Couldn't believe it! Two of them still there on the shelf!

hotrodrock · Post by **hotrodrock** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:49 am

So 5 weeks ago I get a call from my nephew (grown 45 yr. old) who is off on one of his monthly 300 to 400 mile trips looking for Hot Wheels. Says he has found a particular 21st plane and do I want one. At the time I couldn't pay attention, much less pay for a new plane. Today, I decide what the heck, I'll drive the 60 miles to the store just to see if they are still there, knowing full well after 5 weeks they would be gone. Get there and lined up on the top shelf is a German Starfighter, desert cammo Stuka, P-47 bubble top, some 109s, and some FWs (boxes totally destroyed with the FWs). Wasn't interested in them so I didn't even look to see which ones the P-47, 109s, and FWs were. Well crap, just as I thought, they were gone, but it had been 5 weeks. But wait, I turn around and there they are on the top shelf of the other side of the isle. 2 winter Stukas in Motorworks boxes. No telling how long they had been there. Boxes were fair but weren't totally destroyed. Finally found a sullen employee to get a ladder and get me one. Now, if I can just find a Snake Stuka still on a shelf somewhere. Anybody seen one?

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:35 pm

Good find, but its for old stuff - I thought you had come across an Avenger

Jolly Roger · Post by **Jolly Roger** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:35 pm

man that is awesome, i just found the African camo Stuka today but couldnt bring my self to buy it, i have been looking for the Winter Stuka forever!!!

lucky find, i wish i could find one

STUKA · Post by **STUKA** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 1:30 pm

I'm still looking for the snake Stuka....

I found a pile of em four years ago - didn't buy one...

....

need water....

throat so dry.....

eyes deceiving me...

flpickupman · Post by **flpickupman** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 1:32 pm

Yeah, a Snake Stuka for less than $70 would be nice to have.

hotrodrock · Post by **hotrodrock** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:24 pm

Yes, the Stukas are old stuff. But thats the point. Lots of older 109s and FWs still around but you don't run across Stukas every day.

Black_Dragon_One · Post by **Black_Dragon_One** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:32 pm

i thought you cam across some old m48... for $3 pop.....

that would be a great find...

mikeg · Post by **mikeg** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 2:10 am

Funny thing, it was the snake stuka and m48 tank that were in bulk on the shelves at local tru for the longest time (around 2000 and 01)