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A collection of transport vehicles comprising five models, four of which are presented in original packaging. The group includes two Lledo Superior style City Tour Bus models constructed from die-cast metal and plastic; one is a blue open-top bus featuring lithographed advertising for The Original Aircraft Show July – December 1997 and National Services, housed in a green window box bearing a yellow stylized S logo. The second is a green open-top bus with Ocean Seafood lithography, also in a green window box. A red double-decker London bus is included in a black and gold commemorative box reading Celebrating 60 Years of Mars Confectionery Since 1932, with the bus sides featuring Mars Are Marvellous advertising; the box is empty of its original confectionery. The collection further features two San Francisco cable car models: a loose, oversized example decorated in black and gold with a wood-effect roof, bearing the text Powell & Hyde Sts., Cable Car, and San Francisco Municipal Ry., and a second die-cast model in a pink and blue window box labeled San Francisco Cable Car. Completing the lot is a red and cream double-tier tramcar with Mackeson’s advertising, mounted on a black display plinth.
Condition report:
The items are in good displayed condition. The boxes show various degrees of age-related shelf wear, including blunted corners and light creasing (photo 1). The blue bus box shows scuffing to the plastic window panel (photo 5). The pink and blue cable car box shows creasing to the upper card edge (photo 2). The loose cable car shows minor surface dust from display but no visible breaks (photo 1). The Mars bus box is missing the original confectionery contents mentioned on the packaging (photo 3).
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