Post your Diecast / Model / Toy car collection

[Rob79]

Here's some pics of my model / toy car and truck collection.
I also have other 80's Tonka vehicles (not pictured)

Pictured here are many early 90's E30 M3 DTM/BTCC race cars, made by Paul's Model art for Minichamps. They are 1/43 scale.
Most I paid $30 each, now worth over $120+



Here a nice rare Renault 5, made in France by Majorette.
Behind that is a matchbox VW Bus, made in England by lesney. The 70's VW Buses are very collectible.



Here's a recent pickup - Early 60's Friction toy truck made by Marx toys. It is tin and plastic. Made in Japan.
Below is a 1988 civic hatch , made by minichamps. Limited production.



1981 ERTL (Hong Kong) Dukes of hazard car,
1976 T-Totaller Hot wheels (Hong kong)
1977 Zylmex D20 (Hong Kong) Volkswagen Beetle



CRX X-concepts Modifiers diecast
1991 Burago (Made in Italy) 1/43 Ferrari F40 Diecast
1973 Corgi (Made in Gt. Britain) 1/36 Austin London Taxi



1960's AHI War log truck
1970 Matchbox Lesney (Made in England) Mini cooper



1:18 AUTOART BMW M3 1991 Macau Grand Prix 991 - #6 Watson's
1:18 Minichamps BMW M3 24h Spa 1992 - #5 Martin/Soper/Danner
1:18 UT Models BMW E36 M3 GTR 1999 (Alpina white RAREST COLOR 150pcs!)




1:18 BMW Dealer James Bond BMW Z8 - 2000
1:18 AUTOART BMW M3 DTM
1:18 Chevy Impala Lowrider



couple 1980's Buddy L metal trucks, bburago 911 racecar, bobcat truck and skidsteer with trailer.



1980's Herpa (Made in Canada) plastic trailer truck,
1:24 1996 Burago (Made in Italy) BMW M Roadster
1:16 Motorcycle battery operated)




Here's a couple vintage 1950's or pre-war lead toys.
The orange racecar is a made by midgetoy, and the yellow tanker truck has no badging on it. Anyone know what the manufacture is ? It is not a tootsietoy.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

Fascinating die-cast collection of cars 'n' trucks you've got there, Rob79. Not to mention you might recall seeing some of those Matchbox, Corgi, Tomica and Mattel Hot Wheels, produced 1/64th scale die-cast vehicles back in the late '70s into the early '80s stateside (with Kyosho, Burago and Maisto with their own lineup in the late '90s and into the early 2000s). The Tomy of America subsidairy did distribute the 1/64th scale die-cast Tomica Pocket Cars lineup in the USA back in the late 70s and into the early 80s before discontinuing the practice. Some of those 1/64th scale Hot Wheels (like the early '80s Hi-Rakers fetch some serious $$ these days). I do recall of those slick Matchbox vehicles being made in Lesney, England back in the 70s and in the 80s before Mattel ending up buying the MB license and producing them under their own banner. Some of those late 70s and early 80s Matchbox Rollamatics were neat with moving features and parts if you rolled them either forward or backwards indeed.

Some of those 1/18th scale die-scale cars are impressive with their working features such as spring loaded suspension on all four wheels, opening doors, trunks & hoods, and movable steering functionality.

If you start to delve into the larger 1/12th or bigger scales, then more impressive features await you with the larger scale die-cast vehicle collecting world.

Not to mention with the German produced Darda cars and track sets that premired worldwide back in '82 and being able to use those cool Hot Wheels produced battery-powered XV (short for "Xtreme Velocity") Racers on 'em Darda tracks for non-stop fun 'n' thrills.

It used to be that Mattel would include a single HW Treasure Hunt vehicle per shipper box but stopped doing that stint a while back. So nowadays, it's like you don't know what'll be available inside if you end up buying a full shipper box of 96 pieces of brand new HW every September when they first go on sale in North America. There's always buying the entire year's HW Treasure Hunts bundled set but at the asking price of $250.00+ USD. Damn!

