The Toy Box
page last updated: 11 January 2009
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The Toy Box page last updated: 11 January 2009 |
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This was a recent find. I knew my old childhood toy box was in the
loft over the garage somewhere but had not seen it in at least ten years.
Digging for some other long lost possessions my son managed to unearth
it.
These are the Corgis, Dinkys, Huskies and Matchboxes I played with as a
child. After my time with them they passed through the hands of my
brother's children and given that they were in a pretty sorry state
after my years with them, the subsequent owners were pretty tough on
them too, so these are as playworn as it gets. I was also a pretty bad
and very persistent amateur repainter so you will see some horrendous
repaints here. There seems to be an obsession with metallic red, blue
and green paired with matt black and some pastels. I must also have been
heavily into customisation using decals from Airfix aircraft, ships and anything
else that came to hand. My strategy is first to record this collection as it emerges from the Brookes Beattie biscuit tin in which it has spent the past forty or so years and maybe do a little selective restoration as time goes on. |
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183 Humber Super Snipe Estate Car |
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164 Volkswagen 1600TL |
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5 Lancia Flaminia |
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5 Routemaster Bus |
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167 AC Aceca |
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6 Ferrari Berlinetta 250 GT |
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6 Euclid Dump Truck | |
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102 Rice’s Pony Trailer |
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190 Caravan |
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10 Guy Warrior Coal Truck |
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12 Volkswagen Microbus |
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233 Heinkel Trojan Economy Car |
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238 Jaguar Type D Racing Car |
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15 Volkswagen Pick-up |
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14 Daimler Ambulance |
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238 Jaguar MkX |
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250 Mini-Cooper Police |
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17 Guy Warrior Milk Tanker |
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15 Rotinoff Super Atlantic Tractor |
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248 Chevrolet Impala Saloon |
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255 Ford Zodiac Police |
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24 Ford Zephyr 6 Estate Car |
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16 Super Atlantic Trailer |
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261 James Bond's Aston Martin |
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319 Weeks Tipping Farm Trailer |
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25 S&D Refuse Van |
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17 Removal Van |
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264 Oldsmobile Toronado |
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342 Austin Mini Moke |
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30 Studebaker Ambulance |
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22 Pontiac GP Sports Coupe |
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309 Aston Martin DB4 Competition Model |
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626 Military Ambulance |
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31 Oldsmobile Starfire Coupe |
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22 Vauxhall Cresta |
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312 Jaguar E-Type Competition Model |
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23 Bluebird Dauphine Caravan | |||
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314 Ferrari Berlinetta 250 Le Mans | Models of Yesteryear |
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32 E Type Jaguar | |||
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332 Lancia Fulvia Sport Zagato |
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Y 9-1 Fowler Showman's Engine 1924 |
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37 Dodge Cattle Truck | ||
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341 Mini-Marcos GT 850 | Major Packs |
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44 Rolls Royce Phantom V | |||
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417s Land Rover Breakdown Truck |
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MP1 BP Autotanker |
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50 Commer Pick-up Mk VIII | ||
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431 Volkswagen Type 2 Pickup |
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53 Mercedes Benz 220SE | ||||
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1485 Plank load |
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54 Saracen Personnel Carrier | ||||
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1490 Corgi Cargoes - Skip and Churns |
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55 Ford Fairlane Police Car | ||||
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000 Bedford Tractor Unit |
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58 BEA Coach | ||||
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GS14 Jeep Tower Wagon |
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59 Ford Fairlane Fire Chief's Car | ||||
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63 Ford 3 Ton 4x4 Service Ambulance | ||||||
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64 Scammell Army Breakdown Truck - 64 | ||||||
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65 Jaguar 3.4 | ||||||
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66 Greyhound Bus | ||||||
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67 Saladin Armoured Car 6x6 | ||||||
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70 Grit Spreading Truck | ||||||
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71 Jeep Gladiator | ||||||
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73 Ferrari F1 | ||||||
