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rickshaw

March 12, 2011, 05:24:33 AM Last Edit: July 15, 2011, 08:53:36 AM by rickshaw
I wasn't aware that Frog even made a Bloodhound missile kit but the price they got for it!   :blink:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180620227152#ht_500wt_1096
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#1
March 12, 2011, 05:53:26 AM
 :blink:
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#2
March 12, 2011, 06:04:48 AM
 :blink:
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#3
March 12, 2011, 08:18:58 AM
And I know who sold it too...... :wacko: ;)
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#4
March 12, 2011, 09:45:47 AM
Quote from: Weaver on March 12, 2011, 08:18:58 AM
And I know who sold it too...... :wacko: ;)

Off down the pub with him tonight then?  ;D ;)
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#5
March 12, 2011, 09:48:10 AM
Quote from: Weaver on March 12, 2011, 08:18:58 AM
And I know who sold it too...... :wacko: ;)

well?   Spill the beans.....................
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#6
March 12, 2011, 12:22:33 PM
My God!

You could buy two of the real things for that and still have a bit of change left over!
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#7
March 12, 2011, 01:18:08 PM
 :blink: too!
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puddingwrestler

#8
March 12, 2011, 02:19:56 PM
12 shillings and six pence? That's daylight robbery!
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pyro-manic

#9
March 12, 2011, 03:06:30 PM
More money than sense. :blink:
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#10
March 12, 2011, 03:24:31 PM
Quote from: pyro-manic on March 12, 2011, 03:06:30 PM
More money than sense. :blink:
Well, somewhat less now, it would seem....!

Weaver

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March 12, 2011, 03:25:40 PM
Quote from: Martin H on March 12, 2011, 09:48:10 AM
Quote from: Weaver on March 12, 2011, 08:18:58 AM
And I know who sold it too...... :wacko: ;)

well?   Spill the beans.....................

Fellow biker who makes his living doing auctions and the like. Not a modeller, but knows the collectables market well. The starting price for the auction was a bit cheeky, but believe me, it was nothing like the selling price!
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 - Indiana Jones

PR19_Kit

#12
March 12, 2011, 03:59:56 PM
Quote from: Weaver on March 12, 2011, 03:25:40 PM
Fellow biker who makes his living doing auctions and the like. Not a modeller, but knows the collectables market well. The starting price for the auction was a bit cheeky, but believe me, it was nothing like the selling price!

First bid was £250, and the guy who made the second bid, at £255, finally got it!  :banghead:
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

rickshaw

#13
March 12, 2011, 07:39:29 PM
I suspect for that price they could have bought this:

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=51.186241,-2.684017&spn=0.001325,0.003567&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=51.186254,-2.683848&panoid=AJ7d381XrmYTK1nacFSz8g&cbp=12,335.85,,1,5.52

(Its lurking in the background, you may need to zoom in to spot it).
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#14
March 12, 2011, 10:57:17 PM
...& they'd probably throw in the Bofors, too, for that price! ;D



:blink: Man, it's just a bloody model! :blink:
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