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29/08/2021 3:17 pm Â
@mg-harv 's recent post about his video reminded me that I also had the first RIO. I am sure he has the first Brumm as well. So I dug mine out for a look-see.Â
The #1 Itala 45 cv was marked as the winner of the 1906 Targa Florio on the box and a little 3-langauge leaflet was included inside the box. I always liked reading them because of the 'funny' translation from the Italian into English. This was after all the 1960s, and they probably found some local person to do the translations. Google translate, not quite yet! 😆 I have a 1981 Italian catalog that shows many of these first Rios.  This model must be from about 1961-2 when the Rio company was started in Cernobbio, Italy.
The first Brumm model was really a carriage or a wagon all in plastic, but the first Brumm car was this r1 Morgan 1923 three-wheeler. They called it a cyclecar. The back of the box had details in four languages instead of an insert. I starting buying all of them as they came out but lost interest after they continued to repeat themselves... Brumm started their diecast car range around 1977-8 and I have their 1978 catalog. For the '70s, the detail on the engine is great on these little 'cyclecars'...
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29/08/2021 4:07 pm Â
Well, you are almost correct Karl. I used to have Brumm R1 and R2 Morgans, but disposed of them a few years ago during a periodic collection purge. I think my Spark suffices for my 3-wheel Morgan representation.
Here's the R2 Brumm Morgan - still have a pic.
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29/08/2021 4:57 pm Â
@mg-harv We have opposite collecting characteristics. (I figured you might have upgraded those ol' Brumms.) I feel attached to the old ones and can't purge any at all really. I therefore rarely upgrade, except to get a mint boxed Tekno of course!
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29/08/2021 6:59 pm Â
Love those Tekno BLIST-CAR models. It was unusual to see 1/43 models in blister packs.
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29/08/2021 7:29 pm Â
@david-green You know a lot about all kinds of models and toy cars! Very nice! Do you have any, or know anything about the Tekno blister pack Kayeff versions? Even more rare... These have both been my holy grails for 30 years....
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29/08/2021 9:22 pm Â
Hi Karl,
I have seen these but never bought one. I think that Kayeff only imported Tekno to the USA. I'm in Canada but saw these packaged at Toy Shows years ago in Toledo, Ohio and Rochester, NY. Â I do have that Ferrari in blue unpackaged. I'd like that Danish version. The various country Norton midget racers were also sold in the Kayeff package but I don't know which others were imported.
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27/09/2021 10:07 am Â
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Just found a couple of BRUMM three wheelers that reminded me of Karl's earlier Post.
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 Here is BRUMM No. 1. The 1923 Morgan with a slightly different number location than Karl's model.
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Here is BRUMM N0.3. The 1929 Darmont. The French Darmont 3-wheeler was closely based (Licenced from Morgan) on the contemporary Morgan, being almost indistinguishable in appearance.
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