1/64 Model Collectors Thread

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Do you take your cars out of the blisters?

  • Yes.

    Votes: 320 51.0%
  • Kinda, I open most of them.

    Votes: 128 20.4%
  • Nope.

    Votes: 92 14.7%
  • Yes and no. I buy a second for opening/customizing.

    Votes: 125 19.9%

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    627
Next HWC car is up on the website, sale starts in 5 days. Buick Grand National. Not really a fan of this casting, especially the way the hood opens. Wish it were more realistic. However, I may just have to have this one...

Edit: @ AOS - Any Dollar Tree's in your area? Check them for the Road Racers cars...
 
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This is what I was talking about Space, hope its not too much of a let down:lol:

:lol: It's not actually. I've been thinking about getting a couple of Falcons to go with the Commodores I have. Nice score, really do like the #75 Falcon. 👍
 
:lol: It's not actually. I've been thinking about getting a couple of Falcons to go with the Commodores I have. Nice score, really do like the #75 Falcon. 👍


Thanks mate:tup: Yeah I'm the same been thinking about grabbing more Holden utes and Ruff-Treks, I was lucky with these last two lots I've grabbed, saw them when they were almost finished and no bids on them:)


Also grabbed a couple of 60th Anniversary cars this morning:
 
Fancy a 4-door GT-R?


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I got 3 people asking me for quotes on my lot of 140... For a 5.7kg box, it costs at least $87 to get it to the UK and Malta (some random country near Spain) and over $100 to Brazil. Currently have 2 watchers, no bids on a $70 starting auction price.

Math dictates the buyer is paying 50 cents per car, most of it is mainline, about 50% is garbage, 30% are things I'd keep but really don't need in my collection. The rest are no longer wanted.


People can't resist; there's a mystery machine, tons of Ferraris, a FE Pikes Peak Celica, 8 Hot Ones, and 3 VW Beetle Cups. :sly:

I've got another loose lot to sell afterwards because I totally missed it when I was gathering the cars for the photo.
 
Malta and other things.

Malta is an island just south of Italy, you're probably thinking of the Balearic islands (Ibiza and Majorca being the two most well known islands), which are close to Spain.
 
Yup. I only took a quick gander on google, but only remember it being south of the UK. Guy was like "Will you ship to Malta?" and I was like "Malta? Is that edible?"

Anyway, guess what I learned? Apparently a TH So Fine is worthless. Apparently a Deora I TH is also worthless. That's NOT a fact. I'm only grabbing your attention. Why do I say that? Remember when I told you guys about that seller I usually buy from who decided not to wrap any of the cars and I ended up with damaged items? Well, he reimbursed me with replacements and gifted me 10 cars on top of that. Most were garbage, but amongst that small heap of trash were these two old TH collectibles. Go figure.

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I changed the lighting again. One of those giant light bulbs have dying batteries so it provides virtually no light. Out of experimentation, I took off the diffuser and the now-bright LEDs work give off the look of small halogen lights so I used that in combination with the other push light to create a showroom impression. Those little dots of highlights make the cars pop that much more!

Without:

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With:

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I just replied asking about shipping to Malaysia. Sorry, no.

Couple of awesome cars there Kakashi(not the mini lol). 👍
 
You should clearly state that you don't ship outside the US if you thhaaat hellbent. Otherwise, shout at them for not reading the listing.
 
Well...I'd have to drive 30 minutes to another town to look for these cars. That requires both gasoline and my time, and then there's tax if I do happen to find what you want. I'm not out to grab your money, I just want some kind of... "compensation" if you will since it's not like I myself will be going for any personal benefit.

I can give them a call tomorrow morning to ask if they have it, but I doubt the staff know what exactly a Hot wheels Road Racer is.
 
You should clearly state that you don't ship outside the US if you thhaaat hellbent. Otherwise, shout at them for not reading the listing.
It's not that simple(it used to be). eBay now offers something I think is called "Global Shipping" or something like that, which is optional for sellers like me. They will ship to select countries on my behalf, but it is unbelievably expensive.

I don't even know if this Global thing ships to Malaysia, but if he's asking, he either can't read, or they don't ship there........ so there.
 
Global shipping should ship anywhere I think. One item can cost me $22 to do global shipping lol.

Seems it's better off for things other than toy cars.
 
Global shipping should ship anywhere I think. One item can cost me $22 to do global shipping lol.

Seems it's better off for things other than toy cars.
There are many countries they don't ship to. Handy service, but CRAZY expensive.
 
Bah who needs em? Anyway, two more frames are up!

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There are still more blacklisted cars I'd like to put up. Unfortunately the frames don't got the depth for their wide chassis. Going to prep a 3D model to get CNC'd for the Illustrious Series when I go back to school in September.
 
Back from the meet. Got new Zamacs, battle damaged USS Enterprise, and some misc. cars. Only two RX-7 TH's at the meet sold before I got there and some douche bought all the new mad propz all at once. :grumpy:
 
Anyone got any intel as to whether or not these pink windshields are deliberate variations and whether they have any real collector value?

I've been picking up these things since day 1 without noticing. I've already disassembled like 2 or 3 cars unknowingly.
 
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