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Hot Wheels Factoid: Mattel used to release the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile 1/64th scale vehicle occassionally but they don't do that anymore (plus it's highly desired/prized for it's unique novelity factor alone). So yeah, I do have a HW OMWienermobile in my HW collection.
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Back in early 2000, I was browsing inside a huge Japanese Toys-R-Us store and was tickled pink to see such American HWs being sold for a mere 1,000 yen (when it was cheaper to buy 'em in the USA at a mere 99 cent to a $1.29 at the most). It was no problem finding the usual Tomy produced Tomica lineup in 'em Japanese toy stores.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[Rob79]

In today's market, collectibles are a tough sell.
Younger people dont collect anything... only spend most of their extra money on monthly phone bills and useless video games...etc

[MOSQUITO FIGHTER]

I have a ton of toy cars from back in the day. All my stuff is in storage right now though. Don't remember if I have any rare ones or not. I do remember having some Hot Wheels from the 70's. I still buy them sometimes to alleviate some boredom. They only cost a dollar. I actually just bought a complete Fast & Furious set yesterday. I lucked out on finding the Mustang. The scalpers are really price gouging on that one at the moment.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

Yeah, as with any of the rare HW to finish off a particular matching set, it can seal the deal or not. With the scalpers, they out to rake in the dough with the uber rare ones indeed. Even the rare HW one-offs or production errors and still sold at retail command big money on the secondary HW market these days.

Some of those one-of-a-kind promotional HWs given out at the once-a-year Toy Fair event, those are the ones to try to get ahold of (as they aren't sold at retail anyways).

Even Nascar Sprint Cup racer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., lent his fanasty design skills to create a one-of-a-kind 1/64th scale HW car sometime back. It's a lot of work in creating a larger scale HW car and to fine tune it before shrinking it down to it's final 1/64th scale form for general release worldwide.

I thought that Mattel was nuts to offer HW collectors the chance to acquire a 100 new HW vehicles for the 1/64th scale 2005 lineup (when the average yearly release was in the new 35 to 40 vehicles range per year in regards to the new HW new vehicle collection). WTF?

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[Rob79]

This is crazy ! Over 7000 vintage peices went for sale !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppAMM22hF1I

Auction

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7qeA2mnZ3M

[PC Engine Fan X!]

Whoa, all those vintage cars and trucks in that particular auction -- why that's from the American Kaybee Toys founder, Donald Kaufman. No shit. Very impressive indeed. If it brings happiness to the winning bidder, so be it. As with any collection, it can surely be slow going, acquiring one here and there over the years. Of course, plently of $$$, time, patience and not to mention luck or being at the right place at the right time to score big time.

I've noticed that the Tonka die-cast metal toys that were sold in the 1970s, they were better constructed than the ones sold later on in the years to come, stateside. Just my two cents there.

I recall going to one of my former co-worker's house, and he had a entire room filled with nothing but brand new Kenner Star Wars figures, space ships, etc from 1978, all the original Kenner produced TESB and RoTJ toys, action figures, etc. It was like stepping into a toy store from that time period with everything all brand new and in immaculate condition. My jaw just about hit the floor upon seeing all those priceless SW toys and what not. I can recall the mad rush to score all the 1st edition Star Wars Episode 1 action figures back in 1999 before the big screen debut. It'll happen again in time for the upcoming 2015 Kenner SW toy lineup.

As the ol' saying goes: He who dies with the most toys, wins!

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[Rob79]

I've noticed that the Tonka die-cast metal toys that were sold in the 1970s, they were better constructed than the ones sold later on in the years to come, stateside. Just my two cents there.

Pre 1980 Tonkas are best. Particular 1950's and 1960's.

http://www.tonkatoys.com/Tonka%20Museum.html

[MOSQUITO FIGHTER]

Pre 1980 Tonkas are best. Particular 1950's and 1960's.

http://www.tonkatoys.com/Tonka%20Museum.html

Yeah, I remember having that 1964 Jeep. Those things were indestructible. They must have made those really well, because it lasted long enough for me to inherit it 80's. I think I still have it around somewhere. Most toys these days seem to be made really cheap. I noticed that the new transformers look especially crappy.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

The thing about all those new Transformer toys sold at retail, it takes a full two years from initial concept to actual production/released at retail from the likes of Tomy-Takara. Sure, the original Transformers toys that were sold in the USA back in late 1984, those were made with a combination of both die-cast metal and plastic parts (from the Diaclone series sold in Japan). It's still the same combination of metal and plastic parts with the Japanese Transformers nowadays whereas with the American TFs, they're entirely comprised of plastic parts (unless you take into consideration the Hasbro TF Titanium Series lineup with their die-cast metal parts indeed).

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[Rob79]

This is crazy ! Over 7000 vintage peices went for sale !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppAMM22hF1I

Auction

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7qeA2mnZ3M