Showing posts with label Mailbox find. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mailbox find. Show all posts

Friday, April 3, 2015

New Diecast Finds April 3rd, 2015

Found some great stuff over the last couple of days, finally. This has been a real slow spell for me, absolutely nothing new in stores for what seems like ages now. The first set of pics was found at Walmart yesterday.











And these next pictures were ebay finds that arrived today. First is a cool vintage Lesney Matchbox puzzle.. Not sure of the history behind it, but it was too cool to pass up! And the rest of the cars were bought in one big lot, and came in at less than $1 each shipped. 














Friday, February 27, 2015

Mailbox Find - #61b Alvis Stalwart and #75b Ferrari Berlinetta

Another exciting day courtesy of my mail carrier! In addition to the two cars pictured below, I also received a box of beat up Greenlight cars that will be wheel donors for future projects, and a few more Lesney restoration candidates.

This nice Alvis only cost a few dollars shipped. It isn't mint, but very nice for the money. It is always nice to get a vehicle that still has all its tires! Rare thing anymore, that is. This truck(?) will pair nicely with the super rare, albeit custom made, yellow hub version that I'm finishing up soon. 



Next up, is this delightful disc wheel Ferrari. This variation has eluded me for ages. While not particularly rare, I tend to always come up a minute late and a dollar short on ebay auctions for these cars. They seem to be quite popular. But I finally won this one, it came in at just over $10 shipped. That is a bit more than I normally like to spend on ebay cars, but for a minty variation I've been after for a long time, it was well worth it. 

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Mailbox Find - #40c Farm Trailer Pair

Got a couple of new vehicles in the mail today from ebay!
I enjoy the challenge of finding good cars for $5 shipped or less. I've done pretty well with that in the past. Several #75b Ferraris, a minty Jeep Gladiator Lesney, but today brought one of my best "under 5" finds yet!!

Not the most desirable or collectable Lesney casting ever made, but a cool one nonetheless. I got BOTH of these Hay Trailers for right around 5 bucks shipped. Complete with tires, and the racks on either end. Pretty much dead mint as well.



(Tractor isn't new, just showing the complete set)