Here's something a little different...

Before I was married, I was an avid 1/18 (one-eighteenth scale) diecast car collector. There is no money for that now although I am still a car fanatic. In terms of actually size, they are typically between 9 to 10 inches in length.

Out of my collection, the C9 and the Birdcage are my favourite because the details on these models are incredible. The wheels are removable after you undo the lugnuts. All the body panels can be removed – some can be detached by hand and the rest can be removed with a screwdriver. What you don’t see is the functional suspension and steering. There is a hefty price for admission ($250+ each) so they are definitely not kid’s toys.

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1989 Le Mans – 1st All Over – C1 Class Winner – Sauber Mercedes C9


Maserati Tipo 61 “Birdcage”






Here are selected pictures of my collection. Not all of them are posted here because I have over 220 of them.
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Both my Mercedes Benz SL and SLK models have functional hardtops. The trunk lid opens in the proper direction like the real car, before/after the hardtop has been opened/closed. Some of the models have real leather, carpetted interior, functional pop-up headlights, spoilers, gear levers, sun visors and gloves boxes, removable fuel caps and trunk mats as well as tool kits to disassemble them with.


















So are there any autophiles among this group?

WOW cng!

I remember my grandpa kind of had a collection of these too, but it wasn't much.
I was small back then when I saw some of his stuff (I'm sure Ichi kind of remembers also).

So where do you put all of them????

For now, they are now stored in their original boxes in the unfinished basement. When I get around to finish my "man cave", I will have a wall glass cabinet to display the more interesting ones.

IN a few years theyre gonna be worth alot more.As these kinda of collections are dissaperaring.Keep them and theyll be worth more then 1K

I hope they're worth a lot more than $1000 in a few year's time!!! I've never added up all the money on my collection but between 2004 and 2007, I probably spent about $30,000(!!) on the hobby.


The diecasts in my collection are not found at your local Walmart or Costco. The diecasts from Walmart and Costco are considered to be low end at best by hobbyists. The diecasts I collected were considered to be high end/premium and they're typically between $100 to $250. That's why no one touches my collection; not even my wife. After I tell my friends how much some of them are worth, they would be afraid to touch them, even though I gave them permission to.

I have nothing to show for my hobby besides pics and stories. I'll be MIA starting spring through summer because I'll be at the lake. Here's one from the last year...

Holy crap man! Dont tell me you noodle them suckers! Nice one. Only other hobby I have is playing poker but I dont really have any pics of that.

Ma ma ma ma ma ma ma poker fayce. Anyways. I don't remember our old man gramps having somethin like this kC. If any possible... I do collect pokemon cards and yugioh lololololololololololololol. Yeah I know. I'm a nerd. It was worse when I was a kid. Now I only like cards that are shiny and sparkle. Any other hobby of mine would have to be Collection very old video games. I remember I have all the final fantasy games from NES to ps3. The only final fantasy game I haven't played yet would have to be FF8. I'm dying to get my hands on that game for so many years. I finally found it on PS3 but sadly enough I wanted to replay FF7 lol. I also like collecting fighting games too. Any kinda of games I prolly have in my collection. I'm currently working on getting my Fatal Frame series finished and stuff, but of course that's MY hobby.

Sold my FF7 game and strategy guide for like $75 to some dude at work about 5 years ago. If you have the original copy (not the greatest hits), its worth some money.

I have FF8 if your interested! ;D

Ya I have played online since 99 or so. Plus live when I can. I usually go back and forth from Wii to that. Usually Im on Poker Stars.

Oh BTW happy b-day

Well that was when I first got a PS1, and that game was all the rave. I did beat it and then I got FF8 but never played it all the way through. Got a PS2 and FFX but.....well its dumb. FFX2...wow that was epic crapola. Oh BTW check out this guys reviews of the FF games. Hes a hoot!

http://spoonyexperiment.com/

For the most part the only games I play now are FPS games online.

Nice CNG but where are the 60's and 70's man!! I'm talking bout american muscle!!!!! Nice GT40 and beamers. One last thing is, do you collect and build? or just buy, because if you build thatd be even awesomr.

Hmm, I'm sort of a geek also. I guess we all have something that makes us nerdy in our lifetime. I collected gundam merchandise since i think it is the best thing ever to come out of a anime. I collected the action figures, 1/100 models and even the video games. I aslo have my old lego sets I built like 7-8 years ago because it was such an achievement for most of the things I do now. I still draw and keep all my sketch books and artworks of stuff Ive won to show my progress. But my crowning jewel art the moment I keep up on my wall is a hotwheels race car. Of my fave car 1969 GTO judge, it's about 15 years old still in the box. sawweeeeet!!!