Shite in Miniature II

[Datsuncog]

Some more unboxing was done yesterday... 

Hot Wheels:

Some of the Premiums and Silver Series picked up over the last few weeks. 

Better out than in. 

Some really nicely detailed castings here! 

GR Yaris is maybe a bit of a leftfield choice for Mattel, even though the real life car is a phenomenal pocket rocket and very much deserving of a miniature version. 

Not sure what the 'Murican collectors will make of a tiny Toyota , but that's kinda their problem. 

Conversely, Testarossa is kind of the iconic sports car to anyone growing up in the '80s.

Weighty and very nicely detailed, it's maybe not a car that I personally aspire to - but I couldn't pass this up when I found it in Smyths. 

Datsun 510 Bluebird is a casting I already have as a few mainlines, but a bit of extra detail really makes it. 

I'd thought this Galaxie was the same casting as the Mercury Cyclone, but it's not - similar, but bigger and with different rear lights. 

Lovely big thing! 

[Split_Pin]

I love that Testarossa, I'm off to Smyths later to see if I can find one.

[Datsuncog]

Some Matchbox were also freed:

While I do enjoy the packaging art, I also enjoy handling them too much to leave them in their plastic blisters. 

Go free, little ones. 

Just like that. 

GMC Sierra 3500 wrecker is well detailed on the front and sides, with the added bonus of an orange plastic lifting boom that lowers and raises. 

OK, it's a bit plasticky and slightly loose, but still - always good to see a working feature on a Matchbox mainline. Yellow glazing is a little odd-looking, but necessary to allow the yellow light bar on top. 

2018 Toyota Land Cruiser is one that's grown on me - I deliberately didn't pick up the slightly paler first release last year, but it really is a nicely rendered model, with various items in the load bed to add more interest. I'd nabbed this purely to make up a three-for-two at Tescotainer, but I'm pleased I did now. 

Mercedes Sprinter ambulance is one I'd been keenly anticipating for months now - I'll admit I was a bit disappointed when I realised the body is plastic, though. It's also a missed opportunity by leaving the front end blank - the GMC wrecker and the Land Cruiser both have printing to the sides and the front, yet this one does without such fripperies. Pity, it'd be so much better with the lights and grille in colour. 

Still, maybe future releases will remedy this? 

Big Ford F-100 Ranger is another I'd been waiting impatiently to find. 

The body's pretty well done, and I love the colours; though the filled-in quarterlights on the doors look a bit funny and the chromed grille looks a bit blobby somehow - there's not much depth or crispness to the features on it. 

The new style of wheels here are amazing though, with the detailed spokes and raised lettering on the tyrewall. 

Collectors Series Datsun 510 Bluebird Rallye is one I've dithered over for several years now - again, great casting and the detail on the roofrack junk is good, but I don't much care for the differently coloured wheels and the decals referencing another of the former Matchbox 'Ambassadors', John Yanouzas, bugs me a little - just seems a bit smug. 

Maybe I'm just cranky because the US-centric ambassador programme coincided with Matchbox absolutely not giving a shit about European or worldwide collectors. 

But it was down to £5 on Colin's stall last week , so I figured I'd give him a sale. 

Polestar 5 is perhaps a bit out of my usual wheelhouse of miniature shite, but I think Matchbox are getting a good balance of older stuff as well as newer vehicles - and this is quite a striking modern passenger car. Maybe not quite my thing in real life, but it's a neat little toy. 

Opel Kadett GTE is from the new European mini-set, and is analogous to the Hot Wheels Silver Series releases in that it's a mainline with better detailing. This is really very nice, although there's a few gaps in the black tampo print that could do with a dab of Sharpie to smooth out. It's a nice companion to the plain orange mainline from 2024, but leaves me with the conundrum of what to do with the other plain green one I got a few weeks back and haven't yet opened... 

[bunglebus]

Boot sale bits. I've actually been quite restrained today as there were bags and bags of old Matchbox etc. some definite oddballs in this mix

[Datsuncog]

Some charity shop tat sighted this morning:

A few Hot Wheels, some Majorette, some no-names. 

Tyco-era Matchbox Camaro with a mirrored blue paint finish and very 90s graphics was probably the most unusual of the lot; shame about the cracked screen though. 

[sierraman]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Boot sale bits. I've actually been quite restrained today as there were bags and bags of old Matchbox etc. some definite oddballs in this mix

Big Blue in there as well!

[Spottedlaurel]

Couple more from the local charity shop:

Decent value at £1 each. Daytona is a non-Corgi branded version, presumably M&S?

[eddyramrod]

Charity shop the other day....

I expect it'll find a home in my Thunderbirds Pod Vehicles collection eventually; probably as part of two or three different items!

Also, some work-in-progress pics, as I've been doing a little detail-painting today.

