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A portion of my collection, there's all sorts of stuff over here from times from around late last year. Sorry my posting has been slow lately, schedules resume! Also some other stuff in the corner I might put up for sale soon, including some diecast and car calendars
The diecast drought here in my part of the U.K. continues even as the school holidays are in full swing and tales of various MBX batches including H appearing in Poundland and Poundworld stores only makes things more frustrating as none of mine so far stock any! Even new batches of Hot Wheels are impossible to find at the squillions of local stockists who normally do with Poundland of all places now neck and neck with everyone else! To console myself I've done a bit of Tomica shopping on Ebay and bagged myself one of their latest castings in the form of this gorgeous Abarth badged 124 Spider. The market for low cost roadsters now seems to be declining in the face of SUV's and Crossovers but thanks to a tie up with Mazda Fiat recently introduced their gorgeous 124 Spider and its seen here Abarth performance version. Being a Tomica you get a beautifully cast little model which in their usual style is extremely well presented and nicely detailed and even features a very easy to remove hardtop which makes it look even sexier. With a nice array of Eurocentric castings its a real shame models like this don't appear in U.K. stockists, indeed the last time I saw Tomica sold as singles here was at Toymaster back in the early 1990's! Mint and boxed.
Its hard to believe such beautiful little diecasts from Norev can often be found in the toy aisles of a good many French supermarkets. I believe, certainly for the time being, that a lot of the new Citroen castings such as this delicious CX are only available through Citroen retailers ie. online and in dealerships. At 4 Euros they are actually cheaper than an inferior Matchbox premium allowing for postage from the U.S. of course yet offer so much realism. Absolutely beautiful. Mint and boxed.
Such diecast greatness can now, hopefully, be found in your nearest ASDA store. Older batches initially though Majorette themselves have said new stuff should be coming along soon. Mint and boxed.
My first diecast purchase of 2023 was certainly unexpected from a UK point of view. The Matchbox Working Rigs is yet another long established line up denied to us Brits despite their obvious appeal to both collectors and children.
The Poundstretcher discount chain has managed to source from the Far East an older batch which of course is no issue for anybody like me who aren't used to seeing them on the pegs of a UK retailer. At 6.00 each they aren't particularly cheap so was quite selective in what I grabbed, this Pierce Velocity Aerial Platform Fire Truck being an obvious choice.
A wonderfully weighty and substantial casting with a pleasing amount of metal and chrome plus rather likeable wheels.
With the exclusivity deal between Tesco and Matchbox due to end this month it will be interesting to see whether we see a lot more good stuff like this.
Mint and boxed.
It would probably be a bit mean for complaining about the lack of chrome on this new recolour of the Matchbox 1962 VW Beetle as its white plastic has been deliberately put there to reflect its winter theme. So so very very charming as this has always been a mighty fine rendition of a classic VW Beetle despite being retooled recently in the name of cost cutting. Part of a five vehicle set which has literally just begun to arrive at Tesco. Mint and boxed.
M-298.
Escala 1/43.
Oldsmobile Toronado (1966-1970).
Lansing, Michigan ( Estados Unidos / U.S.A. )
Pilen.
Hecho en España / Made in Spain.
Años 70.
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Oldsmobile Toronado
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Oldsmobile Toronado is a personal luxury car that was produced by Oldsmobile from 1966 to 1992. Designed to compete with the Ford Thunderbird and General Motors' own Buick Riviera, the Toronado is historically significant as the first U.S.-produced front-wheel drive automobile since the demise of the Cord in 1937.
It used the GM E platform introduced by the rear-wheel drive Riviera in 1963 and shared a year later with the front-wheel drive Cadillac Eldorado. Although each had quite different styling, the threesome shared the E platform for most of the Toronado's 28-year history.
The word "Toronado" has no linguistic meaning, and was originally invented for a 1963 Chevrolet show car."
- First generation (1966–1970)
"The original Toronado began as a design painting by Oldsmobile stylist David North in 1962. His design, dubbed the "Flame Red Car", was for a compact sports/personal car never intended for production. A few weeks after the design was finished, however, Oldsmobile division was informed it would be permitted to build a personal car in the Riviera/Thunderbird class for the 1966 model year, and North's design was selected.
For production economy, the still-unnamed car was to share the so-called E-body shell with the redesigned 1966 Buick Riviera, which was substantially bigger than North had envisioned. Despite the efforts of Oldsmobile and General Motors styling chief Bill Mitchell to put the car on the smaller A-body intermediate, they were overruled for cost reasons.
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As debuted, the innovative Toronado featured such GM developments as the:
.Heavy-duty Turbo-Hydramatic 400 three-speed automatic transmission (named THM425 in FWD form)
.Rochester Quadrajet four-barrel carburetor
.Spherical shaped exhaust-manifold flange gaskets, which provided freedom of movement in the exhaust system and prevented leaks
."Draft-Free" ventilation system, which reduced wind noise considerably by eliminating conventional front-door vent windows
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To power the car, Oldsmobile engineers selected a conventional, although performance-boosted, Olds 425 cu in (7 L) Super Rocket V8 rated at 385 hp (287 kW) and 475 ft·lb (644 N·m) of torque. It provided an increase of 10 hp (7.5 kW) over the Starfire 425, and an increase of 20 hp (15 kW) over the standard 425 engine in the Ninety-Eight."
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- Second generation (1971–1978)
"With radically different styling from the first generation, the Toronado had metamorphosed from a "GT"-style car into something more traditional in the luxury car field. It was now more similar to the Cadillac Eldorado than the Buick Riviera, with styling taking several cues from the 1967–70 Eldorado. The new look attracted many new buyers, as sales increased dramatically. Front disc brakes became standard."
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- Third generation (1979–1985)
- Fourth generation (1986–1992)
It feels like its 2022 all over again at B&M Bargains who for whatever reason have sourced vast amounts of that years Matchbox Case B assortment. I am genuinely trying to cut back on the duplicates but what can I say, I couldn't walk away from the pegs without grabbing two of these 1960 Chevrolet El Camino castings.
Mint and boxed.