1/64 Model Collectors Thread
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Great, I go to bed at 8 because I'm tired hoping I'll sleep through the night.
I sleep a few hours and now I'm up permanently, looks like I'll have to stay here and bug you guys all night.
I sleep a few hours and now I'm up permanently, looks like I'll have to stay here and bug you guys all night.
CodeRedR51
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a6m5Just don't let Cano & Jason trick you into watching Grease. That was close!
Then find and watch Christine.
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- sxezach
Grease: HELL NO because musical.
Bueller: When living at home, I had to watch it every time it came on because it is mom's favorite movie. I'll still watch it every time it's on, never gets old.
Christine: I've been wanting to watch that for a very long time, although I haven't tried very hard to.
Will I buy all those Retro cars including the Grease ones? You bet.
Bueller: When living at home, I had to watch it every time it came on because it is mom's favorite movie. I'll still watch it every time it's on, never gets old.
Christine: I've been wanting to watch that for a very long time, although I haven't tried very hard to.
Will I buy all those Retro cars including the Grease ones? You bet.
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Christine is a must, even if you're from outer space.
The others are an acquired taste.
Quick! I need help here: what the hell is this? And the value?
The others are an acquired taste.
Quick! I need help here: what the hell is this? And the value?
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C'mon Harry, it says right on the side what it is!
I never liked that casting, and others didn't too I guess.
Maybe that's why it went Final Run with only a few versions made.
I never liked that casting, and others didn't too I guess.
Maybe that's why it went Final Run with only a few versions made.
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eBay's free to list for you as well, right? We all get 50 free listing a month?
I've taken a small-ball approach. Smaller sale add-up in the final, big picture. I've been listing bunch, making just few dollars here & there. I started with a full box of junk. I'm about half way thru now. I sold a Boulevard Renault 5 today!
Didn't see that coming.
I'll check it out sometime, guys. 👍Christine, I've seen it once, but did nothing for me. I didn't understand English back then, I had just moved to the States!
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Oh! Great,
*rubs palms vigorously
I have a neighbor who thinks it's worth a lot. I said it ain't worth nothing. He didn't believe me. I told him that I would get the Hot Wheel gurus at GTP to settle it (he couldn't really find anything on the 'net, and I didn't look). So now I can show him your posts and get it off him - maybe in exchange for some cheap and common mainline.
I better delete this post before I show him your scorn.
*rubs palms vigorously
I have a neighbor who thinks it's worth a lot. I said it ain't worth nothing. He didn't believe me. I told him that I would get the Hot Wheel gurus at GTP to settle it (he couldn't really find anything on the 'net, and I didn't look). So now I can show him your posts and get it off him - maybe in exchange for some cheap and common mainline.
I better delete this post before I show him your scorn.
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A Final Run car isn't worth a crap unless it has rubber/special tires. The last ones of the bunch which came in normal blisterpacks with normal wheels are worthless. Hell I've broken like 5 Cat-A-Pult final runs to get their wheels. Yes, they had Co-Molded 5 wheels which might be considered special now, but oin the year they were axed off, there were other cars in the mainline with those wheels, so they were relatively common.
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Ferraris lol.
J/K - it was a reference to a really funny moment during watching the 24 Hr Le Mans and Cano was called out for being a troll.
Now here's something to talk about:
WHAT MAKES A DIECAST CAR A 'COLLECTIBLE'?
Is it a 'collectible' if it is something mass produced all the time year after year? Or just a model?
Is it a collectible only if it is rare?
Does it have to have a huge monetary value to be a collectible?
Does costing more make it a 'collectible'?
Is it a collectible only if it has a limited run?
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Cano
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Ferraris lol.
J/K - it was a reference to a really funny moment during watching the 24 Hr Le Mans and Cano was called out for being a troll.
Me a troll. Can you believe that
BUT even with all my prancing donkey hate, I will say this: vintage Ferraris are cool, specially V12, front-engined ones like that new 275 casting. Ferrari stopped being cool after the 288 GTO and F40, and it stopped creating beautiful cars after the 360 Modena. From that thime on it has been on an alarming -or laughable, depends- freefall.
Well, the only factor in making a car collectible is desirability.
It's not that simple, of course. There is another factor that kicks in with time, and that is "vintage-ness". An older car, whatever the hell it is, will be automatically more valuable than an equivalent newer one (mainline vs mainline, TH vs TH, and on).
In this whole vintage thing the determining factor is rarity, but above all condition. You can have a purple redline Rolls Royce (rarest color known for the car) in the sadest of shapes and while you'll have a rare piece, if it's beat to hell it won't be worth more than the most common of Paddy Wagons.
Also, here comes another thing. In the past car toys were car toys. There were limited-production special promotions like the Redline club chrome cars, butr they were intended as toy cars, and never cattered to the adult collector. The story is different now. You have the Redline Collectors cars or the 100% HW stuff that specifically say "fopr the adult collector blah blah don't open this crap" and all that stuff. I do think you can't compare one era to the other. Both are collectible all right, but for different reasons.
but all of the above combines and conspires to create desirability.
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I actually opened the page, then I started browsing for variants. By the time I decided to narrow them down, I didn't realize that one I had decided on was the same one I had on my watch list all along.Which leads me to ask. Why were you searching for it, if you already had it on your watch list?
Still, I thought I remembered seeing one earlier for $8(and change), searched couple of times, but eBay search would not show me the cheaper one. I used the correct search term, did a "worldwide" search & everything.
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Stores.
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Ive decided after just two months that saving everything I buy for ONE massive upload is not time effective in the long run. Plus the cars sit unsorted around the house when I prefer them cased up our on display.
I set up a makeshift booth at the corner of my desk, so I can take a couple photos a day and have the style and look consistent. I have 52 cars from May alone still to post and my June count is around 20 at this
First Five
And lastly...the one Tomica I grabbed at the flea market.
Included the original box & sticker sheet for $3 after bundling.
I set up a makeshift booth at the corner of my desk, so I can take a couple photos a day and have the style and look consistent. I have 52 cars from May alone still to post and my June count is around 20 at this
First Five
And lastly...the one Tomica I grabbed at the flea market.
Included the original box & sticker sheet for $3 after bundling.
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Thank goodness they're doing the Bueller Ferrari, i was expecting that instead of that Fiero they released.
Grease cars are a must have too.
Wait wait wait. Is it as it is after the "Reversing to take the mileage down" scene? If so, no thanks.
It's a great movie, by the way.
Don't know about Grease, mind.
Wyvern. I'll give you a biro for that Tomica
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Dat Tomica. 
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nice thread
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Just used BIN to win another lot with a Veyron!
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I'm selling the three on the left, opening the three on the right for display and pocketing the $10 I make for doing virtually nothing.
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I'm selling the three on the left, opening the three on the right for display and pocketing the $10 I make for doing virtually nothing.
CodeRedR51
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I don't see the Veyron?
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CodeRedR51
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Oops, was looking at the wrong auction.
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