BluePopsicle Posted December 4, 2013 Posted December 4, 2013 Went to Michaels and spent $36. This will keep me busy for a little while. =)
o-man Posted December 4, 2013 Posted December 4, 2013 Dang, did you steal some of them for that price?! Nice haul.
cmfowler Posted December 4, 2013 Posted December 4, 2013 Not all today but within the past few days picked up the new LaFerrari and McLaren F1 GTR kits as well as lots of goodies from 81 resin, including a hood, roof, head and tail lights and F20C engine for my S2000 project, as well as the LB performance body kits for both the Murcielago and Aventador and some wheels and photoetch taillight inserts for BRZ/FR-S kits.
jrherald420 Posted December 4, 2013 Posted December 4, 2013 Could you post up some pics of them Unboxed? I really want both of these kits.
peekay Posted December 4, 2013 Posted December 4, 2013 (edited) This arrived today, a 57 year old kit in surprisingly good condition. The box is shown here actual size, much smaller than I remember them being (it's 1.32nd scale). Note the intriguing logo. It has the original price tag from Franz Carl Weber, Zürich's biggest toy shop of SFR6.50, approximately US$1.50 in 1956. I paid SFR28, which works out today at around US$26, a good price if you like this sort of thing. Here are some, but not all of the parts (the kit is complete). And the instructions... Edited December 4, 2013 by peekay
disabled modeler Posted December 4, 2013 Posted December 4, 2013 Picked up this 1969 Buick Wildcat off of eBay last week, got it today in the mail 10 minutes after that picture was taken the body/parts were in the stripper pond, looks like they used Testors spray paint with no primer so I expect it to clean up well. My Gramma had a brand new 1969 Wildcat just like this, hers was metallic brown with a tan interior and vinyl roof. 430 4 bbl. She had that car from 1969-74 when she got a new 1974 Buick LeSabre I remember that car like it was yesterday and want to build an exact replica of it. Very very cool...love the late 60s big cars!
JamesW Posted December 4, 2013 Posted December 4, 2013 Went to Michaels and spent $36. This will keep me busy for a little while. =) $36 for all that??? I want the hook up too.
Casey Posted December 4, 2013 Posted December 4, 2013 This arrived today, a 57 year old kit in surprisingly good condition. The box is shown here actual size, much smaller than I remember them being (it's 1.32nd scale). I was surprised how small the original boxes were, too, after seeing one in person. I guess those multi-piece bodies really saved a lot of space.
slusher Posted December 4, 2013 Posted December 4, 2013 Went to Michaels and spent $36. This will keep me busy for a little while. =) Great haul for that much spent..
Greg Cullinan Posted December 4, 2013 Posted December 4, 2013 Great haul for that much spent.. I went to michaels two day ago. Spent $29 and used a 50% coupon on my phone. I got the nova kit, 2 cans testors spray and 2 sharpies. I'm doing something wrong! How'd you get four kits!?
BluePopsicle Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 I went to michaels two day ago. Spent $29 and used a 50% coupon on my phone. I got the nova kit, 2 cans testors spray and 2 sharpies. I'm doing something wrong! How'd you get four kits!? I give my kids and wife each a 50% coupon (printed off the internet) and each one pays for a model. =)
jrherald420 Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 I give my kids and wife each a 50% coupon (printed off the internet) and each one pays for a model. =) I do the same thing, i love it when the cashier says i cant do that with my 2yr old.......i always ask "why is he not a person?". Most of the time i have to give him cash because they say that i cant use my card on something hes buying.
cmfowler Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 Could you post up some pics of them Unboxed? I really want both of these kits. I will see what I can do tonight, should have some time.
jrherald420 Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 LMAO! Yeah depending on the day i just might get pissed and ask for a manager. Most of the time they tell me " i can only do it just this once". Whats funny is there is not age restriction on model kits, spray paint and blades yes but not on kits. I will see what I can do tonight, should have some time. Sweet man, thanks!
BluePopsicle Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 Yeah depending on the day i just might get pissed and ask for a manager. Most of the time they tell me " i can only do it just this once". Whats funny is there is not age restriction on model kits, spray paint and blades yes but not on kits. I usually go to Hobby Lobby and they almost always give me a hard time about doing it. Michaels hasn't thrown a fit as of yet. I'll give them time, I'm sure they will.
jrherald420 Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 I got my replacement 57 Chevy today. The one on the right was the first one i got last week, it was said to only have the engine block put together and the rest was still on the trees. Only the chrome was on the trees still and i was missing parts. The one on the left i bought right after i opened the one on the right. Paid 42.90 for it and its still bagged, only .90 cents more than the first one. lol Untitled by jrherald420, on Flickr
BluePopsicle Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 I hope you got a refund for the first one James. '57 Chevy will be my next project as well.
PappyD340 Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 I do the same thing, i love it when the cashier says i cant do that with my 2yr old.......i always ask "why is he not a person?". Most of the time i have to give him cash because they say that i cant use my card on something hes buying. I do the same thing too, although I don't have 2yr old, but Nana and myself will take a couple of coupons and get in seperate lines, but hey there is no age restriction on those coupons, and in my way of looking at it, if you walk up to that counter with money in your hand you are a customer!!
slusher Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 My acquisitions for the last couple weeks. 1424397_718189384859013_99262783_n.jpg 1474553_718189354859016_418979641_n.jpg Those Ranger kits are great James. You will like them I built both and no issues.
jrherald420 Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 I hope you got a refund for the first one James. '57 Chevy will be my next project as well. I did, i think i ended up paying a total of 6.00 for it + shipping.
charlie8575 Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 Thanks Jon! Am I really this old (17) already... I can't fit into Junior category anymore. Wait another twenty years.... Last Friday was my twentieth high school class reunion. About a week before, I was sitting thinking to myself "has it REALLY been this long??" Hope you enjoyed your birthday, Niko. And enjoy the time ahead- it goes by quick. Charlie Larkin
JamesW Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 Those Ranger kits are great James. You will like them I built both and no issues. I've had MANY of them over the years. They are nice kits, I just needed some cheap ones to fill up my DIO, so I grabbed them.
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