Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

Might as well add the Majorette 911 to my pile please!

[bunglebus]

Engine now repainted and transplanted into the Big Banger. Got it some new decals as I ruined the originals giving it a clean

[sierraman]

I’ll have the inter commuter thing, the road dragster and the red formula thing please. 

[Tenmil Socket]

Could I take the green Golf please?

[Datsuncog]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Might as well add the Majorette 911 to my pile please!

 

1 hour ago, sierraman said:

I’ll have the inter commuter thing, the road dragster and the red formula thing please. 

 

1 hour ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Could I take the green Golf please?

No worries, can set all of those aside for you!

According to the big Charlie Mack book of Matchbox, the metallic pink Road Dragster is indeed a lesser-spotted variant. Worth about double what a plain red one might fetch, when mint and boxed, apparently... though in this condition, at this price point, it's probably a bit moot...

[bunglebus]

1 minute ago, Datsuncog said:

According to the big Charlie Mack book of Matchbox, the metallic pink Road Dragster is indeed a lesser-spotted variant. Worth about double what a plain red one might fetch, when mint and boxed, apparently... though in this condition, at this price point, it's probably a bit moot...

Hadn't even noticed it was a different colour, nice find

[sierraman]

14 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

 

 

No worries, can set all of those aside for you!

According to the big Charlie Mack book of Matchbox, the metallic pink Road Dragster is indeed a lesser-spotted variant. Worth about double what a plain red one might fetch, when mint and boxed, apparently... though in this condition, at this price point, it's probably a bit moot...

It’s a bit difficult to interpret that book in the U.K., some items he reckons are worth little in the US are worth a bit here like the Roman numerals editions.

[Split_Pin]

Could I bagsy the MR2 please?

[Sudsprint]

Slowly rebuilding my childhood toy car collection.

So a couple of Ebay Dinky purchases...

The Cortina bidding was particularly stressful as in a drunken stupor I accidentally ceiling'd my automatic bidding at £6500 in the closing minutes - the sweat was pouring off me. 

[sierraman]

19 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Could I bagsy the MR2 please?

You’ll be pleased to hear in 2021 Matchbox are releasing the original MR2 again along with a Mk1 capriCapri

[bunglebus]

Two important documents arrived today. One was my degree absolute, the other, more important one was this;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodness me I want one of those fat-arched XJCs. Maybe not with the Daytona spoiler that the illusion caused torn page has given the one on page 6 though

 

[Amishtat]

Were any made? 

[bunglebus]

6 minutes ago, Amishtat said:

Were any made? 

The New Avengers one - a bit of a grey area. Possibly some but never sold 

I've seen this version on eBay

[sierraman]

8 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

The New Avengers one - a bit of a grey area. Possibly some but never sold 

I think Dinky went bust suddenly so could be only a few escaped?

[bunglebus]

There's a red and white one on eBay now - for £75. Failing that I might make some phat arches for this

 

[155V6]

Just seen on a Hotwheels forum that TK Maxx are selling Hotwheels I.D cars for £4.99 each.Might be worth a look?

[sierraman]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

There's a red and white one on eBay now - for £75. Failing that I might make some phat arches for this

 

I had the Dinky XJC, really it wasn’t a very good model at all. 

[MarvinsMom]

the Dinky XJ12C was i think one of the ones made out in Hong Kong, and as such was rubbish.

better to just make to with a Corgi XJC. 

no matter how appealing a thundercat is!

 

[Datsuncog]

I've nearly finished the whole pack and I still haven't found a single diecast.

Bloody swizz.

[155V6]

Corgi Rockets lot ending in a couple of hours.Has some bits from the Wall of Death set,including the Capri 😎

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Corgi-Rockets-No-2079/333726359706

 

[Amishtat]

10 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

Thanks @Datsuncog.  If  it comes down to about £2 I  will have it, but I'm not going to hold my breath!  You got a really good deal for a tenner on that nice example, well done.

Yes... Yes he did. This has been on my kitchen shelf since January and until the Corgi Bentley Continental came along was my best tat Friday score.. 

[155V6]

Here's mine.I only paid a fiver for it.But that was in about 1986,& it's missing a tyre from the roof

[Datsuncog]

1 hour ago, 155V6 said:

Corgi Rockets lot ending in a couple of hours.Has some bits from the Wall of Death set,including the Capri 😎

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Corgi-Rockets-No-2079/333726359706

 

...Did you get it?

[bunglebus]

As if by magic, this appears on eBay. It's a fake, but a good fake

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264877295637

 

[Split_Pin]

I always felt that these Hunters sat too low, especially for a rally car. The ride height jacked up looks more accurate.

Great little model though, a civvy version would have looked great. Hunter badges on the doors are nice. I loved to spot these as a lad in the early 1980s as they were quite old by then. If I'd known there was a model of them I'd have got very excited. My friends mum had one and I recall the handbrake lever was on the offside and not between the seats.

Here is mine. It's not in great condition. Can you buy the missing pieces?

[bunglebus]

35 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

It's not in great condition. Can you buy the missing pieces?

 

Steve Flowers says...yes

 

[155V6]

8 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

...Did you get it?

I didn't bid,I've already got the Capri 😉

[eddyramrod]

23 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

 I loved to spot these as a lad in the early 1980s as they were quite old by then.

Way to make me feel old!  I had 3 in the early 80s, all bought at old-banger money, and they were a pretty good class of old banger too, especially the 1969 Sceptre that came last, in 83-4.  SWF 87H (I'm good at this!) which followed two Minxes, LTC 385F (red, 1500) and HWM 916F (white, 1725 auto)

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These are all the Corgi rally car!

[Split_Pin]

Those are great! Just how I remember them looking at that time.

[eddyramrod]

Thank you!  That's exactly how they DID look, I was driving them complete with odd doors etc.  The red one was a trade-in at a garage where I used to work the pumps; the white one came from the local paper; the Sceptre was a trade-in at Ginger McCain's and had been used in training the racehorses on Southport beach.