These shows have incredible content , you need more publicity, a lot of resellers would love to have the knowledge you give out in these “ know your stuff episodes” crazy you only have 3k followers,!! I love this, keep making them,,
Thrift Shop Hustler I’m a NYC cop, I plan on retiring soon and doing this not as an hobby but as a job... I really enjoy these videos, knowledge is power!!
Very good insights. It really helps in choosing the right brands as per budget. Now a days there are a lot of transactions are happening on various non retail forums like Facebook Marketplace etc allowing people to hunt for good quality pre owned models at reasonable prices…
I have that hwy61 Hemi under glass but I can't remember what I gave for it. At the time I was working and if I wanted it I would have paid whatever it costed. Now I'm way more into looking for the good deals. Getting alot of them where the doors fall open too easally and don't stay closed properly. I just had to glue the doors shut on a Ferrari. If one can get past that and don't need to have functioning doors. I'd just go with whatever is cheapest.
I lucked out in value when I bought a bunch of tv and James Bond cars in the late nineties early 2000's. Got the Munster's Koach for $15.95 at K-Mart, Dragula, Monkees Mobile, Mach 5, Speed Racer Shooting Star, they were all like $25. I also got all the AutoArt James Bond cars, the gadget DB5, the Lotus Submarine, the Lotus Ski car, and the Toyota from You Only Live Twice all for about $65 new at the time. All those cars are worth way more now, although I'm not wanting to sell them at all. But to build my collection today would take way more dough. In fact I finally added the 66 Batmobile and the Green Hornets Black Beauty AutoArt was $200 new.
@@ThriftShopHustler l faw play about your own TH-cam channel i like you i would be interested to see what you can tell me about your art work die cast cars Martin mcareavey email @ 02843702643
I'm not a huge collector but I know my way around...but I'm pretty sure that anson, road legends , road tough and GMP are all branch off's of ertl and eventually ertl turned into autoworld and you forgot to mention motormax or motorworx they would be a few steps above ertl and maisto due to the hinge,paint,rim and detail for the price and another lower end model is welly welly has a lot of different cars but the suv's and pickups are usually older so definitely harder to get your hands on.with my experience with ertl you want to be careful of the cast...it's old so that means it's weak but if you find a mopar car a movie car a ideal tools truck you want to look it up ertl does a lot of limited production cars and there will be a number on the exhaust showing that it's number 145 of 500 for example also maisto and burago both companies seemed to merge in the mid 2000’s and make different versions of the same cars and with the new ones what you’ll see is a burrago in a Maisto box most of the time it will be a Lamborghini or Ferrari I imagine it’s a licensing issue...
Actually actually is Gateway Global but what they do is they put it under autoart but if you look underneath the car it says license by Gateway Global Limited
Great video, i been collecting 1/18 scale cars since the 90s after seeing the 1/24 Franklin MInt cars and how expensive they were and couldn't afford them. Even though the Franklin Mint and Danbury mint ones had better detail, the way cheaper 1/18 Road Legends were bigger and nice enough looking for me for only 15 or $20 each. Spencer Gifts once had a clearance sale where i bought a Road Signature 1979 Trans Am for $5 and now they are selling for $100. Sun Star is a nicer brand for a good price. I find Maisto way better than Ertyl American Muscle. I have seen a lot of Ertl car interiors with lousy detail, I mostly stay away from Ertyl. Also i noticed the later Maisto models have better detail than the older ones, the same goes for the newer Road Signature models.
Hi Chris, Chris here. I think u made a mistake about ut turning autoart. Ut turned into minchamps, gates used to be autoart. I collect myself for thirty odd years now. I go for autoart now. Great vid cheers!
Great information. I'm getting ready to sell quite a few cars my husband collected. He passed last year. I'm going to need some help. Trying to get educated on what the value of these cars are. What about Franklin Mint cars? I'll be checking back with you. Thanks
Hi, don't know how You went with Franklin Mint, with My past experience here in the UK anyway, stay away from these back pages magazines advertising clocks/watches, cars, dolls, in My opinion they're overpriced and c..p quality, invest Your money in 'real' antiques, something Your Grandmother/Grandfather would have been around in Their time, I paid £400 for a mantle clock from Franklin Mint, what's it worth now?, Peanuts!, the movement could probably been bought for £30!, Buy a mantle clock with a French movement, safer investment, talking only from personal experience here.
I literally collected so many die cast cars as a kid in the 90's! Particulary maisto! I spent so much of my parents and grandparents money in KB toy store! Lol
I think Ertle Authentics are one of the best.. He's wrong Ertle Authentics are super Detailed they have really Detailed Engine bays , but Ertle usually does American Muscle..
Hey!, Just stumbled across Your video, great stuff, taught Me a lot about the makes, shame You couldn't show the unboxed models, however, I'm gonna take Your word on quality!, I'd already jumped in 'blind' and bought a Highway 61 with box, so, sounds like a good start!, thanks so much for Your wisdom, Hi, from Manchester, England 👍
Thanks for the info on reselling! I have a large collection of 1:18 and 1:24 Formula One diecasts, in storage, all in original boxes. Dating from basically 2000-2020, with some 70’s -90’s legends. Most are Michael Schumacher, and several other passed and present world champions. Some are Autographed too. Should I open an ebay store and try to sell a couple? Just to test the market? Or hang on to them due to the inflation issues of today? Thanks for your channel and any info is appreciated.
