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I don't know what to do with mine. It's a bit big to display.

Apart from the wiring it's in great condition.  Due to its size I think it would make quite a nice addition to a museum or something. Or maybe to someone who collects exactly this type of retro toy. I'd rather that then propel it into the void by selling it.

Until then it will stay in my loft, it's nice and dry there.

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Took a bit of a mosey into the market, on this dark morning...

The diecast drought continues, somewhat. This was all there was  of interest on the main stall today:

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Matchbox 5-pack seemed to be some sort of Hallowe'en-themed set; not one I'd seen before on these shores.

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And this was the only other motoring-related highlight to be found;

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So, not really a lot to get in a flap about. He seems to be mainly stocking books and diddly-dee Irish souvenirs these days, more's the pity.

But, other than my desire to procure a bag of cherry scones, I was there to see if a certain might-be Minichamps Toyota MR2 was still knocking around over on the Charity Stall, a few aisles away... and there followed an amusing pantomime where I could see the damn thing, upside down at the back of the stall with other rubbish stacked on it, but I couldn't get near it as the whole frontage was crowded with assorted giffers (maskless) buying bags of past-date dog food and dusty glass vases...

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Like flies round shite.

I know, I'm no better. 

Eventually some of them had the decency to bugger off, and I was able to swoop in...

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It then took me a while to attract the stallholder's attention to get a price for the thing.

I raised it up towards him... he took it from me, turned it over, squinted at it, frowned, furrowed - like he was assaying a piece of fine gold - before pronouncing his valuation.

"One-fifty."

Well, alright then. I'd been concerned he was going to be looking more than a fiver for it, so I handed him some shrapnel from my back pocket, and toddled off towards the bakery stall, quite happily.

£1.50 an ok price for you, @TheOtherStu?

If you want to PM me your address, I'll get that wrapped and on its way to you!

As you can see, it's very dusty and the door mirrors are AWOL - but despite being roughly loaded in and out of assorted tat boxes for the best part of a month and a half, it doesn't seem to have sustained any serious paintwork or glazing damage.

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I also suspect this would have been fitted with a raised hood, originally?

Minichamps have had a very reasonable stab at the interior detailing - sure, there's better out there these days, but given the age of this model it's not bad at all.

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CONFIRMATION.

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Phew. Excitement, hey?


I'm off for a scone.

Happy Friday, kids - and a special shout-out to @flat4alfa; hope to see you back on the thread before long, fella.

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Last weekend I got the ex-Woolworth shelves assembled, which meant I could finally do this:

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Since taking these photos the bottom three shelves are now rammed with brochures and magazines (which I don't collect either).

After a bit of drought during the house move, I managed to complete one in the week:

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Mutant Leopard/Skyline mash-up, for a "racecars in disguise" community build on another forum.

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They fitted together remarkably well.

In other news, I'm heading back to the charity shop this morning and will see what's left from last week.

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1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

That's a lot of kits! Mind you I reckon my collection takes up a similar amount of space

I haven't counted them, there must be about 300. At least they're light.

Odd additions keep arriving:

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The Mazda is an older Tamiya kit.

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BTW, charity shop visit was achieved and the Dinky Jaguar was purchased!

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A couple of new mini motors have turned up today. Courtesy of @flat4alfais this Tyco era Matchbox 300ZX

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Also along for the ride was this unknown tinplate

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Main event was the Lucky copy of the Gruesome Twosome though

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In another package were; a very sharp Matchbox RX7

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a Playart Corvette Stingray

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And a tatty but complete Zylmex Wheeties van

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5 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I'm amazed it was still there, obviously not too many tiny tat enthusiasts in your neck of the woods. Usually they get snapped up to make these

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£80 + post to you sir

Crikey! This one was certainly less than that.....

It desperately needs some way of pushing the wheels further out into the arches.

All the older Dinky stuff had gone, so if there are other enthusiasts around I know what they're focusing on and they're welcome to them. When I selected the Jaguar plus a Majorette at the counter they brought out a 3 for £1 box. Nothing too exciting in there, the MF tractor was my main choice and the incomplete but tidy trucks to make up the amount.

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Anyone know who made the tractor? There are no markings that I can see.

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1 hour ago, Spottedlaurel said:

It desperately needs some way of pushing the wheels further out into the arches.

Plans were once afoot along those lines

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But that one was just the body with no base, donated to me by...someone on here 155V6. My memory isn't what it was. It ended up going onto yet another member possibly to spend its days whizzing around as a slot car after I found a complete one - but I still wanted one to have a play with but not turn onto yet another Steed clone

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Definitely keeping an eye out for the Crapi.

I had a mooch around Basildon, seemed like Entertainer and Home Bargains had taken delivery of 2022 Hot Wheels at some point but there were only a few left.

Still, there were some interesting ones, starting with these in QD

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It's a bit of an oddity, Mattel have been releasing special sets like this for a few years, chrome/black, gold/black etc but for some reason did two different sets in orange and blue, the first set didn't sell well so trying to find the second has been impossible. They had loads of them, including the Porsche I really wanted - but only #1-5 out of 6 in the set. 6 is a boring casting anyway so not losing any sleep over it. 

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These were the 2022 mainline I found

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I know the Tooned Golf isn't to everyone's taste but I like it. 

 

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5 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

The NEW Ford Escort!

Won it for £10. Need some C batteries to test it.

How does this ‘sonic’ malarkey even work?

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Basically, the car goes along under its own steam. Click it and it reverses, whilst turning. Click it again, and it goes straight forward again.

It was for those of us who couldn't afford a proper remote controlled car.

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7 minutes ago, TheOtherStu said:

Basically, the car goes along under its own steam. Click it and it reverses, whilst turning. Click it again, and it goes straight forward again.

It was for those of us who couldn't afford a proper remote controlled car.

Sorry, what I meant is, how does the car recognise the click?

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