1/64 Model Collectors Thread

[photonrider]

Pic courtesy of T-Hunted. So looking forward to this one.

Got to keep an eye out for the real thing. I'm a sucker for station wagons.
Estate wagons.
Er . . family trucksters.

 

[AOS-]

Remember my previous post showing you guys with a teaser pic of my CM Model McLaren P1? I doubt any of you do.

I- I- I remember...

I can't fathom why people rush to buy the Kyosho version, which comes with fewer details and a much higher cost, when there is actually a cheaper alternative that's way better available

Because Kyosho got more hype and nobody knows what the heck a CM is.

 

[Spacegoat]

A woody wagon?

Not just any woody wagon, it's the Wagon Queen Family Truckster!

Here's some images, so you can bask in it's magnificence.

I'm a sucker for station wagons.
Estate wagons.
Er . . family trucksters.

Who isn't? Especially in metallic pea!

 

[Niku Driver HC]

Not just any woody wagon, it's the Wagon Queen Family Truckster!

Here's some images, so you can bask in it's magnificence.

Well, doesn't the ol'girl have quite the following... I have the distinct impression that I am looking at a automotive cinema icon, in the same vein of my Smokey & The Bandit Greenlight set, and one that is as American as apple pie and leg drops. The crown rims are definitely a highlight in Greenlight's model...

 

[AOS-]

@Apok @Niku drive hc It is time to unleash....


the wallet:

http://www.ebay.ca/sch/pallaszg/m.html?item=111896250671&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

 

[a6m5]

Checked couple of stores today, nothing new, or nothing good, as usual. I did have my first JL revival sighting:

"a6m5, you said nothing new or good!?"

Because this thing was $6.99. Racegroove youtube video was talking about $2 JL cars, but I figured this one may be more, since it was TRU. I think my AUTOart 1/64 350Z was cheaper than that.... Yep, I paid $5.95(before shipping on big order). Same TRU sells Greenlight for $5.95, so this was quite a sticker shock for me.

Edit: This was also good for laughs.

 

[CodeRedR51]

I don't think that's a new release. What store was it in? I think the new releases have a similar card, but it's sealed in plastic like a Greenlight.

 

[a6m5]

I don't think that's a new release. What store was it in? I think the new releases have a similar card, but it's sealed in plastic like a Greenlight.

I'm pretty sure it's new. This Toys R Us, I stop by 3, 4 times a month on a way home. I don't think I've seen JL there for at least many years. They had really random releases which the castings looked like decades apart, but cards/blisters were brand new on all of them.

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

I'm pretty sure it's new. This Toys R Us, I stop by 3, 4 times a month on a way home. I don't think I've seen JL there for at least many years. They had really random releases which the castings looked like decades apart, but cards/blisters were brand new on all of them.

I'm guessing they got them like the ones I picked up at a Toys R Us they were about $5 each

 

[CodeRedR51]

What's the copyright date on the back of the package? Curious if these are in fact new or just old stock that Auto World obtained while getting the JL license.

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

What's the copyright date on the back of the package? Curious if these are in fact new or just old stock that Auto World obtained while getting the JL license.

I threw mine away I think I saw mid 2000s maybe 90s, I know it wasn't new.

 

[a6m5]

One of the cars I saw, it was like those crazy 60's, 70's looking castings?(I think they are called 'toppers' maybe) Packaging was factory fresh, not even a "hint" of shelf-wear.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Yeah just came across the RaceGrooves video and you can see they are encased in plastic.

 

[a6m5]

So they have ancient castings in brand new condition, hitting the store as new inventory many years(or decade or more) later? That's beyond bizarre.

 

[AerodyManiac]

Also, I do remember that P1, @GT HP Nut, I did confuse it with a TSM Models car after all due to its packaging.

I- I- I remember...

Well that's surprising.

Also, perhaps CM's lack of image may be behind its lesser sales numbers in comparison with the far more mediatic Kyosho.

Because Kyosho got more hype and nobody knows what the heck a CM is.

People buying a model car that costs almost twice and features fewer details simply for its fame? That sounds a bit stupid to me...

(OK, perhaps it does feature a few tampos on the engine bay, but it still doesn't justify a ~19 USD purchase...)

 

[Niku Driver HC]

Well that's surprising.

Don't underestimate the power of memory, son.

People buying a model car that costs almost twice and features fewer details simply for its fame? That sounds a bit stupid to me...

