1/64 Model Collectors Thread

[Niku Driver HC]

Oi, stop teasing me with your cool Silvias, you evil jii-san! Can't see how my wallet is crying right now...?

Also;

I'm of the opposite opinion. I see these things as a gimmick with little appeal. Put more details in, use more parts, better parts, but I don't need opening doors, or hoods. That's just me.

So I suppose you believe that if TLV got to create more models with opening parts, they would sacrifice overall detail in the car's exterior...? Fair enough, to each his own on that regard.

 

[AOS-]

Schuco Christmas 2012 Gold stuff I found on CK:

These are 2014:

They come in boxes like this:

edit: Also this Kyosho Motul Autech Super GT 2014 Nismo blah blah blah:

It can be yours for a grand price of 7000 yen!

 

[GroupB]

Yes, I don't recall seeing any civilian TLV car with those features either. Only the Silhouettes come to mind when it comes to openable bonnets, and those aren't openable by hinges but rather are removable...

I do hope this becomes a trend rather than a one-off thing for Tomica. It would greatly improve the appeal of their cars if done right...

I disagree as well. There's no way to do opening features that aren't massively out of scale (panel gaps, hinges, etc.)...It immediately moves the car much farther to the "toy" end of the spectrum.

 

[AOS-]

Lamley pulls from a case....

 

[ScottPuss20]

Lamley pulls from a case....

Whoa, whoa, whoa wait... Hot Wheels make that Porsche? I must have it.

 

[Spacegoat]

Edit: TLV Japanese Car Era Skyline

Personally I can't fault the wheels on the Skylines at all. They're easily among the better wheels that TLV do. (Although that probably isn't saying much ) Vinyl roof gives that Skyline a great look. Very nice 👍

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Still on A and B cases here.

 

[Johnny1996]

So my buddy went car hunting today at one of our local TRUs. He said he found an $TH, an M2 error, a couple Greenlight Motor World cars and a Matchbox Skyline. The store also has some 1:43 scale cars on the end of the aisle. According to my friend he was looking at the 1:43s but left the buggy in front of the M2s and that, and out of sight. When he turned the corner to go back to his buggy he found someone in his buggy taking his cars. My friend then said something to him about it and the other person in response started uncarding everything that was on a card who then dumped the packaging and the cars except for the $TH in my friends buggy. The $TH found its way in the guys pocket and then wherever he went after he walked away from the aisle, which my friend and I are assuming is out the door and back home. Then as my friend was straightening everything out and trying to figure out what to do next, an employee came down the aisle with a box of new stuff ready for the pegs and thought my friend was trying to steal the cars. Luckily the employee was understanding as well as a collector himself and everything was good. He even gave my friend a discount on the now loose cars and it turned out that the new box the employee brought out had a second $TH in it to replace the stolen one after he let my friend have "first picks" so to speak. I'd say that could be considered getting pretty lucky considering what the other person did, and where things could've went.

The thing about the two TRUs in my area, ones in a bad place that's known for occasional shootings, lots of drug activity and just crime in general including robberies at the TRU, while the other is in a place that's the complete opposite. For obvious reasons my friend and I always go to the nicer area store, even though it's a slightly longer trip but since my friend was in the area coming back from visiting family who live 90 minutes away from the area of the other store, he wanted to stop and see what he could find. The cars he found were pretty decent I'd say, and he even found two Shelby Collectibles 1:18s. Not bad at all, except he discovered the M2 error wasn't a true error; someone had opened the box and put in a different car than what the case said and returned it to the store with the wrong car inside after taping the box shut again.

 

[a6m5]

I'm convinced Johnny lives in Somalia.

 

[Johnny1996]

I'm convinced Johnny lives in Somalia.

The Bermuda Triangle more like it.

 

[yabiggoose]

I'm convinced Johnny lives in Somalia.

Or Uganda.

 

[GroupB]

I just want to know what a buggy is

 

[Johnny1996]

I just want to know what a buggy is

Good ol American terms that are different from the rest of the world. Gotta love em.

 

[GroupB]

Good ol American terms that are different from the rest of the world. Gotta love em.

I'm American and have never heard a shopping cart called a buggy before. Regional thing?

 

[Johnny1996]

I'm American and have never heard a shopping cart called a buggy before. Regional thing?

In that case I'd assume it is then.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Am I the only one that sees a wheel error on the Focus? (which ironically is out of focus) MC5 maybe?

 

[Johnny1996]

I'm currently mentally, physical and emotionally preparing myself to go through at least 150 carded cars, primarily Hot Wheels, and see what I'm selling and what I'm keeping. The stuff I'm keeping is going to be only the most realistic cars, $THs and all green stripe era THs, some errors, some high value cars (of which I know of without having to do research), black blister mystery cars and cars that have just too much sentimental value to them even if they're completely unrealistic and have zero collector value to them whatsoever. This should be fun.

