DIE-CAST does anyone here collect'em?

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February 2nd, 2004, 08:17 PM
virtualNYC

relatively recently, i've begun picking up more and more die-cast cars, namely jada toys die cast----soze i was curious if'n any of yooz collected as well

if not, just say yahtzee http://www.hostboard.com/forums/
February 2nd, 2004, 08:32 PM
Spore

Just the little'uns....

http://members.rogers.com/toddbennet...eous/hw001.jpg
February 2nd, 2004, 08:34 PM
Dokujitsu

DeLoreans!
February 2nd, 2004, 08:44 PM
TCM Hitchhiker

Pretty much just monster and TV/Movie related ones here and there.

[ February 02, 2004 04:45 PM: Message edited by: TCM Hitchhiker ]
February 2nd, 2004, 08:48 PM
Genetic Disposition

I am interested in seeing really high end die cast items. Where would I look for such a thing?
February 2nd, 2004, 08:53 PM
virtualNYC

Quote:

Originally posted by Figment?:
I am interested in seeing really high end die cast items. Where would I look for such a thing?

in my opinion fig, jada toys makes great die cast cars, however many of'em come dropped with officially licensed rims and whatnot, but still highly detailed

my buddy collects hot wheels stuff and while i keep an eye out for him, i could never appreciate die-cast 'til i saw jada's stuff---i just got rid of most of my 1:24 & 1:18 scale import racers and have narrowed down my "need" to 1:64

also, johnny lightning and hot wheels do make "high end" stuff, just not anything that grabs me like jada does

and all this is assuming you meant die-cast cars http://www.hostboard.com/forums/
February 2nd, 2004, 08:58 PM
DARTH POOH

I used to be a huge collector of die cast cars.
It started with Classics , then NASCAR. (I used to work for RCCA-Action Performance) Most are now packed away in favor of figure collecting.
I eventually plan to catalogue and sell the greater part of my collection, saving only some very favorite classics and a few favorite NASCAR
and NHRA driver's cars. I mostly collected the
1/24 and 1/64 scale. My classics are 1/18 scale,
and those take up serious space!! It was fun, but ironically, it was while I worked at Action that
a friend of mine brought in some McFarlane MM1 figures. Then after seing the original Series 13
'Curse of the Spawn' I bought it. Then S14 came out and when I picked up a Mandarin Spawn for $7.99 at TRU it was all over http://www.hostboard.com/forums/ I went from buying expensive die-cast to buying McFarlane figures. I've been a figure junkie since. http://www.hostboard.com/forums/
February 2nd, 2004, 09:02 PM
virtualNYC

Quote:

Originally posted by DARTH POOH:
I used to be a huge collector of die cast cars.
It started with Classics , then NASCAR. (I used to work for RCCA-Action Performance) Most are now packed away in favor of figure collecting.
I eventually plan to catalogue and sell the greater part of my collection, saving only some very favorite classics and a few favorite NASCAR
and NHRA driver's cars. I mostly collected the
1/24 and 1/64 scale. My classics are 1/18 scale,
and those take up serious space!! It was fun, but ironically, it was while I worked at Action that
a friend of mine brought in some McFarlane MM1 figures. Then after seing the original Series 13
'Curse of the Spawn' I bought it. Then S14 came out and when I picked up a Mandarin Spawn for $7.99 at TRU it was all over http://www.hostboard.com/forums/ I went from buying expensive die-cast to buying McFarlane figures. I've been a figure junkie since. http://www.hostboard.com/forums/

hell, before toys, all i collected was stamps http://www.hostboard.com/forums/

and pooh, let me know when you 've got yer nascar stuff catalogued---my friend gus is a HUGE nascar fan and i believe he'd pay top dollar for select items
February 2nd, 2004, 09:13 PM
pairadocs

Yup - I collect Muscle Machines (1:64 and 1:18 scale), Import Tuners (by Muscle Machines), and Jada/Dub City 1:24 ones.

http://www.hostboard.com/forums/ http://www.hostboard.com/forums/
February 2nd, 2004, 09:33 PM
virtualNYC

Quote:

Originally posted by pairadocs:
Yup - I collect Muscle Machines (1:64 and 1:18 scale), Import Tuners (by Muscle Machines), and Jada/Dub City 1:24 ones.

