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East Bristol Auctions East Bristol Auctions Games, Trains & Automobiles TOY SALE - Worldwide 1 Hanham Business Park Postage, Packing & Delivery Available On All Items, see Memorial Road www.eastbristol.co.uk Bristol BS15 3JE United Kingdom Viewing Friday 29th July 9am - 5pm Started 30. Jul 2016 09:55 BST Lot Description BACK TO THE FUTURE; A Welly Toys 1:24 scale diecast model Back To The Future Delorean. Unused, within the original display box. 1 Very well detailed model. SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN: An original retro vintage Denys Fisher Six Million Dollar Man ' Snap Together Model Kit .' Contents sealed 2 in original bags, within the original near mint box. MATCHBOX LESNEY: An original vintage Matchbox Lesney Series diecast model No. 33 Lamborghini Miura. Yellow body, black plastic 3 tyres, silver hubs, clear engine bay window. Mint, in a good original box.NOTE: From a great collection of original vintage Matchbox / Moko / Lesney diecast model cars. Most ...[more] LEGO SPACE; An original 1980's Lego Land SPACE boxed set 6950 Mobile Rocket Transport. Within the original box, with instructions. 4 Vendor informs us set is 100% complete and checked, but contents are unchecked by us. Buyers are reminded to satisfy themselves as to condition and completeness prior to ...[more] STAR WARS: A rare original vintage Star Wars 77 Back carded action figure of ' Greedo .' Mint on card. General Mills / Palitoy printed 5 to reverse. Slight yellowing of bubble, with tiny hole to bubble. Otherwise mint, on a very near mint card. STAR WARS: An original vintage Kenner Star Wars Return Of The Jedi ' Speeder Bike ' action figure vehicles. In original Return Of The 6 Jedi box. Speeder Bike is complete with both end flaps and instructions. Original box. SWOPPETS: An original vintage Britains Swoppets 631 Cowboy ' Bank Robber, Mounted '. Complete with original tag, and original 7 tissue paper. Good original box.NOTE: From a small but incredible private collection of Britains Swoppets. All cowboys / Indians. All ex- shop stock. In most cases we were the ...[more] PLAYMOBIL: A fantastic original Playmobil 4031 Pennsylvania Railroad large scale trainset. Appears to be complete (but is unchecked) 8 and unused. All decals unapplied, with original interior packing. Within a very good original box.NOTE: From a private collection of vintage West Germany made Playmobi ...[more] WRENN; A rare Wrenn Railways 00 gauge City Of Glasgow W2229 4-6-2 City locomotive. Within the original box. Appears little used, 9 but is untested. Within a good original box. THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS: An original vintage 1980's Kenner made The Real Ghostbusters Proton Pack outfit. In a very good 10 original outer box, with contents being very good also. Comes with Proton Pack and gun, Foam tube, Arm band tag, PKE Meter etc. Box retains interior card packing liner.NOTE: From a ...[more] MAISTO: A collection of 3x Maisto 1:18 scale diecast model ' GT Racing ' cars. Mercedes CLK-GTR and 2x Porsche 911's. All within the 11 original boxes. TERMINATOR 2: An original vintage Kenner made Terminator 2 ' Mobile Assault Vehicle ' boxed toy. Appears to be factory sealed 12 (although we can't be certain), as the original tapes don't look cut but there is some 'extra' taping to one side that may or may not be original. PELHAM PUPPET: An original rare vintage 1960's Pelham Puppet Hanna-Barbera ' Huckleberry Hound '. Appears to be in very good 13 condition, within a good original yellow box. Huckleberry "Huck" Hound is a fictional cartoon character, a blue anthropomorphic dog that speaks with a Southern drawl and has a ...[more] 14 MASK: A 1980's Kenner made MASK ' Volcano ' vehicle. Within the original box. Comes with action figure. Box complete, but tatty. ACTION MAN: An original vintage 1964 Palitoy Action Man ' Sailor ' 'With Gripping Hands!' action figure doll. Mint box. Doll appears 15 very near mint (minor wear to front of beard, otherwise good). With correct accessories and clothing. With paperwork. Unchecked for completeness. 16 LEGO; A Lego DC Super Heroes 76047 ' Black Panther Pursuit ' set. Factory sealed and unopened. BURAGO: A collection of 4x 1:18 scale boxed diecast model Burago cars. Dodge Viper, 2x Porsche 911's, and 2x Bugatti. Each within 17 original box. BRITAINS: An original vintage Britains Showjumping Set & Game. Appears to be complete (but unchecked to any degree), within an 18 original display box. TRANSFORMERS: A rare Japanese import Takara Tomy ' Scramble City ' Transformers reissue toy. Appears to be complete and little 19 used (unchecked by us), with instructions, within the original box. 20 LEGO: A Lego Star Wars set 75084 Wookiee Gunship. Factory sealed, unused. Original box. AUTOART: A 1:18 scale AutoArt made diecast model Jaguar X5-55. Appears to have been unused, within the original display box. Well 21 detailed model. MATCHBOX LESNEY: An original vintage Matchbox Lesney Series diecast model No. 27 Mercedes Benz 230SL. White body, red 22 interior, silver base. Mint, in a very good original box.NOTE: From a great collection of original vintage Matchbox / Moko / Lesney diecast model cars. Most models are mint or mint+, ...