Small Scale Military Headquarters

I was looking at some of the adds back from 2004 - those must have been the good days

F-18 $ 65.00
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Spitfire $ 57.00
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Apache $ 30.00
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I want those days back

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those prices were great...

I once got an F-18 from a fellow boardmember for $40

Our prices around here are still reasonable given the times

How about store clearances in the old days-----

I found 1/18 Command Cars in TRU for $2.50. There were 7 on the shelves, I bought six and being such a nice guy, I left one for somebody else.

Also in TRU 1/6 Command Cars for $49 and Scout Cars for $59. Both can get over $400 each now.

But then, my first 1/1 MV cost me $4,000 for a WC-56 Command Car that was straight out of French service, completely rebuilt and in perfect condition......... and my first M-37 cost me $750, running and practically new condition....... and if you want to go way back.... my first car was a 65 Pontiac Le Mans, brand new, for $3,200 and my second car was a 68 Pontiac GTO which cost me $3,600, brand new, special ordered exactly equipped the way I wanted it. I still have both window stickers.

The good old days.....

TTT

I just wish I'd bought more of the $50 RC 1/6 Stuarts and $75 1/9 Abrams at WM. Some guys found them even cheaper than that.

I wish I'd started way earlier collecting 1/18 aircraft - when F-16s went for $ 60 and the Super Cobra were still available... man, that would have been great.

Quite amazing how some things go up in value with time. If only we knew back then what we know now.

Yep, I got most of my 21st Century 1/18 planes on clearance at WM, I believe the cheapest one was $5 (Old Crow) and the most expensive ones were $15 (Winter Stuka + CIA Huey) the 190s, Tiger tank, P 47, and Chinese Mig were all $10 each. And the other 1/18 21st stuff I got from Monkey Depot, when they were clearing out all 21st line. I also picked up a 1/6 Sahara jeep for $25

Following the consistent pattern in my life of never doing anything the easy way; I got into the hobby too late to buy much of anything at a bargain. I was able to get some stuff at the tail end of the MD sale on the cheap, but for every deal I have gotten I balanced it by over paying for something else.

Never got a single deal or mark down here in Washington State. Maybe just unlucky.

Only got into 1/18 about three years ago,and have never bought any from WalMart.

Still was able to get some decent deals off Ebay.

With those clearance prices,surprised 21C didn't fold years earlier.

This thread is kinda depressing

gouchy wrote:This thread is kinda depressing

I feel the same way...

I remember when ToysRUs.com, as I recall, had a glitch and were selling F-18s for $29. I bought two of them, should have bought even more! They fixed the problem a few days later, but not before a ton of people had ordered them.

GUYS!...SHUTUP.....JUST SHUTUP.....YOUR KILLIN ME HERE!

The best was the 21st figures at walmart for $1 then they went down to $.50