Tinplate & Plastic
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Hornby (UK) No.3 Speedboat "Gannet". Tinplate clockwork boat with blue hull and white deck. Blue cockpit and motor cover. Includes key. Motor working when tested. Length 16.5"/42cm. Some surface corrosion and dents to deck. Good in Good box with illustrated label, internal packing and guarantee slip to underside of lid with date code for 1937. £80-£120
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Hornby (UK) Speedboat "Swift" Pre-war tinplate clockwork boat with deep yellow hull and cream deck. Yellow motor cover and windscreen surround with green deck fittings. Includes key. Motor working when tested. Length 12.5"/32cm. Some minor paint chips to hull and deck but generally Good Plus in a Good Plus box with illustrated label and guarantee slip to underside of lid with date code for 1934. £70-£100
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Triang (UK) Yacht No.00. 12"/30.5cm hull tinplate yacht with wooden mast and cloth sails. Red hull with black upper band. Made by Lines Brothers Ltd at Cyfartha Works, Merthyr Tydfil. Comes with green wooden display stand with "Triang" in red to front. Good Plus to Excellent in Good to Fair illustrated card box (one end flap nearly detached). £20-£30
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Hornby (UK) original Speedboat Stands. Two medium and one small green painted metal boat stands. Medium stands at 3.5"/9cm long, small is 3"/7.5cm long. One medium and one small stand are Good Plus, still with protective rubber bands. The other medium stand has some light surface rust spots and is missing the rubber bands but generally Good. (3) £60-£90
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Triang (UK) "Derwent" Electric Cabin Cruiser. White plastic hull with brown deck and cream roof. Chromed deck fittings. Complete with mast and pennant and a small brown plastic dinghy. Battery compartment clean. Length 14"/36cm. Excellent to Near Mint in Good Plus cardboard box with inner packing. £20-£40
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Tipp & Co (US Zone, Western Germany) Military Police Car. Friction drive, cream and black tinplate with Military Police HP logos to sides, roof and rear. No.94 with registration TCO 1011. Red plastic roof light which would originally have had sparking action. General play wear and tarnishing to radiator grille and bumpers. Missing one front wheel. Fair. £5-£20
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Penguin (UK) Avon Electric Luxury Cruiser. White plastic with brown and grey deck details. Battery compartment clean. Some distortion to rear upper deck, one rear davit broken and dinghy missing, rudder detached. Length 17"/43cm. Generally Fair to Good in Good illustrated card box. £10-£20
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Meccano (UK) Model of Leeds City Transport Double Decker Bus. Nicely constructed model painted in dark green with light green lining strips and grey roof. Working steering. Length 19"/48cm. Paper Leeds City Transport logos to sides. £20-£40
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Scratch Built Large Scale Model of a Wallace Arnold Coach. Constructed from wood and card and painted in cream, orange and brown. Detailed interior and clear plastic windows. Possibly constructed as a promotional model for a travel agent's window. Length 37"/94cm. Generally Good. £5-£20
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Hornby (UK) "Racer III" No 3 Speedboat. Tinplate clockwork pre-war speedboat. Cream with red fittings, clear plastic windscreens. Motor working when tested. Length 16"/41cm. Two cork fenders added to each side of hull. Complete with key and Hornby Racing Boats instruction leaflet with 1936 date code. Generally Good Plus in Good box with illustrated label and Hornby/Meccano Service Department labels to ends. £100-£140
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Triang Minic Pre-war Double Decker Bus. Clockwork motor working when tested. "Mitcham" on rear destination board. Tinplate wheels with white tyres. This bus has been overpainted in dark blue and cream. Surface rusting to upper part of radiator. Good as a repaint in a Good complete card box marked "Omnibus Red". £60-£100
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Lucky Toys (Hong Kong) a group of vintage plastic "Old Timer Models" to approximately 1/43rd scale. Comprising 1926 Renault, 1934 Duesenberg and 1934 Ford - Near Mint to Mint in Fair to Good window boxes. (3) £5-£10
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Bandai Line (Korea) E-Type Jaguar. Red tinplate friction drive XK-E. Slight dent to roof and damage to plastic headlights. Light tarnishing to bright metal parts. Length 10.5"/27cm. Good. £10-£20
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Triang (UK) Minic Motorways; two M1544 Single Deck Buses. (1) Blue with dark blue flash. Light scuffing to roof and two tyres split. Good to Good Plus. (2) Cream with purple flash. General light wear and missing pick-up assembly. Good. (2) £20-£30
