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[me madjoe 90]

i just got given a nice Ford Escort Mexico needs a respray though might do that weekend

Not a full sized one you lucky man? haha Do you not prefer hand painting your models.

I need to paint the unboxed one's roof black and stick it in my car.

[Stevee]

i just got given a nice Ford Escort Mexico needs a respray though might do that weekend

Not a full sized one you lucky man? haha Do you not prefer hand painting your models.

I need to paint the unboxed one's roof black and stick it in my car.

if it was a full sized black one id sell the mini to fund getting the mexico on the road! then buy another mini

nah its like a big one

i always properly spray the shells then hand paint all the details on

[me madjoe 90]

i just got given a nice Ford Escort Mexico needs a respray though might do that weekend

Not a full sized one you lucky man? haha Do you not prefer hand painting your models.

I need to paint the unboxed one's roof black and stick it in my car.

if it was a full sized black one id sell the mini to fund getting the mexico on the road! then buy another mini

nah its like a big one

i always properly spray the shells then hand paint all the details on

What paint do you use for the details? Do you think airfix enamel will do for my fina corgies roof saves me buying some paint.

[Stevee]

i just got given a nice Ford Escort Mexico needs a respray though might do that weekend

Not a full sized one you lucky man? haha Do you not prefer hand painting your models.

I need to paint the unboxed one's roof black and stick it in my car.

if it was a full sized black one id sell the mini to fund getting the mexico on the road! then buy another mini

nah its like a big one

i always properly spray the shells then hand paint all the details on

What paint do you use for the details? Do you think airfix enamel will do for my fina corgies roof saves me buying some paint.

yeah air fix enamel or the stuff they use on war hammer toys best stuff to be fair

have not done any in time to be fair

[mininuts]

:s mine are genuin corgi ones

made in Gt Britain on the bottom got told they we're mid to late 60's by a toy collector

Sorry mate but, they were given away at Fina petrol stations like surfblue said. They are called Corgi Cameos and there is also a Beetle and 2CV in the set. Before Fina gave them away, Kellogs did a coupon promotion on their cornflakes, 8 tokens for 1 Cameo. I saved and got the mini

They are worth the £1.50 you paid but the toy fair collector was talking through his ar*e.

[Stevee]

:s mine are genuin corgi ones

made in Gt Britain on the bottom got told they we're mid to late 60's by a toy collector

Sorry mate but, they were given away at Fina petrol stations like surfblue said. They are called Corgi Cameos and there is also a Beetle and 2CV in the set. Before Fina gave them away, Kellogs did a coupon promotion on their cornflakes, 8 tokens for 1 Cameo. I saved and got the mini

They are worth the £1.50 you paid but the toy fair collector was talking through his ar*e.

well theres a toy fair coming up soon

i shall go double check this then

not saying your lieing or not

just gonna check and be told by someone in person

there was no citreon 2cv or beetle or id had them aswell

but i was told mid to late 60's

[mininuts]

Here's another mini, they came in several colours and some were done in limited numbers for shows etc. The boxes say '60s collection' but they are definatley from the 80/90s



Here's a Beetle and 2CV, again they came in several colours but all from the late 80's early 90's and don't let anyone tell you any different





As long as you like them then it don't really matter when they were made and you didn't pay over the odds for them either. Just bugs me when folk try to pass off things for something they aren't.

Edited by mininuts, 11 March 2011 - 07:25 PM.

[mininuts]

Here you go Stevee, the Fina version of your Corgi mini

http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item3cb5c61d78

[mars red mike]

Ive got the three Fina Minis

[me madjoe 90]

Ive got the three Fina Minis

Both mine are like the top right one dark green with white roof same box too.

The box say's 'Made for FINA by CORGI' on bottom says '1993 mattel uk limited leicester Great Britain' and then all usual not suitable for children rubbish

[surfblue63]

:s mine are genuin corgi ones

made in Gt Britain on the bottom got told they we're mid to late 60's by a toy collector

As others have pointed out they are made by Corgi. I collected the whole set back in the '80's because my local petrol station was a Fina garage. I gave them to my son when he was about 3 years old in the 1990's, and he played with them.

By the way, I've been collecting toy and model cars for over 30 years and have met many traders at Toy Fairs who talk things up to get a sale.

Here's a couple of 1960's Corgi Minis from my collection, the blue one is a Morris Mini Minor and the red is an Austin Seven. You can pick these up on ebay unboxed for around £10, mint and boxed they can be worth upto £80.

[Charliezminiz]

I GOT BOTH OF THESE HAHA!!!! LOL

[Stevee]

ah enough proof there anyways

sorry


thanks people

but still they we're cheap and look good