How many of you collect toy cars or miniatures of your 1:1? • The Dodge Challenger Message Board

by **The Toy Peddler** » 02 Feb 2010 15:57

I'm curious to know how many of you collect toy cars or miniatures of your 1:1 or others. Do you collect mainly Mopars etc? I plan on bringing my Challenger when it is done to some shows, cruises and mopar club meetings. I plan on bringing some attention to my website that deals in toy cars to the tune of 1 million dollars annually. Some of these collectors are pretty obsessed! I've purchased just a handful myself. I don't really collect, but I've been seeing some pretty cool mopars being made by Johnny Lightning, Greenlight, and a few others.
BTW, my website also currently has the most expensive toy car ever sold listed there. (excluding the gem encrusted Hot Wheels that was recently sold for $140K.) The car on my site is a "Rear Loading Beach Bomb" Volkswagen Bus Hot Wheels car. It is listed at 150K! (was purchased for 71K)
Check it out in "The Vault" section at www.thetoypeddler.com
Paul

by **Eddie** » 02 Feb 2010 16:11

Pink Van on there for 150,000!!! :shock:

by **Adrian Worman** » 02 Feb 2010 17:19

I got big collection of 1/18th scale, mainly muscle cars. Favourite brands are GMP, Exoto, AutoArt, Carousel, ERTL. Got a lot of 1/24th from GMP, Franklin/Danbury as well as some 1/43rd white metal(70 Panther Pink T/A is particularly nice).
Really like big scale stuff like 1/8th down to 1/12th, and I've got a lot of plastic kits,mainly Monogram, Tamiya, Revell and the like in 1/6th and 1/8th, still in the loft and unmade :roll:

Gonna check your site out later :thumbsup:

Would love to find a Pink Panther model or kit, or even one of the Mattel pull cord toys :mrgreen:

well cool

by **drewcrane** » 02 Feb 2010 17:35

i have some hot wheels from 1967 like the krome kuda,one of my favorites, i also have a chrome boss mustang :thumbsup:

by **drewcrane** » 02 Feb 2010 17:41

check this out, Seth found this at a Ross clothing store,

i sent it to ed
but i did get a pic,

its almost eddies car cept its a hemi, but paint, wheels interior,its cool :thumbsup:

by **Eddie** » 02 Feb 2010 17:50

Yep, Thanks a bunch for that Drew! Between you&Seth and Barc,(Fal308), you guys got me started on a new Hobby! :lol:

I'll have to check out Paul's site more carefully! :nod:

by **BragA** » 02 Feb 2010 20:03

I dont know if that counts but I ve got Welly Chevelle 1969 ss 396 and two hot wheels Plymouth Road Runner from 70 and Chevelle 1969

by **The Toy Peddler** » 02 Feb 2010 23:02

I figured there would be some collectors here. They are making some cool larger scale stuff and I'm surprised at the reasonable prices you can get them for. Pretty good detail too!
I actually held that pink van in my hands. Gloved and cupped like it was a Faberge' egg or something!
Drew, those chrome cars are called club cars. You could send off for them and for $1 you'd get the car, a box, a sticker and a bit of Snake and Mongoose literature along with an official "Club Card"!. Those sets complete go for about $250-$300 now. The cars by themselves are worth from about $25-$75 each.

In case any of you guys have some of the older Hot Wheels that they call "redlines" (1967-1975) because of the redline tires, they can be quite valuable. Just an average one in lightly used condition can bring $20-$50 and it isn't unusual for them to bring several hundred or thousands of dollars.

by **drewcrane** » 02 Feb 2010 23:35

what about the" jack rabbit special", the had a cartoon with it , is that wort anything?

by **The Toy Peddler** » 03 Feb 2010 0:29

The Jack Rabbit Special along with the Paddy Wagon and Red Baron were produced in very large quantities and are pretty common, although there are some variations. The Jack Rabbit Special has a rarer version that had red stripes along the sides and a Jack in the Box logo on the hood. I think they gave them out for awhile at Jack in the Box restaurants. The common one is worth between $10-$40 depending on condition but the Jack in the Box one can be worth a couple hundred dollars in near mint to mint condition.
Paul

by **drewcrane** » 03 Feb 2010 0:45

thanks paul , for the info,someday i will dig them out and see what i really have, most of them are redline hotwheels

by **BragA** » 03 Feb 2010 1:06

BragA wrote:I dont know if that counts but I ve got Welly Chevelle 1969 ss 396 and two hot wheels Plymouth Road Runner from 70 and Chevelle 1969

toy paddler what about toys like that ?

by **The Toy Peddler** » 03 Feb 2010 1:37

I am not that familiar with the Welly models. From what I see they aren't very valuable at this time.