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ok so i know this is pop corn worthy so i thought lets post the silly prices in here, and dont get me wrong ive paid some crazy money for some of my kyosho parts but im sure this cox will set the bar

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-McAllister-Cox-Kyosho-Scorpion-Body-/290533237218?pt=Radio_Control_Parts_Accessories&hash=item43a52161e2

Coming back into r/c after 20 years I was stunned to find out that MISB examples of my Optima Mid are going for $1500+? What the hell, it's just a box of parts, man lol...

the same seller has just recently sold more rare bodies, an mrp body went for 250ish i wondered if it's a collector or someone buying to re-pop

myk wrote:Coming back into r/c after 20 years I was stunned to find out that MISB examples of my Optima Mid are going for $1500+? What the hell, it's just a box of parts, man lol...

that will make you feel better when you bash yours around the track

Paul

i just witnessed a NIP belt conversion for a optima sell for $202 and a NIP gold celebration chassis sell for $275 on ebay. holy crap!!!

dont kill me for being slightly off topic, but since we are talking about high priced things on ebay, remember those little toy cars? that cost what,. 30 cents BITD? tell me this isnt outrageous ! : http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380313944719&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

anybody contacted mcallister to see if he still has the mold for this one? Would be pretty funny if he did, as he is generally willing to pull any discontinued mold he still has.

victor_cathedral wrote:dont kill me for being slightly off topic, but since we are talking about high priced things on ebay, remember those little toy cars? that cost what,. 30 cents BITD? tell me this isnt outrageous ! : http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380313944719&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

my god , off to the garage to see if i still have all my cars

victor_cathedral wrote:dont kill me for being slightly off topic, but since we are talking about high priced things on ebay, remember those little toy cars? that cost what,. 30 cents BITD? tell me this isnt outrageous ! : http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380313944719&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

that's just ridiculous!!

madmaxx wrote:i just witnessed a NIP belt conversion for a optima sell for $202 and a NIP gold celebration chassis sell for $275 on ebay. holy crap!!!

Before I went to bed today I had to decide which one of those to try and win. I decided to snipe the celebration kit for $165, and figured I'd most likely win. Wasn't I surprised when I woke up.

I went with the celebration kit as they show up a lot less often than the belt conversion which are far more common and normally fetch around a hundred dollars. So someone just paid twice as much.

victor_cathedral wrote:dont kill me for being slightly off topic, but since we are talking about high priced things on ebay, remember those little toy cars? that cost what,. 30 cents BITD? tell me this isnt outrageous ! : http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380313944719&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Why in the world would you pay that much for a small piece of painted pot metal thats molded into the shape of a car? After seeing that, nobody better question the cost of vintage R/C stuff.

Lowgear wrote:

madmaxx wrote:i just witnessed a NIP belt conversion for a optima sell for $202 and a NIP gold celebration chassis sell for $275 on ebay. holy crap!!!

Before I went to bed today I had to decide which one of those to try and win. I decided to snipe the celebration kit for $165, and figured I'd most likely win. Wasn't I surprised when I woke up.

I went with the celebration kit as they show up a lot less often than the belt conversion which are far more common and normally fetch around a hundred dollars. So someone just paid twice as much.

victor_cathedral wrote:dont kill me for being slightly off topic, but since we are talking about high priced things on ebay, remember those little toy cars? that cost what,. 30 cents BITD? tell me this isnt outrageous ! : http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380313944719&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Why in the world would you pay that much for a small piece of painted pot metal thats molded into the shape of a car? After seeing that, nobody better question the cost of vintage R/C stuff.

I'm pretty sure that Alex from Inet still holds the record for the most expensive matcbox car sold to date I think it was 75,000 plus

No wonder he can afford 500 NIB kits.

treehugger wrote:

myk wrote:Coming back into r/c after 20 years I was stunned to find out that MISB examples of my Optima Mid are going for $1500+? What the hell, it's just a box of parts, man lol...

that will make you feel better when you bash yours around the track

Paul

Yeeeeeeahhh, believe me that's been on my mind. Gonna........have to take it easy with this thing, lol. You shoulda' heard me scream when I rolled the car the other day...

victor_cathedral wrote:dont kill me for being slightly off topic, but since we are talking about high priced things on ebay, remember those little toy cars? that cost what,. 30 cents BITD? tell me this isnt outrageous ! : http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380313944719&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

$4950 to bring home something that contain a hazardous material like lead paint.