Comments on: Lane Exact Detail 1972 Olds 4-4-2 in Viking Blue http://www.diecastmax.com/lane-exact-detail-1972-olds-4-4-2-in-viking-blue/ News & Opinions on the Diecast Cars Hobby & Industry Thu, 07 Apr 2011 04:32:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tim Sweet http://www.diecastmax.com/lane-exact-detail-1972-olds-4-4-2-in-viking-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Tim Sweet Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:13:16 +0000 http://www.diecastmax.com/?p=372#comment-201 When You Just have to have that Classic/Muscle Car?…Think Small!!!! Of course if I were to list all the cars I’d love collect, it would be fairly long and in reality (my reality) unaffordable..unless you are Jay Leno… I hate that guy. Ok..I don’t hate him…not really..the green-eyed monster made me say that. Since I’m not as funny as Jay and I have to work for a living….what?…..ok..ok….I’m sure Jay works very hard…I guess…it’s tough reading funny newpaper clips….ok…Sorry Jay, I have “substituted” this alternative method of obtaining the cars I’d love to own. You all figured it out yet? I’m talking about models, scale diecast replicas. There is an entire industry out there that produces, imports and markets these items. Some of them are extremely well done. Most of mine are Danbury Mint and GMP pieces, I do like what they produce, lots of details and they are affordable (around $100.00 each). The Franklin mint produces cars, Greenleaf, Motormint, just to name a few. It’s fun and affordable and they do increase in value. It’s gotten so popular that even the mainstream car magazines like Hemmings (they normally have at least one article in every Motor News edition), Mustang Monthly and Corvette magazine have articles that discuss this portion of the hobby and even rate the quality of individual brands and their offerings. You can see a portion of my collection and some close of a 67 Mustang GT 350 at http://timsweet.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/when-you-just-have-to-have-that-classicmuscle-car-think-small/ When You Just have to have that Classic/Muscle Car?…Think Small!!!!
Of course if I were to list all the cars I’d love collect, it would be fairly long and in reality (my reality) unaffordable..unless you are Jay Leno… I hate that guy. Ok..I don’t hate him…not really..the green-eyed monster made me say that.

Since I’m not as funny as Jay and I have to work for a living….what?…..ok..ok….I’m sure Jay works very hard…I guess…it’s tough reading funny newpaper clips….ok…Sorry Jay, I have “substituted” this alternative method of obtaining the cars I’d love to own.

You all figured it out yet? I’m talking about models, scale diecast replicas. There is an entire industry out there that produces, imports and markets these items. Some of them are extremely well done.

Most of mine are Danbury Mint and GMP pieces, I do like what they produce, lots of details and they are affordable (around $100.00 each).

The Franklin mint produces cars, Greenleaf, Motormint, just to name a few.

It’s fun and affordable and they do increase in value. It’s gotten so popular that even the mainstream car magazines like Hemmings (they normally have at least one article in every Motor News edition), Mustang Monthly and Corvette magazine have articles that discuss this portion of the hobby and even rate the quality of individual brands and their offerings.

You can see a portion of my collection and some close of a 67 Mustang GT 350 at http://timsweet.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/when-you-just-have-to-have-that-classicmuscle-car-think-small/

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