"CiiNubbin" (ciinubbin)
03/24/2014 at 21:05 • Filed to: None
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"CiiNubbin" (ciinubbin)
03/24/2014 at 21:05 • Filed to: None | 5
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I agreed to go to an estate sale with my other half on Saturday because of the promise of beer and pizza afterwards. Boy, am I glad I did.
It was the typical sale, cheap stuff, mostly picked over by the time we got there early in the afternoon. Wandering through the sale, bored, I saw some familiar blue cards. They had 30 hot wheels or so, still on-card, mixed in amongst the toys on the 'toy table'. The cards weren't bad, some had OLD price stickers, a couple of bent corners, no big deal. The cars were mostly 02-04. I flagged a estate assistant over and asked how much for all the cars since there were no prices listed.
She said $80. I chuckled and said that I thought that was a little steep and would go $40. She hemmed and hawed and countered at $60, which was exactly where I knew it would go, I agreed and started to pickup the cars. She told me they would find a box for me and she signed a sales receipt for me to take up front to pay.
As we were walking toward the front my wife pulled on my sleeve and told me to look back at the estate assistant, she had just bent behind the table and PICKED UP THREE BOXES OF CARS and was boxing them up. I hadn't even seen the box of cars behind the table and when I asked 'How much for ALL THE CARS' she took it to mean all of them.
There were 109!!! cars. When we got out to the car my wife, who LOVES to bargain hunt and barter for deals, lovingly called me all sorts of names for the deal I just received.
I asked at the counter about the cars and the daughter of the gentleman who had passed said that her dad use to buy cars for when his grandchildren would come over. She also said that she found cars all over his house and assumed he had hidden and forgotten about them.
hethoughtofcars
> CiiNubbin
03/24/2014 at 21:11 |
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Is this a shopping cart gasser?
area man
> CiiNubbin
03/24/2014 at 21:12 |
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Score! There are some real gems in there.
Frosted
> CiiNubbin
03/24/2014 at 21:12 |
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I have a lot of those from my childhood, it amazes me to see them still NIB. The Cadillac LMP is awesome, got one sitting next to the 24 Ours car.
$kaycog
> CiiNubbin
03/24/2014 at 21:13 |
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That.Is.Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Frosted
> hethoughtofcars
03/24/2014 at 21:15 |
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It is.
DeltawingGothamDeserves
> CiiNubbin
03/24/2014 at 21:15 |
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OOH!
philipilihp
> CiiNubbin
03/24/2014 at 21:15 |
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Are you up for trading any of them, specifically the bugatti or that D-type...? What a killer deal!
thebigbossyboss
> CiiNubbin
03/24/2014 at 21:15 |
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This beetle is the perfect car for a jump we used to have...he would jump the farthest off our gravity fed ramp!
Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> CiiNubbin
03/24/2014 at 21:18 |
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I have this scooter somewhere!
I must find it!
Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
> CiiNubbin
03/24/2014 at 21:18 |
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Nice score resell them for $120 and buy more cars did your wife call you good names or bad
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Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> CiiNubbin
03/24/2014 at 21:20 |
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What do you want for this Cady LMP1?
Luc - The Acadian Oppo
> DeltawingGothamDeserves
03/24/2014 at 21:22 |
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my favorite of the bunch as well.
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Luc - The Acadian Oppo
> CiiNubbin
03/24/2014 at 21:25 |
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Every time I get a good haul someone out does me 3 fold the next day. I can't win with you guys...lol. EPIC deal man that's only $0.55 a car. I paid $1.50 a car for all my old stuff and thought it was a bargain.
GRawesome
> CiiNubbin
03/24/2014 at 21:30 |
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That is a great haul, nice score on the deal! They sure made some whacky cars back then, very few straight production models in the bunch. I recently acquired that same Bugatti in a trade with mr_benjamin_rolland. Very cool with the 2 spare tires on the back.
SteyrTMP
> CiiNubbin
03/24/2014 at 21:50 |
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Anything Porsche?
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CiiNubbin
> hethoughtofcars
03/25/2014 at 03:30 |
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There are actually two of them, one in orange one in red. I laughed when I saw them.
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CiiNubbin
> GRawesome
03/25/2014 at 03:32 |
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Yeah, most of them are in the 'Fantasy' style of Hot Wheel. Off the peg I typically skip the Fantasy styles, but most of these older Hot Wheels fantasy cars are cool.
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CiiNubbin
> Luc - The Acadian Oppo
03/25/2014 at 03:33 |
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Haha, sorry about that. I would have posted on Sunday or Monday but I was spending to much of my free time just sorting and admiring them. :)
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CiiNubbin
> philipilihp
03/25/2014 at 03:34 |
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I will have another post tomorrow, I have a couple that I will trade but not many.
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CiiNubbin
> DeltawingGothamDeserves
03/25/2014 at 03:36 |
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My favorite also. I LOVE the classic car Hot Wheels. Bugatti's, Cord's, Deusenberg's etc... Basically anything pre-1950.
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CiiNubbin
> Luc - The Acadian Oppo
03/25/2014 at 03:37 |
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My favorite also. I LOVE the classic car Hot Wheels. Bugatti's, Cord's, Deusenberg's etc... Basically anything pre-1950.
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philipilihp
> CiiNubbin
03/25/2014 at 06:30 |
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I definitely understand! What a great story haha!
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GRawesome
> CiiNubbin
03/25/2014 at 08:03 |
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For sure. I don't think I could have passed on them, especially after the deal you got! You looking to trade any of them or holding onto them?
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CiiNubbin
> Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
03/25/2014 at 18:30 |
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Gonna keep most of them, there will be a post up soon of the ones I am willing to trade.
The names she called me where bad, but they were said with love....I HOPE. :)