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Does anyone know if the guy that made the Benjy decks, Tom Sims, made exclusively for Benjy or made for other companies too. I have a very vague memory of ordering 3 White lightening decks possibly from shiner or the Skate Shop Poole and them being listed as Benjyboard / Lotus when they turned up ...

The logo and shape is consistent with early Benjy comps but obviously this appears to be just Oak

Starting in to a rattle can re spray of my ACS pro baseplates and looking out for some new pivot cups, I may have over done it on the ACS 500s though.

These ones aren’t badly priced and I think that Remi guy is in France so post shouldn’t be too bad

https://www.facebook.com/groups/6926036 ... 318756183/

That link takes me to an oak veneer cabinet

But intrigued to see what it’s all about

those Cali Slaloms have had a good polish, that’s mint, the whole set up

That came up really well, probably worth a new power pivot and a set of risers now

There was even an og Benjy sticker on the bay that would have suited it

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/206545884759

I’d have thought it would have went for more

Current Want List cash or trade

1 x ACS 650
1 x ACS 651
1 x Hitchcock 8” hangar
Acs baseplates any style
2 x Powerflex 9 wheels
2 x Alva Flatback wheels
2 x Blue Kryptonic CX 66
& finally
1 x Buttlock Special sticker

I wonder is it partly because they were so hard to start with

I noticed for the first time that in the Advert on page two of this post it mentions that they are available at 95a in Navy blue

Before this set I’d only ever seen them in red

Bollocks, I’ve had a Looner fireball disaster

The wheels came as shown in the eBay listing, they definitely started life a dark blue colour, like 2nd Gen kryptonics, you could see the colour where the one wheel had been chewed.

They must have been as around 65 mm when new also as they are 60ish ...

That’s concerning

It’s should clean up well, a good blast with a hairdryer or heat gun should get the grip off easily enough.

Some people have amassed a great collection of Benjyboards I currently hove none 😂

I’ve had 2 at the same time twice but completely different boards, wish I had decent photos but they are ...

dcgnus wrote: Wed Sep 02, 2026 9:27 am This would be a good thing if on better nick, even the conical Sims wheels on it one looks like it's been glued , shame

https://ebay.io/m/lDS4pQ

The way things are at the moment most of the value is in the Coper

What’s your thoughts on the price this made, none of the individual components were in great or even that good a condition but if you break it down it’s probably about right

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/178427169414

For balance here are some obscure British trucks that are super rare and worth next to nothing, I’d still like them though 😂

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/147535178500?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20240627101223%26meid ...