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I don’t normally buy Hot Wheels, but I came across this today at my local supermarket, while grocery shopping, and I love this car, so I had to splash out eur 2.60 for it ? That said, not knowing much about this hobby, I imagine Hot Wheels maintain their value as collectibles only if kept in original packaging blister? Also, I am not looking to make a million bucks flipping the Mercedes, I’m keeping it for myself, but I am just curious how one determines potential future value with these, so much so to buy them all up as described in first post? Thanks in advance for any insight!

It has been a busy couple months and I have completely forgotten about this thread! Tom, sending you a PM.

Looks real and very detailed considering how small this thing is! The spec is spot on.

Not sure how people buying models/toy cars or whatever, no matter the reason, hurts the hobby. Once I buy something, I get to do with it what I want, including selling it for twice as much, providing someone is willing to pay for it of course. Sorry, but I don’t see a problem. As a model manufacturer, all I would care about is people buying my product. The only thing that can hurt any branch of business is merchandise not selling.

The bicycle helmet alone should have been a red flag to anyone with half a wit, let alone the talk about plexiglass being great, because it first “crackles” as a “huge warning that it’s about to fail”. At a depth of 3800 meters? This incident definitely proves that some people have entirely too much money and nowhere near enough grey matter.

Already been mentioned, but definitely manual transmission. Automatics were not common in Europe when I was growing up, but nowadays most cars at dealerships are automatics, and you actually have to pay extra for a special order manual car. Sad times we are living in, soon we won’t drive cars, but cars will drive us.

I used to live down the road from Madurodam in Den Haag, and I have visited it on multiple occasions. It is a cool place for sure. A miniature city, including the most famous Dutch landmarks, which you can walk through, with millions of movable features, including vehicles. The interesting thing is that I’ve slways had the feeling it was slightly larger than 1/25, but according to most all sources that scale certainly seems to be correct. Either way, it’s a model builder’s fantasy.

I appreciate the link, but not being into stamps as such, and knowing practically nothing about them, it is a little difficult and time consuming to filter through and find out what exactly I have, especially since the prices again seem to vary a great deal. So I was hoping someone in the knowhow might have concrete info regarding the stamps I have. Thanks!

I recently inherited a small collection of postage stamps, but I don’t know much about stamps and I am aware that there are some stamp collectors here, so I was hoping someone could shed some light on what I have. Ebay is standardly difficult to go by in determining real value because prices range from next to nothing to hundreds, if not thousands of dollars. What is the catch? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance! I have more stamps from other countries, but this is the American page in the album:

This is probably the part I am least looking forward to on my kit, but yours looks great!

Do these fit well with the tires in the new Revell E-Types?

Glad it worked out. Revell really is on the ball in that respect. I just find honesty works best. Another situation I had a while back was when I straight up tore the decals by accident when opening the instructions. Totally my mistake and fault, no Revell’s shortcoming whatsoever. So again, I wrote, explained what happened and asked how I can order/pay for a new sheet. Without much further fuss, they just sent me a new decal sheet for free. They really do take care of their customers, and it’s a shame when people take advantage of that, but I hope they do filter out the requests between reasonable and ridiculous ones.

Again, I’m not sure how it works in the US, but I’ve had no trouble getting spares from Revell. That said, I never abused them for freebies for kits I don’t have, and would always honestly explain the situation and offer to pay for required part/shipping. The last time was whenever the 1970 Firebird was last reissued. I have the older US box without the Trans-Am decals, and that latest ROG release had an expanded decal sheet with the Trans-Am decals, so I wrote to Revell, explained the situation, and offered to pay. They just replied that I should send my address and they would send the decals. They arrived within two weeks no charge whatsoever. The email is departmentx@revell.de

Strange. I’ve had nothing but great experiences several times. I wrote an email to Revell’s so called department X, explaining the reason I need a spare part (damaged or missing), and every time they responded within a couple days asking for my address and sending the parts no questions asked, completely free. Only once I got a response they had no spare parts for a specific long out of production discontinued kit. All parts they said they would send arrived within a month. It was always smaller parts or decals I asked for, and I am in Europe, so that may be why?

I know you pointed out several times you are not on Facebook, but joining is easy and free, and there are tons of buy and sell groups where you will most likely get the best buck for your kits one hundred percent commission free, not counting paypal costs or whatnot.

In this case two someones ? Here is the story: https://www.carscoops.com/2023/03/watch-two-speeding-ferraris-in-italy-fly-through-the-air-and-crash-into-a-villas-fence/amp/

Looks great in silver ?

Talk about overpriced on Amazon ?‍♂️ Normal price is between 2.50 and 3 eur. These paints have been around in Europe since I can remember (30 years at least), and they are very thick because they are designed for thinning before use. Once thinned, they can be airbrushed without any problems, and I like the effect they have once dry. They are enamels and there are three different grades of paint - gloss, SM (semigloss or seidenmatt in German), and matte. I find the SM colors great for interior leather/vinyl look.

Interesting! I also watched the Bugatti video, made by the same guys, that was recommended after the LaFerrari. They definitely do some really convincing replicas, without high-tech facilities available. Impressive work indeed!

Thanks! Admittedly, I got the idea to use liquor bottles for lamps from the internet, years ago, but I do claim the idea of filling it up with bullet casings as my own. I’ve not seen that anywhere before ? Thanks! I’m quite happy with it ?

The front and rear bumpers, as well as wheels, are for the 2.3 car only, no base car options, but that really is the only difference. Everything else is from the base car, including main body, engine and interior.

Thanks! I just enjoy messing around with interesting junk. People who drive plug-in cars have a fancy word for it. I think they call it “upcycling” ?

Actually, most modern DIY lamp kits are dead simple to put together, and no wire soldering is required. You literally “click” the wires into the socket, and screw everything together by hand. You may need a screwdriver at best to tighten the nut on the main cord running from the socket. If you are going to work the glass yourself, however, you need a decent power drill for the cord hole at the bottom rear side of the bottle, and a diamond tipped glass cutter helps also if you need to adjust the length of the bottle neck. I also use some silicone to fix the socket to the bottle neck, if required. That’s about it, really.

I think those wheels suit it perfectly! In fact, I am curious where you got them because they look great. You might want to consider some wider wheel arches however, that would be extra badash! ?

Would be great to see a pic if you have one! Sounds awesome! I have a cheap old drum kit I might take apart and do something with the components. The floor tom could make a nice bedside-table or something like that.