October’s collecting was more restrained than September 2018.

I began the month with a couple of secondhand Majorette models, I found for 2 lari a piece in the secondhand toy store. A Peugeot 206 and a Toyota Lite Ace, both were missing parts, the Peugeot was missing an engine and front lights, the Toyota was missing its rear hatch. Both are made in Thailand, the Lite Ace is from 1990 and has a metal base. I have an older Lite Ace model in better condition which was made in France.

Last month 22 of the 23 models I got were bought secondhand, this month just four. In addition to the Majorette pair I also picked up a 1968 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 (Matchbox) and a Mitsubishi Evolution (Hot Wheels). These again were 2 lari a piece. The Mitsubishi wasn’t in my collection long; I gave it to my friend Zura, who has a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo in real life.

I did buy more new Hot Wheels models than last month, from the list of those I was searching for (I found and bought 3 and saw a further two, the only ones I haven’t found are the 95 Mazda RX7, Nissan Skyline R30 and Audi RS6 Avant).

These were the Hot Wheels 2018 models I was looking for:

Nissan Fairlady Z (seen) Timeshifter (seen) Lamborghini Countach Pace Car in white (I have the red one) ’95 Mazda RX7 Ford Escort RS 1600 (Hot Wheels Race Team colours) Porsche 917 LH Nissan Skyline R30 Audi RS6 Avant

I was very excited to find a Hot Wheels Ford Escort RS1600 with the 50th anniversary decorations. As is often the case, once I’d found one I found some more, the model was so desirable I got two, I could have bought more but that would be excessive. I also found the Lamborghini Countach pace car in white. I was on holiday at the end of the month in Cyprus and managed to find a Porsche 917LH, that I hadn’t seen in Tbilisi and an ’85 Honda CR-X from Hot Wheels Honda Series, a series not available here, (I was slightly disappointed not to find the Honda Civic EF in that same series). Finally, on returning to Tbilisi, I saw Pepela had a 30% sale and picked up a Nissan Fairlady 2000 in black. This is a gorgeous casting of a classic sixties sports car, which I already have in cream and blue, I passed over Timeshifter, so I guess I don’t want it so much.

Bilan

Totals: 10 Models: 7 Hot Wheels, 1 Matchbox and 2 Majorette

6 bought new, 4 bought secondhand

Outlets: 3 Secondhand Toy Stores, 2 Ambizas Gift and Toy Shop (Larnaca, Cyprus), 1 Clothing Market, 1 Carrefour and 3 Pepela

Net expenditure: 47.72 lari ($17.71)

1 lari = 37 US cents