[more] EAGLEMOSS JAMES BOND: A good collection of 10x Eaglemoss made James Bond 007 diorama diecast model cars - each from a 23 different James Bond film, each within the original presentation box. Most with extra scenery detailing or diorama bases. 1:43 scale, some with figures. 00 GAUGE: A collection of 4x 00 gauge boxed railway trainset carriages to include 2x Mainline 37-104 & 37-103, Lima 305312W and 24 Wrenn W6002 Pullman. All within the original boxes. HELICOPTERS: A collection of 1:144 scale model (some diecast) helicopters and loose parts. Most AF with bits missing / loose etc. 25 Ideal for Code 3 / model making / customising. SHOOT OUT IN SPACE! An original vintage Chad Valley Tomy made ' Electronic Shoot Out In Space ' electronic game. Appears to be 26 complete (but unchecked by us), within the original box, with instructions. CHRONO: A 1:18 scale Chrono made diecast model Lotus Elise H1071. Appears to have been unused, within the original display box. 27 Well detailed model. 28 LEGO; A collection of 4x Lego Star Wars boxed sets - 75134 (x2), 75133 and a Microfighters 75128. All factory sealed / unopened. SCALEXTRIC: A vintage boxed Scalextric GP33 racing set. Appears to be complete (but unchecked), with original cars, controllers, 29 track and accessories etc. All within the original box. STAR WARS: A Kenner Star Wars 'Electronic Millennium Falcon ' action figure playset. Does appear to be complete with all major 30 components (but unchecked). Within the original box. 00 GAUGE: A collection of 8x assorted vintage 00 gauge railway trainset carriages, various makes and models to include Lima, Triang, 31 Hornby etc 1:18 SCALE: A collection of 3x 1:18 scale boxed diecast models to include a James Bond 007 Aston Martin Vanquish, Maisto Audi R8R 32 and a Road Legends Tucker. Each within the original box. TIMPO: A rare vintage Timpo Toys ' Frontier Town ' plastic figure playset. Unchecked, but does appear to be complete with all major 33 buildings and a quantity of loose figures.NOTE: From an amazing private collection of vintage Britains, Timpo, Deetail, Swoppets, Airfix and similar plastic figures and ...[more] ROBBY THE ROBOT: A rare vintage (likely 1960's, possibly 1950's) Forbidden Planet ' Robby The Robot ' tinplate clockwork robot. 34 Working order, with walking action. 25cm tall. Original paintwork and plastic detailing. Likely Japanese in origin. No makers name, unboxed. Rare. SCALEXTRIC: An original vintage Scalextric C74 Austin Healey 3000 racing car. Green variation, with correct original box. Still has 35 original instruction sheet. 36 RICOCHET RACERS: An original seldom seen Palitoy Ricochet Racers ' Spiderman Set '. Within the original box. BUDDY L: An original tinplate Buddy L Coca Cola model car advertising set. Appears to be mint, in the original box and complete. ' 37 Sturdy Steel ' construction. EAGLEMOSS JAMES BOND: A good collection of 10x Eaglemoss made James Bond 007 diorama diecast model cars - each from a 38 different James Bond film, each within the original presentation box. Most with extra scenery detailing or diorama bases. 1:43 scale, some with figures. To include Mini, Land Rover, ...[more] THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS: An original vintage Kenner The Real Ghostbusters ' Janine With Fright Features ' carded action figure. 39 Within the original box. Mint. Unopened. Good flat card with sealed bubble. NOTE: From an incredible private collection of mostly original Kenner Ghostbusters toys and memor ...[more] KEILKRAFT: A vintage Keilkraft made ' Ready To Fly ' RAF Hurricane model with engine. Within the original box, with inner packing and 40 original instructions. BURAGO: A collection of 4x 1:18 scale boxed diecast model Burago cars; Ferrari 456GT, Dodge Viper, Porsche 356B and a Ferrari 41 550. Each within original box. COMICS: A quantity of vintage 1970's DC comic books - all related to Superman to include Action Comics etc. Some complete runs. All 42 bagged. 75+. DINKY: Two vintage Dinky Toys diecast models, the first being a Bedford truck, in green with black front and painted lights and radiator 43 detail. The second a Dinky Toys Mechanical Horse and trailer in brown and green. Both generally good to very good condition. BARBIE: Two vintage Mattel Barbie playsets, comprising of ' Pool Part ' and ' Camp Out Tent.' Both do appear to be little used and 44 complete, within good original boxes. Buyers are reminded to satisfy themselves prior to bidding, as we have not checked these for completeness ourselves. MAGIC ROUNDABOUT: An original vintage Green Monk / Combex 1960's tinplate litho printed The Magic Roundabout Kaleidoscope. 45 Working order. Colourful Magic Roundabout scenes to the exterior. MATCHBOX MOKO LESNEY: A rare variation original vintage Matchbox Lesney Series diecast model No.
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