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ZZ (Germany). Three Penny Toy style vehicles comprising: (1) Tinplate fire engine in red and yellow with black detailing. Length 3.25"/8cm. (2) Tinplate American style locomotive in blue, red and yellow. "DB15T1 Express" to tender sides. Length 3.75"/9.5cm. (3) Tinplate Fokker biplane in yellow and red with pilot and black guns. Wing span 3.5"/9cm. All Excellent to Near Mint in Good, slightly grubby, illustrated boxes. (3) £20-£30
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TN (Japan) Brave Eagle battery operated drummer. Tinplate and plastic in colourful fabric clothing and white plastic feather headdress. Rubber top to drum. Battery compartment clean. "Beats drum and raises war-hoop". Height 12"/30.5cm. Near Mint in Good illustrated card box with inner packing. £30-£40
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Eldon Toys (UK) Touch Command battery operated plastic fire boat. Made in Japan to Eldon specifications. Remote controlled boat with white hull, brown deck and red superstructure. "Fire Fighter No.8" to sides of hull. Shoots water and goes forward, in reverse and side to side. Box length 22"/56cm. Mint in Excellent shrink wrapped box (appears not to have been opened (some tape repairs to shrink wrapping at one end of box) and outer cardboard box. £40-£60
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Bandai (Japan) Lotus Elan. Friction drive, metallic blue tinplate, black plastic hard top, detailed tinprinted interior, plated parts. Length 8.5"/22cm. Near Mint in Good window box. £30-£50
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Lincoln International (Hong Kong) Lotus Indianapolis Racing Car. Remote controlled white plastic Lotus with driver. Real engine noise with power steering remote control, fully working when tested. Length 12"/30cm. Excellent Plus to Near Mint in Good Plus box with internal packing. £20-£40
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MYK (Japan) and S (Korea) tinplate Helicopters. Comprising: (1) MYK clockwork Rescue Helicopter tinprinted in red, white and yellow with blue detailing. Red, white and blue metal detachable rotors. Runs along ground, lifting tail and turning action. Working when tested. Length 7"/18cm. (2) A similar MYK Helicopter in dark green US Army colours, with same actions. Also working when tested. (3) A Korean made Police Helicopter tinprinted in black, white and blue with detachable metal rotors. Clockwork motor working when tested. Length 8"/20cm. All Excellent in Good illustrated boxes. £40-£60
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Alps (Japan) BOEING 747 Jumbo Jet. Battery operated tinplate and plastic airliner in white and blue Pan Am livery with silver wings and white and red engines. Clear plastic cockpit with 2 red crew figures and transparent plastic rear fuselage showing interior seating detail. Battery operated mechanism features automatic stop and go action on floor and rotating action on included plastic stand. Also features lighted cockpit and cabin, flashing jet engines, realistic jet sound and steerable front wheels. Wing span 14"/3.5cm. Battery compartment clean. Near Mint in Excellent illustrated card box with inner packing. £60-£80
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Alps (Japan) BOEING 747 Jumbo Jet. As previous lot but some signs of use. Would benefit from a light cleaning. Good Plus to Excellent in a Good Plus illustrated card box with inner packing. £40-£60
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Billing Boats (Denmark) Mario-Jeanne (468) boat kit including fittings (469). Complete kit to build a Dundee type tunny fishing boat. Includes comprehensive instruction book. Contents unchecked but appear to be unused and complete. Box 23"/58cm long. Mint in Good Plus box. £20-£30
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Corel (Italy) Al Bahran, Arab Dhow kit. Wooden kit including fittings to build a 1:50 scale model of an Arab Dhow. Includes a folder of comprehensive instructions. Contents unchecked but appear to be unused and complete. Box 20.5"/52cm long. Mint in Good Plus box. £20-£30
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Heller (France) Cliclac plastic Land Rovers. Comprising: (1) a green Safari Land Rover with a brown top and black luggage carrier, (2) a cream Police Land Rover with a grey "stinger" attached to the side and (3) a red Land Rover Fire Tender with a cream roof (missing spare wheel). Each vehicle 5.5"/14cm long. Condition is generally Good Plus. (3) £20-£40
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QSH Toys (China) tinplate Motorcycle, Sidecar and rider. Blue tinprinted motorcycle with yellow jacketed rider, blue, red and light grey sidecar with plastic headed passenger. Fixed key clockwork motor working when tested. Length 7"/18cm. Mint in Excellent card box. Together with Russian motorcycle with rider and sidecar. Orange and grey tinprinted motorcycle with green and blue clothed rider; orange, red and yellow sidecar. Complete with key. Clockwork motor working when tested. Some scuffing to sidecar and paint loss to sidecar mudguard. Good. (2) £10-£20
