Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

They're here...

Of course they'd been picked over already, but I grabbed a few

[Datsuncog]

13 hours ago, 155V6 said:

I just found this picture

There's  a lot of Corgi copies,not seen the Marina Coupe before 😎

Wow, there's a lot of weird stuff in there...

Leyland tipper looks to be a copy of the Matchbox Superkings K-4 version.

Great, just when I needed a new obsession...

[bunglebus]

9 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Great, just when I needed a new obsession...

I can quite happily live without a complete set of those. However I did find a beach buggy with the usually-missing windscreen, and was sent an offer price as I watchlisted it... 

[155V6]

I went to the car boot for the 1st time in nearly a month this morning.My favourite diecast seller was there,but all I got from him was this Guisval Porsche 917.He gave me the Siku truck canopy because he said he thought I could probably use it 😁

As I was leaving,I looked at my phone & saw that @bunglebushad found some Matchbox cars,so a quick diversion to Tesco was made.There wasn't a great deal there,but I came away with these.Nice to see some new stuff at last😎

[bezzabsa]

5 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

I went to the car boot for the 1st time in nearly a month this morning.My favourite diecast seller was there,but all I got from him was this Guisval Porsche 917.He gave me the Siku truck canopy because he said he thought I could probably use it 😁

As I was leaving,I looked at my phone & saw that @bunglebushad found some Matchbox cars,so a quick diversion to Tesco was made.There wasn't a great deal there,but I came away with these.Nice to see some new stuff at last😎

Like that nissan pickup

[sierraman]

Same here! 

[bunglebus]

@155V6 Stole my thunder!

I did try the other Tesco but the box was still empty 

[sierraman]

I take back everything I’ve said about truck drivers now... 🤣

[AndyW201]

New stuff here as well! As usual the Middlesbrough store had sod all, but the one near the in-laws at Ingleby Barwick came up trumps.

Nice to see the Ryu Asada tribute on the SVX packaging. 

Almost missed them as they were mixed in the rummage box with the previous releases. Looking at bunglebus's post reminded me I forgot the '32 Ford as well. Bollocks!

The girl I get a lot of my Mattel stuff from  on Facebook has had a lot of the new releases lately too, a few of which are heading my way. TBH it just looks like a lot of re colours, not a lot of new castings yet. No new version of the Capri yet either it seems.

Joined the grey Scooby set as well! Thought I'd missed out on this one.

[bunglebus]

As I feared, we have missed a case of Matchbox - so no Honda E, blue Mercedes 220, 34 Chevy coupe or pink Porsche 914 for us 2nd class Brits. Trying to work out if there have been others skipped (we definitely never got the Capri), or if they're not due yet

 

*edit* mix 6 is the one that just landed.

Mix 5 had the black BMW 2002, green Willys Jeep Roadster, Honda E, blue Merc 220SE, Brembo Mustang, 34 Chevy, red (not pink) 914

Mix 4 had the white MR2, red Fiat 500, blue Mini, TX1, lilac Bini cabrio, yellow 41 Caddy, green Caprice

Mix 3 had the white Civic, blue Chevy Nova, green MGB, 57 Dodge pickup

Mix 2 had the Capri, blue Ford Ranchero, rat rod 35 Ford Pickup, green Beetle, Aston DBR1, Field Car

Mix 1 had the black Plymouth Savoy, white 350Z, blue 56 Jag XK, yellow Merc S123 wagon, police MK1 Golf, white/red 914, National Parks Dodge Coronet, Bugatti Divo

So I think we missed #2, 3 + 5. Pretty shit really as unlike Hot Wheels, there are now no carry overs between cases. Who do we moan to? Tesco? Mattel?

[bunglebus]

Moving on - anyone know what this is?

[D.E]

Corgi Juniors Ferrari 512S? 

[bunglebus]

I think so, possibly a Growlers version. More common in red which is why I didn't recognise it

 

[Bren]

22 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I think so, possibly a Growlers version. More common in red which is why I didn't recognise it

 

Growler. Fnarr Fnarr......

