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17/11/2021 4:00 pm
In 1964, UK based company Triang-Rovex started manufacturing a series of plastic cars under the MINIX name as accessoires to their trainsets. All the cars were made in 1/76th (OO) scale. An AEC bus was produced in 1/130 scale.
The models were made out of coloured plastic. All early models have metal wheels and chromed bottom plates. After 1972 the bottom plates were no longer chromed, but kept in their original white, and later grey, plastic colour. The wheels of the later models are black.
There were eleven different colours, but not all vehicles were available in all colours. The available colours were: red, orange, pale yellow, yellow, pale green, emerald green, bottle green, blue, white, black and maroon. The first 8 models introduced did not have interiors, from then on the models have interiors. In all 17 models were made. The interiors were made in six colours: pale blue, beige, red, green, white and blue.
The cars were sold in single boxes, twin packs and on cards similar to Hot-wheels later.
Production of the Minix models stopped in the late 1970s but the Sunbeam Alpine was rereleased in the early 1980s. Most Minix cars also appeared in Triang/Hornby train sets on their car transporter.
17/11/2021 4:35 pm
These are kind of cool. Are they hard to find?
Topic starter
17/11/2021 4:49 pm
I picked up most of mine at Train Shows but they do come up on ePay quite often. Without shipping, unpackaged ones are usually in the 5 to 10 dollar range.
17/11/2021 5:21 pm
I picked up most of mine at Train Shows but they do come up on ePay quite often. Without shipping, unpackaged ones are usually in the 5 to 10 dollar range.
Thanks David!