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DSK (Japan) battery operated "Strange Explorer" tinplate Tank. Mid blue with King Kong type lifting action Gorilla hinged to underside. Some manufacturer's touching in to top. Clear plastic dome with driver figure. 8"/20.5cm long. Excellent including a Good Plus box featuring imaginative amusing artwork. A rare example. £100-£130
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Tudor Rose (UK) Nike Supersonic Guided Missile Launcher. Red plastic spring-loaded launcher on silver and yellow swivel base. Comes with 5 plastic "shells" and a suction tipped dart which do not appear to be original to the launcher. Length 7.5"/19cm. Good in a Fair colourfully illustrated box. £10-£20
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Space Bird (Hong Kong) three-wheeled Jet Powered Car. Blue plastic friction drive vehicle with yellow uniformed driver. Similar to Landspeed Record vehicles. 11"/28cm long. Some original glue staining to seam between base and top, otherwise Excellent in Good Plus illustrated box. £20-£40
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Louis Marx (USA) Turn-Over Tank. Clockwork tinplate British type WW1 Tank, silver hull with black gun barrels. Original light grey rubber tracks which have survived in remarkably Good condition. Fixed key clockwork motor working when tested. Length 9"/23cm. According to information on box it approaches an obstacle, starts to climb, turns over, tries again and then goes over. Some minor age wear but generally Excellent in Good Plus illustrated heavy card box with instructions on inner end flaps for making a trailer out of the box. A rare find boxed and in this condition. £80-£120
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Marx (UK) Hoppo The Rabbit and Cart. Tinprinted yellow and brown clockwork rabbit pulling a red tinplate cart with yellow interior and yellow pressed steel wheels. Eccentric steel wheels under rabbit give it a hopping motion. Fixed key clockwork motor needs attention. Some general play wear to cart and wheels. Good for display. £10-£20
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Chinese tinplate Aeroplane. Futuristic delta wing clockwork aircraft tinprinted in blue, yellow and red with black detailing. Fixed key clockwork motor propels plane and rotates tinplate and plastic disc above fuselage, creating sparks. Working when tested. Length 9"/23cm. Some minor surface rubbing but generally Good Plus to Excellent in Good illustrated card box with inner packing. £10-£20
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KO Toys (Japan) Bomber. Battery operated tinplate and plastic radial engine bomber tinprinted in dark and light blue with RAF roundels and "Bomber" in red to rear sides of fuselage. Hinged cockpit canopy with tinplate pilot. Two plastic "bombs" suspended under wings double as battery holders (battery compartments clean). Length 11"/28cm. Some general light play wear and small patch of surface corrosion to tail plane. Generally Good. £20-£30
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Taiyo (Japan) M4 Sherman Combat Tank. Large (11"/28cm long) battery operated tinplate tank in US Army green with detailed tinprinting. Black rubber tracks, clean battery compartment. Near Mint. Together with a small (3.5"/9cm) PN (Germany) tinplate clockwork tank with white rubber tracks. Clockwork mechanism inoperative but Good Plus for display in Good illustrated card box. (2) £30-£40
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Empire Made friction drive Rocket Car. Military green plastic vehicle with driver under clear plastic canopy. Silver plastic "rocket launcher" (loose) fires a red, white and blue V2 type soft-nosed rocket. Two seated figures at back of vehicle. 9"/23cm long. Good in Good illustrated box with inner packing. £10-£20
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Progress Products (UK) Airliner Gyroscopic Flying Toy. Red plastic aeroplane attaches to a metal gyroscope balanced on an "Eiffel Tower" base. Also includes an additional base for use with the gyroscope only, illustrated instruction sheet and a large printed paper play sheet based on a map of the world with destinations around the perimeter. Box 14"/36cm long. Good Plus to Excellent in a Good illustrated box with inner packing. Could be old shop stock. £20-£30
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Tinplate Dragonfly (Japan). Colourfully tinprinted friction drive dragonfly with flapping wings. Wing span 6"/15cm. Some light play wear to underside but displays well. Good Plus. £10-£15
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EKO (Spain) Six 1/150th scale plastic Aircraft Models. Comprising Boulton & Paul Defiant, Zero-Sen, HA-200-R1 Saeta, Hawker Hurricane IV, Messerschmitt Me 109 and Piper Super Cub. All, apart from the Messerschmitt, include a black plastic plinth and wire stand. Models are Excellent to Near Mint in Good Plus boxes. (6) £40-£60