(OK, perhaps it does feature a few tampos on the engine bay, but it still doesn't justify a ~19 USD purchase...)

Well, stupid or not, that's how it works. Think of it this way; there is a great show you started to watch on some television channel, like say, Fox. However, because it's brand new and is made by some unknown guy, very few think it's actually good and go on to watch Walking Dead or something along those lines. Quality isn't the only defining factor for a scale mode, despite being a very important one. Kyosho has a long backstory, compared to a recently created company like CM, and there's the additional notoriety factor that their new Mclaren models were the first cars to be sold under Kyosho's brand new "lottery system".

It's like I said before; it'll take some time, but there will be a day where someone somewhere will write a gloating review of a CM car, and people will take notice. For now, their P1 is a good starting place, just give it a few more years and then you can gauge the public's response...

 

[AOS-]

Simply for its fame? That sounds a bit stupid to me...

You will soon learn true enough that marketing and brand exposure is louder than pure craftsmanship. In anything, and everything.

 

[MedigoFlame]

Yeah just came across the RaceGrooves video and you can see they are encased in plastic.

They're bringing back the "Street Freaks" series? Would be nice to see imports again.

 

[CodeRedR51]

So they have ancient castings in brand new condition, hitting the store as new inventory many years(or decade or more) later? That's beyond bizarre.

So watching the video I guess I learned that the people that recently bought the licensing for JL are actually the people that originally had the license and have just reacquired it. I'm wondering if they have been sitting on huge lots of inventory for older stuff for years and just sent everything out to make room for the new stuff? Hard to say.

 

[a6m5]

So watching the video I guess I learned that the people that recently bought the licensing for JL are actually the people that originally had the license and have just reacquired it. I'm wondering if they have been sitting on huge lots of inventory for older stuff for years and just sent everything out to make room for the new stuff? Hard to say.

On one hand, going by what you mentioned about the packaging, or the fact that cars I saw were releases from all over different years of JL(difficult/odd to do on just a initial release), it would make sense if these were some kind of dead stock that JL got stuck with in bankruptcy, and for whatever reason, never got liquidated.

On the other hand, what I observed from the clean packaging, also retailer accepting ancient, outdated inventory to sell for more money than comparable new releases from others(like GL), I'm guessing that's something we've never even seen before. If it was pawn shop, or collectible store, they would take on such inventory, but major retail chain? Somebody would have had to have gotten really creative.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Not too hard to see them getting old stock, I see Walmart and Target stores get old cases of HW or MB all the time. Though that's usually because the local distribution center found some boxes laying around.

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

That size difference though

 

[AOS-]

Wow! I listed my McLaren F1s as a joke on eBay and someone really did pay the full amount for it.

Then again, they're in the UK so they probably got it for a steal. Better learn from this.

 

[a6m5]

Not as a joke, but I list handful of really rare cars on eBay. Super high prices, instead of letting it sit idle in storage. Only one I regret ever selling that way was the TLV Idemitsu tanker.

Anywho, I posted this car probably couple years ago, but I took new shots for my blog today, so I wanted to share this pic of M2 Stretch Rods Crestliner Victoria:

 

[Casey]

Got these today.

 

[NISM0_SKYLINE]

That yellow Brat, I take it you went to a K Mart?

And apparently the Japan Historics sets are showing up in Canada now, which is really tempting because I live an hour from the border. But I order a ten case last night because I want them.

 

[a6m5]

I've seen couple more pics on those Japan Historic cars, and they looks really good.

Speaking of JDM. *ahem* There's this girl on Twitter who's been posting super cool Choro-Q's(my blog post):

Finally, the official selection from the official goat of the GTPlanet:





I hope you guys check out her work. This is her Twitter page. Super neat photos.

 

[Spacegoat]

Finally, the official selection from the official goat of the GTPlanet:

It's the best!

Worse thing you ever did was post that, I'm having bad thoughts about that NSX now.

 

[a6m5]

It's the best!

I guarantee it.

Worse thing you ever did was post that, I'm having bad thoughts about that NSX now.

It would look epic, right next to your red NSX LM. I just want you to be happy.

 

[Niku Driver HC]

I say, if all those diorama-esque pictures are a woman's work, then give her all the Choro Qs you can. It may also prove that scale models are kawaii enough for women to collect and create art exhibits out of them...