I picked up a couple of car sets for my boy after he was born (Toy Story, and Star Wars vehicles), and kept them in the package. I mounted them high on his wall so that he couldn't reach them, and told him that they were collectors and that they were just for looking at, and someday they would be worth good money. I almost cried the day that he got smart enough to climb up onto his dresser and tore them down, and ripped open all of the packages.
That weblink has a few interesting cars too. I obviously do not have a Beach Bomb, but I do have several Surf Crates, and a few Deoras (I dig the surf boards). I'm not really a collector like the ones described in that page. I don't collect the cars for their value or rarity, I buy the cars that interest me. You'll never catch me spending thousands of dollars to buy a diecast.
I have a few redlines, but it is quite common for people to know they are worth money, so it's hard to get them at a reasonable price. Every now and again I find someone who has no idea, so I get a good deal.
Thanks for bumping this up! It reminds me that I need to take some pictures!
Thanks for bumping this up! It reminds me that I need to take some pictures!
That's a great story with your boy. I (we) have a girl and it didn't stop me from bonding over the Cars Movie with her. We collected Cars Diecasts together.
Now in her teens, it is still something that she will never allow to hit our annual garage sale ... I think that this collection should be my next set of pictures that I post.
Thank you for bring it to my mind .... there will be a few surprise diecasts in it
I have never been a big fan of Nascar (except for the crashes!), but I certainly remember the earliest car racing simulators being Nascar of course, and damn, those cars really ARE hard to drive.
. I also have a few Cars toys that I have bought one for the boy, and one for myself, (haha, right Mikey?). I have some Precision Series diecasts of Mater and Lightning, and even a Lego Mater.
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BUT there is one thing that will never hit our Annual Garage Sale Tables (over her dead body and when pigs fly)
The Pixar Cars Collection .... ya proud Dad ! Awesome movie too !
Nice collection Spence...
Isn't there a Jeff Gorvette?
Graham
Boy Spence.... I thought of you and your daughter today at an SPCA charity auction.... there was this kewl, as new, kids Disney fold-up chair that I bought. I thought afterwards "now where have I seen those cars lately"?......It would fit right in with your daughters collection...
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Oh Boy ... a win, win for the Charity and Rruuff !lol....I bought a bigger Rust-Eze #95 plug in cr too.... hood opens to a CD player....hehe....
yup...seats a little small for her age anyway... this is more of a grandchilds seat.... I have a couple of grand nieces and nephews it will fit....A while back ... maybe ... but at 15, her preference in "seats" is already like mine (and many of ours) ... leather ...
Oh Boy ... a win, win for the Charity and Rruuff !
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Yup.... A Lightening McQueen AM/FM/CD player... That baby will probably end up in my 'cave'.... just because it looks kewl....