Monthly Acquisitions February 2020

Monthly acquisitions Feb 2020

This month has been quite restrained. The shops here still have the same stock as they’ve had over the past six months, I did buy the ’71 Datsun 510, even though I already have one, like with the Ford Escort RS1600, I find it a casting difficult to resist. Today, 28 February, I finally came across some new 2020 Hot Wheels stock in the city in a new Pepela shop near Delisi Metro. I had to restrain myself from coming out with an armful of cars, but I did permit myself to pick up three that I really wanted. A ’65 Mustang Convertible in a baby blue shade from James Bond’s Thunderball, another ’70 Ford Escort RS1600  this time in orange and a ’95 Mazda RX7, which I’d been searching for a very long time. This would appear to be from the 2020 C Case. I left on the pegs a Ford GT40 in Gulf Livery, a blue Porsche 917 and a black ’96 Porsche Carrera. What I didn’t see, but really want from this case are the Porsche 944 Turbo and Volvo 850 Estate.

Mustang Convertible, Ford Escort RS1600 and Mazda RX7

Even with these late additions, the cost only came to 50.60 GEL ($18.10). The other models were bought secondhand, firstly,  a Pompe a Incendie (Fire Truck) by Majorette, I intend to use this as a restoration project, I haven’t yet found suitable pieces to replace the missing parts.

Pompe a Incendie

Also by Majorette is a Ford Focus Rally, a Lada Niva in fire brigade livery by an unknown Chinese manufacturer, a glittery 1988 Chevy Monte Carlo and the shell of a VW Beetle “Feuerwehr”.

The Beetle shell placed on an upturned Land Rover

I was disappointed not to find any Matchbox models this month for my collection.

Bilan

Totals: 9 Models:  5 Hot Wheels, 2 Majorette and 2 unidentified Chinese model

4 bought new,  4 bought secondhand, 1 traded

Outlets: 3 Pepela, 2 Secondhand stores, 1 Carrefour, 1 Varketili Market, 1 Samgori Market and 1 Kakha

Net expenditure: 50.60 GEL ($18.10)

1 lari = 36 US cents