My 80s diecast collection

[MiltonBaines]

Dug out my boxes of diecasts from my children, each brings back it's own memory. They are all still positioned in the boxes exactly as I left them back in early 90s. All were played with by me, some more than others but they were always returned to their slot and were never crashed! Hence most are mint or close to it. I love these and as sad as it sounds they are one of my most treasured possessions. Anyway, thought someone might be interested so here are some pics.

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Thanks the Lledo vintage trucks aren't really anything special to me tbh. The Mark's and Spencer one was my first, a giveaway from the shop, my dad liked it and so I was regularly gifted more. My dad often bought me the models he wanted rather than buy them for himself. Hence I also built up a huge collection of 1/43 scale Solido Anwrican cars of the 50s. I've sold those all in recent years as they weren't that special to me and I just didn't have the space. Still got pics so I'll post those sometime.

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You're right it is a 1970s model along with others in my collection. In the 80s and early 90s there were these things called model shops and Toy Fairs that sold mint old diecast models...
That's where I would have bought some of these so no need to raise a suspicious eyebrow at my approximate dates of purchase.
I was a fan of the Countach growing up hence lots of variations in my collection, some bought new, some bought mint from collectors fairs. And of course I had the obligatory red framed airbrushed countach pic on my wall that all boys seemed to have back in the day.

Edited by MiltonBaines on Sunday 28th June 16:51

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I think I'd still pick up a mint matchox or Siku from the 80s if I spotted it at a good price to fill the few slots I have spare. Always wanted the mk1 Golf that was raised on large tyres and the White Merc 500SEC AMG.

If these were to sell for £200 a case I think I'd be disappointed, that's only about £4-5 a car, even though some are not mint that's stilL not enough. I enjoyed getting them out at the weekend and showing my children, picking out special ones and telling the story behind where I bought it or how I used to play with that one. They were even ok about just picking them up to look at (they have their own modern collection of matchbox so I don't feel too bad). For me they are priceless, anyway am glad a few people on here enjoyed looking at them too.

Edited by MiltonBaines on Monday 29th June 14:27

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Ultimately value doesn't matter as I'll never sell. Yes they're worth less as they are unboxed but they were my toys as a child and were played with. I'd happily buy unboxed cars today to fill the gaps in my collection, I always think it's nice to be able to examine the model from all angles. My era of collecting is mainly mid 80s so they are still relatively easy to find without crazy prices thankfully.