The $17,500 Model

[FASTBACK340]

I agree. I always thought the tin cars looked cheap & cheesy, even as a child I didn't like them. I was 7yrs. old collecting Corgi's, which were very nicely scaled and detailed for the time. I liked Matchbox cars better than Hot Wheels (initially….) because the M-B's were more realistic.

Now those old imported tin cans are worth coin. Who knew?

[ChrisBcritter]

I liked tin toys because you could inflict realistic crash damage with a hammer!

But $17,000.00? I'd buy a real '62 Imperial with that kind of disposable income, and have enough left over for a nice promo.

[oneescalante]

Saw this searching for Chrysler Imperial model kits.

Chrysler Imperial made by ATC in Japan

[highway]

I liked tin toys because you could inflict realistic crash damage with a hammer!

But $17,000.00? I'd buy a real '62 Imperial with that kind of disposable income, and have enough left over for a nice promo.

I'm sorry but I wouldn't even drop $17,000 for a real one! I'm just glad I didn't eat before seeing the pic!!

[Phirewriter]

The $17 grand is a drop in the bucket for some post war Japanese tin toys. One needs to watch the tin robot collectors market for some truly jaw dropping prices for tin toys. The Masudaya Gang Of Five Toy Robots are a good example. One of the rarest recently sold for somewhere around $46,000 (yes thousand) and there are rarer bots than these! The example of electric guitars although not toy related in the strictest sense is an excellent example of prices reaching sometimes obscene levels in the last decade. What a person is willing to pay for a toy that has some kind of value to them, be it nostalgic, item d'art (as some consider these) or whatever is purely up to them. If they have it and want to spend it, more power to 'em!

[Jeff Johnston]

That plus my !:1 Mustang gets me a new 2015 Mustang LOL