"BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion" (pbs)
01/02/2014 at 19:30 • Filed to: Die Cast
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"BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion" (pbs)
01/02/2014 at 19:30 • Filed to: Die Cast | 0
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/Random musings about Diecast collecting. No rant, just a bit long.
2013 marked the tenth anniversary of my "serious" diecast collection and it's been fifteen years since I started buying metal cars by myself for whatever reasons. In this time, my collection grew from a handful, to a few thousands, then down to just several hundreds, and now back to at least fifteen hundred cars. Even though those ups and downs reflected pretty accurately my changing automotive tastes over the years, and I don't regret any cars I bought/sold/traded/donated, I've been wondering if the affordability and availability of Hot Wheels cars hasn't taken a bit of the fun out of the hobby, and my mind out of my objective, of assembling a comprehensive collection of great cars from the past and present.
What I'm trying to say is, for example: does the Chevelle SS fit that description? Well, it better, because I have about 118 of them, of various years and colorways, and I'm no longer sure I actually care about every single of them. There are two or three examples of each model that I really like and display often, a number far smaller than the 114 boxed somewhere out of sight. If I were to apply the Heisenberg principle to my cars, most of them would be uncertain as they seldom leave their closed boxes. If Gran Turismo was made in America, it would be my Muscle Car collection!
And that's why I'm starting over. I've been wanting to do this for a while now, but I couldn't "close" my standard collection without a 2014 Corvette Stingray, which Hot Wheels just provided, so I'm cutting back to my small, manageable premium collection and my original objective of collecting "essential" cars. The higher price and lower availability of these models should keep me from coming out of a store with a bag full of direct-to-storage cars or stacking up to 118 versions of the same model.
I'd also like to humbly ask Oppo for your own ideas about what exactly is an "Automotive Essential", what cars a collection aiming to encompass as much automotive history as possible can't do without. Feel free to post any suggestions you think would be a worthy addition,
It's going to work something like this: pick a car, make your case, I'll go over the suggestions, choose one and, if I already own it, photograph it (with a potato. If I didn't collect, I'd be able to afford a camera, but then I wouldn't need one.) and write up a short profile about the model. If I don't, it goes to the List and I'll hunt down a nice example when I can. I'm thinking about doing this once every couple months, depending on the amount of suggestions, and I'll probably add bonus rounds with personal favorites to keep this going. To kick things off, I already have this month's car, which I'll post tomorrow afternoon, you probably know what it is already, hahah....
CAR_IS_MI
> BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion
01/02/2014 at 19:40 |
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I too used to collect in my younger days, many of these cars are still in boxes at my parents house (but no where near as many as you). With all these recent diecast posts I have been contemplating starting a collection again, and have been seriously looking at the smaller bits from AUTOart. Expensive, yes, but very well detailed (or at least the appear to be).
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BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion
> CAR_IS_MI
01/02/2014 at 19:42 |
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That's the path I'm going, at least for now. If I get back to enjoying it as much as I did back in 2003~2010, I'll definitely keep it up, otherwise, I may have to find a new hobby :p
RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire
> BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion
01/02/2014 at 20:25 |
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Personally, I'd only keep the ones that really capture my imagination — the ones I wish I could shrink myself down to 1:18 scale and get into for a a drive around around my kitchen table.