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#270
August 24, 2023, 02:23:33 PM
Given the prices of many of the rarer 32nd car kits on eBay, you'd be looking at a three figure sum.
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PR19_Kit

#271
August 24, 2023, 02:27:33 PM
A few years ago I sold a 1/32 Airfix Jaguar 420 on ebay, and two guys fought it up to £80+.  :o 
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Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

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Old Wombat

#272
August 24, 2023, 07:08:01 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 24, 2023, 02:27:33 PMA few years ago I sold a 1/32 Airfix Jaguar 420 on ebay, and two guys fought it up to £80+.  :o 

That's just stupid! :o

I bought one not long ago for AU$32.50 (£16.58) - & I thought that was a tad expensive! :blink:
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Wardukw

#273
August 24, 2023, 07:12:19 PM
Saw the exact same thing on trademe here too..was a fight for a 35th scale Dragon LAPD Hughes 500 chopper..went to $116 nz .
This was about 10yrs ago and I could have gone to Hobbycity and bought one brand new for $59nz

That was crazy.
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#274
August 25, 2023, 12:19:23 AM
I'm convinced that sometimes you get two people fighting over something on E-Bay etc and it's nothing to do with the value of the object but rather becomes a contest between two people neither of whom is prepared to be beaten ?  :banghead:
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Beermonster58

#275
August 25, 2023, 01:03:19 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on August 25, 2023, 12:19:23 AMI'm convinced that sometimes you get two people fighting over something on E-Bay etc and it's nothing to do with the value of the object but rather becomes a contest between two people neither of whom is prepared to be beaten ?  :banghead:

I think you're right. Some years ago (before they were reissued) I put a couple of original 1966 Airfix Concorde kits  for sale, one of them being the Air France boxing. Both had the original 13/6 (67.5 pence) price on the box.I didn't really expect much so, I put them for auction at a starting price of £5 each.  They eventually went for £67 (BOAC)and, £73 (Air France). I was quite astonished. Bids were between £10- £15 until the last day when my notifications started going crazy, especially in the last few minutes as two buyers frantically tried to outbid each other. I don't think either would have been satisfied as, they only got one each! ;D .

Needless to say, I was delighted but, very surprised at the final bids.
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PR19_Kit

#276
August 25, 2023, 02:40:25 AM
That's REALLY crazy! Those 1966 Airfix Concordes weren't all that good kits anyway, the starboard wing had too much incidence if built OOB. And the recent re-hash STILL had the same fault!
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

zenrat

#277
August 25, 2023, 05:26:20 AM
We sold, on evil-bay, some plastic rings Mrs z had saved from her youth which we found in a tin.  They had been given away in breakfast cereal.  Each one had a different football team logo printed on an inset piece of cardboard.

We had 8.  We listed them all individually and when they all sold we totalled over $700.  Strange what some people want.
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Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

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scooter

#278
August 25, 2023, 06:01:48 AM
Quote from: zenrat on August 25, 2023, 05:26:20 AMWe sold, on evil-bay, some plastic rings Mrs z had saved from her youth which we found in a tin.  They had been given away in breakfast cereal.  Each one had a different football team logo printed on an inset piece of cardboard.

We had 8.  We listed them all individually and when they all sold we totalled over $700.  Strange what some people want.
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#279
August 25, 2023, 08:29:52 PM


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#280
August 26, 2023, 02:08:02 PM
I wonder how many of the Infantry set they would have sold...  :unsure:

Did you notice the figure in the corner seems to be a Brit? Or at least has a Lee Enfield...

scooter

#281
August 26, 2023, 03:36:30 PM
Quote from: Rick Lowe on August 26, 2023, 02:08:02 PMI wonder how many of the Infantry set they would have sold...  :unsure:

Did you notice the figure in the corner seems to be a Brit? Or at least has a Lee Enfield...

He's Puerto Rican, and carrying an M1.  Its a cropped and flipped image of the Puerto Rican 65th Infantry Regiment's bayonet charge against the Chinese.
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Rick Lowe

#282
August 26, 2023, 06:00:25 PM
Quote from: Rick Lowe on August 26, 2023, 02:08:02 PMI wonder how many of the Infantry set they would have sold...  :unsure:

Did you notice the figure in the corner seems to be a Brit? Or at least has a Lee Enfield...

Sorry, I meant the figure in the Bottom Left corner by the wording 'Actual Size'.

PR19_Kit

#283
August 27, 2023, 02:44:24 AM
Yes, that's a No. 4 for certain, the later version Lee Enefield with the exposed barrel etc. I used to fire them, a lot.................
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

zenrat

#284
August 27, 2023, 05:33:27 AM
Puerto Ricans in a Korean winter.  They must have loved that.
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..
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