Ahh promos, there are some big dollar fellows that collect these babies.
Actually, not many survived intact due to their usually being given to
kids to play with, I destroyed a few myself in my youth. And yes , there
are collectors of promos only. I got crazy once and put a 200$ bid on a
mint 62 Valiant 4 door, black promo, that was identical to the one my
grandpa had. Turned out that darn promo went for over 400 bucks! Certain
ones in certain colors, especially in mint and complete with box
condtion will get huge amounts of money. After that, I am taking a
little closer look at the 62 Valiant down the road from me, when a toy
car costs the same as a real car, it is time for me to rethink things
myself. I bet I can get the beater real Valiant cheaper then I could
have gotten the toy car! But model cars don't rust, and they don't take
up too much space, and they do appreciate in value. There are worse
hobbies you could have. PS: I think there is a 59 Plymouth out there,
but 1/43rd scale Brooklin or a nicely warped expensive 1/25th scale
promo may be your only choices. If I find out different, I will post
here in the list.
ian william rubrey wrote:
> Hi Guys, Can somebody tell me why promo models command such
> amazingly high prices, I've just seen one go for over $200This to me
> seems like a lot of money to pay for a model of a car when companies
> like Modelhaus produce resin bodies of quite a variety of FWDLK cars.I
> collect 1/43rd models such as Western and Brooklin. Are there
> collectors of just promos?I also build 1/24th kits which obviously
> includes painting etc but it appears that 'collectors' buy promos but
> leave them as they are. Is this right?
> How come you can get unbuilt and built promos, Did the dealer give
> away both? Lastly, Does anybody know of a replica 59 Plymouth
> Suburban, either 1/24th or 1/43rd. Regards
> Ian, U.K.based FWDLKer
> ian-rubrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 1961 New Yorker Coupe
> 1959 Plymouth Station Wagon
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