Vintage Nylint Steel Broncos

[Raptors_Wifey]

Anyone know anywhere that's a good source for these things other than Ebay? I've been searching on Ebay for awhile and I keep coming up with the same kinds, the Safari one, Pet Mobile, and Horse Truck Trailer. I'm not looking for mint condition, I actually prefer ones that have a little mileage on them but still intact. I have the Fire Chief but it's missing the siren on the hood.

And I've got a teal colored one that I don't know where it came from but I believe it's either the Horse Truck without the trailer or maybe the Vacationeer.

And I would like to know if any of you have collected Nylint Broncos and what they look like.

 

[horsewpt69]

I have a couple of them that I have picked up at a car swapmeet and an antique toy show. I have a pink one(as I gather, there are two different pink ones) and an orange one that I had to have cuz my Bronco is orange. Niether are in what you could consider prestine condition but suit me just fine. I have a third that was a beat up police Bronco that I put on a Nylint rc rockcrawler chassis. I see them pretty often at the swapmeets but usually more than I wanna pay.

 

[Raptors_Wifey]

Yeah, the pristine out of the box ones cost an arm and a leg. The ones that I look for are the ones that have been obviously loved by some child and they usually go anywhere from $20-$40 depending on if the owner knows its worth. I haven't met someone that had one for sale that doesn't know what they have. I live out in California so the only swap meets here are run by Mexicans and when I do go back to Michigan, I try to go to the swap meets there and see if there are any good deals. Sometimes on ebay you see some that are a good deal but you don't always get what you see.

I haven't seen much of the Police Chief one but I heard that after the Fire Chief, that's one of the rarest ones.

I'd like to get the RC ones too... I guess I better start looking.

 

[iwlbcnu]

I think the Bobcat may be the hardest to find. I ran into a batch last year and got 3 in about 2 weeks.
All the info you need: http://www.earlybroncotoys.com/metalnylint.html

 

[Raptors_Wifey]

I've never heard of one, do you have a pic?

 

[chriscobbs]

Thanks for posting my site Jeff.

RW, sorry, I don't know of a place to purchase the hood siren/light. Your best bet is going to be ebay, swapmeet, or an antique store.

 

[Raptors_Wifey]

Yeah just as I feared... I've been on Ebay for a while and I've seen some interesting ones but the complete sets are well over $100 as a base bid... As far as antique stores go, I've only seen the typical collection of Matchboxes and Hotwheels not so much Nylint. I'll just wait till I go back to Michigan again...