if you won the lottery

Yoxford · Post by **Yoxford** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:54 am

Its nice to dream...

http://www.fineartmodels.com/pages/prod ... uct_id=355

toyktdlgh · Post by **toyktdlgh** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:59 am

That’s beyond fantastic. It’s a true work of art.

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:12 pm

Got that in my email today. Yup I woudl buy a few of those if I had the money.

STUKA · Post by **STUKA** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:35 pm

you could build your dream add on room for the 1:18 show room for that price.

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:25 pm

That sort of detail is priceless!

FieroDude · Post by **FieroDude** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:26 pm

It reminds me of when I was in France during high school and a friend's dad was a big shot businessman in Marseille. She took me into his office once to show me his model car collection--all 1/6 scale metal hand-built Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and Bugattis, with leather seats and every imaginable detail, and most with signed and numbered plaques. I asked her what these kind of pieces run, and she said the two that saw him buy were about 45,000 francs each--at that time, about $7,000. Makes me wonder what something like that would be worth today with appreciation....

newwavepop · Post by **newwavepop** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 4:01 pm

i was thinking if you won the lottery you could get the real thing!

MK · Post by MK » Tue Mar 13, 2007 4:28 pm

For that price the motor better start and all the controls move with the stick. That would be sweet.

Jericoeagle1 · Post by **Jericoeagle1** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 4:29 pm

newwavepop wrote:i was thinking if you won the lottery you could get the real thing!

That is exactly what I was thinking!

KAMIKAZE · Post by **KAMIKAZE** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:20 pm

If I won the lottery I would restore the next German tank to be pulled out of a Russian bog.

Then I would invite all you metal heads to come play in the tank.

Mark

STUKA · Post by **STUKA** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:30 pm

I like the idea of building a WW II museum.
Have a whole wing for 1:18 XD with a toystore for the kids.

Next Build a chain of Coffee shops -
Id even make a XD Cafe bar
XD Extreme Decaff - hang XD planes from the ceiling

ok so it might not go well - how about a soda machine at the museum that sells XD beverage and ice cold Yo Joe Cola

DocTodd · Post by **DocTodd** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:13 pm

What a great model. Incredible detail. I like the idea about the XD museum with the toy store-I'm in on that.
Todd

sicqnus · Post by **sicqnus** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:22 am

If I won the lottery...

I buy 21st, BBI and Admiral Toys.

And I give a call to Mark Clark to know what he has in stock. Too bad I was a little short when they were selling "Alberta Blue"...

Seriously, I would buy a few of these HPH 1:18 planes. They're pretty cheap at circa $1600.00 each (...)

Rogue · Post by **Rogue** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 7:10 am

I'd have the real thing too.

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:25 am

If I won the lottery, I would buy Gift certificates from bad cat aviation, Military toyshop, AIKEN'S AIRPLANES, or any place you like to shop online. Oh they would be 2,000 USD, and I would invest 2 million USD in Admiral toys.

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 11:21 am

If I won the lottery - namely one of those mega-millions jackpots that come from time to time - I'd buy out 21c and fix a few issues

Don't worry, they'd still make all the great stuff and then some! However, the overall QC issues would be addressed, and the small retailers would get first dibs on every new release followed by Wal Mart. Oh, and TKO could remain fanclub president and P51 the website photographer so long as I desire that they do so

tkjaer21 · Post by **tkjaer21** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 11:23 am

I with you tman. I would also buy everything from that Czech company as well.

luftpanzer · Post by **luftpanzer** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 3:16 pm

Forget 1/18th Scale, I would switch over to 1/1

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 3:57 pm

luftpanzer wrote:Forget 1/18th Scale, I would switch over to 1/1

It took only about 5 million to get that P-38 out of the ice and make it airworthy.

As long as were thinking big(dreaming) I would buy all of the contenders.

BBI, Admiral and 21st. and put them to work making every plane and tank that I ever have dreamed of.

They will all have to make at least one a week and I will give an incentive to who ever beats the time frame. Of course I would have to hit the big lottery . The one that was 300 million. If I do I think the wife would be happy as long as she got some shoes.

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:26 pm

Of course I would buy a real Me-262 and the P-61