The RETURN Of The SAINT'S VOLVO - AGAIN...

The 2023 2nd edition with Simon Templar's 'stick' figure on the bonnet

Funny how some mental associations are indelible, don't you think?  For example, when I think of Corgi Toys The Saint's Volvo 1800, I associate it with the '60s and the house I lived in at the time.  In my mind's eye, I can see it on top of the dining table in our living-room, and whenever I look at my replacement car today, that's still where I associate it with.

Thing is, I've had my replacement for many more years than I ever had the original (which wasn't really mine, but my brother's, though I played with it), and the photo I took of it along with the Corgi Model Club's reissue of it a couple of years back was taken on top of the table (which replaced our original one back around 1980 or '81) in my current residence.

The 2021 reissue with 'aged' bonnet figure, and an original '60s toy with late '60s hubcaps

Thing is, looking at those close-up photos now, I'm left with a strong mental image of my old living-room 'out-of-frame', as it were - as if they were taken there rather than here.  You'd think I'd be able to envisage them in their current 'context', instead of one that passed more than 51 years ago.  But enough of such self-indulgent twaddle, you've probably 'rumbled' me anyway.

What I mean is that this post is merely an excuse to show you my newly-acquired latest 2nd edition release, on which the artificially-aged look of the bonnet transfer on the 2021 version has been replaced with a pristine Saint figure, more in line with how the 1965 toy would've looked when it first went on sale, lo, those many decades ago.  What's that, you haven't got one?

Never mind - you can enjoy looking at mine.  Am I good to you all, or what?   

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