1/64 Model Collectors Thread

[a6m5]

Glad you liked the post. It was fun to do. More and more I want to convey the joy of seeing old cars as they were. Any Japanese car show I go to, the stock or nearly stock just stands out more. They are always more clean, more loved, and more pure. I don't mind a little lowering, or a set of Wats from an aesthetic standpoint, but much more than that the car loses its personality. That is one of the reasons I LOVE TLV. If bosozoku is your thing, why not buy the TLV Super Silhouettes to get a sense of the scene's origins. Anyway, I will stop...

I think it is the light on the CR-X. Just took a gander and the tire is in place. Hard to know why it came out like that. It is definitely closer to the light sitting on the trailer. The rims on the CR-X do protrude a tad from the tires.

Well said & wow...... I never even made the connection between silhouette racers & bosozoku cars before.

Not that I didn't believe you, but I got curious, so I looked it up on Wikipedia & sure enough, Japanese language section broke down bosozoku to several types & it was noted that those referred to as the "街道レーサー" or "Kaido Racer"('kaido' similar to old highways) did have rides inspired by silhouette race cars. If you clicked on the link, you'd have witnessed bosozoku cars that looks like silhouette cars designed by bunch of toddlers.

Well, I learned something today. Thanks John!

 

[Spacegoat]

Its a trap for me and I've not bought one thing off there.

You're welcome. 👍

f you clicked on the link, you'd have witnessed bosozoku cars that looks like silhouette cars designed by bunch of toddlers.

Ha! Speaking of Silhouette cars, scrolling down I noticed this. Awesome.

 

[a6m5]

What I just saw on Amiami

What I have instead

How that makes me feel

Edit: I just ordered this, then it's gone "sold out" too. I'm not sure what this thing is, but I remember it somehow from my childhood. Maybe I've seen it on TV, or friends had similar toy, I'm not sure.

You're welcome. 👍

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Ha! Speaking of Silhouette cars, scrolling down I noticed this. Awesome.

I did see that. Believe me!

 

[Johnny1996]

You're welcome. 👍

 

[AOS-]

New page? New pics!

Hardly a Fat Boy. Pretty decent bike casting. Lots of detailing could be happening.

The second K1300R to be released.

Thank god these can stand up on its own unlike the Ducati 1098R

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Thought the second BMW bike was the orange one?

 

[Daniel008]

 

[AOS-]

Thought the second BMW bike was the orange one?

You're right. My mistake.

(changes blog entry)

 

[Ken]

I just picked up that same BMW yesterday.

 

[Dagger311]

 

[Ken]

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I want them all!

 

[AOS-]

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I want them all!

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Hey if you're looking to get your hands on a load of cars, I can hook you up. PM me if you're interested.

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

That's a weird dump bin.

 

[a6m5]

That's two displays stacked on top of each other(I've yet to see it), and no, they aren't dump bins. This is:

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

That's two displays stacked on top of each other(I've yet to see it), and no, they aren't dump bins. This is:

At the Walmart I get new cars has a metal one.

 

[Ken]

I couldn't reach the top two rows of that display and I'm 6'3".

 

[a6m5]

At the Walmart I get new cars has a metal one.

Like the metal wire basket type. I've seen those. They are the worst.

I couldn't reach the top two rows of that display and I'm 6'3".

@R1600Turbo has dealt with those before. I think he ended up "borrowing" step ladder or something? Stacking those things on top of one another makes no sense.

 

[CodeRedR51]

That's a weird dump bin.

At the Walmart I get new cars has a metal one.

You must not go to many grocery stores. That's how they get their cars. And your Walmart probably just dumps them in the metal bin but they received the cars in the cardboard one.

 

[Ken]

@R1600Turbo, the display I posted earlier is from my local grocer.

And I picked these out of it:

 

[Spacegoat]

Edit: I just ordered this, then it's gone "sold out" too. I'm not sure what this thing is, but I remember it somehow from my childhood. Maybe I've seen it on TV, or friends had similar toy, I'm not sure.

I have no idea what the hell that thing is. But hey, it (maybe) has sentimental value for you. So cool beans. 👍

 

[CodeRedR51]

The Auto World chase car I found the other day sold for nearly $25.

 

[a6m5]

That Acura sucked(my nephew has it now. hehe....), but picked up the correct Mystery Model for myself the other day:

Hot Wheels Mystery Models '66 Chevy Nova





Also opened couple of cars today:

Greenlight Up in Flames 1968 Dodge Charger




Hot Wheels RLC Olds 442 Police Crusier & Chief's Special

I have no idea what the hell that thing is. But hey, it (maybe) has sentimental value for you. So cool beans. 👍

Yeah, some kind of throwback toy.

P.S. Did you see the latest AutoArt gadgets on AmiAmi? I so want that racing wheel umbrella holder. Gear shifter coat hook's cool, too.

 

[AOS-]

Those gotdamn tail lights on the Charger

Oh and that Nova. I should have mine by Monday.

 

[Ken]

That Nova.......drool.

 

[Spacegoat]

(my nephew has it now. hehe....),

That poor kid...

The Nova is sweet by the way and don't get me started on that GL Charger. 👍

P.S. Did you see the latest AutoArt gadgets on AmiAmi? I so want that racing wheel umbrella holder. Gear shifter coat hook's cool, too.

I've got real no use for it but I so need that umbrella holder in my life, also the Muffler salt & pepper grinders.

 

[a6m5]

Pepper grinders? I missed that. I'm HUGE on black pepper.

I've always liked that Nova. I recently sold the ZAMAC version for nothing on TTP, and it was one of those deals that I regretted it as soon as I sold it. I guess it's the price of trimming down the collection size.

 

[Spacegoat]

Pepper grinders? I missed that. I'm HUGE on black pepper.

Link. Right next to the "Carbon fiber" tissue box. And to keep this slightly on-topic, I've got my fingers and toes crossed that my TLV's arrive tomorrow. I need that Isuzu coupe damn it!

 

[a6m5]

Link. Right next to the "Carbon fiber" tissue box. And to keep this slightly on-topic, I've got my fingers and toes crossed that my TLV's arrive tomorrow. I need that Isuzu coupe damn it!

What is happening with AutoArt!?

I got a surprise on that Kyosho Lotus Europa(Circuit Wolf) today. It was ordered I think on Sunday? It's here(well, at my post office). I won't bother picking it up until Monday, after work, but it is amazing how much faster shipping from China is. In my neck of the woods, it has lot to do with the Customs. Japanese packages go thru L.A. Customs, which can take days, and the postal service there seems just as slow. Chinese packages go thru San Francisco, and man, it cuts down by about a week right there.

It's so annoying sometimes, because when I track Japanese packages, after they pass thru Customs at Tokyo, it takes exactly one day to enter L.A., then they just sit there.[/rant]

 

[Spacegoat]

It's so annoying sometimes, because when I track Japanese packages, after they pass thru Customs at Tokyo, it takes exactly one day to enter L.A., then they just sit there.[/rant]

Is this the part where I mention Hawaii? Nope? 'Kay. I have no idea where my packages pass through, I tried the tracking number once with the 260Z, it went through Tokyo and that's all I know, the number didn't work again after that. Haven't bothered to try any of the others since. With the Air package option stuff from AmiAmi tends to normally take like 6-10 days.

 

[Pophead]

Anyone here know the approximate value of the 2010 Blue Bugatti Veyron in the Hot Auction series?

Only have twenty-one of them to value.....