GMP, ACME, CMC, Exoto, Autoart (but their *composite* models = Plastic so don't be fooled), Kyosho, TSM are good. Maisto, Bburago, Ertl are entry level.
Hey Chris great video! I have many plastic models I built thru the years and just started collecting these diecast cars! Where does Exact Detail LANE cars fit in your scale? I don't think you mentioned them! They come with a certificate also. Thanks
Hi Chris,I have been collecting 1/18 die casts since 1997,some are Green light, Solido, Bainte Mini champs and Norev just to name a few. What do you think of those brands? I liked your video.
Great info, I've been collecting American cars from the '50s and a lot of my cars and trucks are from Road Signature. All their doors fit good, and no big gaps. The interiors and engines aren't that highly detailed but still not bad. Motor Max on the other hand, one model would be just as good as Auto World for half the price while another of their models is poor quality. What's your thoughts on Sun Star?
In my opinion buy what you like and can afford and enjoy them by displaying them. All the newer models are very detailed even the “cheap” ones like Jada. Never unboxing to MAYBE make a $100-$200 profit years down the line never made sense to me! Life is too short enjoy what you spend your money on
Chris, I really appreciated your video on 1/18th scale model cars. About 15 years ago, I bought about 80 of these cars, all in boxes, and had no idea what they were worth. I've sold about 20 of them. Mostly for $20.00 to $50.00. I now see some of them are quite valuable. I am concerned that the boxes, particularly the plastic, are dusty. Do you have any advice on how to clean them without damaging them? I would appreciate and help you could give me. Thanks again.
Thanks for sharing. Feather duster to get off what you can, then a damp rag (not wet, damp) if you have serious fogging issues on the plastic box windows you can use a dab of olive oil once you get the dust off, use a paper towel to rub it on the plastic window. DO NOT USE THE OLIVE OIL ON THE CARDBOARD PART OF THE BOX. Good luck.
I mean with my previous questions, that it sounded like you spoke about older manufactures going up in price, I choose to buy a modern budget gaming PC than to buy a super gaming PC made 10 years ago. So, would you please teach us how to buy brand new diecast cars and what brands are best?
To be honest, newer stuff is a gamble like anything else. When you've been around long enough you tend to be able to pick things that might go up in value. (If you're lucky too)
My dream diecast is the ERTL (American Muscle) 1973 Pontiac Trans Am SD-455. What's a good price I should pay for one? Box or no box, doesn't matter to me.
Getting back into the diecast hobby i bought the monster collection from Hamilton Bradford exchange and the Monopoly set going for 100.00 to 200.00 each set of 4 cars made by Auto World nice quality tell me what you think if there over priced or not these cars are popping up on my screen all the time i love the muscle cars the best im 67 years old retired i use to be a collector had a couple thousand hotwheels matchbox johnny lighting etc nascar sp;d everything on ebay on my weekends off from work now im getting into it again lo
I got a question. I've been trying to find what the value of a die cat car I have. It's a burago 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL scale 1/18. It's on a stand.
Joyride were amazing i have every new release that came into the shop i worked in! The smokey and the bandit series has to be my favourite and KITT! But the Snowmans Truck is outstanding! I have all them FF cars they were 18.99 here in UK haha unbelievable the price's! See this is why i stopped collecting as the cars i have they wree so cheap i can't bring myself to pay what people are asking for them!
Is there a place where you can get a fair market valuation on a collection......or even something similar to a baseball card Beckett where you can look them up??
Thrift Shop Hustler thank you, I now regret it especially seeing the same car made by Autoart...I think paying that extra $100 would’ve been the better option. Oh well
I have a massive collection of 90's die cast. Nascar and some Bush series. I have a little over 2 grand in them. I went for the most popular drivers of that era. ROY cars by guess and have quite few. Most of the time I guessed right, Mostly 1/24. Crap load of 1/64 blister packs. I have Revell, Action and Team Caliber. I have a bunch of cars. some are worth much more than others obviously. I'm ready to sell my collection.
Just a question. My dad has a pretty large collection of 1/18 die cast cars. He passed a few years ago and someone wants to buy them from my mother. How would be the best way for me to determine a value?I know in the past they ranged from around 50 to 400 each.
Why i don't have a new collection today as 25 years ago when Autoart, then the lower detail solido and joyride i was collecting was £25 to £50 GBP each then and i have hundreds! Now at the crazy price's today i won't spend that amount on them as i know how much the RRP really is!
Thrift Shop Hustler something else worth mentioning that could come up at estate sales and possibly garage sales are the dealer only models. Many times they are made by the same companies already mentioned but there only distributed to the car dealerships and not sold to the public. I’ve seen some of them go for big money, especially when there isn’t a model available for sale. I remember one I was on a bidding war on eBay for back in the early 2000s that was a first gen Mitsubishi Eclipse, it sold for more than I wanted to pay, lol. They are rare, but maybe worth mentioning.
