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iain1970 Part of things Posts: 270	Matchbox / Hotwheels Retros iain1970 @iain1970
	Nov 6, 2018 15:52:07 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Nov 5, 2018 19:40:31 GMT pauly22 said: Shame to think about all the cars I smashed with a hammer to make them look like they had been in a crash when I was a kid. Tell me about it. My dad used to go off his head when he'd find out I'd been in the garage, blunted or snapped his drills to rag the wheels off one car and jam them in another. Stickers peeled off, Humbrol enamel all over. That sort of stuff.
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gotwood Wales Posts: 3,361	Matchbox / Hotwheels Retros gotwood @gotwood
	Nov 6, 2018 19:30:28 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	My finds from the last week or so ...
	You've been telling me you were a genius since you were seventeen ... in all the time I've known you I still don't know what you mean !

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skinnylew Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 5,679 Club RR Member Number: 11	Matchbox / Hotwheels Retros skinnylew @skinnylew Club Retro Rides Member 11
	Nov 7, 2018 20:23:15 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I have to admit i have a soft spot for the old SIKU models, there's just something about them that i think is better than Hotwheels or Matchbox/Corgi, detail wise.
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surprisingskoda Probably posted too much Posts: 10,934	Matchbox / Hotwheels Retros surprisingskoda @surprisingskoda
	Nov 7, 2018 22:22:45 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I stood in the shop pondering buying these, then remembered, I paid more just for wheels recently, so how could I not... Will be opened soon!
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🇿🇼Kingludba🇬🇧 Part of things If in doubt... flat out ! Posts: 975	Matchbox / Hotwheels Retros 🇿🇼Kingludba🇬🇧 @sidewaysludi
	Nov 9, 2018 22:31:51 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Bought loads lately but my fave by far, real rides too....make some good donor wheels
	`99 BMW 528i auto - current `01 Merc C320 - Gone `01 Forester S-Turbo - Sold `89 BMW 320i Convertible - Sold(shoulda kept it ) `88 Toyota MR2 T-Bar - Sold `89 BMW 325i touring - Sold `89 BMW 535i - Let her go too early `85 BMW 320i 2 door - Rust = character `00 Subaru Impreza Turbo wagon - Sold (engine failure) `93 BMW 325i - Sold

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🇿🇼Kingludba🇬🇧 Part of things If in doubt... flat out ! Posts: 975	Matchbox / Hotwheels Retros 🇿🇼Kingludba🇬🇧 @sidewaysludi
	Nov 10, 2018 13:25:23 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Delivered today, good find on evil bay...
	`99 BMW 528i auto - current `01 Merc C320 - Gone `01 Forester S-Turbo - Sold `89 BMW 320i Convertible - Sold(shoulda kept it ) `88 Toyota MR2 T-Bar - Sold `89 BMW 325i touring - Sold `89 BMW 535i - Let her go too early `85 BMW 320i 2 door - Rust = character `00 Subaru Impreza Turbo wagon - Sold (engine failure) `93 BMW 325i - Sold

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bmcnut Posted hell of a lot Posts: 5,985	Matchbox / Hotwheels Retros bmcnut @bmcnut
	Nov 10, 2018 20:10:15 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Went to Sandown Park today. By far the busiest ive ever seen it, loads of stalls, loads of people, and the most Hotwheels ive ever seen in one place. Quite afew very nice American issue real riders but I wasnt intending to blow my budget on just a couple of cars. Very happy with what I got. Cant not get a 55 chevy, and the colour of the pickup caught my eye. £1 each. My first tresure hunt Chevelle SS and real riders Plymouth satalite, a casting that I havnt got. Paid £8 for the 2. 57 Buick and Hudson hornet. Again, casting I havnt got and £1.50 each. Cant remember what I paid for these. Not much, cant say no to a matt panel van. Paid #cough# for these two, couldnt not buy them. And, car of the day, because I had one parked in the carpark and it was 50p. 50p!! Seriously if this was the only thing id come home with id be happy, quite scarce and are quite expensive when the come up on ebay, it was the first thing I found almost as soon as I walked in the door. The bargains I got today was offset by paying nearly £3 for a can of drink, but I was parched. EDIT and this because ive never seen one, and its fugly as.
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MR TIKI Posted a lot TIKI,style from a different angle! Posts: 1,154	Matchbox / Hotwheels Retros MR TIKI @mrtiki
	Nov 10, 2018 20:24:06 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I was in Staines with a client today and popped into 'Toy BarnHaus' to say Hi to a friend (the manager) He has a 3 for 2 deal on at the moment and some other great deals too,so I walked away with these and one or two others.😁
	Last Edit: Nov 10, 2018 20:39:12 GMT by MR TIKI Boldly driving faster than a tin worm can wiggle.

