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1 hour ago, kilrathy10 said:

Yep... Amazing what you can find in die cast that you can't find in plastic... These look real nice... Loving all those old vans....

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A funny story.. I was looking to get one of these for a while. Couldn’t find one at shows so I went to eBay. I’d bid on one through my bid sniper and wait.. I’d get outbid in the end! I did this one truck at a time for a few weeks. 

I got frustrated and bid on three at once.. and you can see what happened!

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Okay, I'll play "Random Pix." Here are some of my earliest/oldest/first diecasts, dating back to around 2007-10. At that time I wasn't seeking them out or actively looking for them, but would buy cheap ones at the local gas station or Walmart if it was a car I was interested in, and if the overall shape of the thing looked pretty good to my Mark I Eyeball, and give them the treatment that's now known as "Snake-Fu."

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Nice random pics guys.   I don't think I have anything I haven't posted on here durnit.   I was getting frustrated by the LACK of photos of some vehicles on the net and decided I would try to post photos of everything new I got so if some did a search they might find something on the net before they dropped $100 on a $5 diecast.  again, thanks for sharing - nice to see others' collections.  

Posted
8 hours ago, Sam I Am said:

Where did you get this one Snake? I LOVE it !!

It's a Johnny Lightning, bought at Walmart many, many years ago. Metal chassis, so it's quite heavy. I actually like the M2 Mustang fastbacks better, but this one isn't bad at all and held down the slot on my shelf for a LONG time until I got a couple M2s. 

Here's what it looked like right out of the box: 

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Just some VWs.. 

The Type 3s are cool since we have never seen kits. The Beetle just because I liked the color and paint scheme!

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The blue car,is that the 1938 Bugatti Type 57 Areolithe’?On the show,The Guild,or (Restoration Garage),they built one,and debuted in Kuwait.Its a wild car,worth millions,I believe.

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On 10/15/2020 at 10:11 AM, NYLIBUD said:

The blue car,is that the 1938 Bugatti Type 57 Areolithe’?On the show,The Guild,or (Restoration Garage),they built one,and debuted in Kuwait.Its a wild car,worth millions,I believe.

No, it is a 1936 Atlantic, of which only four were made and were inspired by the one-off Aerolithe from 1935. The Aerolithe body was Elektron (90% magnesium and 10% aluminum). The Atlantics were aluminum.  The original Aerolithe was only around for 10 months(?) and then disappeared. 
Edit: Apparently, the second Atlantic which was made specially for Jean Bugatti disappeared also in 1938... and has never resurfaced??

https://www.bugatti.com/media/news/2019/the-bugatti-type-57-sc-atlantic-a-style-icon/

Jay Leno and David Grainger

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bugatti+aerolithe

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On 10/20/2020 at 9:50 PM, kilrathy10 said:

You've got a pretty substantial collection going, there... And I'm diggin' that phone... ? Brings back memories!!!

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Thanks,and yea the phone still works.Lol.

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