cheap/affordable 1/43rd scale vehicles

[King Tiger]

Can anyone recommend places to get some nice 1/43rd scale vehicles (cars, trucks, busses anything really), everywhere I see charges £20-30 which seems rather high

Any suggestions?

[Burnt65]

Hi
I get mine from here
http://www.3000toys.com/
Keith

[King Tiger]

Unfortunately being overseas would make the postage negate the saving, plus import

[Momotaro]

Poundland and Poundstretcher often have a decent range of toy cars about that scale.

You could have a look in ToysRUs too - their own "Fast Lane" range has stuff that claims to be 1/50-ish, which may be close enough.

Ebay has loads, but be prepared to dig for more information.  Some of the cheaper stuff isn't necessarily the scale it claims to be.

[King Tiger]

The different pound stores near me are absolutely junk, your lucky to see any toys other than bags of soldiers

And I don't think there is a ToysRus anywhere near me now, it closed down very quickly, even another big toy store has mostly all this Ben10 junk and blumin minecraft toys for sad people.

And eBay I tend to use as a very final resort as I personally find it filled with...rear end holes

[dampfpanzerwagon]

Poundland.

I have seen some European cars and trucks for sale for just £1 each. The range is only available in some Poundland Stores, Peugout, Fiat, some Russian trucks etc. Most if not all from the 1950/1960's era.

I think they were magazine give-away models, attached to blue or black card backing and in clear plastic blisters.

Tony

SORRY - just seen that someone else has recommended Poundland (I should have read the whole thread!)

[fastolfrus]

Scarborough Poundland has the Russian die-casts too.

The only other cheap option is charity shops/jumble sales, or car boot sales when (if) the weather picks up.

What part of the country are you in?

[Wachaza]

Pound and discount shops. Stock varies from week to week and shop to shop. I usually have a plastic mini in my coat pocket to check against the scale.

Even the rubbish ones that don't quite fit can be turned into wrecks. For a few pounds it's worth a chance.

[King Tiger]

I spotted a perfect set in Smyths, a digger, dump truck and transit, the transit will be perfect for my Section 6 arm suit transport, the rest is terrain

[fastolfrus]

You sometimes find vehicles in "The Works" bookstores.

Otherwise large supermarkets usually have some, although more often small scale Matchbox style cars.

Also keep an eye on magazine shops - there are loads of magazines that come out with models etc on the cover.

[grant]

here tobacconists sell those 28mm scale cars for about 5 quid each. They import container loads from china and farm them out to the indie tobacco stores.

[grant]

The key is to talk louder!

[von Lucky]

+1

[former user]

Any suggestions?

here are a few
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=64267.msg774793#msg774793

[dexter]

If the weather ever gets better then try carboots , most of the outdoor ones seem to start up around Easter. I've managed to find some great toy vehicles for my 28mm zombie/modern games.  I went about twice a month from May until September and found loads of goodies  for gaming as well as a pile of dvds i was after.