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bmcnut Posted hell of a lot Posts: 5,985	Matchbox / Hotwheels Retros bmcnut @bmcnut
	Nov 10, 2018 20:30:15 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	andi forgot these two £1 each, the barbie one is for the neice, she gets a pink one every year, its the law. I think I'm done buying hotwheels for now.


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skinnylew Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 5,679 Club RR Member Number: 11	Matchbox / Hotwheels Retros skinnylew @skinnylew Club Retro Rides Member 11
	Nov 12, 2018 23:52:49 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	So the weather was terrible today and, being the wonderful husband I am, decided to pick my wife up from work. This entailed getting some lunch from our local Tesco (other Supermarkets are available). Obviously being Tesco I had to peruse the selection of Hotwheels in their usual blue bin. This was todays selection i came away with...... pretty pleased with them to be honest. but wait whats with that dark blue Escort??? Doesn't look quite right..... Close ups..... Holy Grail!!! I grabbed it from the top of the box and ran around to show my wife who was, naturally, unimpressed. Even when she could see the sheer unbridled delight on my face and excited like a little kid demeanor she was still pretty non plussed by it all. I have been properly collecting Hotwheels from my local supermarkets for the last 5/6 years with the occasional foray into Poundland or similar stores. Never have i laid eyes on a rubber tyred model (Super Treasure Hunt?). To say I'm delighted is an understatement, and even the wife was happy when i showed her what the going rate on eBay was for it and the normal one together. However I want to keep it obviously although i will be searching hard for another
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🇿🇼Kingludba🇬🇧 Part of things If in doubt... flat out ! Posts: 975	Matchbox / Hotwheels Retros 🇿🇼Kingludba🇬🇧 @sidewaysludi
	Nov 13, 2018 1:50:12 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Wow excellent find there, like you i have never had the pleasure of finding a super yet alone a mk1 escort super!!!! If i were you i would play the lottery this week 👍🏽
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skinnylew Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 5,679 Club RR Member Number: 11	Matchbox / Hotwheels Retros skinnylew @skinnylew Club Retro Rides Member 11
	Nov 13, 2018 7:37:23 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I'm still pinching myself tbh it's not like it was even buried deep in the box, it was on the top!!
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ade36 Part of things Posts: 509	Matchbox / Hotwheels Retros ade36 @ade36
	Nov 13, 2018 9:21:43 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Only ever found a two super T-hunts in the wild... The most unbelievable was the Plymouth Superbird super treasure hunt found at my local Morrisons. What made it so baffling was that every other car had sold, only two were left, the super t-hunt superbird and the standard (non-t-hunt) version of it, left sitting there together. My wife also shared a similar lack of interest in my kid-at-christmas style reaction to the find... right up until she saw what I sold the pair for on ebay. Kind of wish I'd kept it now, and probably would have done if I hadn't of found it with its standard counterpart
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skinnylew Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 5,679 Club RR Member Number: 11	Matchbox / Hotwheels Retros skinnylew @skinnylew Club Retro Rides Member 11
	Nov 13, 2018 23:11:13 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	It just proves to me that they do exist in supermarket batches,I was kinda convinced they didn't or that a savvy employee was spotting them as they put them out and snaffling it later. I would love to keep it and maybe frame it lol but the temptation to sell it along with it's matching long card non STH with maybe some of my duplicate RS castrols etc is present. It would pay for a lot of Hotwheels and other models.....
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bmcnut Posted hell of a lot Posts: 5,985	Matchbox / Hotwheels Retros bmcnut @bmcnut
	Nov 13, 2018 23:53:03 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I have yet to find anything like that Escort, what an awesome find! Any idea how much its worth? The only shop local to me that stocked anything reliably interesting (real riders) was the local toy megastore, but now the selection isnt much better that what youd find in tesco, no real riders at all, and not much in the way of '50>70s stuff, so i recon there is either a local clearing the pegs on a daily basis, or they're not getting on the pegs at all.


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charles97 Part of things Posts: 499	Matchbox / Hotwheels Retros charles97 @charles97
	Nov 14, 2018 15:08:20 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	So I went to the local toy/collectors fair on Sunday and spent quite a long time at a table of Hot Wheels, £3 each or 2 for £5. I managed 7 plus the Majorette BMW for £10, result! I later went back and bought the Lone Star MK X Jag from the same guy and that also turned out to be a result. It is really nice and heavy, front doors, boot and bonnet all open, has quite a detailed little engine bay and it is the smoothest, easiest, longest rolling model I have. Also I HAD to get myself the grey Hot Wheels Nissan Skyline, I have a red one but it’s something else in grey.
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bmcnut Posted hell of a lot Posts: 5,985	Matchbox / Hotwheels Retros bmcnut @bmcnut
	Nov 14, 2018 18:51:02 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Did a bit of christmas shopping on ebay. Got sidetracked.... Of all the cars i got last weekend one is standing out as a favourite. Love the colour scheme, the stance, the casting, such a nice looking thing. Looking at it yesterday I notice a name above the number on the door. Dan Gurney. Now, up until that point I thought/assumed the colourschemes on the 2 stockcars I bought were fictional, possibly based on the cars of old. Nope. Sweet.


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luckyseven Posted a lot Owning sneering dismissive pedantry since 1970 Posts: 3,839 Club RR Member Number: 45	Matchbox / Hotwheels Retros luckyseven @luckyseven Club Retro Rides Member 45
	Nov 14, 2018 19:15:50 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Nov 6, 2018 19:30:28 GMT gotwood said: My finds from the last week or so ... That must be a rare thing. I believe it to be the one-of-one 1967 OSI Silver Fox, built to compete at le Mans (which it didn't) and made with two completely separate hulls like a catamaran. Had a one litre Renault Alpine engine behind the drivers seat and all the ancillaries and spare wheel behind the passenger seat for balance. AFAIK there was only ever one built, which was at the Festival of Speed in 2013 wonder why it never caught on
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MiataMark Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 2,971 Club RR Member Number: 29	Matchbox / Hotwheels Retros MiataMark @garra Club Retro Rides Member 29
	Nov 14, 2018 21:45:51 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	It wasn't the first car like that 1955 Enrico Nardi Le Mans entry; Called the 'strangest car to race at Le Mans' it was literally blown off the road after 6 laps when lapped by the leaders. Info source an article in this months Classic & Sports Car. Oh and because this is 'Small Torque' Bizarre do a 1:18 scale model of it.
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skinnylew Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 5,679 Club RR Member Number: 11	Matchbox / Hotwheels Retros skinnylew @skinnylew Club Retro Rides Member 11
	Nov 15, 2018 11:46:21 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Nov 13, 2018 23:53:03 GMT bmcnut said: I have yet to find anything like that Escort, what an awesome find! Any idea how much its worth? The only shop local to me that stocked anything reliably interesting (real riders) was the local toy megastore, but now the selection isnt much better that what youd find in tesco, no real riders at all, and not much in the way of '50>70s stuff, so i recon there is either a local clearing the pegs on a daily basis, or they're not getting on the pegs at all. Doing a search on eBay sold listings show that they have sold from anywhere between £37.99 (+p&p) up to £76 on a short card!!! However it looks like selling them with other Escorts seems to work well with standard Escort 50th editions so if i bundled all my duplicates together with it it could see some serious money! don't really want to sell it mind you lol
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