I never buy stuff online, I only go for models I find on local toyfairs, stores or fleamarkets. Found my Escalade at a classic car fair that also featured some modelcar vendors
I haven't had much luck with catching toy fairs due to my schedule. Did get some luck with a couple stores and also flea markets in the past, but my go-to guy moved, and nobody else hasn't really matched what he usually carried. Anyways, couple new arrivals.
This is most of the stuff ive being buying over the past 2 weeks. i got a few old 60’s lesney work trucks from an antique shop, they are really cool I got a few nice 2nd hand sports cars, most seen here bought today and ill attach a pic of an old asda truck i found on the street last year i got other stuff but at 9:15 pm im not gonna sort them out for now lol And of corse, feel free to ask any questions about them if you have any also if anyone remembers the car i posted in the astro thread (this) yes i still have it EDIT: its nice too see this thread alive again
Flea market was open today This is most of what i bought all together i think it was 6£, The old red hotwheel is a 1980’s mercedes 540k, looks good but is in meh shape. I got the middle of the 3 cars in a random box for 50p, the other 2 i got for a pound together, the one on the right is from 1987. The 6 at the bottom were on a table for 50p each, i think they were owned by a kid as they had a few scratches and chips, but meh I’ll collect the most wrecked of hotwheels lol. I really need to think about getting rid of some of the weird make cars i dont want anymore. Over at least 13 years when i was given a hotwheel by a friend who found it in his desk ive collected them. I have at least 4000 die cast cars, it does sound like a lie but if you saw them all you would believe me As always, feel free to ask any questions, i have nothing else too do so why not lol. Spoiler: Bonus pic of a shed mock up ive had in the background of a couple of pics
I love those situations. Recently I grabbed a Hot Wheels Ferrari 360 Modena with a Coca Cola livery out of a box with scrap models for 1€, just to find out that it was a limited model for Italy only and good ones go for 80+ bucks. Sadly mine's in bad shape, but it's still a rare piece That's the new Solido model, right? Had it together with the orange one in my hand at the last fair, would have loved to buy one, but I did spend too much that day already... A little scenery in the garden
Got this and another old hotwheel (right) and this beetle thing --- Post updated --- Ok now thats cool edit: took one look in a draw next to me and found these which i forgot existed.
I got this picture. these are 1/18 (the small suburban is a 1/64. basically, a hot wheel's size.) I got 1/18, 1/24 1/ 32 1/43 1/64. --- Post updated --- here is a scale for people who don't know. left to right. 1/64, 1/43, 1/25 and 1/18
Update on it: Jeez new matchbox suck, ive had it since october i think and its been sitting on my desk since and the paint is literally falling off on the polizei parts, wth. I would attatch a pic, but my camera is so bad i dont think there is any point as it would not show up on the camera lol
The cars I mentioned earlier: Land Rover Defender 90, Custom Ford Bronco (@a plane guy has one), 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor, Porsche 914 Safari. 2008 Garbage Truck, RETRO RIG (I think it looks kind of like a 1981 Dodge Power Ram, correct me if I’m wrong), 2005 Tow Truck. 2020 Toyota Tacoma, 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, 2016 Ram Flatbed, Volkswagen Golf V GTI (GTI-LIFE plate, LOL), 2011 Volkswagen Saveiro Cross, 2020 Honda E, 2010 Ford Shelby GT500 Super Snake, 2018 Dodge Durango, 2009 Nissan GT-R, Tesla Cybertruck, 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, 2007 Travel Trailer, 2000 Chevrolet Suburban, 1985 Toyota 4Runner, 2007 Toyota Sequoia, 1973 Chevrolet K10, 1971 Dodge B-Series, 2005 C6 Corvette, 1995 Nissan Hardbody (D21). 1974 Tank (IDK, it doesn’t specify the type), 2011 S.W.A.T. Truck, 2017 Fleetwood Southwind RV (from Jurassic Park), 1992 Airport Fire Truck. IDK, maybe a Barstow LOL, 1988 Ford Bluebird School Bus (drift, maybe?). 1964 Chevrolet Nova Wagon Gasser, 1954 Volkswagen Beetle (drag woody). 1972 Mazda RX-5 (drift), 1971 Datsun 510 Wagon (drift), 1989 Porsche 944 Turbo (stethoscope behind backseat, ???). GT-Scorcher, with special feature. And finally, a Land Rover Defender (!!!) (great mod), and a 2018 Subaru Sambar. Oop! I forgot the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon. (attached) --- Post updated --- Forgot about these! 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS, 1969 BMW 2002, Audi R8 (road car), 1954 (woody) Volkswagen Beetle, uNkNoWn, (IDK year) Chevrolet Corvette, Aston Martin DBR1. Weirdly proportioned cars: 1988 25th Anniversary Lamborghini Countach, 2004 Chrysler 300C. 1/24 Scale: 2001 Lamborghini Murciélago LP640 2004 Lamborghini Gallardo LP 540-4 2011 Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZLI (not 50th Anniversary edition ) 2015 Ford Mustang GT --- Post updated --- I just realized I have a disproportionate amount of 1969 cars. Here’s another: 1969 Mercury Cougar Eliminator. (I have a ton of cars from when I was a kid in a bin somewhere that are in terrible shape, too) --- Post updated --- 1995 Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 (1 of 3340) Ford Thunderbird Bad Bird by Thom Taylor (1 of 17,500) WTH?! My collector number is 45! (See attachments) Batmobile!!
Desk redesign, going old school i also have a weird car that has a strange story behind it, A few years ago i was on the beach when i found a car buried in the sand, it was rusty, paint was shedding and the wheels were bent. This: I got it and put it away for a while and forgot about it, i found it again today and only now i realised that this must of been in the sea for atleast 5 years, it’s incredibly smooth like sea glass and pebbles, i wonder how it got in the sea
lamborghini miura matchbox from 1970 My addiction is too much, I got 17 just today, including a rather interesting one.
