Excellent. That list will be a big help when I compile the Hot Wheels, Johnny Lightning, Matchbox, etc. list (with photos).

James

 

I checked my JL LY/B and you guys are right it has no stripes, sorry about that.

Bobbie

 

Got that one too, just don't remember where I got it. it was over a year ago that I found it.

Bobbie

 

... but I'm proud of this piece in my collection. It's an AutoArt Millennium BMW 2002. The detail is amazing!

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...942761130&rd=1


Sweet looking!

 

Ha...I have one better...My Fly 1/32 3.2 CSL slot car

 

I don't normally do this, posting eBay items, but it's been out there for a few hours already and it's a buy-it-now auction so what the heck........


2003 Hot Wheels Trade Week MINI Cooper for $49.99 plus $5 shipping. If you've got deep pockets this is, from what I've seen, a fantastic price for this item. Last year they were going for upwards of $130.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=STRK:MEWA:IT


Good Luck

 

Wow, $50 for a 1/64th scale! I can't imagine spending that much on a Hot Wheel, no matter how rare.

 

Hence my "deep pockets" comment! There are folks out there that will at the drop of a hat spend this type money and more on these babies. There are a few more rare versions that bring a lot more money i.e, the Madonna Corgie and the 2002 New York toy show Corgie. I've watched the Madonna one in black (or was it red) go for $500

P.S. White Lighning, Johnny Lightning are currently going for $25 to $35 on eBay right now, the the Trade Week is much more rare then they are, SO who knows. Me, I plan on paying for my great G-son's college with my collection someday (of course I'm kidding, I'll be burried with them )

 

Tamiya offers a 1/10 scale MINI Cooper.



This is not a toy grade car like what you would get at Wally Mart. You know the kind, toy is pre assembled, you install batteries and go then throw it away when it brakes. This is a hobby grade 1/10 scale FWD race car with working 4 wheel independant suspension with coil over shocks on each corner. The car is offered as a kit that you assemble the chassis, install radio electronics, and then paint the body. You even mount the tires on the wheels and can adjust suspension settings like toe in/out, adjust spring rates, changs shock oil weights, and install adjustable front and rear roll bars. When something brakes or you want to make the car faster, replacement and hopup parts are available from local hobby shops. Tamiya offers a regional series for racing them. The Tamiya Championship Series has regional qualifying races around the country and then wraps up at TCS North American finals at the Tamiya head quarters in Southern Califorina. At the North American finals, you can compete for a ticket to represent the USA while you race against others from around at the TCS finals in Japan. Tamiya even has a page that lists performance modifications that you can make to improve the car's performance.

 

That's why I'll never succeed, financially, at this collecting thing. I collect this stuff for me and not it's resale value. The sad thing is that I still keep some of the stuff in the packaging.

I am amazed at how much money can be made collecting things, and I guess if I had deep pockets, I'd do the same.

 

I do the same thing, I try to buy 2 of each. That way I can open one for display and put the other away. The problem with collecting anything for resale in the future is, "it's only worth what someone is willing to pay".

I wish I still had half of the toys I had growing up, oh and that Adirondack Boat my grandfather gave away back in 72 would be nice to have also.

 

Just got one of these in PS yesterday

 

My parents picked up three Johnny Lightening MINI's last night at Kaybee toys...3 for 5 buck (they had to get two of the same cause there wasn't much selection left)! They aren't the street freaks one's, they are something heat. I will have to post pics when I get home.

 

I picked up this VR/W MC wind up at a street market in Shanghai. I need to keep my eyes peeled on the next trip for more.

It's fun doing rear-wheel drive burnouts in the dust on my desk

 

Here are the new ones I got.

 

Those are a good find in a local store and for that price. They are over a year old (produced in 03, I think) and out of production.

 

Cool, I got two of the black one that has a union jack on the roof

 

I figured you'd get as much enjoyment out of this, as I did! My jaw fell when I saw what this Hotwheel went for Man I wish I had some of my old toys from when I was a kid! I could afford that new water-to-air intercooler

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=6941659553

Very nice find maganoo I agree they are 2003 productions.

 

WOW! OMG! If I could go back in time and tell myself to save those old Hot Wheels and stop banging them up.

I guess that's why they're so rare. Folks have fond memories of these things but never had the foresight to save them.

That's the problem with the JLs. They're actually made for the collector, and one would assume that a good majority of them will still be around for many years, keeping their value relatively low.

 

Ok, so we here in the SE got hit with a snow and ice storm I'm working nights and can't make it back home, cause I'm snowed in at work . The temp starts to creep up to close to freezing, so what do I decide to do??


Go MINI hunting The local "marts" were empty, so hunting was enjoyable and profitable too.

Found the HW 1:18 scale MINI Cooper Cabrio! They only had one or I would have gotten more for you guys, matter of fact it was so new that when they rang it up, the UPC came back "Unknown Item" After a few minutes we came to an agreement on what a fair price was Nice item and I'll be looking for the other 2 (CR and PS)



Found a few of these low end diecast, no maker info on them, but I believe them to be Motor Max. They were 2 for a dollar, at the Dollar General, if you have one of those stores around you. Worth a trip to check those type stores out, I've found some rare items in there for next to nothing.



Hope everyone else has a good weekend! Oh, BTW the snow melted enough so that I could get home tonight without much problem!

Later

 

Nice find on that Cabrio Smokey.....you KNOW I'd love to have one of those. I've seen them show up on ebay recently - don't know if it's the same manufacturer or not. I have my eye peeled out here, no luck yet.

And SO glad you made it home safe and sound. Sorry you couldn't get home because of the weather....

Donna
02' CR/W MCS & 05' Cool Blue Cabrio

 

Hey Donna,

Those on eBay are the same ones, and are going for 17.99 to 19.99. Which is the price that the 1:18th scale HW's normally go for. But it's the shipping that kept me from going that route. Some of the HW "Whips" brand are upwards of $24 in the stores here.

The weather is still to bad to fly, even with the goggles so we put the helicopter "down" for the night and everyone went home, but we'll be back up in the morning.

Say hi to Mike for me!

 

Smokey - I hear ya on the shipping costs via ebay. That's why I haven't bought one yet. I figure they will start showing up at Toys R Us pretty soon. The "Marts" around here don't have jack....very disappointing... So we'll have to start checking out other places....

Hugs to Barbara for us....:smile: Be safe!!!

Donna
02' CR/W MCS & 05' Cool Blue MCSC

 

haven't found the cabrio's yet either. but I just got the other 2 from one of the hot wheels things going around right now. it's called MINI's around the world. this box literally goes all around the world to different people , and Howie has to send it to london now. whoever gets the box has to put something that is un common or hard to find as far as MINI's goes and it was full of everything I had already except those 2 from dollar general, as we don't have those stores up here. I was going to email you smokey about keeping an eye out for me but since I have them already let me know when anything new pops up.

Bobbie