Shite in Miniature II

[Tenmil Socket]

I thought it was ham ?

[flat4alfa]

Chrysler look good in that colour. Perseverence 200%

I reckon if the Ham was fitted with two axles of a Hot Wheels it could* be part of their WTF 'Experimotors' range

[Sudsprint]

18 hours ago, bunglebus said:

 

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A gold Mk1 Tincorner - I have been after one for 2 years now - great find!

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, Sudsprint said:

A gold Mk1 Tincorner - I have been after one for 2 years now - great find!

I really had it in my head it must be a modern repro but it's not - guy was a collector and still sold it to me for £2.00. Checked on eBay and there's a tatty one for £35!

[Sudsprint]

£2.00 is an absolute bargain for that.

[flat4alfa]

I'll give you a fiver for it

[Datsuncog]

On ‎3‎/‎6‎/‎2020 at 9:45 PM, Spottedlaurel said:

On ‎3‎/‎6‎/‎2020 at 11:50 AM, Datsuncog said:

Is the DAF girder truck a Superfast? If so, and they're also £2 each, I'd be interested in that and the tipper version if you're heading back there and they still have them please. I need a top for my Not Mint in Tatty Box example.

Just picking up on this now - I honestly can't remember which wheels are on the DAF, but I'll take a run over to the model shop and see if they're both still there.

Seemed pretty good value, given how uncommon complete versions of these trucks seem to be. The Ergomatic was virtually mint too, despite the extreme flimsiness of the hut on the back.

[flat4alfa]

The next Datsun of Cog towers package has arrived.

Precautions have still been taken 

You never know what these old despotic dictators have been carrying in their Mercedes 600 Pullmans

[Six-cylinder]

Following Mrs6C taking over custody of the Edinburgh based Visa Cabriolet I thought I had better get the 1/43 model to add to the collection.

I had to send to France to get the red one to match the 12 inch to the foot version.

[Christine]

Needs a Barbie doll

[Six-cylinder]

Just now, Christine said:

Needs a Barbie doll

1/43 so something just a bit smaller.

[sierraman]

Picked this up today a MB27 Swing Wing, can’t find any reference whatsoever to a blue one in any catalogues? Might it be a preproduction? 

[bunglebus]

I agree - great find!

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/1169513_845-matchbox-superfast-no27-swing-wing-jet

 

[bunglebus]

The 1977 Matchbox catalogue has been rather difficult to find at a decent price, wasn't worried about getting every year, but as I was born in '77 I wanted this one!

It was also a pain to scan as it's too big to scan two pages at a time. This has taken hours to scan, rotate and crop!

Anyway, enjoy...

 

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[Austat]

On 3/9/2020 at 2:36 AM, quicksilver said:

And finally, some of the Tomytec Car Collection in 1/80 (Japanese HO) that come in sealed boxes and are intended to be collected like trading cards. Lovely models but rare in the UK. I'd never heard of a Toyopet Masterline or a Prince Clipper.

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I was heavily into the Tomica Limited Vintage stuff about 6 years ago when I began to admire Japanese classics, but I found them too pricey for me as well as them being 1:64 scale, I preferred to collect 1:43 stuff at that time. I always wanted to get one of the Seibu Kiesatsu sets which were quite rare, but in the end never got to.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TOMICA-LIMITED-VINTAGE-NEO-SEIBU-01-1-64-NISSAN-CEDRIC-230-STANDARD-POLICE/282636565836?hash=item41ce73bd4c:g:WQ0AAOSw9EJZq9tq

Saying that, I did manage to get a few Tomica LVs back then. I've got two Honda 1300s (a 77S & a 99s) which I bought as a job lot, they're not mint but I'm glad I've got some from the series.

I would recommend them for those who are interested in Japanese oddities from the 70's and 80's, but only if your willing to splash out some cash for them. The quality of these models are really good too.

[bunglebus]

Today's charity shop finds;

 

If anyone fancies either of these for four quid...

 

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The truck has a loose base at the front

 

For a much more reasonable 49p each;

 

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I'm looking for the corvette and Ruff Trek to go with this

 

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Finally some Fleabay scores, reckon I can boot Snoopy out?

 

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[bunglebus]

Oh and Tosco are doing Matchbox 5 packs, £5 each or two for £8 - and there's this one

 

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[Christine]

 got a Ruff Rabbit ! 

Spoiler

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

[Christine]

Bah , rubbish tablet or more likely me.....!

[bunglebus]

[Christine]

That's just the same ! ta..

[bunglebus]

Lol it's your pic, I just posted it so it wasn't hidden. Great score

[flat4alfa]

Went Tesco.  Big one.  All Matchbox 5 packs racks empty.

Same old singles, same old unsold stock

Still no Hot Wheels singles. Must be three months now.  I thought to myself - are big Tesco Extras now franchised or summat?  The distribution chain is all borked.  You get MB 5-packs.  I get nowt.

 

Went to the Middle of Lidl.

One sole Hot Wheels single left 

 

Went to ASDA and someone coughed over me.

[155V6]

Sainsburys round here have got Hotwheels on clip strips,I saw the Alpine A110 for the 1st time in ages.

