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16/12/2012 11:10 am
QUESTION: What defines a model from a toy car?
16/12/2012 12:51 pm
reasonable accuracy, content and modeling a specific marque.
or some combination thereof.
Although these are representing real cars, they are toys
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These are a gray area. I would call them models:
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This is a phantom but has enough attention to scale and content that I'd call it a model
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This is a phantom I'd call a toy
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16/12/2012 12:55 pm
This!
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16/12/2012 1:05 pm
Gotta love those toys from the 50's & 60's, not to mention the prices they are commanding
16/12/2012 1:11 pm
You're right, Ken, but I don't think it was quite what Marlowe was asking!
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16/12/2012 5:23 pm
That MIGHT be a toy.
17/12/2012 9:40 am
Don't toy with me..............
17/12/2012 10:51 am
"Old" & "rare" can turn "not-so-great" into valuable. It applies to all medians, from model cars to traditional art. I simply can't believe some of prices I've seen some "art" on shows like the "Antique Roadshow" claim to be worth for example. I'm not saying the models shown above are bad, but collector's ideas of what is valuable and desirable change with time and rarity. In the art world especially, it also is heavily influenced by peer pressure and not wanting to appear to be uneducated or unrefined (the Emperor's New Clothes?).
17/12/2012 12:33 pm
A toy car is made to be played with not placed on a pedestal.
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17/12/2012 1:00 pm
Models are plastic kits or promo's, Toy cars are metal.
17/12/2012 1:50 pm
So all my $ 100+ metal diecast are toys, Jim?
17/12/2012 5:57 pm
Metal and plastic......[PIC]
Metal promo:
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plastic toys:
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18/12/2012 3:31 am
Maybe it should be something you assemble is a model? And I believe the only reason die cast cars of the stature they are today (2012) are called toys, is because transportaion companies shipping rates depend on the "classification" of the merchandise they haul. We once had a quote on a shipment that the trucking company changed - due to they found out the merchandise was collectibles, not toys. 100% True. The transportaion companies must figure any damage claim would be higher if the merchandise was collectible, and was not really a toy....? I guess I got off the true subject here, but wanted to share this.
18/12/2012 5:25 am
It is mostly semantics....
Toys are generally defined as objects that you 'play' with. Those objects may or may not be representational of actual objects.
Models are generally defined as scaled representations of actual objects.
Since, if you care to, you can 'play' with any scale model, all models can be toys. Some toys however are not scale representatives of anything - like a Slinky - so not all toys can be considered models.