[bunglebus]

It's been a few days since I posted much on here, as I've been away working. I came home to several boxes of limited interest toy cars from Vinted etc, and these three Majorettes found in a Lincoln charity shop 

This is one of the strangest things I've found for a while, and begs the question as to why you'd want a dozen identical Matchbox as a retail customer, even at the bargain price of £5.00 I'm tempted to get the Entertainer staff to type the item code in the system and see what it says

This one got me far too excited. I have one of these already, in yellow, so I now have 50% of the colours produced.  It is of course, a dodgy Hong Kong copy of the Corgi (or maybe Playart?) Mazda B1600. Playart might actually make more sense, so once again a copy of a copy

A face only a mother could love

More boxed shonkiness, this time from Tootsietoys 

Blisters have all been sliced, so we can have a closer look

Door fit on the Mustang isn't the best

And there's more. Kentoys set was obtained for just one vehicle 

The split van

What era is this set meant to represent? 1960s VW, a Galhamron 

Ford F150?

And a Land Cruiser

Plus some enthralled looking emergency workers

There's still more. Bought for the Maisto looking Baja (but it's bigger), however the RAV4 is quite interesting too

The blister is loose so once again we can check them out

[bunglebus]

Getting into the (mostly) loose stuff now, I pulled two of these Dyson Low-Loaders and Case Tractors out of a big bag of stuff today, although I couldn't find a cab for the other set. @andrew e popped round and decided he'd rather like it for himself

However he did leave me some other stuff, such as this boxed 944

There were several older King Size finds today, including this Guy Warrior Car Transporter 

Land Rover Fire Truck is pretty good

I've got to stop buying these little tractors to go on the back of the King Size commercials

This was from Vinted, £cheap Superfast Mustang 

Red Hot Rod Jeep is much more unusual than pink. Broken screen surround is a shame

Pleased with this tidy Kennel Truck in the unusual light green

This Mercury Police car seems to be yet another variation I didn't have

Virgin Sierra is a good find 

Corgi Range Rover is very tidy indeed

It came as a deal with this Guisval, which is a little strange. Red headlights for one thing, and the wheel positioning is really iffy. Doors feel like they could be removed very easily too - despite all that, a good find I think

Has it been apart? Thought these were usually rivetted together

Definitely getting into left-field finds now, this is by Tri-Ang

As is this plastic friction motored truck

No name on this plastic fantastic, pull cord energises a flywheel motor

More plastic ones, Knickerbocker General Lee

Plus a smaller wind-up one

Yee-haw etc

Plus another 80s TV classic 

I'll leave you to work out what this thing is

A third Transformers Porsche

Another Transformer

And another

This one definitely takes inspiration from Bumblebee, and I would like to point out it wasn't me that picked it up, naming no names!

This one's a bit of a curiousity. Spotted it in a job lot, is it an unusual variant of the Corgi Gran Torino, or has someone applied waterslide decals to it?

Mustang came with it

Another Andrew E donation, Tonka buggy

Siku bus was a Vinted buy that I should have looked at more closely, this side looks good at least...

Sticking with Vinted VWs, I noticed a pretty good one hiding with some junk bits for next to nothing

Plus another "Volkswagon"

I was too quick to hit the button on this Siku Kadett too, it's fairly knackered

Winning with a Darda Renault 5 Turbo 

Majorette 5 series is pleasing well kept 

Picked this Majorette Motor up at the boot sale

A couple more bits Mr. E located, Guisval Corsa AKA Nova

Plus a Seat Malaga

MC Toys Sierra from the charity shop...

Looks nothing like a Matchbox, oh no 

Plastic Datsun key car is unbranded and came from the same place

Along with a Kidco Lockup in a pleasing colour scheme 

There's something very wrong with it, but I can't quite see how it's happened. Wheel placement is all wrong, sits front high and it looks for all the world like the nose is pushed back at the wheelarch. I don't think it's, damaged, just made badly

Last one now, and sort of a good find - a Mini Dinky Mustang

No bonnet of course, but I also discovered why this was in a zip-lock bag, the base has snapped and the suspension prevents it staying together properly. I have heard these suffer from metallurgy problems 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

As @Datsuncog is slacking lately , I made the trip to the market today.

And here’s my proof !

The Corgi caravan is only £50.

Regretted my visit when Mrs N spent a Grand on some wall art made from welded Irish coins 

[bunglebus]

Not much to find at the first boot sale - only bought the Mini for @Tenmil Socket and the Cobra was the other half of the two for £1 deal

[FakeConcern]

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Has it been apart? Thought these were usually rivetted together

I think this Capri is the only Guisval I have and is riveted as you say

[Datsuncog]

11 hours ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

As @Datsuncog is slacking lately , I made the trip to the market today.

And here’s my proof !

The Corgi caravan is only £50.

Regretted my visit when Mrs N spent a Grand on some wall art made from welded Irish coins 

Fantastic! Cheers for calling in on my behalf 😉 

Hope you had/ are having an enjoyable time in Belfast, even if the diecast offerings aren't quite what they used to be - I've had my eye on that boxed Corgi caravan for a while, but not at £50...

Enjoy your wall art, I know the stall that sells those coin sculptures! Pricey enough, you'd get a fair few models for the equivalent cost.

