Diecast: What's a good diecast crane or brand?

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 09/30/2019 at 19:14 • Filed to: None

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I want to look for a diecast crane model for a relative for Christmas. I don’t want to spend the national budget on it. Is there a good brand?

Nibby > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/30/2019 at 19:21

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completely unrelated but recently ordered a Dell Precision T1650 workstation and it came today. It’s quite nice, especially for $100 shipped!

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/30/2019 at 19:26

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I’m not sure about diecast, but here’s a plush crane.

https://store.rowesanctuary.org/ProductDetails/tabid/89/ProductID/3/sandhill,crane,plush,toy,rowe,sanctuary,children/Default.aspx

facw > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/30/2019 at 20:08

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Here’s a metal crane, but I’m afraid it’s a bit pricey

http://meccano.com/product/p10943/tower-crane-set

carcrasher88 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/30/2019 at 20:12

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What kind of crane are we talking about? Wheeled, tracked, or stationary?

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/30/2019 at 20:36

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Siku makes some amazing die cast cranes. They're spendy, but not crazy expensive.

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/30/2019 at 22:26

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Bruder makes some nice plastic cranes and construction toys.  Not die cast, but good to play with, or even display if you like.  

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Nibby 10/01/2019 at 00:15

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Cool. The Precision laptop you pointed me to is the bomb.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > carcrasher88 10/01/2019 at 00:18

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Wheeled, I suppose.

Nibby > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/01/2019 at 08:40

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Glad to hear you’re getting good use out of it