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This set was arranged for TESCO stores at around £40 per set. Ghosthunter. I purchased mine during my very first UK trip in August 1991 at various Woolworth stores in London. The price there was GBP 4.99 each. Each store had only a small quantity, and no single store had all six different models, s...

Looks sharp! I'm familiar with the Kellog's cereal set, but I can't recall if there was an Eggo one or not--my set is in storage at present. The Eggo model was not part of that set, but a separate later promotion. The set comprising Raisin Bran, Frosted Mini-Wheats, Corn Pops and Apple Jacks was is...

But they did use (and still use) Mercedeses too, as well as many other foreign brands, including some Eastern European ones. Not sure whether they had O302s, but they definitely had O3500s and O321s, some of which in coach spec with roof edge glazing. That is true, but I was referring to the time w...

To finish the sub-topic of boat copies for the moment, here are two examples of the Efsi boat with trailers: https://up.picr.de/37531346ic.jpg https://up.picr.de/37531347vc.jpg As can be clearly seen, the boat is a direct copy of the Matchbox model minus the window glazing, whereas the trailer is an...

It is actually not prototypical, as I do not think the Austrian post used Mercedes coaches at the time. Back then there were Austrian manufacturers whose products would always be preferred: Steyr, Saurer and Gräf & Stift. But of course, Tekno never made a model of an Austrian-made coach, so this...

I still have not been able to find a manufacturer or brand name for these Hong Kong plastic copies: https://up.picr.de/37519838uw.jpg https://up.picr.de/37519839ze.jpg https://up.picr.de/37519840fz.jpg https://up.picr.de/37519841ho.jpg https://up.picr.de/37519842bf.jpg https://up.picr.de/37519843qx....

Some more old pictures of Maxwell models from India: https://up.picr.de/37519829fs.jpg https://up.picr.de/37519830zg.jpg https://up.picr.de/37519831pb.jpg https://up.picr.de/37519832ou.jpg https://up.picr.de/37519833tn.jpg https://up.picr.de/37519834jo.jpg https://up.picr.de/37519835ak.jpg Danhausen...

An Efsi truck with one of those boats has already been shown further up in this thread. Also shown before is the boat copy from Hong Kong (I do not know a manufacturer's name, but this is not by Playart AFAIK), and here are a few more: https://up.picr.de/37519820nv.jpg https://up.picr.de/37519821oc....

The problem at Prague has always been that the rooms had to be completely evacuated by 12 noon. Nowadays the Prague swapmeet is no longer held in that university building but at a much smaller venue on the eastern side of Prague, in only one room with fewer and smaller stalls and generally less spac...

Yes, you all are right. But it would be nice and much appreciated to have a book like the Stannard bible for "Superfast". Single sheets in a ring book to make it possible to revise them if there are newer informations. Well you can always print out my listings if you want to. I know some ...