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Sorry about the crappy pics, but here's first pics of my latest haul.
More to come once I get them unpacked.
More to come once I get them unpacked.
You know what, it’d be really crazy if a Japanese fire station actually used a BRZ as an emergency response vehicle. I tried looking one up on Google after seeing your pic, but best I can find is a Mirai.Sorry about the crappy pics, but here's first pics of my latest haul.
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More to come once I get them unpacked.
Do you happen to have pics of it in here? And is it a MiniGt or some other model?And yes, I have a crippling GT-R R34 addiction. I have 5 now, including one for sale in matte black.
INNO64Do you happen to have pics of it in here? And is it a MiniGt or some other model?
Pandem FC looks so good. I think I'm gonna buy one.Good thing they came today
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And yes, I have a crippling GT-R R34 addiction. I have 5 now, including one for sale in matte black.
This is the reason why I buy these little cars.
So I said this earlier, well it finally came!Got another Corgi coming in the mail and I am even more excited for it!
Can you tell us more about its history?So I said this earlier, well it finally came!
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The thing is in rough shape with lots of chipped paint, and bent axles, but I got it to restore it and that's exactly what I am going to do! This thing comes in the same colors as that Massey Ferguson tractor I got years ago and later restored and I am planning on repainting this one using the exact same colors I did for that one. Should be fun!
From what I gather, it's a Corgi Whizzwheels Terex R35 Rear Dump Truck from the 1970's and this particular one appears to be well-loved. A quick browse shows that they did make some with a plastic dump bed, mine however has a metal one. I imagine it had a metal one at first and then was later made plastic to cut cost, but that's just speculation. Corgi's unfortunately don't seem to have as much documentation as Hot Wheels or Matchbox and it makes me sad because I love them, more so than Hot Wheels these days.Can you tell us more about its history?
From what I gather, it's a Corgi Whizzwheels Terex R35 Rear Dump Truck from the 1970's and this particular one appears to be well-loved. A quick browse shows that they did make some with a plastic dump bed, mine however has a metal one. I imagine it had a metal one at first and then was later made plastic to cut cost, but that's just speculation. Corgi's unfortunately don't seem to have as much documentation as Hot Wheels or Matchbox and it makes me sad because I love them, more so Hot Wheels these days.
I stripped this thing a few weeks ago and I've been meaning to work on it, but the weather hasn't been too kind lately.
Yea, the memories you have with one certainly make for an interesting story to tell later. A bit of a running joke my brother likes to make about me is if I start talking about something that happened long ago, he'll often ask or say something like "And I got this Hot Wheel today" since I tend to remember what I got during certain times.In my time here, it was fascinating to hear stories being told, often by Cano, about the history of a worn down toy that would otherwise be seen as junk to many. I find something like that to be something more enjoyable in a collection hobby than always keeping tabs on the next new thing and fighting over it with 100s of other people. Hunting doesn't provide as much story as finding long discontinued stuff from someone's attic.
You're welcome! I wish I could tell you more about it and how it got like this, but that's a question for the eBay seller I guess. As far as my story goes, I have just taken it apart and stripped the paint off and it's currently sitting in my basement waiting to be restored. I would work on it, but it's so cold down there right now, I frankly don't want to and I have school work to catch up on anyway. I do have plans for it though and when it's done, you'll hear all about it in the customizing thread.Thanks for sharing.
This reminds me of eBay's global shipping program because I heard they will open packages to inspect them and sometimes damage them in the process. Never had that happen, but a YouTuber I follow has talked all about it before.My most fun story is probably still this one Hot Wheels Pikes Peak Tacoma that came in bent from the parcel being dropped or something. The one time asking the seller to uncard the cars to save on shipping didn't pay off! Story is that I frequently shopped from an eBay seller who was reselling boxes and boxes of mainlines. I happened upon him when I was new to collecting and was getting all caught up trying to "Catch up" on cars that were released in the previous 2 decades. His prices were good for online shopping, he did bulk discount shipping, and was willing to yield to my selfish requests to uncard any cars I purchased to be able to ship in a smaller container in the vain hope of saving money wherever possible.
I've probably shopped from him 10-15 times, each time grabbing about 10 cars or so, because why pay $13 for shipping 4 cars when you could pay that much to ship 10 instead. Anyway, most of my transactions have been positive. Everything arrives just fine, scratch-free. Except this one instance. The parcel was torn and taped back up when I received it. I don't know what happened exactly. I'm guessing the tear was someone at the border thought there was something sketchy about loose toy cars in a box, tore it open (or a dog did perhaps.... or someone who wanted to pretend being a dog), dropped everything and accidentally stepped on this, and hurridely tossed everything back into the box, and sent it on its way.
No other cars were missing nor damaged.