Chris, I finally got your name at the very end. I would like to know if you can tell me where I can find that Red and Black coloured Roadrunner 1/18th scale car. Not sure who makes it but I have been looking for a long time for it. It has a Beautiful Look to it. Please help me. Just tell me what sight it is on and what Number I need to type in 2 buy one. CAN YOU FIND IT FOR ME? 1/18th Scale and Another one in your search if you come across it is, an Old Style Caddilac. Like from the '80s in Real life. They were VERY Long Cars with the 2 Fins sticking out like chrome with the Light in between on the Trunks. I thought I have seen one on someone else's channel but you say you know A lot about cars so I want to know if you can find it for me Before I expire. :( Thank you very much for helping me and If you can NOT or Don't want to that's up to you. I'm subscribed to you. You are the ONLY One I subscribed to in regards to Diecast Cars. Jason. Thank you, Chris.
Chris - Wonderful segment. I had been waiting to go to a diecast show in Michigan where I'm located to pick up this knowledge. THANK YOU. I'm a muscle care guy from the 60-70's era. Sounds like GMP and ERTL are likely sources? Are there any good size diecast shows around the country worth visiting? If so, where and when? Also, are you aware of anyone making custom water soluble decals? They obviously make them for the big name race teams, but I would like to recreate cars from the mid-60's through 70's and need someone to work with. Any suggestions? I've searched the net and have not found any. ERTL, ACME and others are not returning my calls or emails. I'm waiting for the bell to ring!! Chuck
GMP is way better than ERTL, ERTL is like the commons but older one's in the package can be worth money. There are tons of show's in California but finding stuff at a good price your better off looking at Estate Sales. I use to have a connection for decals but that was 10 years ago, sorry. I would suggest looking on ebay for custom decals.
Nice video. I would say that right now, and basically the last 5 or so years, there has been a major interest in diecast of all scales especially the 1/18, 1/24, and 1/64. Greenlight and Burago are 2 brands that I would add to your video.
i guess Im asking randomly but does anybody know of a method to log back into an instagram account?? I was stupid forgot my login password. I would love any tips you can give me.
@Zander Kristopher i really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and Im trying it out now. I see it takes a while so I will get back to you later with my results.
Since you have been collecting for years. Do you think adding Jim Beam cars is a waist of time and space. I'm just starting to collect diecast cars. I only have 4 1:24 scale cars.
Chris, very informative diecast video. You did forget about the worst of the worst in 1/18th scale: Mira and bBurago (my personal opinion). When I was new to diecast collecting I purchased one or two of the worst. bBurago lacks in quality and Mira is just terrible. I could go on about these two examples but you can judge for yourself. I agree EXOTO AND CMC are very high end but they retail for big $$$. Look out for BBR, another high end model. I have a load of GMP/Acme and they tend to be very good in quality and generally affordable. Thanks for the video.
Hey SamPop, Thanks for the comment. A lot has changed since I work in that hobby shop in 2001. I'll need to check out BBR, never heard of that one. Have a great week.
You forgot so many companies not to mention all the other scales. A longer video could have helped. Bburago was the first 1/18 diecast producer although they were making 1/24 diecasts in the 1970s! How about Franklin & Danbury Mints? 1/43 scale is huge and older than most other scales, having come from the model train world (O scale) Slotcars, Matchbox, Hot Wheels, etc, etc
I have 2 American Muscle 1960 Ford Starliners that have started to crack and crumble. Both are white and less than 20 years old. They were in storage with other 1/18 diecasts of various makes but none of the others have any issues. Has anyone else had this happen to them?
@@ThriftShopHustler Cheers captain obvious. You rant on for 20 minutes i would of thought you'd come up with something smarter... I sold it for $770. Now you know.
Great video! I have 3 questions: 1- Why should I even bother buying used ones? (apart from being CHEAPER). 2- What stores or websites are cheapest to buy new ones? (I understood that u only spoke about used ones on Ebay, right?) 3- More tips about how I differentiate between low and high quality? (eg. I will off course look for sophisticated details and overall realistic look but please tell us more). Thank you in advance!
1. Used one's can be very valuable but you will need to know what you are looking at. 2. Ebay, Garage Sales, Thriftshops, Other Online markets. 3. If you've been around long enough you can spot junk and high quality.
I got a collection of like 30 cars from the early 90’s when I was a kid, they are at my dads house I never knew they were worth money. I just got into my mind I wanted to display them in a glass cabinet and I found this video
you forgot kyosho, and hotwheels, but only the elite. autoart is still the best in the mid range (and high if you consider only the prices), but now with the "composite" are falling down... not in the details and painting, but is plastic in the end...
Great video, question we have a die cast john force car that says action on the bottom but some one told us it's actually a winner circle car, how do we know for sure when it's not marked? Thanks in advance
@@ThriftShopHustler thanks, I did that but all the listings are different so how do u know whos listings are correct when they alllll come from Good sources?
Mira,Jouef and it's earlier UH sister are the worst I have experienced. Maisto as a mass producer has upped their game a lot and is now even used in reviews to compare with high end models.
The newer Maistos (2000+) are actually quite good for the money. The 90s Maistos and Bburagos are absolute trash. I have the F50, Viper and XJ220 by Maisto/BBurago and they're much worse than the Maisto Chiron or LaFerrari. I'm not even going to talk about Tonka/Polistil or Anson, those are the lowest of the low.
Sucks to be a collector in Europe, its hard to get nice muscle cars here, there are some Autoworld 1:18 in bigger shops like CK modelcars or modellisimo but the selection is not very good
yeah especially regarding Hot Wheels Elite, ERTL, GMP and Autoworld. But on the other hand, Europeans can get Solido, Norev, MCG, BoS, KK-Scale, iscale, Otto etc. for retail price while people outside europe usually have to pay a mark up price.
