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Post by stuck on Dec 2, 2015 13:59:16 GMT -5
A mere observation for comment:
SRC's long awaited Renault turbo and Villeneuve Ferrari are almost with us, apparently. Both will retail, roughly, at a very reasonable £54 each.
If you buy both, separately, the total bill be around £108 (depending on individual retailer). On the other hand, if you buy both as a boxed set, it appears that the total bill will be a whisker under £180.
This means that the box not only costs more than one car, but will relieve you of £72.
Am I getting too old, have I missed something, am I just plain wrong or does seventy two quid for a box appear to be a trifle upwards of normal box value?
Laurence
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Post by Chris Wright on Dec 2, 2015 15:59:13 GMT -5
The boxed set price is a mere bagatelle for that curious human called a "slot car collector".
You may notice the title of this forum is THE FORMULA-ONE-THIRTY-TWO SCRATCHBUILD FORUM.
So the true value of the boxed set is of little consequence to the many artisan's who frequent this scale electronic automobile forum.
All in good fun,
Chris
P.S. Laurence did you visit the Sports Car Forum Yet?
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Post by Andrew Rowland on Dec 2, 2015 17:42:57 GMT -5
It is also a curious fact that the cars are not available from the UK outlets at all so unless you brought from a Spanish supplier you won't be getting one just yet.....
I am a collector of slot cars..... BUT not a collector of boxes!
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Post by tedm01 on Dec 2, 2015 19:33:56 GMT -5
I agree that this is the THE FORMULA-ONE-THIRTY-TWO SCRATCHBUILD FORUM. However, I buy a lot of cars and modify the running gear to (try) and be competitive at HPSCC. Quite a lot of this usually involves just completely changing out the whole chassis and using a Penelope Pitlane or similar-does that mean the car is then a scratchbuilt? Imho,it does, so items like the SRC F1 cars are of interest to readers of this forum. Its not the most economical way to go about the hobby when a car needs that level of modification,but few mainstream makers offer bodies as a spare part-which would be ideal,I reckon! Mind you,I won't get the SRC set because it is,as Laurence pointed out, £70-odd for a box...But there are collectors who want limited edition items and its their hobby, too. Good luck to them. They would be horrified with what I have done to some "limited editions"... TED....
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Post by Chris Wright on Dec 2, 2015 19:46:44 GMT -5
Ted, I'm pulling Laurence's leg.
(I apologise to any American's who may read this and have no idea what this means)
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Post by tedm01 on Dec 2, 2015 19:57:51 GMT -5
Yes,I know- I was just making a point-sorry if I sounded a bit po-faced. I'm not really! TED....
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