Toy commie cars at Poundland

[eddyramrod]

Passed a pleasant few minutes in Poundland again this morning, digging in the "Russian cars" bin.  I came away with just a small haul this time: one Lada police car, one UAZ jeep and three assorted Volgas.  Fiver well spent, I think.  I was hoping for the green Lada 1500 saloon, but didn't find one.  Maybe the next shipment will have more choices...

[dugong]

Still plenty in Barrow!  I've been in this morning and stocked up a bit, mostly Ladas and Volgas.  MrsR hasn't noticed yet...

GAZ Pobeida taxi, cream over brown: plenty.

UAZ army jeep: plenty.

Orange snowplough truck: plenty.

Orange IZH van: plenty.

Lada police car, yellow: quite a few.

Volga police car, yellow: more than the Ladas.

Volga taxi, a la Bourne Supremacy: no shortage.

UAZ rescue van, orange/red: plenty.

UAZ carpet-fitter's van, white: loads.

GAZ Gazelle (Transit) van, blue: quite a few.

Beige coachbuilt van (armoured car?): no shortage.

 

The above list may not be comprehensive, it's just from memory and obviously I didn't do any kind of precise count.  I might even have missed off a couple of categories.  I was quite impressed actually, because I've seen the stock down as low as a handful of the cream-over-brown taxis, but today the base of the dump bin was set deep and it was fairly full.

 

So, AS daytrip to Barrow on Saturday, is it?

Very tempted to fart up to Barrow one weekday while I'm not in work. 

[eddyramrod]

Most days I'm home from work by 11am, kettle's on...

[Fatchance]

There seemed to be at least one example of each this morning in Poundland St. James Centre, Edinburgh, (bin near the entrance, not with the rest of the toys and model cars); none of the other Edinburgh Poundlands I've looked in have them. Hope that's of interest/use to somebody.

[CortinaDave]

Awesome ill pop in there before work... It's just up the road. I've not had any joy finding them so far

[Fatchance]

Dave, there's been no sign of them in Leith, Meadowbank, Nicolson Street, or Musselburgh - I've been looking since the thread started and because my self-imposed exclusion from the city centre from the pre-Christmas torture to January sales period was lifted today, (to coincide with the publication of the new Argos catalogue, which I take as the first hint of Spring being around a few corners), this was my first visit to the St James Centre in ages. The bin is sort of centre aisle front at the start of the shelves; nobody else was showing any interest, though a woman did push her pram in to me, which I first took to mean she wanted to get them all, but she just apologised and moved on. Good luck.

[Felly Magic]

No sign in my local poundshops either. Damnit as I wouldn't mind the Lada 1200 plod

[Des]

Can you get me some? will happily pay postage and include a pint

 

Poundland in Hemel Hempstead today delivered the goods, still have them on the shelves because all inhabitants of Hemel have OMG town centre exclusion drunk and disorderly shoplifting innit ASBOs imposed.

 

Will this be to Sirs liking?

 

 

PM me to work out how to get them to you, Shipley / A frame / 8X train journeys dust off the thermos.

[eddyramrod]

No sign in my local poundshops either. Damnit as I wouldn't mind the Lada 1200 plod

 If you find you're getting desperate, I have some.  Not, notice, "my local Poundland" (although I would expect they still do)... "I" and indeed "some".  We can work it out!

[Felly Magic]

Was in Poundland on Saturday, all they had were shitty cheap cars that are clearly knock off BMW's with Paramedic branding. Bumboils! It's a huge store too is my local Poundland, but they seem to be running it down slightly as they are going to be moving to another store soon to get away from Yipee It's 99p which is right next door, and 99p Stores who are directly over the road

[jakebullet]

~Tetris theme~

A few have finally appeared at Barnsley on sea... at 50p

 

Shout if anyone wants any of my doubles. Or I'll send for scrap in 3 days. Or maybe ebay.

