Anyone familiar with AMT Ertl Models?

[Monster Dave]

Yeah, the min would have to be an important part of that auction!!

I don't know that I want to part with it just yet though, at least not until I find out how much it's really worth.

[Popeye the Sailor]

Yeah, the min would have to be an important part of that auction!!

I don't know that I want to part with it just yet though, at least not until I find out how much it's really worth.

It's only worth what someone's willing to pay.

[Monster Dave]

It's only worth what someone's willing to pay.

That is true. I'm only interested in current market value though, I don't have a strong desire to sell it, I just want to know how much value it carries given that it's impossible to locate.

[NorDog]

Have you asked some Trekkies?

I say, either post it on eBay, or open a tube of Testors and put it together already.

Apparently it doesn't have enough market penetration to even HAVE a market value.

[DucHead]

Ask Andy Stitzer. 

I'll give you $2 for it (shipped)!  I know Rameses is dying to put it in his microwave.  Especially since he isn't watching much college basketball.   

[Rameses]

I'll give you $2 for it (shipped)!  I know Rameses is dying to put it in his microwave.  Especially since he isn't watching much college basketball.   

Whatever.  We won tonight.

[Speedbag]

I say, either post it on eBay, or open a tube of Testors and put it together already.

In the late '90s, I purchased an original sealed kit of a '67 Cougar in order to build a replica of my personal car. The kits are extremely rare in any condition (they never re-issued it), and I paid dearly for it.

You should have heard the model collectors scream when they heard I built the kit.  Then I sold the box and unused parts on eBay for a relatively tidy sum to drive the point home further. 

[Popeye the Sailor]

In the late '90s, I purchased an original sealed kit of a '67 Cougar in order to build a replica of my personal car. The kits are extremely rare in any condition (they never re-issued it), and I paid dearly for it.

You should have heard the model collectors scream when they heard I built the kit.  Then I sold the box and unused parts on eBay for a relatively tidy sum to drive the point home further. 

I think that made my day.

[Monster Dave]

See though, I just have this feeling that in the back of my mind has always kept me from opening it. I don't know why, it just feels like something that I should hold off on doing. Because this item seems more and more rare as I search, I'm less inclined to open it more now than before. I'm not a pro model builder, so opening it would mean that it would never look the way it looks on the box.

I'm going to call one of the contacts that the RC2 rep suggested today and see what I can find out.

[Duck-Stew]

In the late '90s, I purchased an original sealed kit of a '67 Cougar in order to build a replica of my personal car. The kits are extremely rare in any condition (they never re-issued it), and I paid dearly for it.

You should have heard the model collectors scream when they heard I built the kit.  Then I sold the box and unused parts on eBay for a relatively tidy sum to drive the point home further. 

  The collectors of models don't own or drive kick-ass cars like your Cougar anyhow...so F 'em! 

[Speedbag]

I think that made my day.

Someday I would love to be able to buy a high-dollar, points-judged show car of some sort. When I'd go to pick it up, the proud owner would no doubt expect it to be pushed onto a trailer for transport. I'd then hand the guy the check, hop in, fire it up, and blaze the tires all the way down his street.

[Popeye the Sailor]

Someday I would love to be able to buy a high-dollar, points-judged show car of some sort. When I'd go to pick it up, the proud owner would no doubt expect it to be pushed onto a trailer for transport. I'd then hand the guy the check, hop in, fire it up, and blaze the tires all the way down his street.

What'd you think I'd do if you sold me your cougar? 

[Duck-Stew]

I can vouch for Mr. I.  He flew to LA, and drove my '62 Falcon home.  He's serious...

[Monster Dave]

How you define enjoyment is largely a personal thing. One person could own something, cherish and baby it, and fully enjoy owning it. While someone else could own the same thing, love it, put it to use, and fully enjoy owning it.

What's the difference other than one's opinion on how to enjoy it?

I collect 1:18 scale die-cast cars that have been made famous either by movies or TV shows. They are rare, and some none of them cheap. I keep them each in individual display cases on display on the top of a book case in the living room. They are isolated, out of reach, but pristine and really cool to look at! Maureen asked me one day though, why I never take them out of the display and mess with them, and trying to answer her question, I just had to say because I love them right where they are. They're like my shrine to automobilia and I have no desire to get finger prints all over them let alone dust.

So I suppose my point is that as long as you enjoy what you have as much as you want to enjoy it, who's to say that there's something wrong with how you go about enjoying what you have??

[Speedbag]

What'd you think I'd do if you sold me your cougar? 

I would expect nothing less.