@@ThriftShopHustler Did you come across them? Are they good? I have a few AutoArt latest models and some of them had minor issues out of the box. But I am looking at GT spirit models to have
If its loose and got flocking on the floor and in the trunk or boot its AA and haggle to get it down in price they never exceeded £60 GBP never!! My moat expensive were £55 for the lancer evos when they came out! Solido were rhe cheaper brand at £25 each i remember when the mk 2 escorts came out and the 205Gti i grabbed them all they were so cheap! The RS 500 was bad unfortunately avoid the solido RS 500 cosworth the wheels are awfull and they have pins in the lights that are darker tint and in your face! Shame that model was a flop
These shows have incredible content , you need more publicity, a lot of resellers would love to have the knowledge you give out in these “ know your stuff episodes” crazy you only have 3k followers,!! I love this, keep making them,,
Slow and steady wins the race my friend. If you build it, they will come.
Thrift Shop Hustler I’m a NYC cop, I plan on retiring soon and doing this not as an hobby but as a job... I really enjoy these videos, knowledge is power!!
Thank you! I started with a 1935 duesenberg ssj roadster, got hooked. Collected 18 now. Mostly 60s Muscle.
That is awesome!
Very good insights. It really helps in choosing the right brands as per budget. Now a days there are a lot of transactions are happening on various non retail forums like Facebook Marketplace etc allowing people to hunt for good quality pre owned models at reasonable prices…
Absolutely!
I have that hwy61 Hemi under glass but I can't remember what I gave for it. At the time I was working and if I wanted it I would have paid whatever it costed. Now I'm way more into looking for the good deals. Getting alot of them where the doors fall open too easally and don't stay closed properly. I just had to glue the doors shut on a Ferrari. If one can get past that and don't need to have functioning doors. I'd just go with whatever is cheapest.
Thanks for stopping by.
I lucked out in value when I bought a bunch of tv and James Bond cars in the late nineties early 2000's. Got the Munster's Koach for $15.95 at K-Mart, Dragula, Monkees Mobile, Mach 5, Speed Racer Shooting Star, they were all like $25. I also got all the AutoArt James Bond cars, the gadget DB5, the Lotus Submarine, the Lotus Ski car, and the Toyota from You Only Live Twice all for about $65 new at the time. All those cars are worth way more now, although I'm not wanting to sell them at all. But to build my collection today would take way more dough. In fact I finally added the 66 Batmobile and the Green Hornets Black Beauty AutoArt was $200 new.
Yeah a lot of those movie and tv one's went up in value.
Great info!! I so need to know this. I see cars all the time and have no idea what to pick up.
Yeah there is million cars out there. I haven't even talked about the 1:24 and 1:43 scale ones.
My best die cast car is herbie if you are selling eany model s of it please let me know Martin mcareavey email address 02843702643
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@@ThriftShopHustler l faw play about your own TH-cam channel i like you i would be interested to see what you can tell me about your art work die cast cars Martin mcareavey email @ 02843702643
GMP is at the top when it comes to quality, detail, and packaging.
Thanks for the heads up, yes GMP is nice.
Peter,
GMP/Acme is top scale, but not Exoto, Inc. Their detail is off the chart.
Great Podcast!
Great video
Been collecting 1;18 Diecast cars for almost 20 years and it took me that long to figure out what you taught in your video
Very cool! I worked at a diecast shop in the mall and had to learn a lot of this over the coarse of 2 years.
Really glad I found your channel dude, learnt alot in 24 hours! This series is great!
Glad you enjoy it!
@@ThriftShopHustler What about Acme? They look like they might be on the higher end. They seem to have limited pieces that may go up in value
I'm not a huge collector but I know my way around...but I'm pretty sure that anson, road legends , road tough and GMP are all branch off's of ertl and eventually ertl turned into autoworld and you forgot to mention motormax or motorworx they would be a few steps above ertl and maisto due to the hinge,paint,rim and detail for the price and another lower end model is welly welly has a lot of different cars but the suv's and pickups are usually older so definitely harder to get your hands on.with my experience with ertl you want to be careful of the cast...it's old so that means it's weak but if you find a mopar car a movie car a ideal tools truck you want to look it up ertl does a lot of limited production cars and there will be a number on the exhaust showing that it's number 145 of 500 for example also maisto and burago both companies seemed to merge in the mid 2000’s and make different versions of the same cars and with the new ones what you’ll see is a burrago in a Maisto box most of the time it will be a Lamborghini or Ferrari I imagine it’s a licensing issue...
Hey, Thanks for the info. Yeah im sure I missed more than that. But I appreciate your comment!
Actually actually is Gateway Global but what they do is they put it under autoart but if you look underneath the car it says license by Gateway Global Limited
Thanks for the info.
