TOY SHITE... what's it worth?

[Lankytim]

Hi all,

 

I found these two kits in my loft, complete and unbuilt. I'm gonna ebay em, but are they worth anything?

 

Mk1 tranny Avis Dinky kit.

 

Ford D800 tipper Dinky kit.

 

Hopefully I can pay my mortgage off  and have a nice holiday with the proceeds. 

[Mr Lobster]

I'm no expert on old stuff or kits but the combination of old Ford, Dinky and sealed in original packet would lead me to think it could be pleasingly valuable.

[Lankytim]

That's what I thought, although I seem to remember my Mum buying them in a job lot of toys from an Auction house in Birmingham for £10 or something.

[Jon]

I remember going to a toy fair in the mid 90's and seeing one of those unmade Transit kits but for the hot rod version of a mk2 they issued much later. It was £10 and once I'd asked my Dad for an advance payment of a couple of weeks of pocket money to help pay for it, it had gone. This is the first of 3 Dinky Transit castings, so that and the fact that it's 20 years later make me think this is worth much more than £10. HELPFUL!

 

Actually, I'm pretty sure the Avis Livery along with the Kenwood one was the first issue in the Transits and I'm sure mint ones don't come cheap, so I reckon that could help in its value. From memory, the D Series was a later issue (can't see the pic) but I used to collect toy Transits as a kid, not anything else, so ask someone else about that.

[Bren]

Check ebay and see if there are any on there.

 

The kits are'nt generally worth as much as the boxed model but I think it is safe to say you have made on your original £10 investment.

 

It would be a shame to open them.

[eddyramrod]

Pretty sure the Avis Transit and the D tipper were among the first wave of these Dinky kits.  I had several, including the Transit, when they were new but that was 40 years ago so you can imagine how they've faired...

Unopened and mint should be worth a nice new fridge by now, and possibly even some beer to put in it.  GLWTS.

[Parky]

Wil u tak 99p colekt tonite doing u fava m8

 

Seriously though I suspect the trade and retail markets will go for this. What are you hoping to get? Maybe whack it on the bay with a high reserve to avoid disappointment?

[Junkman]

They aren't nearly as collectible as their factory assembled counterparts, but you can still expect £40-50 for each one of them.

The Transit might be the more valuable of them, because scene tax.

 

I would never ever sell them.

[HillmanImp]

I would never ever sell them.

 

What if they got a blocked radiator?

[Lankytim]

I don't want to sell them particularly, except they're not really my thing, and I need the CASH MONEY,

 

No sentimental attachment for me either,

[Junkman]

What if they got a blocked radiator?

 

Well, it pretty much depends on what kind of car has a blocked radiator, and how much money you have already thrown at it, and how fed up with it you are, doesn't it?

There are cars I'd happily cube for a blocked radiator, Daihatsus, for example. And I'd cube knob vans for less, to be quite frank with you.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

ooooohhhhh!!

[MikeKnight]

As someone who worked in an auction house specialising in vintage toys, Dinky especially, I can say these are worth something. Just don't expect a trip to the bahamas.

 

£10 a pop most likely, as already said above.

 

Dinky collectors are an odd bunch. If it's not absolutely pristine and utterly mint all the top-dollar spenders just walk away.

 

Once sold half of a mint collection (200+ mint in mint boxes) of early Dinky and I don't think any of them went for less than £200 a pop. One of them made £2000 or so but that was a special little windy up war era thing that still worked.

[retro820rover]

Bought a tin plate Triang tipper truck in fair condition at a boot fair in Sussex and sold it for £ 35 to a lady in Cornwall who wanted it for a surprise present for her hubby. Further attempts to buy cheap on tin plate toys as not been successful probably down to fleabay information on value or the tin plate toys are too badly mangled but each Summer i still look just in case.