1/64 Model Collectors Thread

[photonrider]

There goes my Stratos!

I was only given a choice of three.

As for new cars - just too many to fight over. As Cano said, well, may a few hundred will do. 500. That would be okay.

 

[AOS-]

If there was no sentimental value attached to the question, then I will have to second what Cano said.

Up your standards, yo!

There's always a criteria anyone can make for themselves to follow to rank things. I find that we tend to throw in as many sorts of "likes" we can think of but then are unable to choose between one or another because there's a whole ton of different factors that give the compared items even scores.... I think it's the greed in us. If you can judge both under the same criteria and then asking yourself "If I absolutely had to pick one over another, which would it be?" then that would eventually lead to a ranked list. And from there you can cut off the list to only the top 3 for the sake of responding to Shinji's topic of the day.

I like to believe I developed my way of placing value through the arguments of critically analyzing and ranking TV shows, general taste & opinions, and listening to the prof's critiques in the past 3 years which influence how I judge things today.



Top 3 is tough for me too. I ran into the "oh but I kinda like this too" idea numerous times,but then if you take those and use the "pick one over the other" scenario, you'll determine a winner. I can easily do top 100. Maybe even Top 30; that seems most reasonable.

 

[photonrider]

Maybe I should throw a spanner into the works?

 

[commodoreben]

The Veyron was popped out of the card though when I got it. But I'll be opening them all anyways.

Im glad the cars got to you quickly. Sorry about the Veyron opening on you. Ive found that sikus dont seemed to be sealed as well as other brands are. Ive had a few open on me aswell when I didnt want to open.

 

[Spacegoat]

That's the one I have. I found another one, but the listing says domestic shipping only. Worst case scenario, maybe we can arrange a trade or something down the line.

Very kind offer. But I've already got eyes on another one too. Still got all of my fingers crossed that the one I'm currently watching doesn't go much higher, though.

1. Tomica Limited Toyota Crown (Obviously!)

Obviously.

Here's the reasoning:

*Snip*

 

[photonrider]

Stop it Spacegoat, you're making me laugh.
Collecting is a serious business.
Ever seen one of these IRL?

 

[zakyta_4]

Couple of pages for me to catch up on here, been a few days

Finally able to take some photos today, been dark when I've been getting home lately

Firstly a delivery from Ben received last Friday, thanks again mate

Also some grabs from the week

 

[Cano]

Sentimental Value. Irreplaceable.

Of course. And unlike a lot of peope here, I can relate to you. I'm at work and I have no pics of them, but I also have at least like 5 cars that have sentimental value to me. Most of them belonged to my dad and he gave them to me. No, they are not old Lesneys or something like that, as when he was a kid there were no toy cars available to my dad, my grandma had no money for such things and, well, it was the 50s.

Even so my dad always liked little cars, he was the one who started me into collecting, bringing me Yatming cars he bought at a fleamarket that satr neaby his work one day of the week; he also bought some for his office which he kept, well, new. I grew up and got big into collecting, and when he had to move his office stuff around, he gave me the cars. Amazingly he had a very rare piece, a made-in-Mexico Hot Wheels 1940 Ford sedan he bought because his father had one. The car is absolutely mint and is one of the centerpieces in my collection, I've been offered 70 bucks for it but I would never let it go. Same for the other cars my dad "inherited" me, including a fantastic Yatming Citroen, a white HW Bronco, a HW shovel and so on.

Other explanation regarding sentimental value: my custom cars. I could not leave them behind, they represent too much of me and for me, my dedication and my taste and love for cars. It's a different kind of semtinemtal value, but it's there.

The third reason leads me to this:

Up your standards, yo!

Rarity. In defference to a lot of you folks that concentrate on the cars you like, I am in a point in my collecting life where I've amassed a great number of really rare pieces, by collectibility standards. Just looking at the Cipsa cars I have makes me cringe. There's that one-year-only Siku Taunus, and several of the Real Rider variations of 1980s HWs, the metal-wheels Lesney, hell, even my pair of 1995 and 1996 Treasure Hunts. It's not a matter of standards, it's a matter of I'm never gonna see this car again in my freaking life unless I mortgage my house.

So, 300. Maybe.

 

[AOS-]

it's a matter of I'm never gonna see this car again in my freaking life unless I mortgage my house.

You didn't get the big picture so let me give you a situation.

If you had to sell off your rare cars to pay off your mortgage, which one car would absolutely keep? This is not a matter of deciding between the car and the house, this is between one car versus another.

You should be able to pick one regardless of how much you struggle and pour values into each of them. It may be difficult, but it's not impossible.

I'm not a heartless robot by any means, but I know how objectively opinionated you can be so you should be able to do something like ranking your cars if you had to only keep three. Ranking is admittedly a simple solution but when you decide to use an abstract formula, you'll find you won't make any decisions.

 

[Driving Park]

As to the keeping only three cars question, I'd have to look at my entire collection (it's at home, and I'm at college) to decide. So, in a couple of weeks I'll let you know.

