I like Dinky Toys because...

[GHOSTHUNTER]

That is a nice selection Stephane. You must surely have an example in there of the very first issue and then an example of the last issue with matt Black baseplate.

Ghosthunter.

[GHOSTHUNTER]

...of this. The Dinky Toys version of the Range Rover. Ultimately I think the Corgi Toys version is the better model, but it is this one that I always wanted, but never had.



I have in more recent times actually added a really nice condition example back into my non Rolls-Royce collection, so now I can fulfil my dreams of being a Gentleman farmer...

Ghosthunter.

[motorman]

You really are a posh git Kevin!

[Idris]

....a Gentleman farmer...

Did it come with a pair of green plastic Wellies to go in the back?

[GHOSTHUNTER]

You really are a posh git Kevin!

YES!

Did it come with a pair of green plastic Wellies to go in the back?

...and YES!!

Ghosty.

[Fox]

but it is this one that I always wanted, but never had.

Ghosthunter.

The car or the model ?

[GHOSTHUNTER]

Oh sorry, yes, the model...

Ghosthunter.

[GHOSTHUNTER]

...of this.

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The Police pulic call box. I never had or actually wanted one of these as a Child, it did not have wheels or a Rolls-Royce grille...
But now as a collector of public call boxes because of the TV series 'Doctor Who', it had to be added to my collection and in recent times I aquired a nice example.

Ghosthunter.

[Fox]

That's it.
Friends visiting us, and even my older daughter say, looking at the display case : "Oh ! It's the Doctor Who's box !"

[GHOSTHUNTER]

The Dinky Toys POLICE box is modelled after a Mk1 Metropolitan Police box with low St Johns Ambulance sign. The Doctor Who POLICE box is a Mk2 design with the high St Johns Ambulance sign.

John Hill & Co modelled the Mk2 box as shown below.

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This is One of Two very hard to find POLICE box models, the other being the Spot-On version which I don't have but have handled the one pictured in the big Spot-On book seen in the picture of the town display.

Ghosthunter.