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...and slip this one here, there, I think we got away with it...thank's johnboy for keeping a look out, see you in the cafe...

Ghosty.

GHOSTHUNTER wrote:

Hungary 39e in bright blue.jpg

...and slip this one here, there, I think we got away with it...thank's johnboy for keeping a look out, see you in the cafe...

Ghosty.

I'll be in the corner reading a copy of Health & Efficiency, sorry I mean the Financial Times.

Few weeks ago I came across a local hungarian site that apparently (just like the bulgarian one, and even the serbian, I still need to find proper sites of another Balkan countries) has few Made in Hungary models being listed from time to time, I am not interested in them personally, but I though I'd share the link... http://www.vatera.hu/listings/index.php ... ungary&c=0

I will however warn that sometimes sellers would just ignore your questions, don't have PayPal, etc etc..

Do you guys think it will be useful to have some kind of thread about local marketplace sites of the respective country? There are tons of sites a lot better than eBay and full of matchbox on really acceptable prices.

RacingFreak wrote:Do you guys think it will be useful to have some kind of thread about local marketplace sites of the respective country? There are tons of sites a lot better than eBay and full of matchbox on really acceptable prices.

I think it is a great idea, go for it

RacingFreak wrote:Few weeks ago I came across a local hungarian site that apparently (just like the bulgarian one, and even the serbian, I still need to find proper sites of another Balkan countries) has few Made in Hungary models being listed from time to time, I am not interested in them personally, but I though I'd share the link... http://www.vatera.hu/listings/index.php ... ungary&c=0

I will however warn that sometimes sellers would just ignore your questions, don't have PayPal, etc etc..

Do you guys think it will be useful to have some kind of thread about local marketplace sites of the respective country? There are tons of sites a lot better than eBay and full of matchbox on really acceptable prices.

Hi there RacingFreak, thank's for the link, I had a look and what do I find...a red, Hungarian made Matchbox Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II, 39e.

Had I been looking for one, that would have been a result, so again, thank you very much.

With Christmas just round the corner, I might just get it as a gift for "motorman", he adores them apparently...

Regards,
GHOSTHUNTER.

nickjones wrote:Very nice Mike, I don't have any Hungarian Matchbox yet.

Lucky you!!!!!!!!!

Ghosty and Mike,

You two just quit it!!!!............you know how upset i get!!!

Just because i have been away for a day doesn't mean you can pollute this forum with Hungarian crap!!

Please refrain from posting these abominations!!!

(I will never see the appeal in these substandard models guys,...sorry)

Here are my Hungarian made Rolls Royce Silver Shadow II. Also got a Silver body yellow interior but just couldn't find it, so an old picture of it below.

Cheers,
R

Hello ritchie, a fabulous collection of miniature Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II models you have there.

This model comes from 1987 and my master listing records 33 versions, but it has not been updated for a while and I think there are at least another 10 examples waiting to be added to it.

I only have 6 examples in my collection.

GHOSTHUNTER.

A noteworthy fact about the Hungarian Matchbox models is that on all models which come with metal baseplates the silver-grey baseplates can be found in a smooth or textured finish:



(Note this is an old picture taken with my previous camera prior to 2005.)