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sort of....as a buyer of used hifi or PA equipment in the past I always made sure items had always "lived" in living room conditions, and vintage stuff was always checked over by a techie before plugging in, but I know old TV's which spent their last days in a garage or shed are to be avoi...

Most attics, especially insulated, go from freezing to oven conditions with a little damp thrown in can be a hazard for storing electrical items too - with disastrous results if the said items get plugged in or sold to an unsuspecting buyer!

Many thanks for your reply Mbox2000 - many of the old models I had, like many others, were taken to school or run along on little roads at the bottom of the garden, but I always kept the original boxes which helped when it came to sell them. You were either a Dinky kid or a Corgi kid, the Corgis led...

I'm posting here as a beginner but my diecast collection history goes back to the 50's, I still have a Matchbox Trojan van I had as a child but there are flat spots on the grey plastic wheels from where I ran it along the school wall, I won't restore it as it has a personal provenance, many feel an ...