[flat4alfa]

Sainsbury's here just have slim boxes.  Nowt in them but dubious special editions like Marvel and Pixar etc

 Going to furtively attack B&M on way home tonight.   That's another proper pestilence central.

[bunglebus]

Slim pickings everywhere really. Entertainer seems to be the best for lots of new stock 

[quicksilver]

Remember this tat box refugee? Battered, broken and a bit unloved...

Well here it is now. Quite a transformation!

[sierraman]

Wonder when/if the 2020 range will come to Tesco, same in my local one it’s just last years crap. 

[eddyramrod]

Tat Wednesday: nothing to interest us here. 

Now that I have a Volvo 850 I went to The Entertainer looking for more, but didn't find any.  Same story in Tesco and Morrisons, didn't even think of B&M but I'm full of dental anaesthetic so I think I can be excused.  Might slip in there tomorrow.

[Datsuncog]

On ‎3‎/‎9‎/‎2020 at 12:32 PM, Datsuncog said:

On ‎3‎/‎6‎/‎2020 at 9:45 PM, Spottedlaurel said:

On ‎3‎/‎6‎/‎2020 at 11:50 AM, Datsuncog said:

Is the DAF girder truck a Superfast? If so, and they're also £2 each, I'd be interested in that and the tipper version if you're heading back there and they still have them please. I need a top for my Not Mint in Tatty Box example.

Just picking up on this now - I honestly can't remember which wheels are on the DAF, but I'll take a run over to the model shop and see if they're both still there.

Seemed pretty good value, given how uncommon complete versions of these trucks seem to be. The Ergomatic was virtually mint too, despite the extreme flimsiness of the hut on the back.

So took a run over to Smithfield this lunchtime, but no joy - both the DAFs were goneski. In fact, everything in the above pic (bar the Ergomatic site hut truck, the Mod Tractor and the Rod Roller) had now sold through.

Some new stuff in the carry-case trays, though - some decent-looking Majorette buses, for one:

£1 each on the London buses, £2 on the airport coaches (JAL, TWA and, erm, Coca-Cola) should they interest anyone.

Overall a real mixed bag, and prices all over the place - some quite nice early 70s Superfasts in there for £2, but then tatty 2000s Hot Wheels marked up at £4. Most odd.

What also bugs me is the abject rubbish stacked up, comprising rows and rows of unwanted Lledo promos...

...while the really interesting stuff is bagged up in these stupid '£30 bags', whereby fairly good Lesneys and other decent-to-resto grade stuff is packed into freezer bags along with broken Days Gone and cheap 90s Maisto rubbish.

For example, this no-name 1/43 Fiat 132 is of interest to me, and perhaps others here...

But the Matchbox Ford A Series, Scammell Tractor, Majorette towtruck and Bburago Porsche 935 also in the bag are of somewhat less interest (since I have some of them already).

£20 for the bag = £4 each, and I just don't think the others are quite worth it.

Similarly, this very clean Corgi Ford Mustang III appeals - but I have no desire for the generic Tonka and other Hong Kong pull-back rubbish also in the bag, so it's a bit off-putting.

Grrr.

The only person who's generally behind the counter of the shop seems to be the owner's mum, so there's little point in appealing to her to let me start opening bags and such.

I may well try to have a little chat at some point with the owner, if I can find him, and see what's what...

In other news, there are a few more loose models now in display cases outside:

These weren't so badly priced: £2 for the Speed Kings Miura; £3 for the Matchbox Dinky Tucker Torpedo. £3 for the Corgi XJS too.

Bit dearer down below: £10 on the Superkings Mercury Cougar at the very back; £20 on the Corgi Capri funny car.

MoY and Solido vintage cars £3-5 each; Matchbox Dinky around the same.

The prices are on a sticker under each car, so to see their price I basically had to lie on the floor and look upwards through the glass shelf.

Classy.

1980s US Matchboxes aren't bad value for £5 each, mint and boxed.

Atlas Dinky repros each around the £15 mark.

Original old stuff unpriced, but probably big money.

In one of the cabinets inside, there was a Dinky Triumph 2000 the same as the one I bagged on Friday for Amishtat.

The blue-green paint was maybe slightly better, but the white roof was much more scratched.

£45 on it. Yikes.

The boxed Superfast still make me go a bit weak at the knees, though.

Quite a few of those plastic Hungarian pirate Bedford car transporters, too. No price on them, though. Probably best regarded as curios only.

And because I can't leave without buying something, apparently...

Not bad for £2, though I didn't notice the rear wheel was wobbly til I was taking pics later. The axle's fine, it's just part of the wheel collar that's broken off on the inside.

Is there meant to be a moving slidey-bit that allows the 'grit' to pour from the hopper? Might be stuck on this one.

Could do with a bit of a scrub, though happy to set it aside if anyone wants it...

…and of course, give me a yell if there's owt above that interests anyone, in lieu of this week's Tat Friday!

 

Oh, and there should be a few more Tat Boxes touching down with some folks either tomorrow or Friday - I think I'm fully up to date now, and everything paid in full has now been dispatched. Enjoy, kids!