1/64 Model Collectors Thread

[RCKakashi14]

Tomica vs. Hot Wheels - SRT Viper GTS:

 

[CodeRedR51]

Dang. I'm starting to think I'll have to snag them off E-Bay for about $10-$15 a piece. I'll start hunting them down ):

I'll be in Phoenix again this weekend but not sure how many stores I can hit. I would at least wait until your box is 100% ready to ship.

 

[Cano]

I'll be in Phoenix again this weekend but not sure how many stores I can hit. I would at least wait until your box is 100% ready to ship.

Oh, nice to hear. Yeah I'll wait. I don't have money to chase them down now anyway, I have to pay you

 

[VXR]

I really hate how Hot Wheels rarely paint the rear of their cars!

The model looks much more fun and vivacious than the Tomica, but then it's let down by the final details.

 

[AOS-]

That's the last I'll see of my 914s. Someone wanted them for a counteroffer of $15, and I've already shipped them out.

 

[photonrider]

Tomica vs. Hot Wheels - SRT Viper GTS:

A $10.00 car versus a $1.00 car?
I'm sure HW is immensely flattered.

Here's another Tomica vs HW shot - with the change required to buy each one.

That's the last I'll see of my 914s. Someone wanted them for a counteroffer of $15, and I've already shipped them out.

Good price for them - for both parties. 👍

 

[RCKakashi14]

A $10.00 car versus a $1.00 car?
I'm sure HW is immensely flattered.

Here's another Tomica vs HW shot - with the change required to buy each one.






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Tomicas cost $10???

Here in PH, the SRP is at around $5...

Admittedly, Tomicas have gotten more expensive lately. In the 90s, they're a bit more expensive than HW that the difference is negligible (depends on the casting, though).

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

When is the next K day? Isn't there one during spring or is it random dates?

 

[CodeRedR51]

When is the next K day? Isn't there one during spring or is it random dates?

September.

Didn't you already ask that?

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Yeah but I forgot.

 

[MedigoFlame]

Now...due to my obsession of owning diecast models of cars that I own or...may own... Is there one for the Lexus IS300 wagon/Toyota Altezza Gita?

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

I think collectible diecast.com has one. Here's their Lexus page
http://www.collectablediecast.com/Lexus_bymfg_30-4-1.html

 

[MedigoFlame]

None of the wagon. Also, I probably should have posted this in the scale models thread.

 

[AOS-]

None of the wagon.

Mod one

 

[a6m5]

@RCKakashi14 @photonrider When Tomica sold here, I want to say they were around $3. Toys R Us don't carry them anymore though.

P.P.S. You tease, curse you. *angrily shakes fist in air*

Speaking of tease, I don't know if you remember, but along with the TLV tank truck, I had another one associated with that same gas station/company? The frigging package sat in L.A. for three days! Tracking says it left L.A. on the evening of 12th, so I'm thinking it should be here by today. I checked the tracking last night.........

It arrived in Honolulu. It says it left Hawaii the same night, but I'm not so sure it's coming to Oregon. Do me a favor, if you see it Down Under, say "hi" to my Tomica for me.

Because I have no life:

 

[CodeRedR51]

It's like I package I had that went from California to Oklahoma, then came back this direction. And shipping companies wonder why people don't trust them.

 

[Spacegoat]

but bad for my bank lol!

Indeed. This thread tends to have that affect on bank accounts.

It arrived in Honolulu.

Close. How the hell does that even happen?

Do me a favor, if you see it Down Under, say "hi" to my Tomica for me.

Fine. Would rather just keep it for myself but whatever.

 

[a6m5]

It's like I package I had that went from California to Oklahoma, then came back this direction. And shipping companies wonder why people don't trust them.

I don't know if they still do, but I think FedEx used to ship everything to their mega sorting facility in Memphis, then go from there. I'm 99.9% sure this was not the case with my Japanese package that arrived to West Coast, then now enjoying a Hawaiian vacation.

Close. How the hell does even happen?

I expect a lot more of it after pot is legalized by the Feds.

Fine. Would rather just keep it for myself but whatever.

You are good man...... I'd not have said anything, just kept it to myself. Just until I share it with you all in this thread.

 

[RCKakashi14]

I really hate how Hot Wheels rarely paint the rear of their cars!

The model looks much more fun and vivacious than the Tomica, but then it's let down by the final details.

In the Tomica model, there is a panel made of plastic at the rear, instead of painting it black and painting the tail lights.