[bunglebus]

Final score today

[Tenmil Socket]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Not much to find at the first boot sale - only bought the Mini for @Tenmil Socket and the Cobra was the other half of the two for £1 deal

Thanks… I thought it was blue?

[neil72]

This weekends finds, from the toy fair, car boot and charity shops!

[Dick Cheeseburger]

1 hour ago, neil72 said:

This weekends finds, from the toy fair, car boot and charity shops!

Is the R4 Solido?

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Thanks… I thought it was blue?

That was yesterday's one!

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, neil72 said:

This weekends finds, from the toy fair, car boot and charity shops!

Nice Tablot and Custom Volkswagen 

[neil72]

39 minutes ago, Dick Cheeseburger said:

Is the R4 Solido?

No, French Dinky!

[neil72]

31 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Nice Tablot and Custom Volkswagen 

Thanks, the custom VW was in a three for £5 box at a toy fair!

[bunglebus]

Not a lot of stuff today but some pleasing finds. This strange creation is a Kemmer Fast 111s

Happy to find this tidy Matchbox Mega Blasters Chevy Pro Stocker 

Not leaving a Rampant Rabbit behind 

Happened to stroll back through the boot sale rather than skirting around the edge like we always do, I spotted this for 50p, and it's better than the one I have in my display cabinet with the red Sand Cat on its back

[cms206]

Many many years ago I dabbled in model bus "operation" and the realms of the Model Bus Federation - much like the fleet of our very own @quicksilver.

Time and life got in the way somewhat, but I'm now time rich and cash poor. Naturally I have invested* in this which needs a little work but is mostly all there. Time to start digging out the fleet of old to see whats saveable... 

[FakeConcern]

Well I wasn't expecting to pick up any tiny tat today, however starting at the Brighton Marina Market

Three trailers, one boat and a Corgi Toronado with three Hunter Minilite wheels for £3

Next in Snoopers Paradise Brighton

Joal E Type, Lambos and Ferrari for £3 each

Not sure how I ended up with two Lambos, I meant to pick up a Solido Porsche 924!

Also in Snoopers, but at £5 each not cheap

Never seen the KS Plymouth snow plough before and it is mint

Lewes next

Many of you regulars of this thread will already know that I'm not keen of proper "models" much preferring "toys" and I certainly don't have or intend to start collecting anything of that sort, so...

 

These seem to be the same series as the Cuda and Trans Am I bought at the last toy fair, only cheaper. Mrs Concern's only comment was " where are you putting them?"

Coronet Super Bee

Camaro Z/28

Daytona

Javelin

Challenger

Later gen Camaro Z/28

GTO Royal Bobcat

Gran Torino (is this the one in the Clint Eastwood film?)

El Camino

Cougar

This is my favourite, GTO as in Two Lane Blacktop

£3.50 each cheap...

I had a hard time deciding which to get and now I kind of wished I'd just cleaned him out. Here are some blurred pictures of mainly reflections in which you may see what was left possibly..

I already want these...

Probably don't want the GT40 or Thomas

Undecided on this

I didn't get the Trans Am as I have one, but should have got it for @eddyramrod, but only thought of it afterwards (soz)

I deffo should have got the Chevelle!

Yeh, I should have got these too...

 

And these...

Not sure if there are two Trans Ams or I moved it around

Next time I'm in Lewes I hope they are still there, let me know if you want any of them.

 

 

[eddyramrod]

@FakeConcern Yes please!

Oh which one?  Well, almost all!  I'll PM...

[andrew e]

At those prices I’m surprised at the restraint! If your back in Lewes and the black 80’s Buick Grand National is there think of me please!

[FakeConcern]

8 minutes ago, andrew e said:

At those prices I’m surprised at the restraint! If your back in Lewes and the black 80’s Buick Grand National is there think of me please!

Mrs Concern was the restraining factor...

However I have now realised if I'd got more then I could have replaced the 1/36 Corgis in their display case, as it is I don't have enough.

That's logic!

[SilverMachine]

im currently down a rabbit hole an cant seem to find the thing i remember....

it was probably twice the size of a matchbox car - about 

it was a 70s american pick up, quite square, flat sides,  in a darker shade of red, it had an opening bonnet (hood) and im remembering a sort of  mustard yellow  rear canopy topper thing. it may have had some stripe decals too but im not certain! i must have got it in the 80s at some point and must have lost it somewhere in the early 90s. 

i cant seem to find anything similar online atm.

can anyone see anything in there collections similar to help me identify> ? thank you!

[Datsuncog]

2 hours ago, SilverMachine said:

it was probably twice the size of a matchbox car - about 

it was a 70s american pick up, quite square, flat sides,  in a darker shade of red, it had an opening bonnet (hood) and im remembering a sort of  mustard yellow  rear canopy topper thing.

Not the right colour, but in the interests of whittling down any possible contenders, how far away is this Lucky Toys Ford F100 from what you remember? 

This one came in a few colours, I've owned a white version and a blue version. It's about six inches long, so around twice the size of Matchbox toys. 

Also, was your pick-up made of diecast metal, plastic or pressed steel? That may help narrow it down!