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Post by fletch on Mar 18, 2008 15:47:44 GMT -6
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Post by Brandon on Mar 18, 2008 16:24:50 GMT -6
Maybe he thinks it's a 1:1 car....
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Post by fletch on Mar 18, 2008 16:30:40 GMT -6
Could be or just a case of bad eyesight!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2008 16:35:11 GMT -6
Did you see the small lot of slot cars go for almost $8000 the other day?? It was like 4 cars and a hand neld controler!
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Post by fletch on Mar 18, 2008 16:39:54 GMT -6
They say the price of gold was at an all time high. Guess these guys forgot that this stuff is plastic!
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Post by Pegleg (Hotwheels Bob) on Mar 18, 2008 16:46:56 GMT -6
Maybe his 0 key stuck
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2008 16:55:03 GMT -6
Madness!!!! It's madness I tell you!!!!!!! Please stop the auction I want to get off!!!!!! sorry left my few senses for a moment - To quote P.T.Cruiser opps Barnum "There's a sucker born every minute and two to take him"
Lance
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Post by Brandon on Mar 18, 2008 17:05:49 GMT -6
Although... if it was mine, I'd be a happy man.... ;D
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Post by TheMadModeler on Mar 18, 2008 17:33:51 GMT -6
 It's gotta be that GoodYear decal.... Come on who wouldn't give $300. for that... BiLL..
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Post by robriley on Mar 18, 2008 20:11:48 GMT -6
come on guys can't you spot the reason why this didn't go for really big money ?
it's the fact that you have to glue the roof on. had the roof been molded to the body...$500.00 easy.....lol
i don't get it.
i need to find a buy or 2 like this for some of the junk i have.
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Post by djway3474 on Mar 19, 2008 0:12:50 GMT -6
Yesterday the AMT kit Cal Drag Team with the falcon and 64 Ford went for 766
Maybe we can get the new AMT to release all the triple kits and get rid of these insane prices.
DJ
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Post by joed on Mar 19, 2008 5:49:10 GMT -6
l agree it's a lot of cash
but it's only worth what someone
wants to pay for it
l have shelled a couple thousand bucks on bike parts
that some guys thought l was crazy
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Post by colbart/colin on Mar 19, 2008 6:30:08 GMT -6
Motorcycle parts didn't cost a few cents originally though?. Ed Roth was asked to comment on collector prices being charged, he couldn't understand why people would pay $100 bucks for 90c worth of plastic?? Prices now are far more expensive. (if ever we can get kits in the UK ever again), companies who used to import into UK, complain about high exchange rates/taxes/and container shipping costs. |
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Post by Tim Nolan on Mar 19, 2008 7:01:42 GMT -6
Well, I made a corporate decision a few weeks back to sell off some of my kits. When you look at the big picture, I have more kits than I could probably build in 2 lifetimes, so it's kind of dumb to sit on this stuff when it's going big bucks. I've so far managed to part with maybe a grand in kits. I sold two old Monogram TD bike kits for almost 500 bucks, and I just sold an original Roth Mailbox Chopper for 175.00. That one I cant figure out, because of the reissue, and the fact that I listed it right before the reissues hit the shelves, and could not get one bid on it! Go figure? I still have two of the reissued ones, which is fine for me!
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Post by donculley on Mar 19, 2008 8:09:41 GMT -6
Well , to play the devils advocate, I can see someone paying 300.00 for that kit. Its a 40 year old annual kit. I know that may not seem old for must of us,but when I look at my five year old son and think that I was his age in 1966 ,I know 40 years is a looong time ! I've never seen one come up on ebay before, and its not the usual fastback, but a coupe. If you're a guy that has one original or restored, it would be cool to have a kit in your collection of fairlane stuff . If theres two guys that can afford the kit and want it bad enough, who know what it could go for ?
On a similar note, a while ago I found a 73 duster 340 promo car in mist green, which is the same color my 340 car is.Its kind of a rare color as it wasn't popular,and in the 25+ years I owned the real car, I'd never seen a mist green promo. The guy wanted 275.00 firm for it, and wouldn't bargain. I almost walked away until my friend said " you've never seen one before, and its just like your car- when do you think you'll find another ?"
I bought it and never regretted it !
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Post by plowboy on Mar 19, 2008 9:22:04 GMT -6
300 bucks??? Hell, I have spent at least a few thousand on parts I didn't even use on my bubbletop. Ha Ha Ha
If you look at it in that kind of perspective, it doesn't seem so bad.
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It's gotta be that GoodYear decal.... 
