| Has it gone too far? Is it reasonable to pay 100usd for | | | | collectors standard has really gone sky high. This is of |
| just one diecast car in 1:18 scale? I think when you | | | | course a great thing for us as we get better models, |
| compare the details with today's "average" diecast | | | | but is it worth the high increase in price? |
| cars with diecast cars from 10 years ago, you can | | | | And as Internet really is a global online store in a way, it |
| really see how the cars have improved enormously. | | | | has allowed diecast manufacturers to increase the |
| And it is quite easy to understand this improvement | | | | prices a lot. |
| has affected the prices. And with Internet being a | | | | Still 100usd for one diecast car are a lot, but if you ask |
| major place for collectors to find their models this has | | | | me it is worth it. For ten years ago having something |
| really pushed diecast company's to improve their | | | | as detailed as today's model cars would be extremely |
| models compared to the other diecast cars. | | | | expensive as it would have probably been handmade |
| Today everything on each diecast car has a very high | | | | by a very small and exclusive diecast company. So go |
| quality to it, 10 years ago it wasn't unusual to find areas | | | | out there and buy your favorite diecast car and even |
| where the proportions were all wrong on cars. In | | | | though they are more expensive than ever, you will |
| todays time this is not acceptable, everything from the | | | | know that you are getting something very special. |
| headlamp to the rear wing has to be perfect as | | | | |