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When I was a kid in the Sixties I loved metallic coloured die cast toy cars. My favourite Corgi junior was the purple racing Mini. On a June day like today I would be whizzing it down the garden path!
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My favourite Hot Wheels Red Line was the Silhouette. I think Hot Wheels called the metallic colours Spectraflame.
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My fave Corgi Rockets was the green Alfa Carabo Bertone. Sleek, metallic and very UFO. Cool or what!
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When I found this little plastic tractor in a charity shop it took me straight back to my metallic toys, none of which have survived my childhood I'm sad to say.
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Metallic colouring wasn't just confined to die-cast. In the world of Project SWORD and Spacex there are a few metallics like these cheapo Spacex knockoff 'Futuristic Space Vehicles'. I think my little green tractor would go with this range perfectly! Alas, I don't have any now but I used to have the Forklift!
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In Project SWORD there is the unusual metallic blue Task Force number 1 made by Tarheel of the USA I assume. I've never seen one in the flesh so I can't be sure if it is Tarheel. I suppose only a carded version would confirm it is American for certain. Rare anywhere now, I think Bill may have had one!
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Last but not least is this rare pale yellow metallic Task Force 3, which again I presume is a Tarheel variant. Certainly the sticker and engine is Tarheel. I've never seen this in the flesh either but I presume it came carded. This example, the only one I know of, was photographed by Dennis Nicholson in Australia.
Which metallic toys do you like readers?
