Shite in Miniature II

[flat4alfa]

17 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

Yes, I remember seeing those, but only in passing, because I didn't take much notice of the big Bburagos.  Now, of course, I'd love it.

Eddy, you had one!  Handy Hank wanted you to see your old MPC Dodge again.  Also pretty brittle now too!  Tucked away in the boxes of projects awaiting a rainy day ....after the kitchen has fixed itself

[eddyramrod]

Yee-haw!  Thanks Hank!  If that white van is 1/25 scale though, then I'm a crocodile.  The MPC was barely 1/32; I noticed that many of the American kits fell slightly short of Airfix for scale, or perhapsAirfix were too big?  But I don't think so, because they scaled well with Britains and Scalextric.... oh it's all too much, I need a lie-down now!

[C1am]

What are the orange cars with the pink screens at the bottom right and fourth from right?

[155V6]

Looks like Matchbox Gruesome Twosomes

[bunglebus]

Yep Gruesome Twosomes. Gruesome Onesomes now by the look of it

[Spottedlaurel]

3 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

@Spottedlaurelto the beige phone please!

I don't know if you spotted this one:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Vintage-Heller-1-43-Peugeot-604-Unassembled-Plastic-Model-Kit/203269775284

You most probably did..   but if you don't want it, I might well be clicking the bid button of doom later.  Just say so now so you don't get into a bidding war with me by accident 😗

As you enjoyed* the Heller Princess so much...   I thought of you first

Nice! Would love to, but I'm trying to shrink the stockpile this year......

[flat4alfa]

2 hours ago, C1am said:

What are the orange cars with the pink screens at the bottom right and fourth from right?

https://matchbox.fandom.com/wiki/Gruesome_Twosome

A.k.a Lonesome Onesome (copyright @Datsuncog 2020)

[morrisoxide]

Just picked this up in Tescos. They also had one blue F Type and quite a few of new Taxi cabs and Bini Clubmans.

Also they are £2 now.

[flat4alfa]

4 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

Yee-haw!  Thanks Hank!  If that white van is 1/25 scale though, then I'm a crocodile.  The MPC was barely 1/32; I noticed that many of the American kits fell slightly short of Airfix for scale, or perhapsAirfix were too big?  But I don't think so, because they scaled well with Britains and Scalextric.... oh it's all too much, I need a lie-down now!

Eddy is not a crocodile, despite the nap!  Apologies, now corrected  😵  Not sure what I was up to there

The spreadsheet has been fired-up and spat out some approximate figures:

So the MPC is a bit long and the Monogram a bit lardy

[sierraman]

1 hour ago, morrisoxide said:

Just picked this up in Tescos. They also had one blue F Type and quite a few of new Taxi cabs and Bini Clubmans.

Also they are £2 now.

Christ on a bike, they were only £1.25 last year!!

[Split_Pin]

6 hours ago, barrett said:

Anyone seen one of these before? Looks like a chunky old thing

Definitely getting more interested in the weird European 1:25 cars from the '70s and '80s

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Polistil-Police-Dodge-Van/224340328799

 

WANT

[eddyramrod]

22 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Eddy is not a crocodile, despite the nap!  Apologies, now corrected  😵  Not sure what I was up to there

The spreadsheet has been fired-up and spat out some approximate figures:

So the MPC is a bit long and the Monogram a bit lardy

That's some pretty impressive spreadsheet work there, thank you.  The MPC might be slightly overlong, but it doesn't look out of proportion; on the contrary, knowing the shape well from American TV, I've always considered it quite pleasing.

Anyway, seeing it on the track is something to look forward to!

[sheffcortinacentre]

5 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

I like that Polistil van.  It is now watch listed.....

In similar age to this Monogram 1:32 Dodge B-series gen-1 model kit that's become rather brittle with age.  It was converted to slot years ago and needs some glue gun shoring-up work now.  The rear axle just broke away...

Should look like this

Pah! Cheap and cheerful kids model kit, you think?  Go look how valuable an unmade one is now...

That needs the "trans con medivac " treatment!

[flat4alfa]

[bunglebus]

Another Hong Kong Dinky tracked down. And it's a little beauty, can't fault this one 

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, eddyramrod said:

That's some pretty impressive spreadsheet work there

It's not, it's just primary school stuff these days, Eddy 😳

 

[eddyramrod]

My primary school days were a LONG time ago, thankfully!

[flat4alfa]

I just went scrumping.

[AndyW201]

OMG! Local Tesco stocking Matchbox and Hot Wheels shocker.

Also picked up one of these, it's a nice wee thing,

(Shame about the lack of tampo printing on the headlights)

As mentioned, there's a re colour of the Bini Countryman, an LEVC London taxi, a Jag F type and a nice Land Rover Defender in this new UKIP collection. Normal MB singles are still listed as £1.25, but there were none there. Obviously MB are now doing the same as Hot Wheels, by adding some fancier packaging on some editions for a slightly higher price.

Hot Wheels were sadly older case stuff, but I was chuffed to snag this, been after this one for a while,

[bunglebus]

Heads up - today Aldi should have Hot Wheels 3 packs, and Lidl should have singles. They should be new 2021 cars as I've seen sneak preview pics from a staff member 

[sierraman]

The only difference is the bloody card backing? The MG looks same as the £1.25 one?

[Split_Pin]

Aye those are a bloody rip  off for the above reason. I'll wait till a mainline one comes out.

[bunglebus]

Aldi and Lidl as stated. 3 packs weren't very interesting but found some good singles in Lidl. £1.99 each though

[bunglebus]

Finally some new Matchbox in Tesco, but only these 4 on the pegs - did ask but got the stock response about what's out is all they have. B*ll*cks it is 

[bunglebus]

Here's today's haul. First up, 8 ball Roger Dodger. Not the Super Treasure Hunt sadly

Next up, found the ID car of the Twin Mill

Quite like the Surfin' School Bus

Don't always go in for X Racers but I like this - I really wish Matell would do some that are stock cars and just completely clear

Integrale is going to be a popular one

There aren't many generics that float my boat but Head Gasket is quite funky

I usually pick up the new colours of Surf N Turf when I see them

These next two are very cool - GT-40...

...and Porsche 935 in a very familiar paint scheme

Then two Matchbox, beautiful 914

and Dodge D200

[bunglebus]

While I was taking the pics, a care package from Mr. Longbridge esq. arrived 

I already had one courtesy of Flat4alfa but it was missing the roof paraphernalia 

[sierraman]

I got told the Matchbox sell out really quickly. Guess that’s s good thing no?

[bezzabsa]

do we have a link to Mr Froggies web site for chod toys????

[bunglebus]

39 minutes ago, sierraman said:

I got told the Matchbox sell out really quickly. Guess that’s s good thing no?

I think the new ones sell initially, then they hang around for ages. In this case there was room on the pegs for four cars, so that's all they put out, and the woman I asked pulled a CBA when I asked if there were more

Found the matching Porker to today's find

I wonder if they will also do the 935 with the reversed colours?

There's a Corvette C7 coming soon with matching paint to a previous release too. I like when they do this, and the b*st*rds know I'll have to buy it!

[flat4alfa]

These are the 2021 'UK' series cards.  Interesting there is a Swedish Scania there and worse, a Dutch-built Mini.

No idea if these are destined for these UK shores, but probably not as all the (re)sellers I've seen are in Germany:

Likewise the 'Cadillac' range.  Apparently exclusive to Walmart in the US.