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Side by side comparison of the VW K-70. Majorette and Schuco. Both really nice, detailed models. 
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I think I like the Schuco release a little better - might be because of the hub wheels!
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"Should we make them an offer?"
"I don't know...needs a lot of work. Could turn into a money pit."
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The good, the bad and the ugly....
I like them all, even though I think someone maybe stood on the first one.
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I've often wondered... was there ever a French coach design that featured an open back end, like a caboose?
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I guess there were... seems like they would loose (and gain) a lot of passengers this way. Especially at traffic lights.
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Nice buses, I never did get any of the older issue buses like those by Majorette, I do have one or two of the more modern ones, but always hoped to run across the one with the balcony, or whatever that neat little feature is called.DougComment
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They are both beauties 😍Originally posted by Quog View PostSide by side comparison of the VW K-70. Majorette and Schuco. Both really nice, detailed models.
Did you know, there was a runnig change on the Majorette one, earlier versions had edgie headlights and later one had round twin headlights.
Thus reflecting the model years 1970-1972 and 1972-1975. As far as I know Schuco and Polistil only did the earlier version.Comment
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Occasionally, an old Majorette model still in its original blister pack comes my way.
When I open these little time capsules, I always wonder what I’m releasing when I make the first incision.
This garbage truck would have rolled off the production line in France around 1980, when I was 12 years old, in a world of Jimmy Carter, Thatcher, Rubik’s Cube and The Empire Strikes Back.
So the air has been trapped in that blister pack for 40 years. Probably a heady mixture of machine oil, perfume, cigarette smoke, plastic and stale farts.
But now my little truck has finally been released, into a brave new world! That air must smell pretty sweet! Though there’s still the odd stale fart around.
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I’ve never been a fan of Morgans, though if I were a millionaire, I’d definitely have a couple of their old motorcycle engined 3-wheelers in my collection.
As a kid, I always thought Morgan owners had to be university professors wearing tweed caps and driving gloves.
The Majorette versions are of the V8 powered Plus 8 Morgan. The red one was advertised at 99p! I eventually won it for £1.50. The green one cost me eight quid.
The other night, I released them from their plastic prisons where they had been serving time since the early 80’s.
Very happy with these 2 latest additions to the collection.
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Also, the other night in our kitchen, I released two Majorette Saviem trucks, who had been waiting patiently in their plastic blisters since the late 70’s.
When I cut into the red Texaco tanker’s packaging, I got a strong whiff of stale air!
Imagine that – a little pocket of 1970’s French air from the Lyon factory is now floating around in our house!
Mon Dieu!
Two great models – here they are meeting the rest of the team.
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NICE! Now what's a quid?Comment
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Thanks for the comment!
A quid just means a British pound. So 8 quid was 8 pound. Between 12 and 14 bucks, depending on where you are from.A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside a Yorkshire pudding.Comment
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Thank YOU! I am american but I understand multiple different currencies especially euros and Durham I have used durhams since 2014 until 2019 in Morocco then as the consulate helped a little bit it was some woman I ran into on a motorcycle over there a pegout 103 she was mad but then we got to talkin and she was apparently rich yet in a poor area but she knew another woman I knew who I saw alot but she came here every year so she used her car to take us to get our papers (cars cost a fortune there and it was a friend's motor bike) and without her I would be stuck still anyway JESUS I KEEP GETTING OFF TOPIC WHAT THE HECK IS IT WITH ME TODAY? Anyway I used euros in Frankfurt on my way back end of storyOriginally posted by Quog View PostComment
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