[Jon]

On 10/2/2021 at 4:42 AM, sierraman said:

I’d love a Matchbox Auto Sales. Chances of finding one that’s not broken or fifty million quid though...

Might just have to get the Plywood out and build one...

Not cheap but here's one:

https://www.trademe.co.nz/3288868567

Close up photos, for balsa wood rendition guidelines.

[155V6]

It's nice,but there's not really a lot to it is there?.The building would be easy enough to get from the Daf truck.

[bunglebus]

As I suspected, the smaller Tesco were slow putting stock out - so I popped back in today

Asda also had a heaving case of Hot Wheels, but in both cases they were older...cases

[sierraman]

I like the airport tug they had in this batch. Wondering if we’ll see another batch before years out or whether we will be waiting till next year.

[155V6]

22 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

As I suspected, the smaller Tesco were slow putting stock out - so I popped back in today

Asda also had a heaving case of Hot Wheels, but in both cases they were older...cases

Did you find anything else worth having,isn't this the case that has the Corvette Chase in it?

[bunglebus]

27 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

Did you find anything else worth having,isn't this the case that has the Corvette Chase in it?

It should be - I didn't find one.  I'll get some pics up in a bit, nothing we haven't already seen I don't think. Had a few bits arrive in the post I'm just sorting out

[Conan]

 

Oh yeah. Got a Jaaag as well actually. I had this for many many years. It's AutoArt 1/18 in metal.

 

One gripe I have is that when put together side by side the Volvo is slightly longer than the Jag, when in 1/1 the Jag should be slightly longer! Hmpf! Either AutoArt fucked up or Ottomobile fucked up. Or maybe online specs site fucked up and I need to find an XJS to verify.

[bunglebus]

Tesco turned up these (and an extra 32 5-window for customising)

The pile of boxes waiting at home revealed;

A Polistil catalogue way bigger than I expected - it's the size of a magazine and "perfect bound" (glued) rather than stapled together. Way too big for the current scanner

A Trickshifters Mazda

A Kidco key car - with the correct key and keyring

A couple of Hot Wheels Ultra Hots

The second Commando VW T3

A Shovel Nose kinda bought in error - it's a good red one I needed. However it's a really good one that looks almost unplayed with

Finally - having checked my original Bandai Beetle, it had somehow also lost its front bumper, so a donor has been obtained. Funny enough one of the three I now have does not have Bandai stamped underneath, whether this was a production change or it's a copy I don't know

[155V6]

Nothing to do this afternoon,so I took a trip around 5 charity shops I haven't visited for ages.

No diecast at all,but I couldn't leave this behind

Then it was on to the other big Tesco near me.They had the new stuff,but there wasn't much left,& no singles I needed.

I did get this though,7 decent cars for £8.00 is alright with me 😁

 

[bunglebus]

The Capri, nice. Also the green Beetle from one of the mixes we missed

[Split_Pin]

59 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Bandai Beetle

I've got that, I think it was called Bug Bite.  Mine is in pretty good nick, I think I still have the clip on lasers somewhere as well. It has 'Beetle' decals on each side. I always liked this as a kid as it was a 1303 like the late model ones that were still plentiful at the time.

[bunglebus]

This is the one I've had since I was a kid - decided the wheels looked far cooler inside out

And the one I got in the giant box of VWs the other week that still has the gun

[flat4alfa]

5 hours ago, Conan said:

One gripe I have is that when put together side by side the Volvo is slightly longer than the Jag, when in 1/1 the Jag should be slightly longer! Hmpf! Either AutoArt fucked up or Ottomobile fucked up. Or maybe online specs site fucked up and I need to find an XJS to verify.

Send me the length and width of each via PM

[bunglebus]

What the...

[morrisoxide]

8 hours ago, sierraman said:

I like the airport tug they had in this batch.

They have two variants with cargo and without. I liked the MR2 head light variant, wonder what other oddities we will see?

Reminds me of this.

In fact I may paint one in Yellow.

[bunglebus]

Looks like I'm keeping both