No problem I have learned a lot from this video as well
Great video, i been collecting 1/18 scale cars since the 90s after seeing the 1/24 Franklin MInt cars and how expensive they were and couldn't afford them. Even though the Franklin Mint and Danbury mint ones had better detail, the way cheaper 1/18 Road Legends were bigger and nice enough looking for me for only 15 or $20 each. Spencer Gifts once had a clearance sale where i bought a Road Signature 1979 Trans Am for $5 and now they are selling for $100. Sun Star is a nicer brand for a good price. I find Maisto way better than Ertyl American Muscle. I have seen a lot of Ertl car interiors with lousy detail, I mostly stay away from Ertyl. Also i noticed the later Maisto models have better detail than the older ones, the same goes for the newer Road Signature models.
Technology has advanced so newer one's with better detail makes sense.
Hi Chris, Chris here. I think u made a mistake about ut turning autoart. Ut turned into minchamps, gates used to be autoart. I collect myself for thirty odd years now. I go for autoart now. Great vid cheers!
Thanks for the info!
Great information. I'm getting ready to sell quite a few cars my husband collected. He passed last year. I'm going to need some help. Trying to get educated on what the value of these cars are. What about Franklin Mint cars? I'll be checking back with you. Thanks
Franklin Mint can be hit and miss. Check each one, if they are new with the boxes and paperwork they are worth a bit more.
@@ThriftShopHustler Thanks. Yes in box and all paper work there.
Hi, don't know how You went with Franklin Mint, with My past experience here in the UK anyway, stay away from these back pages magazines advertising clocks/watches, cars, dolls, in My opinion they're overpriced and c..p quality, invest Your money in 'real' antiques, something Your Grandmother/Grandfather would have been around in Their time, I paid £400 for a mantle clock from Franklin Mint, what's it worth now?, Peanuts!, the movement could probably been bought for £30!, Buy a mantle clock with a French movement, safer investment, talking only from personal experience here.
yes Auto ART MODELS are pretty nice. looking to add a few to my collections
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thanks, Chris for great info.... how about from "Auto Art Japan" and "Kyosho"? any idea about them?
Not sure ive heard of Auto Art Japan, but I have hear of kyosho and totally forgot to mention that brand.
Do you know if any of them are reliable tho?
I literally collected so many die cast cars as a kid in the 90's! Particulary maisto! I spent so much of my parents and grandparents money in KB toy store! Lol
Thanks for stopping by, have a great week.
I think Ertle Authentics are one of the best.. He's wrong Ertle Authentics are super Detailed they have really Detailed Engine bays , but Ertle usually does American Muscle..
Yeah cool.
Agreed
Hey!, Just stumbled across Your video, great stuff, taught Me a lot about the makes, shame You couldn't show the unboxed models, however, I'm gonna take Your word on quality!, I'd already jumped in 'blind' and bought a Highway 61 with box, so, sounds like a good start!, thanks so much for Your wisdom, Hi, from Manchester, England 👍
Thanks for the sub!
Australian 1:18 cars have to be some of the best out there
Yeah for sure.
Thanks for the info on reselling! I have a large collection of 1:18 and 1:24 Formula One diecasts, in storage, all in original boxes. Dating from basically 2000-2020, with some 70’s -90’s legends. Most are Michael Schumacher, and several other passed and present world champions. Some are Autographed too. Should I open an ebay store and try to sell a couple? Just to test the market? Or hang on to them due to the inflation issues of today? Thanks for your channel and any info is appreciated.
Thanks for sharing!
GMP, ACME, CMC, Exoto, Autoart (but their *composite* models = Plastic so don't be fooled), Kyosho, TSM are good. Maisto, Bburago, Ertl are entry level.
Yep. lots of great brands and quality.
Hey Chris great video! I have many plastic models I built thru the years and just started collecting these diecast cars! Where does Exact Detail LANE cars fit in your scale? I don't think you mentioned them! They come with a certificate also. Thanks
I had to look these up because I never heard of that company. I'd say they are just below top tier. They look great for a $100 price point.
Hi Chris,I have been collecting 1/18 die casts since 1997,some are Green light, Solido, Bainte Mini champs and Norev just to name a few. What do you think of those brands? I liked your video.
Thanks. I've heard of Green light and Mini Champs, but not the rest.
You should try buying with New Zealand dollars. Looking at around $ 300 - 800- easy !
Not even sure what the exchange rate is for US dollars.
@@ThriftShopHustler Hi $ 1,000- USD is $ 1,606- NZ ! CMC $ 2,000- + / Autoart $ 600-.+. Love your work :)
Great info, I've been collecting American cars from the '50s and a lot of my cars and trucks are from Road Signature. All their doors fit good, and no big gaps. The interiors and engines aren't that highly detailed but still not bad. Motor Max on the other hand, one model would be just as good as Auto World for half the price while another of their models is poor quality. What's your thoughts on Sun Star?
Very cool!
In my opinion buy what you like and can afford and enjoy them by displaying them. All the newer models are very detailed even the “cheap” ones like Jada. Never unboxing to MAYBE make a $100-$200 profit years down the line never made sense to me! Life is too short enjoy what you spend your money on
Good comment.
Thank you for this one! I had no knowledge of Die Cast cars previous to this so this was a really good one for me!
Awesome, good luck out there!
Chris, I really appreciated your video on 1/18th scale model cars. About 15 years ago, I bought about 80 of these cars, all in boxes, and had no idea what they were worth. I've sold about 20 of them. Mostly for $20.00 to $50.00. I now see some of them are quite valuable. I am concerned that the boxes, particularly the plastic, are dusty. Do you have any advice on how to clean them without damaging them? I would appreciate and help you could give me. Thanks again.