[Jim Bergerac]

There seemed to be at least one example of each this morning in Poundland St. James Centre, Edinburgh, (bin near the entrance, not with the rest of the toys and model cars); none of the other Edinburgh Poundlands I've looked in have them. Hope that's of interest/use to somebody.

 

Thanks for the tip off, picked up a random selection of these earlier today.

[CortinaDave]

Wandered up from work and bought these two at the St James branch in Edinburgh

 

 

They still have a decent selection although in my brief rummage I only found one other yellow Lada, and it had a broken light.

 

Bought the van thing just because it seemed to be one of the nicer models - anyone know what it is actually a model of though?

[Lacquer Peel]

Izh 2715.

[Simon M]

Still quite a few in Basingstoke, including several yellow police Ladas.

[Partridge]

I don't think they have the CE stamp on them, is this a prerequisite for being sold in the EU or is it just desirable?

 

Manufacturers of anything can test something in-house and say "yes it's safe", but it kills or hurts someone, they get their arse hauled to court. 

If it's been compliance tested by an outside company, then kills or hurts someone, the company the tested it get sued.

 

So quite often, products tested in-house won't have a CE mark so it can be hard to know if they have been tested or not. They may have passed the Russian standard, but seeming as most Russians grow up eating concrete and trying not to get tortured, I'd take their safety standards with a pinch of salt.

[Junkman]

These are scale models, not toy cars. Hence they don't have to comply to any standards anywhere in the world.

The definition of a scale model - as opposed to a toy - is that the scale they are made to is clearly stated.

Collecting scale models is legally considered to be motivated by the same appreciation of form and function as is collecting art or artifacts,

for which also no standards whatsoever exist.

As scary as this may sound, but I'm afraid you are actually responsible for your deeds in this case, folks.

[CortinaDave]

You mean I'm not supposed to eat them? Oops.

[Junkman]

Yeah, you should also avoid poking out your eyes with the Moskvitch tailfins.

[RedSparrow]

50p! You swine!

Here in Czech they're still KC69 (£2.20). Still a reasonable price I recon though.

It was last knockings in the shop for them, but I was happy today to pick up the Volga ambulance.

 

Jakebullet - at that price just buy their entire stock, seriously!

[rml2345]

I found these in Livingston Poundland today and may have decimated the stock slightly... I now have 19 of them. How many different ones are out there?

[eddyramrod]

Whoever's on the till at Poundland takes great pains to tell me that these are "collectors' models" rather than "toys"... every time!  Surely they know my face by now and associate it with these purchases?  I mean, this is pretty much all I ever buy in there!  And I'm usually wearing a hi-viz vest, so I'm not exactly inconspicuous...

[minolman]

I'd rehome a green or other coloured Lada or Skoda, or the elusive red Yugo if anyone has them

 

Does the CE mark mean commonsense exempt?

[willswitchengage]

You mean I'm not supposed to eat them? Oops.

 

Or sit on them, naked

 

[Partridge]

These are scale models, not toy cars. Hence they don't have to comply to any standards anywhere in the world.

The definition of a scale model - as opposed to a toy - is that the scale they are made to is clearly stated.

Collecting scale models is legally considered to be motivated by the same appreciation of form and function as is collecting art or artifacts,

for which also no standards whatsoever exist.

As scary as this may sound, but I'm afraid you are actually responsible for your deeds in this case, folks.

I'm gussing they have the "ages 14 and over thing" thing on them then? Just as well as I was bitten by an Autoart E-Type not too long ago.

[Partridge]

Or sit on them, naked

 

Don't you just hate it when that happens? I had to have a diecast Renault 19 removed from my rectum last night, I must stop putting them in the bath.

[oman5]

 I checked BOTH Poundland branches in newport, not a sniff.

[Partridge]

Too late, everyone has stuck them up their bums.

[Micrashed]

Better than a mobile phone, that was the last thing I had to pull out of someones bum hole

[Partridge]

I don't get why people seem to like doing that. Who looks at a Nokia and thinks "Hmmm...I think I shall put this in my arse." Won't a phone case do?