dennis fire escape with grey plastic wheels

[lesney0905]

hello, a few years ago, I bought on ebay for 15 euro the model number 9b dennis fire escape, with gray plastic wheels, I 'd like to know if someone thinks it's a rare model or not, thanks.

[nearlymint]

Hi the model I would say is hard to find, not rare really.
J

[Idris]

I would class it as borderline rare.

[matchbox_n_molars]

It took me a LONG time to surface one! Felt pretty close to rare for me, but that's just my experience.

[MatchboxFreak]

Nick lists the GPW as very rare on his website.

[nearlymint]

Maybe its location, but I have at least a dozen. Most of my ones have been playworn though. I have a couple for sale at the moment.
J

[ChFalkensteiner]

Earlier this year I picked one of those up at a local flea market, and when I got it home and compared it with my other example, it turned out to be a much brighter shade of red. It has therefore entered my collection as my second GPW example of 9b.

In the meantime I have also found a metal wheel 9b in that same brighter shade. The difference is very noticeable in real life (all my 9a examples are also in the darker, duller shade of red), but I doubt if I could manage to make it noticeable in a picture, as shades of red are notoriously difficult for me to reproduce in pictures.

I think that over here in Europe, the 9b with GPW is not much scarcer than the 9b with MW. The 9b in general is much scarcer than the 9a though.

[lesney0905]

Thanks

[Tinman]

Maybe its location, but I have at least a dozen. Most of my ones have been playworn though. I have a couple for sale at the moment.
J

It's rare in the USA. My example came from Australia and now lives with Christian.