Thanks for sharing. Feather duster to get off what you can, then a damp rag (not wet, damp) if you have serious fogging issues on the plastic box windows you can use a dab of olive oil once you get the dust off, use a paper towel to rub it on the plastic window. DO NOT USE THE OLIVE OIL ON THE CARDBOARD PART OF THE BOX. Good luck.
I mean with my previous questions, that it sounded like you spoke about older manufactures going up in price, I choose to buy a modern budget gaming PC than to buy a super gaming PC made 10 years ago.
So, would you please teach us how to buy brand new diecast cars and what brands are best?
To be honest, newer stuff is a gamble like anything else. When you've been around long enough you tend to be able to pick things that might go up in value. (If you're lucky too)
aghain, thank you!
My dream diecast is the ERTL (American Muscle) 1973 Pontiac Trans Am SD-455. What's a good price I should pay for one? Box or no box, doesn't matter to me.
You might want to check ebay and amazon.
Getting back into the diecast hobby i bought the monster collection from Hamilton Bradford exchange and the Monopoly set going for 100.00 to 200.00 each set of 4 cars made by Auto World nice quality tell me what you think if there over priced or not these cars are popping up on my screen all the time i love the muscle cars the best im 67 years old retired i use to be a collector had a couple thousand hotwheels matchbox johnny lighting etc nascar sp;d everything on ebay on my weekends off from work now im getting into it again lo
Welcome back James, I wish you luck!
@@ThriftShopHustler I found a website that charges half as much as Hamilton it pays to shop around dont' buy the first thing you see and like lol
I got a question. I've been trying to find what the value of a die cat car I have. It's a burago 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL scale 1/18. It's on a stand.
Id check worthpoint or ebay.
Ok thank you
Joyride were amazing i have every new release that came into the shop i worked in! The smokey and the bandit series has to be my favourite and KITT! But the Snowmans Truck is outstanding! I have all them FF cars they were 18.99 here in UK haha unbelievable the price's! See this is why i stopped collecting as the cars i have they wree so cheap i can't bring myself to pay what people are asking for them!
Right on!
Is there a place where you can get a fair market valuation on a collection......or even something similar to a baseball card Beckett where you can look them up??
Worthpoint or ebay solds. I think Beckett had a diecast priceguide once.
I have 1000 models of the 1/18 scale ,23 years collecting
Wow, that must take up some space.
if you buy new in the box bands on, and you want to sell years later, does cutting the bands kill value?
Not by much, most hardcore collectors will display them anyways.
Welly’s any good Or trash ? I just bought a wellys 73 Porsche 911 RS on eBay
WELLYS Range in price but for the most part they are on the lower end of the spectrum.
Thrift Shop Hustler thank you, I now regret it especially seeing the same car made by Autoart...I think paying that extra $100 would’ve been the better option. Oh well
I have a massive collection of 90's die cast. Nascar and some Bush series. I have a little over 2 grand in them. I went for the most popular drivers of that era. ROY cars by guess and have quite few. Most of the time I guessed right, Mostly 1/24. Crap load of 1/64 blister packs. I have Revell, Action and Team Caliber. I have a bunch of cars. some are worth much more than others obviously. I'm ready to sell my collection.
Good luck, though you might be selling at the bottom. Nascar has not been great sellers for sometime.
What do you know about Franklin mint?
I fair amount, I use to sell them in a hobby shop from 2001-2004
Thank you for the video. How much does it hurt the value if it doesn't have a box-Just curious?
Depending on the rarity of the piece. Lower end doesn't matter much. But higher end there is a premium to having the box.
Just a question. My dad has a pretty large collection of 1/18 die cast cars.
He passed a few years ago and someone wants to buy them from my mother.
How would be the best way for me to determine a value?I know in the past they ranged from around 50 to 400 each.
You can look them up on ebay: Search Make Model Year and Brand. They all should come up!
Why i don't have a new collection today as 25 years ago when Autoart, then the lower detail solido and joyride i was collecting was £25 to £50 GBP each then and i have hundreds! Now at the crazy price's today i won't spend that amount on them as i know how much the RRP really is!
Who knew diecast cars would become luxury items!
No mention of bburago, kyosho, minichamps?
Good point, I think its time to do another one of these videos!
Thrift Shop Hustler something else worth mentioning that could come up at estate sales and possibly garage sales are the dealer only models. Many times they are made by the same companies already mentioned but there only distributed to the car dealerships and not sold to the public. I’ve seen some of them go for big money, especially when there isn’t a model available for sale. I remember one I was on a bidding war on eBay for back in the early 2000s that was a first gen Mitsubishi Eclipse, it sold for more than I wanted to pay, lol. They are rare, but maybe worth mentioning.
I've never heard of those, thanks for the insight.
I found an vintage, in the original box majorette 1/24 scale diecast chevy silverado truck. I can't find a price anywhere
Very nice! Check worthpoint.
Cmc and Exoto are the absolute best I have a few
Yeah, I agree.
I have a Herbie Love big 1/18 Coccinelle Echelle 1/17 made in France but unsure of the brand and value?
The last one about $30-50 out of the package mint.