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Chad Valley (UK) Remote Control Car. Blue body, red/black interior and aluminium base. Clockwork motor working when tested. Complete with original male key and air tube but missing rubber control bulb. Length 7.5"/19cm. Some very light surface scratches but generally Excellent in Good illustrated card box with internal packing and instruction sheet. £20-£30
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Lehmann (Germany) Rigi 900E Electric Cable Car set. Red, white and blue tinplate and plastic cable car, plastic base station/controller, cable clamp and pulley. One plastic figure with skis and six card cut-out figures. Battery compartment clean. Box 16.5"/42cm x 8"/20.5cm. Good Plus to Excellent in Good illustrated box (one corner of lid torn). £15-£25
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Chad Valley (UK) Hoovermatic Twin Tub Washing Machine. Cream and blue tinplate with hand crank action. Working model that either washes or washes and spins. 10"/25.5cm long. Good in Fair original box. £10-£20
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EVB (UK) Beeju Muffin the Mule Toy Television Set. Red and cream plastic television and four film strips comprising "Muffin's Tea Party", "Aladdin and His Lamp", "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" and "Hey Diddle Diddle". Some age related distortion to the plastic. Good in a Fair colourful picture box. Box 9"/23cm wide. £15-£25
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Japanese celluloid novelty toys. Pre-war to early post-war era. (1) "Itchy" Dog. Clockwork action which rotates tail, working when tested. Nodding head. With remains of original box. (2) British "Bobby" Policeman rattle with big right hand. Arm stringing loose. (3) Chick on tinplate wheels. (4) Cockatoo rattle. (5) Filled celluloid Goofy figure. (6) Three celluloid camphor propelled boats in matchbox size Good Plus original box. Also included is a German celluloid figure of Lloyd George on tin wheels. Condition varies from Good to Excellent. (7) £50-£70
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Bandai (Japan) Triumph TR3 Sports Car. Friction drive tinplate model in metallic silver with detailed tinprinted cockpit in red with black and white detailing. Folding windscreen. Printed spoked metal wheels and plated trim. Length 8.5"/21.5cm. Some general play wear and light surface corrosion to driver's door seam. Good. £40-£60
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Marx (Hong Kong) Bluebird Record Breaking Car. Blue plastic friction drive model with driver under clear canopy. "Proteus Campbell Bluebird" decals to each side and crossed Union Jack and Stars and Stripes to front bonnet. Length 9"/23cm. Light surface rubbing. Good. Together with a small tinplate friction drive Tank Transporter in green, red and yellow. Length 3"/7.5cm. Good; and a tinplate Saloon Car in red with yellow roof. Length 5"/13cm. Fair. (3) £20-£30
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Bourbon (France) Berliet Articulated Elf Petrol Tanker. Friction drive plastic model with blue cab and chassis. White tank with "Elf" and "Caltex" decals to sides and "Lubrifiants" decal to rear. Red wheels with white tyres. Length 9"/23cm. Would benefit from a light cleaning but generally Good Plus to Excellent. £50-£70
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Chad Valley (UK) Tinplate Single Decker Bus. Red and cream tinprinted body with "Chad Valley" to sides and "Chad Valley Harborne Made in England No.10005" to rear. "CV1947" on numberplate. Black base and mudguards. Pressed steel wheels with red hubs. Fixed key piano wire clockwork motor working when tested. Length 12"/30.5cm. Some surface rust spots and touching-in to roof, tarnishing to radiator grille and headlights. Generally Good. £70-£90
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Charles Rossignol (France) large tinplate clockwork Paris Bus. Green and cream single decker with unformed driver figure. Detailed pressed steel balloon wheels. "Passy to Bourse" yellow destination panels. Clockwork motor working when tested. Length 12"/30.5"cm. Wheels have light surface corrosion. Body has been repainted. Good Plus as a repaint. £80-£100
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Merit (UK) Bowater Newsprint Lorry. Plastic friction drive flatbed AEC 12-wheel truck in red with Bowaters decals to sides and cab front and further logo decals. Length 8"/20cm. Slight wear to edges of decals but generally Good Plus to Excellent in Good illustrated card box. £80-£100
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Joustra (France). Tinplate Single Decker Trolleybus. Large 6-wheel Trolleybus with blue and red body. Fixed key clockwork motor and ringing bell working when tested. Wired for electric headlights. One side passenger door missing: the other is a replacement. Some play wear and rubbing to edges, particularly to front of roof. Length 12"/30.5cm. Generally a Good example for display. £60-£80
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