http://www.hostboard.com/forums/ http://www.hostboard.com/forums/

the 1:24 dub city are hot!---had to dump a few recently---the ones i have left are my impalas---have you seen a 1:24 '67 impala around your way?
February 2nd, 2004, 09:36 PM
pairadocs

Quote:

Originally posted by virtualNYC:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by pairadocs:
Yup - I collect Muscle Machines (1:64 and 1:18 scale), Import Tuners (by Muscle Machines), and Jada/Dub City 1:24 ones.

http://www.hostboard.com/forums/ http://www.hostboard.com/forums/

the 1:24 dub city are hot!---had to dump a few recently---the ones i have left are my impalas---have you seen a 1:24 '67 impala around your way?<hr /></blockquote>Just the other day as a matter of fact! I can go back and look to see if they still have it if you want!

You like the 1:64 ones? I saw the new ones there too...
February 2nd, 2004, 09:40 PM
Nomalas

I just started collecting the 1:18 TV and movie cars. So far I've picked up the Batmobile, the Mach 5, BOTH Munsters cars and Starsky's "striped tomato". I'm also going toget the ETCO-1 when it comes out.
February 2nd, 2004, 10:13 PM
Street Worm

I get a few-
If they're Munster, Monster or Big Daddy Roth related I'll get them.

Thinking of picking up the 1:18 Tom Daniel cars, but I have to see them first-look a little cheap in the promo pics.

And I'll be picking up the 1:18 Flintmobile at the end of Aug.
February 3rd, 2004, 02:26 PM
virtualNYC

Quote:

Originally posted by pairadocs:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by virtualNYC:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by pairadocs:
Yup - I collect Muscle Machines (1:64 and 1:18 scale), Import Tuners (by Muscle Machines), and Jada/Dub City 1:24 ones.

http://www.hostboard.com/forums/ http://www.hostboard.com/forums/

the 1:24 dub city are hot!---had to dump a few recently---the ones i have left are my impalas---have you seen a 1:24 '67 impala around your way?<hr /></blockquote>Just the other day as a matter of fact! I can go back and look to see if they still have it if you want!

You like the 1:64 ones? I saw the new ones there too...<hr /></blockquote>if you'd look for me, i'd be eternally grateful

i had to slim back to strictly 1:64 because of a) space & b) money---i just picked up 7 of what i think are the new ones, they were under the "old skool" label---i'm still missin' a ton and jada's website is meh and don't forget all the color variants
February 3rd, 2004, 02:31 PM
virtualNYC

Quote:

Originally posted by Nomalas:
I just started collecting the 1:18 TV and movie cars. So far I've picked up the Batmobile, the Mach 5, BOTH Munsters cars and Starsky's "striped tomato". I'm also going toget the ETCO-1 when it comes out.

johnny lightning makes great 1:64 scale cars along the TV & movie lines---i picked up all the simpsons cars they made on every card variation because i'm goofy like that http://www.hostboard.com/forums/
February 3rd, 2004, 02:33 PM
virtualNYC

Quote:

Originally posted by Street Worm:
I get a few-
If they're Munster, Monster or Big Daddy Roth related I'll get them.

Thinking of picking up the 1:18 Tom Daniel cars, but I have to see them first-look a little cheap in the promo pics.

And I'll be picking up the 1:18 Flintmobile at the end of Aug.

poor paint apps and materials on die0cast are just as bad as a poorly made fig---i've passed up plenty of cars i don't have based on poor paint apps alone---that shit drives me nuts http://www.hostboard.com/forums/
February 3rd, 2004, 02:35 PM
Skull-n-Bones

I lOve Maisto 1:18 cars...Racing Champions 1:64, and Eagle's Race 1:43
My fav site is www.towerhobbies.com
www.ediecast.com

my wall o' doom....
http://www.prowleronline.com/scrapbo...58/a-wall3.jpg

My Prowler in every scale possible....
http://www.prowleronline.com/scrapbo...owlersgood.jpg

My model 1:24 garage photographed outside...
http://www.prowleronline.com/scrapbo...rage3small.jpg
http://www.prowleronline.com/scrapbo...door-small.jpg
February 3rd, 2004, 02:38 PM
virtualNYC

SnB---where do i get one of them there garages?

i've got a crapload of '96 impalas in whatever scale i can find them in http://www.hostboard.com/forums/
February 3rd, 2004, 02:38 PM
Skull-n-Bones

