1/64 Model Collectors Thread

[AOS-]

*$6 to ship from Hong Kong*

Nothing mentioned about combined shipping, the $6 fixed price was dodgy so I questioned and got this:

"Buy 2 items and get 15% off the total shipping cost. Buy 3 and get 20%"

Sounds good for the States, but this is HK, where shipping costs nowhere near that amount. Told him to take off.

 

[jtl46]

Went to JCCS and there was one collectables booth. However that guy was a total scalper. Plus the prices were outrageous. Selling 2013 Celicas, Supras, FRS, and the like for like 3 bucks each. There was a good supply of TL stuff, which upon inspection up close does leave some to be desired. There were a lot of S12s with no price so i didnt ask. Passed on a maisto IS-F. Loose and the guy wanted 8 bucks. Also passed on a tomica (maybe limited?) R33 in blue with detailed wheels for seven (kinda regret that). Same with a loose tomica R32 for 5. There was a pair of Lucky Star itasha RMagic FDs (assumingly by Aoshima) i kinda wanted. Also passed on the Kyosho 1/64 FC which i also kinda regret. I also regret not getting a ST165 Celica model on a base. (It was red with pretty nice wheels, dont know the maker)

Just to show prices too, he had a loose Vintage Racing 510 for 45 bucks. I know how expensive these go on ebay, but loose for that expensive? He had the elusive 510 wagon as well... for 50 bucks.

510 Wagon was $25. Jeff is a fair guy, and his booth is always a huge hit at that show. He pays for that booth, and sells all those models at the price he can sell them. If I am paying for a booth, renting a van to bring so much stuff out from Phoenix, as well as paying loads to get Japanese-only models shipped in time for JCCS, I would want to make back as much money as I could as well.

You bought some, you passed on others. From what I know Jeff has, you may not see a lot of it here in the US until next JCCS. I walked away with another 6 TLV's.

Hell, you could have been there when I was back behind the booth with Jeff telling him to price a few of the models even higher, and he wouldn't do it.

The show was great, by the way. JDM Legends' Prince Skyline was a treat and a half.

 

[Cano]

Jeff is a fair guy

Jeff... Koch? Next time you see him, kiss him for me, haha

also, never knew the 510 wagon was so elusive. I have an extra that I haven't been able to sell, and I was asking just 10 for it, lol. I guess I'll have to step the price up a bit.

 

[OtakuTaikun]

Coulda sworn i heard higher but thats good to hear. And yea i passed on the TLs knowing i wouldnt get another chance in a long while :/

 

[markkaz]

Looks like RLC will be getting the BRE Datsun 510...

Thanks for sharing my video =)

 

[CodeRedR51]

Thanks for sharing my video =)

Hey Mark! Didn't expect you here...

 

[Dooblewasur]

Question: how might one ship a still in blister HW car to avoid it being crushed?

 

[a6m5]

Question: how might one ship a still in blister HW car to avoid it being crushed?

Box, box, box. I usually then wrap it the item with bubble wrap. Card or blister usually get damaged when shipped in envelopes/bags.

Hey Mark! Didn't expect you here...

Me neither(I don't know him lol).

$25 for the Boulevard 510 sounds fair, especially considering the things jtl brought up. $10 is probably low for that Cano. I can't believe nobody wanted it for what you were asking.

I was just at the post office, mailing a package for Ben? Short line, I offer to step aside to fill out the customs form so they don't get backed up. While I'm filling out the form, one of the two clerks leave. I overhear that he is being told to go home(probably too many hours). That leaves just one teller.

I finish my business & turn around? There is line leading out of the lobby, reaching the actual entrance of the building. I exit the building in just shock & disbelief. Those people in line have at least 30 minutes to an hour wait with just one clerk manning the counter.

Now I'm leaving the parking lot. Lot is full, and line of cars flowing out to the street, waiting to pull in to any parking space that would open up.

If I was just few minutes late arriving, Ben's shipment would've been a day late leaving the States. God bless the U.S. Postal Service!

 

[MedigoFlame]

Thanks for sharing my video =)

Hi Mark! Welcome to the GTplanet forums! Nice to see that you joined in the thread.

Me neither(I don't know him lol).

He would be Racegrooves, the man making those diecast Youtube videos.

 

[AOS-]

Here's a new Honda Racer to keep an eye out for if you collect them.

yellow/black body, red-rimmed black PR5, 5 pack exclusive. I'd have bought it but I blacklisted the poop last month.

I also got some pretty good big box grabs today. Photos (possibly) tonight when I get home. Currently waiting for my ride at a coffee shop

 

[a6m5]

I like the original much better..... and don't blacklist poops, it's part of the cycle.

He would be Racegrooves, the man making those diecast Youtube videos.

That dude who offers his take on new cars as he's pulling them out of the case? I do watch those when you guys post them here!

 

[MedigoFlame]

That dude who offers his take on new cars as he's pulling them out of the case? I do watch those when you guys post them here!

Indeed he is "that dude," from those case videos. A great respect towards him for making them and having done a very long streak of daily videos and sharing his own collection and stories with his viewers.

Hope to see Mark around these forums more often, but he's definitely got a busy life!

 

[a6m5]

Indeed he is "that dude," from those case videos. A great respect towards him for making them and having done a very long streak of daily videos and sharing his own collection and stories with his viewers.

