Expensive or worth the money??

[FoxyCav]

Just been trawling through the die cast models on fleabay, (looking for cavalier ones as usual ) When i spotted this, being a model collector i know that some can go for really ridiculous prices (i paid nearly £100 for a rare Black mk3 Capri made by minichamps)
so would you pay this for this model? I realise most people who dont collect die cast will all shout no, but what about those that do. personally i found this a bit expensive, but ive room to talk lol

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT

[Greig Sri]

Ouch, I think thats too much. But someone will buy it.

Greig

[Cavalier342]

Well it's really about who likes what and what their budget is. I like collecting diecast vehicles myself, but i wouldnt go crazy on the price. But like i said, everyone has something to go crazy about, and as Greig said, someone will most likely buy it.
Andrei.

[Colorado]

Thats a bit on the High side. Nice model though.

[cav_2.0_gli]

i suppose if you look at it one way, coz it's so expensive to buy in the first place, it might be worth something in years to come, but you never know. personally, i wouldn't buy it, i'd never spend that sort of money on a model car, unless it was a model of one of my cars or something.

thats what a company should do, offer to make exact replica's of your road car. yes it would be expensive, and they'd have to get permission from the manufacture, but they could make a killing.

[carlos_canter]

thats what a company should do, offer to make exact replica's of your road car. yes it would be expensive, and they'd have to get permission from the manufacture, but they could make a killing.

My boss took a look into corgi commisioning models of our trucks, either making new casts (mega expensive) or releasing a model in our colours ie: the corgi transit tow truck available in AA, RAC and one or two private firms.

To commision the model was £10,000 (i sh*t you not!) obviously from that you get commission.

Ive just done a model of my cavalier, the one made by gama, chemically stripped and repainted, but the only problem is, its the saloon and not tha hatch so finding the correct model can be hard for some, easy for others.

As far as permission goes, you dont need any, if there is a model out there which you have modified, or you make one your self, its classed as a "CODE 3", and very unlikely a toy/model manufactorer will ever pursue legal action, if they do, im destroying my lot!

Diecast models and toys can be broken down into 3 variations,

CODE 1 - released by maker as is and in origional condition. Also covers colour variations

CODE 2 - released in a different country specifically for that country(if i remember correctly).

CODE 3 - any variation done by the owner which includes respray, custiom decals, additional items, even chopped up and stuck back together, but not endorsed what so ever by the origional maker.

Sorry to waffle on.