Hornby Minic Ocean Terminal M902 Boxed Set

Price: NZ$203.80

Code: BH507

Hornby Minic Ocean Terminal M902 Boxed Set Complete in good play worn condition, The front of the box is in good condition, but the edges are badly worn, see all the photos, the set includes the Queen Mary. It also has 2 x tugs,2 Breakwater Straights,1 x left & right angle, 1 x End, 5 x Quay Straights, 1 x crane unit , 1 x Customs shed, 1 Ocean Terminal, 1 x Ocean Terminal extension and a lighthouse . The Queen Mary has no plastic bottom, it may have been removed, I do not know, the bottoms were an adaption in the 70’s by Hornby when the models were made in Hong Kong and fitted to the origin ship mouldings. The accessories had an alteration to the mould, saying made in Hong Kong in the casting.

All of the models produced under the Hornby Minic name were produced in Hong Kong after Hornby moved their manufacturing in the early 1970’s. Hornby produced only a limited selection of the original models but also introduced four new models of famous battleships – USS Missouri, IJN Yamato, DKM Bismarck and DKM Scharnhorst.All of the ship models produced under the Hornby Minic name were fitted with a red plastic base equipped with plastic rollers.

The original Tri-ang Minic and Hornby Minic series of models are no longer in production and to the best of our knowledge the tooling for these models no longer exists. So the original models have become quite collectable as they were only made for 6 years and being mainly children’s toys, many sadly have not survived. What has is in various states of repair! Still they are an incredible early 1960’s toy which can be arranged in attractive displays, and enjoyed in many homes or businesses where a nautical theme is desired.