Anyone here into promo models?

The 1:25 scale plastic promo models are what lured me as a kid to models.  I've mentioned this a few times over the last couple of decades over on the 1:24 scale diecast Forum, but not sure I've done so here.  When I was 7 years old, my Dad bought me my first 1:25 promo model.  It was a '58 Plymouth.  Over the next several years I was having fun collecting more models. 

Some that I had were a '59 DeSoto, '60 Chrysler, '60 Chevy, '61 Chrysler, '61 Plymouth, '62 Buick, '63 Ford, '62 Ford, a couple of '60 Fords, a '61 Olds F-85, and a '63 Plymouth and Dodge.  In all, I eventually had sixty-one different promo models. 

In my bedroom (remember I'm still a kid), I had the models displayed on a wood shelf on a wall.  In February 1971, we had a kitchen fire, starting on the stove that was on the other side of the wall that my bedroom wall was on.  The heat from the fire melted my models in to my wall.  I will never forget the horrific smell of that plastic after melting.  Needless to say, my collection was gone! 

I flash forward to October 1989 and I find 1:24 scale DIECAST from Danbury Mint and Franklin Mint.  The rest is history.  

I had a collection as a kid.  Late 50s to mid 60s.  Mine were also kept on wooden shelves in my bedroom.  But no fire! 
I sold them off when I started to collect models from FM and DM.  Wish I had kept them.

I started collecting promos in 1947 when I was 7 years old. My dad would take me around to the car dealers who actually had the promos in their dealerships. As the new cars were introduced, the promos became obsolete and they might give them to me or sell them to my dad, which he in turn, would give them to me as birthday or Christmas gifts. These promos were all slush mold metal. Then in the early fifties, plastic promos also came along. By the time I was fourteen, I had a collection of over 100 models. When I was in my early twenties, I gave the collection to a friend who had two boys who loved cars. Shortly after that, I entered the service and when I returned, my friend moved out of state and we lost contact. Today I only have about 12 promos.

I had several as a kid, plus my models I built. Like a fool, I traded them for R/C car stuff, then got out of that pretty quickly. I wish I'd kept my models. I love the promo stuff, but too much of it is too pricey for me.😟 Thanks Kev, I'm gonna head on over there and check it out though.😊👍

I had a 59 Rambler and a 60 Ford, both station wagons. Displayed them alongside my kits.

@geno I have a feeling you are going to be amazed when you see his auction site Geno, I know I was! I never had a lot of promos, the ones I had as a kid I destroyed, along with my built-up models and Tonka trucks. (And sports cards, comic books, Mad magazines, and pretty much all the cool things I had as a kid!) I did have a few Corvettes and GTO’s from the 60’s that I eventually lost interest and sold.