Chris, I finally got your name at the very end. I would like to know if you can tell me where I can find that Red and Black coloured Roadrunner 1/18th scale car. Not sure who makes it but I have been looking for a long time for it. It has a Beautiful Look to it. Please help me. Just tell me what sight it is on and what Number I need to type in 2 buy one. CAN YOU FIND IT FOR ME? 1/18th Scale and Another one in your search if you come across it is, an Old Style Caddilac. Like from the '80s in Real life. They were VERY Long Cars with the 2 Fins sticking out like chrome with the Light in between on the Trunks. I thought I have seen one on someone else's channel but you say you know A lot about cars so I want to know if you can find it for me Before I expire. :( Thank you very much for helping me and If you can NOT or Don't want to that's up to you. I'm subscribed to you. You are the ONLY One I subscribed to in regards to Diecast Cars. Jason. Thank you, Chris.
I'll take a look.
@@ThriftShopHustler Thank you for helping me. I am In Canada Ontario. Thank you for your time too.
@@ThriftShopHustler please let me know ow either way I you are able to find it or not. Thanks 🍎
What about Acme? They look like they might be on the higher end. They seem to have limited pieces that may go up in value
I'll look.
Acme is good. GMP are associated with them as a brand/company. I own several ACME/GMP/AutoArt and several resin models from BBR.
What do you think of the revel and hot wheels 1:18 cars
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Chris - Wonderful segment. I had been waiting to go to a diecast show in Michigan where I'm located to pick up this knowledge. THANK YOU. I'm a muscle care guy from the 60-70's era. Sounds like GMP and ERTL are likely sources? Are there any good size diecast shows around the country worth visiting? If so, where and when? Also, are you aware of anyone making custom water soluble decals? They obviously make them for the big name race teams, but I would like to recreate cars from the mid-60's through 70's and need someone to work with. Any suggestions? I've searched the net and have not found any. ERTL, ACME and others are not returning my calls or emails. I'm waiting for the bell to ring!!
Chuck
GMP is way better than ERTL, ERTL is like the commons but older one's in the package can be worth money. There are tons of show's in California but finding stuff at a good price your better off looking at Estate Sales. I use to have a connection for decals but that was 10 years ago, sorry. I would suggest looking on ebay for custom decals.
Nice video. I would say that right now, and basically the last 5 or so years, there has been a major interest in diecast of all scales especially the 1/18, 1/24, and 1/64. Greenlight and Burago are 2 brands that I would add to your video.
Thanks, yeah this is an older video that might need to be redone at some point.
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You forgot about one of the biggest company Bburago
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Hey Chris. I am wonder what's the value difference from having diecast in box or out of the box on a display
? Thanks in advance
It depends, I would say without a box 50% less. OR even more. If its hard to find, sometimes without the box is not a big deal.
diecast cars where made since the late 40s. Metal cars started as petal cars.
Yes, thanks for the tips!
The first 1/18 Bburagos that I bought in the late 80's were still made in Italy.
Thanks for the info.
THEY ALSO HAD HOTWHEELS DIECAST CARS IN1/18 SCALE, I HAVE A DIECAST 69 CHARGER HOT WHEELS BRAND😊
Yeah those were fun
In a lot of cases if the bands are left on for a long time they will leave marks on the car.
What you think of the Jim Beam Decanter cars. Compared to the rest of the cars.
Since you have been collecting for years. Do you think adding Jim Beam cars is a waist of time and space. I'm just starting to collect diecast cars. I only have 4 1:24 scale cars.
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Chris, very informative diecast video. You did forget about the worst of the worst in 1/18th scale: Mira and bBurago (my personal opinion). When I was new to diecast collecting I purchased one or two of the worst. bBurago lacks in quality and Mira is just terrible. I could go on about these two examples but you can judge for yourself. I agree EXOTO AND CMC are very high end but they retail for big $$$. Look out for BBR, another high end model. I have a load of GMP/Acme and they tend to be very good in quality and generally affordable. Thanks for the video.
Hey SamPop, Thanks for the comment. A lot has changed since I work in that hobby shop in 2001. I'll need to check out BBR, never heard of that one. Have a great week.
You forgot so many companies not to mention all the other scales. A longer video could have helped. Bburago was the first 1/18 diecast producer although they were making 1/24 diecasts in the 1970s! How about Franklin & Danbury Mints? 1/43 scale is huge and older than most other scales, having come from the model train world (O scale) Slotcars, Matchbox, Hot Wheels, etc, etc
Yeah this was an older video.
I have 2 American Muscle 1960 Ford Starliners that have started to crack and crumble. Both are white and less than 20 years old. They were in storage with other 1/18 diecasts of various makes but none of the others have any issues. Has anyone else had this happen to them?
Maybe a bad paint job?
Funny you should mention. I also had a while 60 ford skyline same problem
Im trying to put together a collection of every car I've owned. Suggestions?
Step One: Have lots of money...
Is there somewhere you can go to get how much a model is worth?
Ebay is the best for free. Worthpoint is a paid site.
Gmp fox body ground pounder, new in box, what are they worth now?
Don't know, maybe look it up.
@@ThriftShopHustler Cheers captain obvious. You rant on for 20 minutes i would of thought you'd come up with something smarter... I sold it for $770. Now you know.
What is the name of site you are checking price on.
ebay
Where does burago fit in the model 1:18 scale die-cast
Maybe in the middle with quality.
What do you think of Franklin Mint?
