Ridiculous prices for autoscale bodies?

[will3kgt]

I'm finding that alot of autoscales that haven't been re-released are going for a premium price. I saw the Taisan Porche go for a nice chunk of change. If you have a Gulf Mclaren you might want to make it a shelf queen if you haven't raced it. As for that Black Murcialago better make that a shelf queen being that it's 1 of 3000.

[marc]

Another rare and hard to find body that I'm sure will be pricey is that white Porsche 911 GT3 with the silver lettering all over it. That one is near impossible to find and I wish I didn't have to sell that one last year. I got that one in part of a trade and quickly had to sell it for 60. Could have made alot more for it these day's. I'd love to find another one.

[benmlee]

The Ford Focus rally car was for sale on ebay some time ago. The first one went for $180. A week latter, another one went for about $100 or so. Several more went up on ebay. The last ones sold for around $50 or $60. So price does fluctuate depending on supply and demand. Once people perceive there is a steady supply of bodies, price comes down quickly.
But, if you are the first person to sell one in a long time, you can reap the profit.

[Neomax]

Originally Posted by herman

cool.... are the rims really alloys? is it an authentic kyosho release?
and you race it too???? man...

Yeah they are alloy, and from what i remember BBS had them made for the limited range because it was a limitied range. Because BBS bought a few Lambourghinis and made them limited edition, in..... you guessed it, black, and made some swanky limited edition alloys to go with it! And that i believe is where this little beauty came from, which is why there were only 3000 made!

As to the field....well .... we were taking pictures

[herman]

coolness....

but... hmmm... so did i understand it correctly... it was a bbs release (buying some kyosho lambo's and putting on some bbs rims on them)... and not an official kyosho release?

or did bbs make arrangements with kyosho to do a special run for them???

can you post more pics of the car and rims please?

[marc]

You two guy's have it wrong. That particular Lamborghini I beleive was the one I had last year as I mentioned previous post. When I purchased that body, it came with standard Lamborghini Murcielago wheel's just like all the other Murc's. I personally put those aftermarket wheels on and forgot about putting the stock wheel's back on it. I usually hate the look's of stock wheels, so I just kept those alloy's on there. Those are NOT Kyosho brand wheel's at all. Those are aftermarket wheel's. All the other black Lamborghini Murcielago's I've seen have had normal stock Murcielago wheel's just like on the yellow and green versions.

[byteme909]

im gonna go buy some gold BBS rims and put them on my own black lambo just to confuse the hell outta all of u!

[marc]

Make sure you post those pic's under the bodies thread in the Gallery section and not here please. I'll also post my Murcielago with it's Team Atlis wheel's.
Another very hard to find AutoScale is the Dirty Version MadMax Interceptor. I've got the clean version, but trying to find the Dirty version is near impossible. Same with the special "plated" Back to the Future II Delorean. Been hunting for those two for years.

[herman]

oh... ok...

so what made that lambo a special edition? was it just black?

[Neomax]

I'm getting confused myself now but either way, she's a bit of a cool looking car! And if you think she looks good outside, wait till you see under the bonnet!
She needs a good clean as she has some other cars paint all down her side and theres a nasty Spur gear groove on her bonnet i need to get rid of, thats going to take some shifting!
But these are all the battle scars you get when you race a shell!
I think i might do a before and after, just to see how well i can get rid of the marks.
I'll post up in here when/where i post the pics when i get it done!

[byteme909]

does anyone know the offsets for the lamborghini murcielago? i think i found a site that has the BBS rims that i wanted.

[marc]

Sure, they are F-0N, and R-3W. Some where in the forum's there is a compatability chart showing the offset's for all the car's on different chassis. Atomic Mods also has this chart in their Mini-Z body catagory. I used this chart to help me purchase those Team Atlis wheels.

[marc]

The price is not rediculous to those who can truely afford it, and it's certainly NOT to the seller! BTW, it's still 162 dollars, I doubt it'll go higher than that.

[marc]

Oh, here's an ultra rare one. But it probably won't go high do to the fact it's not a popular body. Not sure what series this is from though. Check ebay item 280237333799
for the "Pointer" what ever that is.

[Neomax]

Originally Posted by marc

Sure, they are F-0N, and R-3W.

I run F+1N and R+3W