Hope to see Mark around these forums more often, but he's definitely got a busy life!

His personal collection? Can you link that here? I'd love to check that one out!

 

[CodeRedR51]

Question: how might one ship a still in blister HW car to avoid it being crushed?

In a box.

 

[MedigoFlame]

His personal collection? Can you link that here? I'd love to check that one out!

There isn't one video of it all. But he's got plenty of videos, unfortunately I don't remember the exact ones. And he even races the very early and classic original Redlines.

http://www.youtube.com/user/racegrooves/videos

 

[a6m5]

There isn't one video of it all. But he's got plenty of videos, unfortunately I don't remember the exact ones. And he even races the very early and classic original Redlines.

http://www.youtube.com/user/racegrooves/videos

Hard core. Thanks for the link. 👍

 

[Spacegoat]

In a box.

Yes. Especially if the recipient wants to keep the car carded.

 

[a6m5]

I once had a seller ship me one in a softer paper box, like the kind light bulbs comes packaged in? Sad.

 

[AOS-]

Yes. Especially if the recipient wants to keep the car carded.

You know what's more guaranteed than a cardboard box? One of them pseudo-privately-published patented protecto-paks people produce. It's so perfectly pronounced for such purpose you can get them shipped in padded paper envelopes instead of pre-made parcels stuffed with poorly–but prematurely cut pieces of paper from periodicals and the daily prints.

 

[Cano]

Question: how might one ship a still in blister HW car to avoid it being crushed?

blistercard gets pushed against polistyrene by the cardboard, so NOTHING moves. Cardboard must be bigger than blistercard. Tape over it and add another cardboard piece to the other side of the package so the tape can run from side to side. Package well and send. Can be reused.

 

[AOS-]

You can probably do the same with a sheet of cardboard larger than the card, and wrap it tight (esp. around the blister) with saran wrap. That's a supermarket trick I see in grocery stores where they hide bruised fruits/vegetables.

 

[Dooblewasur]

You know what's more guaranteed than a cardboard box? One of them pseudo-privately-published patented protecto-paks people produce. It's so perfectly pronounced for such purpose you can get them shipped in padded paper envelopes instead of pre-made parcels stuffed with poorly–but prematurely cut pieces of paper from periodicals and the daily prints.

Please prepare to perform a positively precautionary pause, perhaps in one's perfomence.

I once had a seller ship me one in a softer paper box, like the kind light bulbs comes packaged in? Sad.

I, uh, once sent an eBay order in a bubble mailer. Hell was to pay.
and it was a THunt too!

 

[CodeRedR51]

blistercard gets pushed against polistyrene by the cardboard, so NOTHING moves. Cardboard must be bigger than blistercard. Tape over it and add another cardboard piece to the other side of the package so the tape can run from side to side. Package well and send. Can be reused.

Not for $1 mainline.

 

[Cano]

Well, maybe not. Hell, for $1 mainline, go to the store.

iirc, I sent you stuff packaged like that, right?

 

[AOS-]

I found two these doop-troopin poop-shooters. Totally didn't need yours, Shinji.

Please prepare to perform a positively precautionary pause, perhaps in one's perfomence.

Please don't be preposterous with that presumptuously-placed pokerface. Just play on the fact that you're pleased with the plethora of P-based terms perfectly pasted in that previous post. My pepper-shakin' pal, poetry is the poop.

And it's performance.

 

[a6m5]

Totally didn't need yours, Shinji.[/color]

Good! I kept two, Ben's getting the third one. It'll enjoy the warmer climate.

I, uh, once sent an eBay order in a bubble mailer. Hell was to pay.
and it was a THunt too!

Awww... snap. For most eBay buyers, especially of something like the Treasure Hunts, Hot Wheels aren't little kids toys anymore, they are collectibles. Unless the buyer him/herself suggest a bubble mailer, I'd ship them in a box, with some packing. Cano's deal's little too hardcore for me, but better safe than sorry!

 

[AOS-]

Seller sends me $uper Treasure Hunts in a parcel. Card is still imperfect. Therefore the Box Superiority Ideal is superficial.


'Cause like you know, they said it was mint condition–car sealed in its package... and then I find a surface featuring scuffed spots on the first, and a line slithering down the side of the card on the second–and what a sinister line it was, and a even moreso a sinister seller slyfully slipping in a single statement of self-interested safety: "Hey! I say it's mint, but it probably isn't. Try your luck!"

 

[a6m5]

Seller sends me $uper Treasure Hunts in a parcel. Card is still imperfect. Therefore the Box Superiority Ideal is superficial.

Well, it's not bullet-proof, but I can't remember the last time something mailed in a sturdy cardboard box arrived damaged, and you know how much I buy online. It's rare to say the least.

If anybody's looking for those Secret Hunt RX-7's, couple more lots popped up at a great price. 1 2

 

[VspecZR1GT2RS89]

Speaking of the TH RX7, I have found a fleet of those silver RX7s, got myself one the other day! Gonna get another one or two. I'm so glad I got it.

So I'll pass also Shinji. Thanks for the offer though. 👍

 

[AOS-]

Also found this lovely thing. About 6 of them actually.

Look at that one dot of shine on the front wheel.


2013 Retro Entertainment Ferrari 250 California

To think I was about to pay some UK dingbat $12 for it last month due to impulse and the preconceived idea that I'll probably never find it in stores anymore.