[Closed] AAR Cuda,

My point was not to insult Tony at Diecast reproduction or anyone for that matter, just simply stating that there are quite a few low issued LE's from FM that just dont seem to bring retail. The pink Challengers, the Black Mustang to name a few more. With only 500 or less made one would think they would be in higher demand and thus bring higher dollars. LECC cars included, not all bring retail anymore and even the coveted Aztec Vette has sunk in value

Am I missing something here?

I am speculating and I agree with your assessment.

Another difference...

...the "TFM under 1000 LE's" are often retailer exclusives that are marketed to a collector base of a few thousand. Most of them are online or close customers. The TFM and DM LE's of 2500+ are marketed to probably close to 100,000 people. And that's the realistic potential segment in my estimation.

Almost every week I find people who never knew that there were TFM models that were not available from TFM direct.

George, yes you ARE missing something here!

Although I have little intention of selling my cars, I do speculate on the future value of cars. From time to time, I purchase a "quantity" of a car that I think will increase in value so I can sell them at a PROFIT!! In fact, I hope they sell for a very BIG profit! Anyone willing to write a check (with lots of zeros before the decimal point) for any model I have is cheerfully welcome.

Makes me hate the whole system.

Strange thing to hate.

C'mon George live a little there are much more appropriate things to hate in 2008.

Randy good point on Dealer LE's, doesnt explain the

Challenger but does explain some of the others

Good point Randy.

Ironically 95% of the Challenger marketing was....to dealers!

I believe by the time they made the catalog or the website it was already sold out or very soon thereafter.

What can I say some dealers for some reason order diecast the way that I put food on my plate at one of those self-serve cafeterias. Some dealers are delusional or have no concept of what their actual customer base is. They just mindlessly order dozens of LE's and if they don't magically sell without a little hard work and advertising then they just mindlessly post they on ebay at no reserve....almost like they are panicking to pay their monthly invoices.

I'm not a business genius (however my grandfather was) and at the same time it does not take a lot of thought to figure out this retail thing geez. I know a couple of TFM dealers that had a waiting list a mile long that could have really made that edition sell out and if it had happened that way those pink challengers would be $300 models.

Brad at this point I am not even sure of the question!

I'm not saying this to be funny either! My post was in reference to your post saying that the AAR Cudas weren't significantly different then the regular FM Cudas. Tony C worked with FM and made many changes and that was my only point on this topic.

George what do you hate and why??????

Phil...it's not worth going in to.

Um ....... LOL ok