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Browsing the bay earlier for bits for my new Super Minx, I happened across this:  Oooooh! I thought and beckoned Poglet Maximus over to have a look. Now normally when I get a new motor, I try to track down a scale model for him, the more identical the better... He was delighted to see this is the perfect kid-size version of dad's new toy! I was not delighted when I saw the price on it!!!! I guess that it IS rarer than a rare thing, but zOMG! That's close on what I paid for the car!!!  Closing bid: £159Two questions for you then: Has anyone else spent a serious amount of wedge to have their old clunker in perfect scale minature? And does anyone know if any other model / toy companies did a Super Minx!!? ;D |
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I found a rather rare Type3 Dinky model on ebay... mine for £2 posted as he'd listed it as a "Volkswagon" and hence wasn't easy to find!
Lacking tyres though. Hmmmm.
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Never trust a man
Who names himself Trevor.
Or one day you might find
He's not a real drug dealer.
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If you want tyres, you need www.recovertoy.comOne of a number of spare parts remanufacturers! |
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Peugeot 307sw - Suzuki SV650S - MX5.
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Hehe, cheers fellas! Might as well get one T3 back in working condition!
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Never trust a man
Who names himself Trevor.
Or one day you might find
He's not a real drug dealer.
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Seth
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MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi
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Awesome looking model! I wonder what an estate would sell for!  Has anyone else spent a serious amount of wedge to have their old clunker in perfect scale minature? No but I have spent a bit of time!  Pre-farina vans seem a bit hard to find. One of the small companies did one a few years ago but its not that good and still commands at least £40 which is a bit much for me to then cut the roof off and otherwise turn into a Sun-Tor. |
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable. |
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Corgi Vanguards do a very nice Hillman minx, you could get one easily for less than a tenner. Close enough?
Models of Japanese cars, especially saloons, tend to be scarce and unobtainable. I tend to make them out of lego and hope for the best.
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Mark
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My coolest model:  Found in my grans, it was my uncles. Just looked up ebay, it's only worth about £3  |
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^ What, even if you put in keywords like 'Rat-look Hoodride Splitty' ^
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Mark
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;D good point - more like £300 then  I'm now tempted to go and clear out the toy drawer over there - might be some stuff thats worth something! |
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Top grammar tips!
Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated
Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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markbognor
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'Sorry son, but no...'markbognor
@markbognor
Club Retro Rides Member 56
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Not a huge wedge really, about £25, £14 for the minichamps model, and £6 for the Colour match spray in Mercedes Benz Classic Wiess, and £5 for the model canibalised for the wheels. No one seems to make 1:43 BRMs. Not finished the detailing yet.  |
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no major wedge, all my skoda's are in 1/64 estelle guise. never spent any more than a couple of quid on a model of my own car, although i've spent serious time on them.
never spent more than £35 on a model anyway and that was a once-off
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funnily enough i think ive got a DINKY hillman minx at home in a lovely shade of peach and pastel green.....
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 Cost me a blinkin' fortune (including the plane fare). |
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I have an healthy colecton cominga long i'm not putting loads of effort into, but these look good  and was over bidded (not by me) finishing at £140 on egay! not VFM comsidering the gen article can be got at for that money.   |
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 it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts |
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I have a Trian "Spot-On" Hillman Minx which is a combination of colour and box style which is apparently so rare it "cannot be valued" according to my mates book of collectors die-cast values. Regular oneis worth £350 accrding to him. I paid £25 for it in the mid 1980s. I have never ownbed a Hillman Minx.
I do have a couple of 1966 Buick models, one AMT and one a Hiauswaga or however you spell it, both in 1.24 and both unbuilt. I paid about $15 each, plus the usual shipping and that.
You could get a promo of the 1965 Oldsmobiles but the prices are mad.
I have a 1968 Plymouth Fury Johan model kit as a cop car (re-issue, but apparently the moulds for the Fury kit were stolen by scrap thieves and melted down so no more re-issues of these) I paid about $20, its numbered on the box as 500 of 2000 or whatever the reissue was. You could get a 2 door as a promo back in the day but the moulds for these were modified to be the 4 door police car kit which was actually issued a year later or so. I have seen the promos go on eBay for big money.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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As a habitual toy car fanatic, I've bought a fair few in my time but the potential future value was never a factor - I simply bought what I could afford and what I liked. Most of them are cars from the 70's, particularly ordinary road cars. I did pick up the Corgi Italian job coach and 3 mini's for around £25.00 when new in 1999. I thought it was a little pricey for 3 poorly detailed minis and a Bedford Val in the wrong scale, but these for some reason are commanding silly prices on ebay. A small selection of my models are here: www.reallyloud.co.uk/photo_index_toys.htm |
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and was over bidded (not by me) finishing at £140 on egay! 