I like Franklin Mint a lot but the market has dropped a TON in the last 10 years .
@@ThriftShopHustler Good For Me!
Does anyone know where I can get kits to build the car? Like eaglemoss.
I can’t find a website from where I can get them.
I don't know, you'll need to ask around.
Great video!
I have 3 questions:
1- Why should I even bother buying used ones? (apart from being CHEAPER).
2- What stores or websites are cheapest to buy new ones? (I understood that u only spoke about used ones on Ebay, right?)
3- More tips about how I differentiate between low and high quality? (eg. I will off course look for sophisticated details and overall realistic look but please tell us more).
Thank you in advance!
1. Used one's can be very valuable but you will need to know what you are looking at.
2. Ebay, Garage Sales, Thriftshops, Other Online markets.
3. If you've been around long enough you can spot junk and high quality.
thank you!
There is Burago also
Yeah there is so many!
Love this ❤
Appreciate the comment!
They ever make a 60 hardtop Impala diecast 1/8
1/8 maybe not, that is a rare scale I think.
Unfortunately I sold over 275 ertl 1:18 cars for the down payment on my house , but got over 3500$ for them
About $13 a car. At least you own a home!
Did America muscle/ ertl cars come with a band over their cars. This is how you would know its never been out of the box.
What about dub city cars is it any good
I haven't looked those up in some time. We use to sell those like crazy when they first came out.
I got a collection of like 30 cars from the early 90’s when I was a kid, they are at my dads house I never knew they were worth money. I just got into my mind I wanted to display them in a glass cabinet and I found this video
Glad you found us! Enjoy that collection!
die cast is not stamped metal. one is a stamping and one is a casting
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Where does Hot Wheels fall in the quality range at?
Right in the middle I think.
They are not stamped metal. They are diecast metal. That metal is called zamak.
Thanks Walt.
you forgot kyosho, and hotwheels, but only the elite.
autoart is still the best in the mid range (and high if you consider only the prices), but now with the "composite" are falling down... not in the details and painting, but is plastic in the end...
Yeah there was a few brands missing in this old video.
precision classics
Yep, I think this video needs a redo
You didn’t mention Danbury or Franklin mint
I had to rewatch the video to see. The reason those brands were not listed is because they are 1:24 scale, this was a 1:18 scale video.
Ertl Fast and furious went up over the years even with the box they ll go for 100
Cool
Correction without the box they ll go for 100
Great video, question we have a die cast john force car that says action on the bottom but some one told us it's actually a winner circle car, how do we know for sure when it's not marked? Thanks in advance
Try to find a similar item on google or ebay.
@@ThriftShopHustler thanks, I did that but all the listings are different so how do u know whos listings are correct when they alllll come from Good sources?
Very Helpful, what about Jada?
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Mira,Jouef and it's earlier UH sister are the worst I have experienced. Maisto as a mass producer has upped their game a lot and is now even used in reviews to compare with high end models.
Thanks for the update!
What abou autoworld?
Yeah, someone else mentioned that. Must of been after my time.
@@ThriftShopHustler I think Autoworld is ERTL.
what about shelby collectables
Yep
How about Welly and Jada?
Lower End.
@@ThriftShopHustler Thanks. Good to know!!!
Well the 99% made of metal is wrong, lots are made of resin or composite, which is a plastic.
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Kyosho?
Yep, that is another one.
what about hotwheels
I did a whole video just on those.
The newer Maistos (2000+) are actually quite good for the money. The 90s Maistos and Bburagos are absolute trash. I have the F50, Viper and XJ220 by Maisto/BBurago and they're much worse than the Maisto Chiron or LaFerrari. I'm not even going to talk about Tonka/Polistil or Anson, those are the lowest of the low.
Yeah a lot has changed in the last 10 years in regards to older issues. Thanks for the comment.
Interesting comment, what's the point to bring into discussion dead manufacturers like Anson and Polistil?
Sucks to be a collector in Europe, its hard to get nice muscle cars here, there are some Autoworld 1:18 in bigger shops like CK modelcars or modellisimo but the selection is not very good
Yeah I can see that problem!
yeah especially regarding Hot Wheels Elite, ERTL, GMP and Autoworld. But on the other hand, Europeans can get Solido, Norev, MCG, BoS, KK-Scale, iscale, Otto etc. for retail price while people outside europe usually have to pay a mark up price.
bruh what about GT Spirit?
What about it?
@@ThriftShopHustler Did you come across them? Are they good? I have a few AutoArt latest models and some of them had minor issues out of the box. But I am looking at GT spirit models to have
Redbox diecast
If its loose and got flocking on the floor and in the trunk or boot its AA and haggle to get it down in price they never exceeded £60 GBP never!! My moat expensive were £55 for the lancer evos when they came out! Solido were rhe cheaper brand at £25 each i remember when the mk 2 escorts came out and the 205Gti i grabbed them all they were so cheap! The RS 500 was bad unfortunately avoid the solido RS 500 cosworth the wheels are awfull and they have pins in the lights that are darker tint and in your face! Shame that model was a flop
Thanks for the info
I have heard maisto pronounced MAY sto
Yeah I worked in a diecast shop and we called it MY-EE-STO
but diecast isnt stamped
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Stop jumping around so much, not able to figure what you are trying to accomplish. Be more organized.
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