Am I the only one that sees a wheel error on the Focus? (which ironically is out of focus) MC5 maybe?

I'm definitely seeing an error. Looks like MC5 in the rear and J5 in the front.

 

[AOS-]

I'm American and have never heard a shopping cart called a buggy before. Regional thing?

Buggy/Trolley is a very old term commonly used in North America.

The more universally understandable term I think would be "shopping cart". That's what I grew up on. You don't see your Amazon sites say "see my buggy", do ya?

Whoa, whoa, whoa wait... Hot Wheels make that Porsche? I must have it.

Porsche? no no no, I was totally talking about that All-terrain Swat van!

 

[a6m5]

I'm American and have never heard a shopping cart called a buggy before. Regional thing?

In that case I'd assume it is then.

I figured it out, but it took me a second as well. Reinforces that Johnny is pretending to be an American, but he is posting from Somalia. j/k

I'm currently mentally, physical and emotionally preparing myself to go through at least 150 carded cars, primarily Hot Wheels, and see what I'm selling and what I'm keeping. The stuff I'm keeping is going to be only the most realistic cars, $THs and all green stripe era THs, some errors, some high value cars (of which I know of without having to do research), black blister mystery cars and cars that have just too much sentimental value to them even if they're completely unrealistic and have zero collector value to them whatsoever. This should be fun.

I'm doing the same in very near future. I've held big sales before & sold probably like over a hundred cars. Only thing is, they are barely making dent in my inventory.

I finally figured out that I will have to sell cars in my collection, even those I'm attached to, if I was to really keep the inventory size in check(I'm sobbing as I type this lol). Bad news: Lot of work to sell them. Good news = $$$

Buggy/Trolley is a very old term commonly used in North America.

How old.......

Porsche? no no no, I was totally talking about that All-terrain Swat van!

That's my Andy.

Am I the only one that sees a wheel error on the Focus? (which ironically is out of focus) MC5 maybe?

I'm definitely seeing an error. Looks like MC5 in the rear and J5 in the front.

I see it too, but the blur makes me think of bigfoot pictures & footages, which makes me think that this is a hoax...

 

[Johnny1996]

I'm doing the same in very near future. I've held big sales before & sold probably like over a hundred cars. Only thing is, they are barely making dent in my inventory.

I finally figured out that I will have to sell cars in my collection, even those I'm attached to, if I was to really keep the inventory size in check(I'm sobbing as I type this lol). Bad news: Lot of work to sell them. Good news = $$$

I just need room for more racing 1:64s and larger scale cars in general. Hopefully I'll have some room after everything's sold. If not then I'm :censored:ed.

 

[SVX]

Another batch. I think @Apok and @Cano will like a few in here.

Spoiler: pics

 

[yabiggoose]

I want almost all lol

 

[GroupB]

Just wanted to share my lucky escape.
This is my latest TLV shipment, displaying the careful attention lavished by the USPS, specifically the top-notch folks at ISC NY:

Other side:

And here's why the escape was so lucky. Contents were undamaged:

I know some people don't like Noppin for their fees, but this is why I use them. They pack like the box is going to war, and in this case it paid off bigtime.

 

[Apok]

Oh wow, I've never seen a box arrive so beat up.

 

[yabiggoose]

🤬 that for a joke

 

[Spacegoat]

What the hell did they do, stomp on it?

Relived to see that none of the transporters were damaged.

 

[GroupB]

What the hell did they do, stomp on it?

Relived to see that none of the transporters were damaged.

No idea. It went missing for 9 days between Tokyo and NYC. Total delivery time was 13 days, when EMS usually averages 3.

 

[Nessy]

I'm guessing it had a stopover in Okinawa.

Whilst it was there, it was obviously used by some Karate master for practicing Kakato geri.

 

[RCKakashi14]

SIKU's new models:

Hellcat Challenger:

A45 AMG:

I'll get that A45 for sure...

 

[AOS-]

Just wanted to share my lucky escape.
This is my latest TLV shipment, displaying the careful attention lavished by the USPS, specifically the top-notch folks at ISC NY:
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Other side:
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And here's why the escape was so lucky. Contents were undamaged:
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I know some people don't like Noppin for their fees, but this is why I use them. They pack like the box is going to war, and in this case it paid off bigtime.

Yeah but what are they using as cushioning and is it dense enough? You can have a 6" crumple zone, but if the packing is so loose or soft, or if the box isnt structurally rigid to begin with, there is a good chance it will dent even if they accidentally put a slightly heavy box on top on the truck