This is 5 scale 1:43 prowlers in front of a photo from last years car show....cool, huh?

http://www.hostboard.com/forums/

This is a black and silver Prowler where I swapped the hoods and trunk to make my Black Tie, and a "Tuxedo Edition".
http://www.hostboard.com/forums/
February 3rd, 2004, 02:42 PM
virtualNYC

Quote:

Originally posted by Skull-n-Bones:
This is 5 scale 1:43 prowlers in front of a photo from last years car show....cool, huh?

http://www.prowleronline.com/scrapbo...frame-cars.jpg

This is a black and silver Prowler where I swapped the hoods and trunk to make my Black Tie, and a "Tuxedo Edition".
http://www.prowleronline.com/scrapbo...ear-3-4eml.jpg

i love the set-up and the "black tie/tuxedo edition" prowlers are hot---i did the same thing with 2 1:24 jada celicas---whatever happened to the "howler"?
February 3rd, 2004, 02:50 PM
Skull-n-Bones

Virch...It's called Joe's Power Plus Garage. 1/24 scale. I shortened mine to fit on a shelf..it's much bigger when built as intended...I tried to find the site I bought it from, but can't remember. Try Yahoo hobby shops?

http://www.prowleronline.com/scrapbo...ge3-4front.jpg
February 3rd, 2004, 02:51 PM
pairadocs

Quote:

Originally posted by virtualNYC:
if you'd look for me, i'd be eternally grateful

i had to slim back to strictly 1:64 because of a) space & b) money---i just picked up 7 of what i think are the new ones, they were under the "old skool" label---i'm still missin' a ton and jada's website is meh and don't forget all the color variants

Ah, i think the ones I saw were the ones you just got, but I'll check and see if they still have that Impala for ya.
February 3rd, 2004, 03:23 PM
virtualNYC

Quote:

Originally posted by Skull-n-Bones:
Virch...It's called Joe's Power Plus Garage. 1/24 scale. I shortened mine to fit on a shelf..it's much bigger when built as intended...I tried to find the site I bought it from, but can't remember. Try Yahoo hobby shops?

thank you sir, will do http://www.hostboard.com/forums/
February 3rd, 2004, 03:25 PM
virtualNYC

Quote:

Originally posted by pairadocs:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by virtualNYC:
if you'd look for me, i'd be eternally grateful

i had to slim back to strictly 1:64 because of a) space & b) money---i just picked up 7 of what i think are the new ones, they were under the "old skool" label---i'm still missin' a ton and jada's website is meh and don't forget all the color variants

Ah, i think the ones I saw were the ones you just got, but I'll check and see if they still have that Impala for ya.<hr /></blockquote>you sir, are a gentleman and a scholar and one spiffy dude---i've been hunting for that impala for months http://www.hostboard.com/forums/
February 3rd, 2004, 05:54 PM
Skull-n-Bones

HEY VIRCH!!! some 67's in 1:24

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXDNR0&P=7

http://www2.gpmd.com/image/j/jadv3317.jpg

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXDNT5&P=7

http://www2.gpmd.com/image/j/jadv3311.jpg

you have these already?

[ February 03, 2004 01:55 PM: Message edited by: Skull-n-Bones ]
February 3rd, 2004, 06:01 PM
virtualNYC

i don't---those are the ones i've been lookin' for---my only issue with ordering cars off the net are paint apps---i can't peruse the selection

how's the quality from that site http://www.hostboard.com/forums/
February 3rd, 2004, 06:03 PM
Street Worm

Wow!
That "Joe's Garage" rocks!
February 3rd, 2004, 06:32 PM
StV

VNYC,
...find out what your NASCAR friend is looking for. I've got about 10,000 pieces of die-cast, most of it NASCAR. I've been thinking of moving some of it. I go way back to, flat bottom Racing Champions, all scales, cars and haulers and lots more.
February 3rd, 2004, 07:21 PM
virtualNYC

Quote:

Originally posted by StV:
VNYC,
...find out what your NASCAR friend is looking for. I've got about 10,000 pieces of die-cast, most of it NASCAR. I've been thinking of moving some of it. I go way back to, flat bottom Racing Champions, all scales, cars and haulers and lots more.

i just left him a message---i'll let you know ASAP---thanks mr. the victim [img]eek.gif[/img]
February 5th, 2004, 05:04 PM
virtualNYC

