Excellent detective work! Always a pleasure hearing from you Graham. Glad that your back!

@rockertron

Жыл бұрын

Cheers James, tune in for the demolition derby very soon!

good to see you back Graham - I suggest you take that Grifo to Slimming World (i.e. a vice!) - Cheers!

@rockertron

Жыл бұрын

Cheers John and btw thanks very much for your flattering comments on the tv show-did you see it?

@Jack_Rn

Жыл бұрын

@@rockertron No problem, was good to meet you. Yep, I saw the show - seems like yesterday! - They recorded me with some of my buys at the time but it didn't make the edit, but I bet they cut out tons of stuff. Who knows, it may feature in DVD extra scenes one day 😂

@rockertron

Жыл бұрын

@@Jack_Rn OMG, you wouldn't believe how much they cut out! They didn't even show the collection on display! It was rather disappointing actually although there were some good bits.

Oh wow...I have TWO of these, one in about the same condition as the one you show here, the other "VG+" which I've owned for 30 years or more...now I wonder if they're fakes. As you show, this is another model which is easy to take apart and reassemble with very little evidence of tampering.

What percentage of the cars sold on eBay for the $30-$40 range would you say are fakes? I have been buying up some of the old ones I had as a kid, not for collecting, but just nostalgia. Now I’m wondering if I paid too much.

@rockertron

3 ай бұрын

Hi, there isn't generally a problem in this price range. It's more when fake models are sold in their hundreds as genuine examples should be thousands. Scum bugs don't fake models to make a few dollars they want to make hundreds. G

The Grifo is my favorite Matchbox casting. Great fake spotting.

@rockertron

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, heck of a model. Never seen a real one-quite similar to the Jensen Interceptor.

@jimsbooksreadingandstuff

Жыл бұрын

@@rockertron similar idea to Jensen, European styling with large American V8. I have never seen a real Iso.

@rockertron

Жыл бұрын

@@jimsbooksreadingandstuff Seen quite a few Jensens, Chrysler 6l V8 lump-cool!

@jimsbooksreadingandstuff

Жыл бұрын

@@rockertron The Bristols also used big Chrysler V8s.

@rockertron

Жыл бұрын

@@jimsbooksreadingandstuff Indeed. I am a sucker for a V8!

Very educational as usual. Thanks mate. Gosh I hate fakers !

@rockertron

Жыл бұрын

Cheers, yes its a massive problem so just doing what I can. Have you seen the video of it being smashed up? G

@glipabazza9994

Жыл бұрын

@@rockertron Of course, and I'm glad you chose the proper (bigger) hammer. Would also have been perfect for the faker's nuts.

@rockertron

Жыл бұрын

@@glipabazza9994 Yeah and they would proper blub like big sissy girls!

You can see the re-paint inside wheel arches etc

@rockertron

6 ай бұрын

Hi, its not actually repainted. The underside shows factory underspray which most MB models have. It's purely an interior swap by using 2 donor models. G

@bobfellows5758

6 ай бұрын

@@rockertron ok

@user-sp2gu4nw4x

5 ай бұрын

I can say the interior and the glass is different from mine, but the blue metal is original for me...🤔

Why destroy them when you could do a custom makeover. There would be no question of a customised model being passed off as a fake and the result would be a unique looking model.It's a pity to destroy any model.

@rockertron

5 ай бұрын

Personally I'd rather make a point. It's a very common model so plenty out there to buy anyhow.

@simonwinter8839

5 ай бұрын

@@rockertron Okay !

Use of rivets by Lesney to assemble these models is just plain stupid😂these models should be bolted from the beginning,this reminds me of when the front fenders on cars used to be welded to the body 😂now the fenders are screwed on ...

@rockertron

Жыл бұрын

Well, to be fair to Lesney these were just sold as 2 bob child's toys. Never did anybody know back then that scumbags would come along and fake them to unsuspecting victims. This is why I do these videos to at least make people aware of what these low life fraudsters do. G

@jasonblackforest4330

Жыл бұрын

@@rockertron It's great that you're making videos about these scammers,I just think these models should be screwed on,riveting is a technological error, like used to weld fenders on cars

@ukmatchbox1-753

Жыл бұрын

@@jasonblackforest4330 - Lesney didn't use 'a rivet'.. they flared out the posts cast into the body in a press, the post was also used to hold the casting during the paint process before assembly and pressing. Their models were exquisitely engineered and Lesney were anything but 'stupid'. The base would bend and buckle before what Graham did with leverage would happen, that was the point he was making. The base wasn't even level. Any copy should be drilled and clearly re-fixed with a replacement screw or push in steel rivet to make it obvious and sold as a non genuine copy, done well someone gets a model they can't otherwise afford.