (MB Superfast #46)

 

[ambassador84]

Well this is called Shite In Miniature and believe me my collection is full of the Far Eastern tat/shite most people would happily crush into dust! 😅

I try to see the best in most diecast, even some HTI Teamsterz generics if I've drank enough gin! 

So step forward this grotesque unlicensed BMW X5 (E70) found in a Chinese bazaar recently. Made by Tian Hong, the company behind some of those budget multisets currently available in Smyths Toys, it does at least have an authentic Spanish livery on its side....

[ambassador84]

Tian Hong Renault Master, the casting is a Matchbox copy though ironically this actually possesses a metal body! 

[155V6]

8 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

TK Maxx is capable of surprising me, on occasion:

My local branch had a load of these Shuang Da branded toys a year or so back; the StreetKa was pretty nicely done.

Despite their limitations, I really like those reissued Guisvals - I had a few as a kid, and was most disheartened when they just fell to bits during fairly undemanding play. My bronze Mk1 Fiesta was the one I mourned the most.

Mira toys had a wonderful heft to them:

Just a shame that they really lost their way in the 1980s!

Great to see some from your collection, welcome aboard and thanks for sharing!

That has reminded me,I never did find one of those StreetKas 🙁

[ambassador84]

Well it's Spanish themed but it certainly ain't no Guisval 😉

[bunglebus]

On 17/06/2024 at 16:20, bunglebus said:

 

Just sayin'

[sierraman]

Windscreen made and fitted to ex @bunglebus Transit.

[ambassador84]

33 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Just sayin'

Noooooooo! Lol

[sheffcortinacentre]

10 hours ago, ambassador84 said:

The hype surrounding the Matchbox 1983 Ford Fiesta Mk2, predictably here in the UK, still hasn't died down yet despite the green one being vastly better supplied than the debut red version which hardly got a look in here! Could you imagine the hoarding and scalping if they ever do a MK1! 

Happily Guisval are here to service your Fast Ford Needs with their ancient Mk1 casting which they've been producing on and off since the late 70s. New or old they can get fairly expensive on the secondary market despite still being in production. 

Didn't know there was a 4x4 version!

[ambassador84]

8 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Didn't know there was a 4x4 version!

😅😅😅😅😅 always ahead of the game at Guisval!

[sierraman]

9 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Didn't know there was a 4x4 version!

Crayford made an amphibious one. 

[bunglebus]

You're thinking of the Ibiza

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

3 hours ago, sierraman said:

Crayford made an amphibious one. 

Sank without trace

[MiniMinorMk3]

18 hours ago, bunglebus said:

 

Packaging is marked Shell, promotionals?

 

 

Not a promotional. I don't know why they have SHELL on the box, but all Piccolos have it.

All the ones in my race set have it.

[danthecapriman]

I’ve been emptying boxes gradually over the last few weeks and you’ll all be so very happy* to know I’ve now got a couple of boxes of stuff to move on.

So, I might put a bit/all up tonight

 

[sierraman]

2 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Sank without trace

I’ve an article in an old Practical Classics about it, I’ll find it out. 

[sierraman]

2 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

I’ve been emptying boxes gradually over the last few weeks and you’ll all be so very happy* to know I’ve now got a couple of boxes of stuff to move on.

So, I might put a bit/all up tonight

 

Usual time 7pm? 

[danthecapriman]

37 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Usual time 7pm? 

Can do. All pics are taken ready. 
 

7pm tonight then!

[bunglebus]

Diecast gods were smiling on me this afternoon. Needed a set of the small diameter Hot Wheels, er, wheels for the Mira Fiesta but didn't have the style I liked in stock. I knew they are fitted to the Toyota Van and Poundstretcher had loads, so I headed that way - and noticed the market was on. Lots of interesting looking diecast mixed up with other jollop on the 50p table again

Some interesting ones were scooped up, and a crumpled fiver thrust into the bloke's hand before he could change his mind

Oldest is this Lesney motorbike and sidecar combo

With pedestrian slicer number plate

Tidy Mercury 

And Golf

Of course another Graffic Traffic was in there

The rest of this was on the table, probably should have taken the whole thing but it was a bit chipped up so I just nabbed the rare bit

Honda transporter isn't especially unusual 

But it does have the Hondarora in the back

Any guesses who made this large and very shonky C-111?

Very nicely done Solido 5 Turbo

Majorette Merc with tilt and bows intact

And a redline Mongoose 

[ambassador84]

Cheeky little Hot Wheels 2025 Case E haul found at The Entertainer. This assortment has landed hard at all my surrounding Tesco stores in the last few days but alas all my stores had already been ravaged by the Hot Wheels locusts!

I didn't spot the Escort Cosworth but in my opinion it's quite a poor casting so no great loss.

[bunglebus]

There was the usual pile of boxes by the door when I got home too, I'm hunting for a roll bar for my Dakota, spotted this as a potential donor (it's even the right colour plastic), but it's far too nice and unusual to destroy 

Part of the short lived Intercom City series 

And with a rather large and interesting defect

I reckon there was a bit of contamination in the metal, which has popped during the paint baking process?

Another eraser

Mira Taunus is pleasingly heavy and strangely disproportionate 

A couple of still packaged Beetles, although the packaging has seen better days

This is the less common Edocar release of the MC Toys Maisto Baja - identical bar the name on the base

Came with a V.W. Hot Rod, different wheels to the one I found a few weeks back

@AndyW201 sent me a red Fiesta, now I can detail and wheel swap this colour too

Last, and definitely not least, the Mazda B1600 found by @Spottedlaurel arrived

Explain this - the blue/silver was the first release, but yet there's a tell-tale circle in the bed where the tower attaches on the later versions 

[bunglebus]

1 minute ago, ambassador84 said:

Still looking for that yellow Aston, my Entertainer had no new Hot Wheels this week. It'll turn up soon I'm sure