 

[RCKakashi14]

Suntory Boss Coffee Lamborghini Collection - Reventon:

 

[a6m5]

Mooooo, that's just perfect.

 

[AOS-]

Shipped out three little boxes to the States today. International shipping can still be cheap so long as the package is under 1kg. 👍

My Superfast Porsche 911 Turbo was gone in no time! Guy wanted $20 shipped. I complied, and as a result profited $12 from that, under the premise that I bought the $18 5-car set for the SL55 alone. If I treat it normally and divide the cost to the individual car, that's $3.6 per, meaning an $8.4 profit at the very least. I got lucky.

Business aside, time for photos.

So no one wanted to buy it, so now I'm keeping it:

2007 Track Stars


And I'm sorry, you guys:

I said I wouldn't buy a Circle Trucker (2014 HW Race). I said I wouldn't give in!

I even caved and bought the DB5. I've failed you! I've failed me!


edit: God, the photos came out darker again.

edit: I hope I am forgiven with a decent photo of that JL 911:

 

[TorqueHappenS08]

Motormax vs Greenlight

 

[Cano]

AGH that freaking Motormax SLR. There was a brief time in Mexico that Motormaxes were sold in Wal Mart, and that one was one of the absolutely hardest to find models. I never did. A cousin managed to find one, along with a rubber-tired Pinto, which was one of the "chase" cars of the series they brought.

 

[photonrider]

Tomicas cost $10???

Here in PH, the SRP is at around $5..

Admittedly, Tomicas have gotten more expensive lately. In the 90s, they're a bit more expensive than HW that the difference is negligible (depends on the casting, though).

I may have been inflating the price a bit - - but the reality is that it isn't easy to find Tomicas off the shelf or pegs around here - the ones I have came from playsets that were retailing for around $20.00, though I have seen single cars in fancy packages for 7.99 and up at Toys r Us. OTOH - the basic HWs just come in carded blisters, and HW manufactures in huge volumes, so they can keep the price down.
Putting a Speed Machines GT-R against a baseline Tomica would be more appropriate - but what is the outcome when you do that?
Well - first off - as Cano mentioned (a point I strongly agree with) - HW uses the same mold from the baselines for their upper lines - a huge mistake when it comes to competing with 'proper' replicas. The HW mold is not to scale - in fact none of their bottomline cars are to scale - they can't really be called 'scale models'. HWs are collectibles; unusual novelties issued in limited quantities every year, and then taken out of production. Makers like Tomica, Tamiya, GL, etc, are 'replica' makers. Obviously these can become 'collectibles' in time, too, depending on their rarity/demand ratio. (No point having something 'rare', if no one else wants it.)

This is really the point of contention that I would have, more than a difference in price; that the philosophies behind the genres are vastly different. You can buy a GT-R from a dozen different model makers - but try getting a Bone Shaker out of any one of them.

That's what makes the Bone Shaker, for instance, a 'collectible' - and the GT-R, or Viper, a 'scale model' (if they're made to scale of course; HW, as I mentioned, throws the scales out the window when making their rinky-dinky likkle novelties.)

Don't let my comments dissuade you from posting the wonderful pics you post - they are all very welcome. 👍

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Someone - please teach Daniel how to use the 'Edit' button, before his double postings bring the riot squad in here. We don't want him to get into trouble, do we?

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[Cano]

Makers like Tomica are replica makers

Noup. Sorry, but Tomicas are just toy cars. Just look at them. Of course they have their very premium line, but normal Tomicas like the Viper Kakashi posted are Japan's go-to toy cars. They're expensive here because import taxes and that stuff, but Tomicas are just toy cars. And as much a collectbile as a Hot Wheels. They're just not worldwide.

 

[photonrider]

Noup. Sorry, but Tomicas are just toy cars. Just look at them.

I beg your pardon, Cano; my Mexican isn't as good as yours. In fact my Japanese is worse. I have been misled:

© ＴＯＭＹ　　「トミカ」は株式会社タカラトミーの登録商標です。
The Tomica brand of miniature replica vehicles has been a hit with children since its introduction over 40 years ago.

http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/archives/11425

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Got these today.

12 dodge demon and 12 BMW z4 m.

 

[photonrider]

A dozen of each should definitely keep anyone happy.

Unless, you're talking 2012 releases?

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Yes they are cars from 2012 not 12 of each. I would never buy that many of a single car.