I've just bought this pack from a US website pretty much sight unseen , does anyone know anything about them ? This is the description from the site ,



And the picture ,



I figured for US$29 posted to my doorI can't go wrong as it's an interesting looking box anyway but am I reading it right in that they are 1/4" long or is 1/4" a referencee to the scale ? According to the description there is 6 of each car type in the sealed pack so maybe they are really that tiny ???

1/4" scale is O scale (railway) or 1:43 scale , but I don't see how a box of 24 (6 of each of 4 types of car) 1:43rd scale models would sell for US$20 or be posted airmail to Australia for US$9 , but then again 1/4" long would be absolutely tiny (but still fun to have ) ....

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gasolinealleyantiques 'eh... it is on their 1:43 scale page, I reckon he's saying less than 1/4" scale. Pity they don't give a box measurement or something to reference the box against

I guess you'll find out soon enough

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

Yep , it's on it's way , I'm assuming the 1/4" is in reference to being railways O scale but surely they'd be charging more for a sealed pack of 24 models than $20 .... All 4 car's are popular enough to make it more valuable than that .

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will be interesting to see..
will this then be the new contender for your 'mini-est' mini model ian?

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00' Forester GT

Well it has these to compete with , they are a little over 10mm long .

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thats crazy!! its pretty detailed for something that small too

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00' Forester GT

Hee hee , they arrived today .... They are 1/4 inch long Photo's will follow later when I figure out how to take a clear photo of something small enough to be driven by a flea

They are fairly well detailed and easily identifiable as a mini too .

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Look forward to seeing them, I tried to buy some from the same site, (hoping they had multiple sets), but they only had the one!!

Cheers

Matt

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68 Deluxe.... it's shiny..... I like shiny!!

gotta be happy with that!

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ohhhh wow.... lucky...

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

Ask Tiny, he has to try getting 1/4 inch out everyday

the judge from Nigeria gives you 9

Would you like a saucer of milk to go with that catty comment ...

Well , here are the photo's , I've had to use the previously smallest mini model for comparrison , I tried to use a corgi mini but the camera couldn't focus/find the smaller model . I've also zoomed right in on the computer for an extreme closeup .

This is the type of model I'm using for size comparrison , they are about 1/2" long ,



And these are the new models , around 1/4" long Check out how HUGE the 5 cent piece looks .

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they dont look too bad mate!

pity bout the mould lines though through the wheels etc

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00' Forester GT

Well , after discussing it on the IMMCC it seems it's a Z guage railways model car pack , 1/220 scale . The blue one I used for comparison is N guage , 1/160 . Knew there had to be a reason for it being so small ....

Here's some scans of the front and rear of the box too in case anyone wants to give me a translation ,

Front ,



Back ,

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