Shite in Miniature II

[andrew e]

Toyota 2000?

[groovylee]

I have a small number of small cars, some more modern, some older. Is it worth posting them on here in case they are of interest? 

[Split_Pin]

Absolutely chap!

[RoadworkUK]

The crack-ups where the front end revolves and the bonnet pops up are much better than the ones with the "dented" door panel. The shut-lines look vaguely where they should be, and such things were paramount to a nine year-old with diecast OCD.

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, andrew e said:

Toyota 2000?

Yes - the original is a beauty 

[bunglebus]

On 2/5/2021 at 11:08 PM, bunglebus said:

Color Shifter taxi/police cruiser. These older colour changing cars often seem to show both paint schemes as they age

I seem to have several of these, stuck in various shades between the yellow taxi and gray-green police paint schemes

 

[sierraman]

Happened to be in Tesco picking up a few essentials earlier and there were no Matchbox there apart from the 9 packs. There wasn’t the cider I wanted either so I came away empty handed 0/10. 

[groovylee]

Random selection incoming! 

[groovylee]

[groovylee]

[groovylee]

[groovylee]

The minis are in various states of repair. The other stuff is ok though. They’re in the way really, so I’m not sure if they’d be of any interest to a shiter.

[groovylee]

[groovylee]

Almost forgot this one. Unopened, with a funny storage tin and a calendar card from 2005 🤣

[155V6]

56 minutes ago, groovylee said:

How much for this one?

[bunglebus]

That's a lot of minis! Matchbox camper is a nice one too - how much do you want for it?

@groovylee

Not that I'm into coaches and buses but they pair you have aren't familiar to me - Tomica or Chinese no-name?

[sheffcortinacentre]

2 hours ago, groovylee said:

Interested in the caravan

[groovylee]

1 hour ago, 155V6 said:

How much for this one?

how does a fiver posted sound?

let me know if thats too much, i have no idea lol

 

Lee

[groovylee]

36 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Interested in the caravan

i'll drop you a pm

[groovylee]

47 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

That's a lot of minis! Matchbox camper is a nice one too - how much do you want for it?

@groovylee

Not that I'm into coaches and buses but they pair you have aren't familiar to me - Tomica or Chinese no-name?

the buses are chinese no name.  ones a no name airport bus, the others a KLM branded one.

£4 posted sound ok for the camper?  i cant believe its the same age as me!

[155V6]

33 minutes ago, groovylee said:

how does a fiver posted sound?

let me know if thats too much, i have no idea lol

 

Lee

Sounds fine to me.

PM me your details & I'll sort the payment.

[bunglebus]

Found a Lone Star group on Facebook and was discussing the Transit recovery vehicles. I'm sure @Datsuncog and others will be interested in this

apparently available as a reproduction part. Finding out about costs...

[Datsuncog]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Found a Lone Star group on Facebook and was discussing the Transit recovery vehicles. I'm sure @Datsuncog and others will be interested in this

apparently available as a reproduction part. Finding out about costs...

Oh, fantastic... very interested in a repro jib and hook (even if it does threaten my nascent Tow Jam acquisition empire).

Cheers for the detective work!

[Split_Pin]

Nice collection @groovylee!

[Jon]

Just a quickie photo, from a listing on Trademe for some old Matchbox collectors mags (MICA).

 

The batch of mags on offer are from 1986-93 and I'm wondering if there's maybe some more up to date info anywhere - like any further ones which have been discovered, etc. 3 known survivors is a pretty small number!

[bunglebus]

Interesting - I wonder what the casting difference was?

http://www.fcarnahan.com/pg/45avauxall.html

Toymart value a mint/boxed red one at...£3293! It seems a yellow one with the early casting is even rarer

[Jon]

That's a treasure trove of information there @bunglebus, just what I was looking for!

[junkyarddog]

12 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Found a Lone Star group on Facebook and was discussing the Transit recovery vehicles. I'm sure @Datsuncog and others will be interested in this

apparently available as a reproduction part. Finding out about costs...

There should be another part to that,it hangs on the hook,and will attach to the car to be towed.

[Frogchod]

Just bought myself a birthday present.

I've blown way to much dosh on a Brooklin Models 1967 Buick Wildcat.

So what do you get for too much money ?

Some fancy packaging :

Containing a very posh box:

Off course, as soon as this arrived another popped up on ebay for 2/3 of what I just paid ....

[Shite Ron]

After getting my 1:43 models on display a couple of weeks ago, I decided to start searching for more models. Mk1 Granada estates and mk4 Cortina estates are available but ridiculous money, my search eventually led me to Jumajo in France who had a selection of nice models at sensible prices so I decided to order a few and they arrived today!

Mucho excitement!

I am very impressed with Jumajo, I had daily updates of the models journey and a very accurate arrival date. Nice models at a good price compared to Vanguards etc. I clearly made a mistake not checking the scale of the SM. I highly recommend Jumajo and may purchase more in the future as I would love to modify some to look like my real cars. If I could make miniature numberplates and move the steering wheel to the correct side they would be even more amazing.