Quote:

Originally posted by Street Worm:
Ever seen a 1:18 Diecast of the (TV) "Highway Patrol" car?

http://www.highwaypatroltv.com/Buick...ickcentury.jpg

-1955 Buick Model 68 Century-

I'd kill for a real one, but a good quality repro would work.......(for now)

http://www.highwaypatroltv.com/Buick...2001-small.jpg

this thing? [img]tongue.gif[/img]
http://mitglied.lycos.de/diecastclas...s/cars/080.jpg
February 5th, 2004, 05:05 PM
virtualNYC

lookin' at it closer---it's almost the same [img]graemlins/whatever.gif[/img]
February 5th, 2004, 05:06 PM
Street Worm

Woah!
Enough chrome that it lists as a second color!!!!!

Yeah, where do I get one of those that there?
February 5th, 2004, 05:41 PM
virtualNYC

Quote:

Originally posted by Street Worm:
Woah!
Enough chrome that it lists as a second color!!!!!

Yeah, where do I get one of those that there?

i found it on some dutch site, but i'm assuming there are a few more floatin' around

i entered 1955 buick model 68 century die cast into google and it was the 4th or 5th link down [img]eek.gif[/img]
February 5th, 2004, 06:08 PM
pairadocs

Quote:

Originally posted by virtualNYC:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by pairadocs:
vnc - no luck on the impala, man, sorry. Someone snabbed it. They did have the '96 one, plus the 1:64 scale Fire Dept. and Police Impalas though.

Interested?

i have the 1:64 scale police & fire and the 2 1:24 '96's (red & white---i think there's a black one out there), but thank you for looking for me, it's much appreciated

i catalogued all my 1:64 dubs last night---i felt like such a geek http://www.hostboard.com/forums/ <hr /></blockquote>Yup - they had the black one.

I picked up a 1:24 '51 Mercury. It's badass... but orange, so I'm gonna paint it flat black tonight, and put a West Coast logo on the trunk lid (it'll be like Jesse's car) http://www.hostboard.com/forums/

Yeah, picked up a few new 1:18 WestCoast Choppers too... now I can't find the 1:10 Sturgis Special one anywhere. Shoulda nabbed it when I saw it. Doh.
February 5th, 2004, 06:16 PM
virtualNYC

i forgot all about the chopped mercs---i think the orange one is hella better than the black, alas i'll be gettin' both

as soon as i see'em
February 5th, 2004, 06:19 PM
pairadocs

I didn't see a black one, or I'd have gotten it. I like the flat black look on those.

The old Mercs rock. I have the Muscle Machine ones... Gonna do a flame job on one as soon as I set up an airbrush booth in my basement. One of these years [img]wink.gif[/img]
February 6th, 2004, 04:48 AM
pairadocs

vnc - no luck on the impala, man, sorry. Someone snabbed it. They did have the '96 one, plus the 1:64 scale Fire Dept. and Police Impalas though.

Interested?
February 6th, 2004, 04:52 AM
virtualNYC

Quote:

Originally posted by pairadocs:
vnc - no luck on the impala, man, sorry. Someone snabbed it. They did have the '96 one, plus the 1:64 scale Fire Dept. and Police Impalas though.

Interested?

i have the 1:64 scale police & fire and the 2 1:24 '96's (red & white---i think there's a black one out there), but thank you for looking for me, it's much appreciated

i catalogued all my 1:64 dubs last night---i felt like such a geek http://www.hostboard.com/forums/
February 6th, 2004, 04:59 AM
Street Worm

Ever seen a 1:18 Diecast of the (TV) "Highway Patrol" car?

http://www.hostboard.com/forums/hbmc...2004/02/18.jpg

-1955 Buick Model 68 Century-

I'd kill for a real one, but a good quality repro would work.......(for now)

http://www.hostboard.com/forums/hbmc...2004/02/19.jpg
February 6th, 2004, 04:59 AM
AngelsDemon

The only ones I'd even remotely think about collecting would be the Muscle Machines Jesse James Westcoast Choppers collection and the OCC choppers.. The reason I don't is because I'd like a full size, real Chopper myself, and those will only make me want one more and get impatient. I plan on eventually owning a chopper to sport around for weekend "Sunday" drives.

[ February 05, 2004 01:13 PM: Message edited by: AngelsDemon ]

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