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29/12/2004 8:13 am
2005 TFM pricing
Folks there are at least 2 different price lists out there and I noticed that the Cadillac and Datsun are switched on one of them...here are the official MSRP's:
B11E004
1910 Cadillac Roadster LE 3,000
$145.00
B11E009
1937 Cord 812 LE 1,000
$170.00
B11E008
1949 Buick Riviera Hardtop LE 2,500
$145.00
B11C407
1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible LE 1,000
$135.00
B11E007
1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Hardtop LE 2,500
$145.00
B11E013
1960 Chevrolet Impala Hardtop LE 2,500
$145.00
B11E099
1970 Datsun 240Z LE 2,500
$120.00
B11D888
1971 Plymouth Roadrunner LE 9,900
$120.00
B11E014
1973 Mercedes-Benz SL LE 1,500
$170.00
29/12/2004 8:39 am
they are nuts!
29/12/2004 8:42 am
$170 for the 73 Mercedes? No way!!!
29/12/2004 8:54 am
Hey Steve...
...are you THE Steve Sabol? Love your work if so! 
29/12/2004 8:55 am
Those prices are GREAT! It means I'll be saving a lot of $$$.
Because I don't plan on buying any more repaints from FM. 🙁
29/12/2004 8:57 am
$170 for the Cord???
I love the color but let's get real =;
29/12/2004 9:06 am
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
29/12/2004 9:13 am
Interesting way of looking at these issues. Tony P conjectured that TFM might be rebuilding and will be using the money from these sales to do so. Well, considering that it takes about $250K to bring out a new issue, there should be funds to tool up a few new images. We'll see . . .
29/12/2004 9:16 am
Are you trying a variation on the Hunt Bros. trying to corner the silver market? LOL
29/12/2004 9:23 am
Frank , is tooling for these really that much?
I haven't build a die in almost 15 years - but $250 million seems like a lot, especially considering the labor market they use. I would have guessed closer to $3 million, but that's a SWAG on my part.
Brand new images aside, there are several models that they could convert at lower costs. Look what DM did with the Pro-Stock series. I'd love to see a Pro-Stock GTO. Oh well.....
29/12/2004 9:52 am
The LE '71 Roadrunner seems to be the most reasonable, with what appears to be new tooling?
29/12/2004 1:03 pm
Yes, I agree. Thats the only one I'll get from Franklin Mint in 2005 I gues....
29/12/2004 1:19 pm
Sorry Randy, different Steve
29/12/2004 2:09 pm
they do offer free shipping....
for all orders over $3mil. LOL
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