Atlas Dinky Toys UK issues

10 years 9 months ago #15991 by dinkycollect

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943 Leyland Octopus Tanker 'Esso' Photo by courtesy of Ron Ford. Atlas will soon launch a new collection of 'Dinky' commercials. The 943 Octopus will be the launching model. The picture above shows a reject model which has been sold on eBay in December. A second reject is known.

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10 years 9 months ago #15992 by janwerner

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it's amazing ..., which one will be next? Although apparently cleverly done, I do prefer the real ATLAS below, one of my many Atlas-darlings until my retirement last year!

(Courtesy Special Collections, University of Amsterdam). Kind regards, Jan

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10 years 9 months ago #15993 by dinkycollect

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Jan, You must explain your post, it must be a joke. Is this elaborate piece of furniture an Atlas ? can you explain ? They will not stop, they are making so much money on these. They certainly pay less than 5 Euro franco for one of these trucks. The profit is 30

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10 years 9 months ago #15994 by starni999

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Hi Jacques, There are quite a lot more than two Esso tankers out there, even as far down the foodchain as I am I have been offered these for sale at the fairs, but at

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10 years 9 months ago #15995 by janwerner

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(Jacques, although with a wink it's no joke, but an illustration of the mixed feelings I have with the notion 'Atlas'. Contrary to the made-in-China Atlas Dinky's, I have no mixed but only positive feelings with the Blaeu-atlas (11 volumes, 1664) illustrated, one of the thousands of antique and modern atlases I had the honour to have the responsibility for as curator in the past 35 years, kind regards, Jan)

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10 years 9 months ago #15997 by RSSierra

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How did this one fail quality control? And make it onto the secondary market with its box?

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10 years 9 months ago #15998 by dinkycollect

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Good question Sierra. I have found that three more rejects have been sold on eBay U.K. It is known that there was a shop in Liverpool selling some of Meccano's rejects but this is hearsay and there is no evidence. dead ebay link Jan, I had not seen that your picture showed a book shelve. Those that I have made are not so elaborate. This Atlas must be facinating, how lucky you were to have access to such a treasury.

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10 years 9 months ago #16002 by starni999

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RSSierra wrote: 'How did this one fail quality control? And make it onto the secondary market with its box?' Hi Dave, I think the only failure was in Security, stopping it getting nicked. CW.

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10 years 9 months ago #16003 by RSSierra

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STARNI999 wrote: 'RSSierra wrote: 'How did this one fail quality control? And make it onto the secondary market with its box?' Hi Dave, I think the only failure was in Security, stopping it getting nicked. CW.' Haha. I've got two on the way to me from Hong Kong, it will be interesting to see if the paint issues mentioned are universal in these early 'liberated' examples.

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10 years 9 months ago #16004 by dinkycollect

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Why buy rejects when the normal ones will probably be available for next to nothing ?

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10 years 9 months ago #16053 by dinkycollect

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589 - D

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10 years 9 months ago #16060 by dinkycollect

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Atlas UK has issued the French Dinky Mercedes 190 SL in October and the 23c Mercedes racing car in December, which were the November and January models ? As Atlas can not or is not willing to do it, could somebody inform us every month of the new issue with it's manufacturing number 4 659 1??

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