Author Topic: Automotive Models and Diecasts (Read 90238 times)

Blueprint · « **Reply #140 on:** December 16, 2014, 01:08:54 pm »

If you grew up in the '70s and '80s, this collection is just toooo much! Expensive though at 60$ each for 1:43...but just look at the chrome luggage rack on that Mustang II !

http://blog.caranddriver.com/buy-these-malaise-era-american-iron-immortalized-in-awesome-143-scale/

mrthompson · « **Reply #141 on:** December 16, 2014, 01:43:08 pm »

^Awesome and ugly!

Weels · « **Reply #142 on:** March 04, 2015, 01:24:39 pm »

Sucks that this store is closing - i bought a few from them over the years & made the drive to their store in Kingston once too.
Looks like there may be some good deals though:

http://www.diecastbymail.ca/

Snowman · « **Reply #143 on:** March 04, 2015, 03:44:08 pm »

Quote from: Weels on March 04, 2015, 01:24:39 pm

Sucks that this store is closing - i bought a few from them over the years & made the drive to their store in Kingston once too.
Looks like there may be some good deals though:

http://www.diecastbymail.ca/

Sad

I bought from there but that is what happens when people shop south of the border, walmart, or buy krap from China.

TheHire · « **Reply #144 on:** March 05, 2015, 09:47:36 pm »

Really sad. I just ordered a couple from them now, at 30% off.

Patrick_D1 · « **Reply #145 on:** March 21, 2015, 08:17:28 pm »

This is why I never really mind if my wife wants to check out an antiques store:

Authentic Minichamps model for $15.

Blueprint · « **Reply #146 on:** December 23, 2015, 02:08:56 pm »

Nice find!

Bumping the topic up ... seems that hobby store is still up and working!

Weels · « **Reply #147 on:** December 23, 2015, 02:38:40 pm »

^ Looks like my old link goes to a store in Quebec.
Old place used to be in Kingston

Blueprint · « **Reply #148 on:** December 23, 2015, 03:55:22 pm »

Quote from: Weels on December 23, 2015, 02:38:40 pm

^ Looks like my old link goes to a store in Quebec.
Old place used to be in Kingston

So the domain exists, but the store behind it changed, and moved! If you look at the pics, it's a pretty nice store, but located in the middle of nowhere between Montreal and Trois-Riviere along highway 40.

I have no idea on what are good diecast prices, but the model kit section seems to have pretty good prices. Looking at their shelves, we could turn poor in there.

Bubba · « **Reply #149 on:** December 23, 2015, 05:07:12 pm »

Coworker gave me this.

Railton · « **Reply #150 on:** December 23, 2015, 05:09:52 pm »

Boss!
Railton

KD · « **Reply #151 on:** December 23, 2015, 05:12:35 pm »

Quote from: Winklovic on December 23, 2015, 05:07:12 pm

Coworker gave me this.

Bubba · « **Reply #152 on:** December 24, 2015, 01:54:25 pm »

Quote from: life in the slow lane on December 24, 2015, 12:54:06 pm

Quote from: Winklovic on December 23, 2015, 05:07:12 pm
Coworker gave me this.

Love the colour. Co worker knows your taste in cars.

He knows I'm a Mopar guy.

TheHire · « **Reply #153 on:** December 24, 2015, 04:49:58 pm »

I love Lego - it's a guilty pleasure! This Expert Creator set was over 1200 pieces, I believe.

KD · « **Reply #154 on:** December 25, 2015, 08:25:39 am »

There was a total of >3400 pierces in the 4 Lego sets that my nephew got for Christmas!

I still prefer when you could just buy the generic blocks and build whatever came into your imagination. $:-\$

Bubba · « **Reply #155 on:** December 25, 2015, 11:24:48 am »

My brother and I would build dragsters and race them. Surprising, eh?

Bubba · « **Reply #156 on:** April 15, 2016, 06:59:44 pm »

I could not resist buying this: 1966 Dodge A100 by Matchbox.

Simple photograph: one overhead light, bounced flash, blank sheet of paper.

Arthur Dent · « **Reply #157 on:** April 15, 2016, 10:32:37 pm »

Nice one - I'll look out for one to add to my collection.

Trainman · « **Reply #158 on:** June 25, 2016, 10:04:41 pm »

Some my recent additions, all used except for the 240Z that I got when our local Zellers was closing down a few years back and the 2000 GT that I picked up at the Toyota technology center on our trip to Japan in 2014:

Its amazing how much detail is hidden in the XJ220:

This is what you can see when it is all together:

And some from various states of disassembly:

A lot of these were very dirty and required disassembly to clean, that is why the 220 is like this. Some are also damaged, but all less than $25 except the XKSS that was $30. Focusing on Jags in case you couldn't tell

Railton · « **Reply #159 on:** June 25, 2016, 10:12:33 pm »

Boss!

Railton