I do have cars with sentimental value though. I have two "Pacesetter"s that my dad gave me one day out of the blue that he was given when he was a kid (so, '60s)...and they were still in their original boxes. He was gifted them and forgot about them...and when he found them ~40 years later he knew he wanted me to have them. As photonrider would say, irreplaceable.

I also have several cars that were my and my brothers' very first toy cars, and were with us throughout our entire childhood and were the part of many memories. Worn, faded, no longer even contenders on the track (we do actually race our Hot Wheels on occasion), and also irreplaceable.

It will actually be difficult to narrow my cars down to three for that reason - because I have definitely more than three cars that hold sentimental value. So we'll see how that goes.

Stop it Spacegoat, you're making me laugh.
Collecting is a serious business.
Ever seen one of these IRL?

Pretty sure that's a HW original, no?

 

[AOS-]

I've one of those IRL before.





Hanging on a peg.

 

[photonrider]

Pretty sure that's a HW original, no?

I was wondering if anybody had seen the actual HW IRL (or have it in their collection.)

The real Golden Arrow is now on display at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, Hampshire, England.

 

[Driving Park]

I was wondering if anybody had seen the actual HW IRL (or have it in their collection.)

The real Golden Arrow is now on display at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, Hampshire, England.

I believe I still have one in my collection, I've had it for a long time.

 

[photonrider]

Is it the same one, or a variation? If it's a vari please do post pics, would love to see it.
It's my current 'carry' car (always have it in my pocket). Great ice-breaker, and also topic-derailer when I need to distract anyone I'm talking to who starts showing signs of stress.

I opened up a huge bunch of older cars recently, including some First Editions, and this was one I selected to open - couldn't keep it in prison anymore; it was just too photogenic.
Still sorting through my older cars wondering what to open - my place is a mess. A pleasant mess.

Edit: Here's a pic of some of the mess. Cano's probably going to tell me to open all cars.
AOS probably thinks I can pay off my mortgage with it. I'm not sure what a6m5 will think - because he'll say something else.

 

[Cano]

You should open them now that you can, you're on the verge of the moral limit to open cars: 1997. And even so, that won't pay much of your mortgage.

 

[Sonygamer455]

Is that a Mercedes 2.6 and a Peugeot 206 Rallye I see?

 

[CodeRedR51]

Stopped at the NASCAR diecast store on my way home from work and picked up a Brad Keselowski 1:63 2013 Ford Fusion. Wanted a Jeff Gordon Chevy SS too but he won't have them until next week.

 

[AOS-]

Wow you guys missed the point again.


Anyway. I grabbed a Boulevard Fiero. Does anyone want it?

 

[CodeRedR51]

Negative. Shouldn't have bought it.

 

[Sonygamer455]

I wish Hot Wheels still had the Nascar License for there vehicles. I have a old Mark Martin vehicle I got from Kit Kringle as well as another Kyle Petty one and a bunch of others. Be nice to see them again!

 

[Dooblewasur]

Is it the same one, or a variation? If it's a vari please do post pics, would love to see it.
It's my current 'carry' car (always have it in my pocket). Great ice-breaker, and also topic-derailer when I need to distract anyone I'm talking to who starts showing signs of stress.

I opened up a huge bunch of older cars recently, including some First Editions, and this was one I selected to open - couldn't keep it in prison anymore; it was just too photogenic.
Still sorting through my older cars wondering what to open - my place is a mess. A pleasant mess.

Edit: Here's a pic of some of the mess. Cano's probably going to tell me to open all cars.
AOS probably thinks I can pay off my mortgage with it. I'm not sure what a6m5 will think - because he'll say something else.

Woah, that Road & Track mag is weird. Is that a redesign, a Canadian edition, both, or what?

 

[Spacegoat]

Stop it Spacegoat, you're making me laugh.

Nope.

Ever seen one of these IRL?

And Nope.

I'm not sure what a6m5 will think - because he'll say something else.

Probably something about not collecting.

Wanted a Jeff Gordon Chevy Danica Patrick Green Blob SS too but he won't have them until next week.

Fixed for you.

*IMG*

Not a fan of that livery, but it looks pretty damn good as a 1.64.

 

[AOS-]

Negative. Shouldn't have bought it.

Not a problem. Taking their wheels then.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Fixed for you.

He had one, I passed.

 

[Sonygamer455]

Get a load of this! I wonder what the contents were for this at the time....

 

[AOS-]

We're clearly not Hot Wheel Club Members because we don't have that. got that, people? No one here is a club member, and never will be.


Until you buy that.

 

[Sonygamer455]

Well it is rare, says so in the link so it's no wonder we don't have it. I wonder what kind of club it was back then and if it even exist anymore. (which I highly doubt)

 

[AOS-]

Well it says it makes you an official club member. We don't have it so we ain't a HW club member. We're just HW amateurs, rookies and boobs. Do you want to have what it takes to become an official HW club member? Buy that box set. Bid with confidence.

 

[Sonygamer455]

If wasn't so expensive right now I would try to consider it (that is if I can even order anything at all). I would be curious to see the contents of it. I think they have pics on there, but they are not loading for me.

 

[AOS-]

They don't load for those who do not own a set. You must own a set in order to see the contents. It's not rare for no reason.