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Old 11-28-2022, 10:57 PM
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Love it! I lived in London in the early 70s when my old man was teaching there and had one of these plus the thunderbird planes. Great…now you’ve got me hunting for one of these…but cheaper than a new bike!
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Old 11-28-2022, 11:29 PM
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Old 11-28-2022, 11:39 PM
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Thought this was going to be about adult toys...
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Old 11-29-2022, 07:18 AM
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Thought this was going to be about adult toys...
These aren't adult toys??
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Old 12-01-2022, 02:08 PM
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It arrived today. I'm quite impressed with the quality, it even comes with a spare "bad guy"! Useful as the ejector seat sends the little guy pretty far. The only niggle is the driver is loose and he shifted position and the roof would not open. I managed to get it working and put a drop of glue on his butt to fix him in place. Just like 1968 all over again!

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Old 12-01-2022, 02:15 PM
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went thru this about 15 yrs ago.....at the risk of exposing myself as the dork I am, picked up a die-cast toy I had as a kid, from one of my favorite TV shows...not a picture of mine, but close enough:
Thunderbird 2 was the best of their fleet!
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Old 12-01-2022, 04:36 PM
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It arrived today. I'm quite impressed with the quality, it even comes with a spare "bad guy"! Useful as the ejector seat sends the little guy pretty far. The only niggle is the driver is loose and he shifted position and the roof would not open. I managed to get it working and put a drop of glue on his butt to fix him in place. Just like 1968 all over again!

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Nice Tim! Is that an original? Guessing if it is, you didn't get the original box (who would've thought to keep the box?)
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Old 12-01-2022, 04:41 PM
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I've been looking for a toy 67-72 GM truck to replace my actual 72gmc, which doesn't make sense for my life anymore. Someday ...
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Old 12-01-2022, 05:06 PM
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It arrived today. I'm quite impressed with the quality, it even comes with a spare "bad guy"! Useful as the ejector seat sends the little guy pretty far. The only niggle is the driver is loose and he shifted position and the roof would not open. I managed to get it working and put a drop of glue on his butt to fix him in place. Just like 1968 all over again!

Tim
but if you glue him in, he can't be ejected! The 2nd gen (silver that I STILL have) has the back wheel spinning knife style knockoffs that extend, is that a 2nd gen only thing?
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Old 12-01-2022, 05:26 PM
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but if you glue him in, he can't be ejected! The 2nd gen (silver that I STILL have) has the back wheel spinning knife style knockoffs that extend, is that a 2nd gen only thing?
The driver was glued not the bad guy, who gets ejected. Yeah, the 2nd gen had rotating plates and pop out tire cutters.

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Old 12-01-2022, 05:28 PM
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Nice Tim! Is that an original? Guessing if it is, you didn't get the original box (who would've thought to keep the box?)
No, as mentioned in the first post, it’s a modern reproduction. Click the Corgi Toys link I that post for more details, if interested.

https://corgimodelclubusa.com/collec...s+-+Collecting

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Old 12-01-2022, 05:38 PM
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I'm pretty sure that somewhere in an inaccessible upper closet in my parents' house there is at least one of my old Tonka trucks. (so this would be dating back to the late 60's, very early 70's) The one I remember best was an ~16" long cement mixer. It took four D-cell batteries in a compartment what was where the engine would be. There were levers on the side that controlled the fore-aft motion of the whole thing and the rotation of the drum. My favorite part was that it had a noise-making feature that was a low frequency "truck climbing a hill" noise. At one point I got some actual cement, mixed it with some water and put it in the drum...
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Old 12-01-2022, 06:28 PM
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You should come up to Saratoga Springs….
…. To see THIS!

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I'm not really a nostalgic person but I just ordered a reproduction of one of my favorite childhood toys...the Corgi Aston Martin D.B.5. I actually had the 2nd gen silver model but the original was gold.

I know many here were kids in the 60s so they may sympathize. I had lots of siblings so my parents rarely got us the pricey stuff. And my allowance really only made it to Matchbox territory, and later Hot Wheels. Same for Tonka trucks, we always seemed to get the less pricey knock offs. Corgi cars were always aspirational. However, the Bond car was the one I did manage to buy. Kinda silly but I'm looking forward to it's arrival!

Tim


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