Tony1970

Elphinstone Engineering originated in Tasmania, Australia. I attended school with one of the owners sons (Grant)in the mid '80s, where, for a metalwork project, he built an awesome scratch built truck and folding log trailer out of metal. It looked simply awesome.

The red ute (pickup) is excellent! Looks like the real thing:

I called MrTOYs and found out only their large stores are getting 5 each of 8043, and you can't pre order. So rather than miss out on one I ordered one from Bricklink store BRICKSHOP Holland, $255 including shipping & insurance to Brisbane, should arrive soon and I saved nearly $100 on retail.