Boot sale find

Lesney early large scale toys 1947-55 + Models of Yesteryear 1956 to date
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Picked up this at my local booty
There's some tarnishing to some of the gilded features but otherwise ok
Even has the outer packaging certificate and key
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Very nice set Reg. Comes from 1984 and was marketed as a Limited Edition of 50,000 sets as the 'Connoisseur Set'. I think this was the set of models that prompted Lesney at the time to say they would buy back these sets implying the owners would benefit from Monetary gain!

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thank you gentlemen
if I can get a receipt could I get the original purchase price back ..... it was a lot more than I paid :lol: :lol: :lol:
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You could try but you might have some difficulty finding Lesney Today... :D

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GHOSTHUNTER wrote:You could try but you might have some difficulty finding Lesney Today... :D

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don't you think Mattel would honour it :lol:
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i won one of these sets last month in an auction for £10 hammer price,i have since swopped it for a red unboxed playworn spot on e type jaguar :D ,there was a good chance the set was on offer at stafford toy fair today.
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I purchased 2 when first offered $$$
and have 3-4 more from collections would trade / sell along with 400 other cars/items once list is finished and GH stops counting rivets because I now have 12 Y-10/15 the same but are ACTUALLy different ;)
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mmi wrote:...and GH stops counting rivets because I now have 12 Y-10/15 the same but are ACTUALLy different ;)
Me, stop counting rivets, not much chance of that happening... :lol:

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