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Topic starter
19/03/2021 1:47 pm
Most of us discovered 1:24 scale Collectible Diecast cars in the 1980's and after. But when we were kids, diecast existed in a more TOY form.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
19/03/2021 2:35 pm
Cool stuff George! I recall that most of my 'toys' were of the automotive subject. Like many of us, as a teen, I built plastic car model kits in the 1:24th / 1:25th scale. But in my adult years, when I discovered 'diecast' metal models, already built with great detail - I was hooked!
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Topic starter
19/03/2021 3:43 pm
Cool stuff George! I recall that most of my 'toys' were of the automotive subject. Like many of us, as a teen, I built plastic car model kits in the 1:24th / 1:25th scale. But in my adult years, when I discovered 'diecast' metal models, already built with great detail - I was hooked!
I too, built plastic models (for a while) and then before Diecast, I discovered "Plastic Promotional" models. Johann and Ertl used to make many of them. I collected them up until I was 19 years old, and then they were lost (melted) in our house fire in 1971. Finally when I found Diecast in the late 1980's, I was in heaven.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
19/03/2021 7:57 pm
Tony & George: I was the same, starting building models when I was a kid. When I got my first Diecast from the Franklin Mint after seeing it in Parade Magazine, I was hooked as well. It was the Black Porsche. Now today with over 800 diecast and I also have over 200 plastic kits that I want to build when I retire, but that is still a number of years away.
Topic starter
19/03/2021 8:24 pm
@carsman1958, I like your retirement "Bucket List". 
Keep the target in front of you. I've never regretted retiring when I did and I've enjoyed every day of it.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota