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Great info!! I so need to know this. I see cars all the time and have no idea what to pick up.

I lucked out in value when I bought a bunch of tv and James Bond cars in the late nineties early 2000's. Got the Munster's Koach for $15.95 at K-Mart, Dragula, Monkees Mobile, Mach 5, Speed Racer Shooting Star, they were all like $25. I also got all the AutoArt James Bond cars, the gadget DB5, the Lotus Submarine, the Lotus Ski car, and the Toyota from You Only Live Twice all for about $65 new at the time. All those cars are worth way more now, although I'm not wanting to sell them at all. But to build my collection today would take way more dough. In fact I finally added the 66 Batmobile and the Green Hornets Black Beauty AutoArt was $200 new.

Thank you! I started with a 1935 duesenberg ssj roadster, got hooked. Collected 18 now. Mostly 60s Muscle.

Thank you for this one! I had no knowledge of Die Cast cars previous to this so this was a really good one for me!

Australian 1:18 cars have to be some of the best out there

Does anyone know where I can get kits to build the car? Like eaglemoss. I can’t find a website from where I can get them.

Really glad I found your channel dude, learnt alot in 24 hours! This series is great!

These shows have incredible content , you need more publicity, a lot of resellers would love to have the knowledge you give out in these “ know your stuff episodes” crazy you only have 3k followers,!! I love this, keep making them,,

Great video Been collecting 1;18 Diecast cars for almost 20 years and it took me that long to figure out what you taught in your video

Should I save the box? 1/18 scale. I love to display my cars, but i'm running out of storage room for the boxes. I'm tempted to throw away the box, what do u think?

Very good insights. It really helps in choosing the right brands as per budget. Now a days there are a lot of transactions are happening on various non retail forums like Facebook Marketplace etc allowing people to hunt for good quality pre owned models at reasonable prices…

if you buy new in the box bands on, and you want to sell years later, does cutting the bands kill value?

I literally collected so many die cast cars as a kid in the 90's! Particulary maisto! I spent so much of my parents and grandparents money in KB toy store! Lol

I think Ertle Authentics are one of the best.. He's wrong Ertle Authentics are super Detailed they have really Detailed Engine bays , but Ertle usually does American Muscle..

thanks, Chris for great info.... how about from "Auto Art Japan" and "Kyosho"? any idea about them?

yes Auto ART MODELS are pretty nice. looking to add a few to my collections

GMP is at the top when it comes to quality, detail, and packaging.

I have a Herbie Love big 1/18 Coccinelle Echelle 1/17 made in France but unsure of the brand and value?

Where does burago fit in the model 1:18 scale die-cast

Is there a place where you can get a fair market valuation on a collection......or even something similar to a baseball card Beckett where you can look them up??

What do you know about Franklin mint?

Just a question. My dad has a pretty large collection of 1/18 die cast cars. He passed a few years ago and someone wants to buy them from my mother. How would be the best way for me to determine a value?I know in the past they ranged from around 50 to 400 each.

Thank you for the video. How much does it hurt the value if it doesn't have a box-Just curious?

I have that hwy61 Hemi under glass but I can't remember what I gave for it. At the time I was working and if I wanted it I would have paid whatever it costed. Now I'm way more into looking for the good deals. Getting alot of them where the doors fall open too easally and don't stay closed properly. I just had to glue the doors shut on a Ferrari. If one can get past that and don't need to have functioning doors. I'd just go with whatever is cheapest.

What is the name of site you are checking price on.

You should try buying with New Zealand dollars. Looking at around $ 300 - 800- easy !

Hey Chris great video! I have many plastic models I built thru the years and just started collecting these diecast cars! Where does Exact Detail LANE cars fit in your scale? I don't think you mentioned them! They come with a certificate also. Thanks

Thanks for the info on reselling! I have a large collection of 1:18 and 1:24 Formula One diecasts, in storage, all in original boxes. Dating from basically 2000-2020, with some 70’s -90’s legends. Most are Michael Schumacher, and several other passed and present world champions. Some are Autographed too. Should I open an ebay store and try to sell a couple? Just to test the market? Or hang on to them due to the inflation issues of today? Thanks for your channel and any info is appreciated.

I have 2 American Muscle 1960 Ford Starliners that have started to crack and crumble. Both are white and less than 20 years old. They were in storage with other 1/18 diecasts of various makes but none of the others have any issues. Has anyone else had this happen to them?

I got a question. I've been trying to find what the value of a die cat car I have. It's a burago 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL scale 1/18. It's on a stand.

Hi Chris,I have been collecting 1/18 die casts since 1997,some are Green light, Solido, Bainte Mini champs and Norev just to name a few. What do you think of those brands? I liked your video.

I'm not a huge collector but I know my way around...but I'm pretty sure that anson, road legends , road tough and GMP are all branch off's of ertl and eventually ertl turned into autoworld and you forgot to mention motormax or motorworx they would be a few steps above ertl and maisto due to the hinge,paint,rim and detail for the price and another lower end model is welly welly has a lot of different cars but the suv's and pickups are usually older so definitely harder to get your hands on.with my experience with ertl you want to be careful of the cast...it's old so that means it's weak but if you find a mopar car a movie car a ideal tools truck you want to look it up ertl does a lot of limited production cars and there will be a number on the exhaust showing that it's number 145 of 500 for example also maisto and burago both companies seemed to merge in the mid 2000’s and make different versions of the same cars and with the new ones what you’ll see is a burrago in a Maisto box most of the time it will be a Lamborghini or Ferrari I imagine it’s a licensing issue...

Hi Chris, Chris here. I think u made a mistake about ut turning autoart. Ut turned into minchamps, gates used to be autoart. I collect myself for thirty odd years now. I go for autoart now. Great vid cheers!

Hey!, Just stumbled across Your video, great stuff, taught Me a lot about the makes, shame You couldn't show the unboxed models, however, I'm gonna take Your word on quality!, I'd already jumped in 'blind' and bought a Highway 61 with box, so, sounds like a good start!, thanks so much for Your wisdom, Hi, from Manchester, England 👍

I found an vintage, in the original box majorette 1/24 scale diecast chevy silverado truck. I can't find a price anywhere

Actually actually is Gateway Global but what they do is they put it under autoart but if you look underneath the car it says license by Gateway Global Limited

Chris, I really appreciated your video on 1/18th scale model cars. About 15 years ago, I bought about 80 of these cars, all in boxes, and had no idea what they were worth. I've sold about 20 of them. Mostly for $20.00 to $50.00. I now see some of them are quite valuable. I am concerned that the boxes, particularly the plastic, are dusty. Do you have any advice on how to clean them without damaging them? I would appreciate and help you could give me. Thanks again.

What do you think of the revel and hot wheels 1:18 cars

Is there somewhere you can go to get how much a model is worth?

Great video, question we have a die cast john force car that says action on the bottom but some one told us it's actually a winner circle car, how do we know for sure when it's not marked? Thanks in advance

I mean with my previous questions, that it sounded like you spoke about older manufactures going up in price, I choose to buy a modern budget gaming PC than to buy a super gaming PC made 10 years ago. So, would you please teach us how to buy brand new diecast cars and what brands are best?

Joyride were amazing i have every new release that came into the shop i worked in! The smokey and the bandit series has to be my favourite and KITT! But the Snowmans Truck is outstanding! I have all them FF cars they were 18.99 here in UK haha unbelievable the price's! See this is why i stopped collecting as the cars i have they wree so cheap i can't bring myself to pay what people are asking for them!

GMP, ACME, CMC, Exoto, Autoart (but their *composite* models = Plastic so don't be fooled), Kyosho, TSM are good. Maisto, Bburago, Ertl are entry level.

Why i don't have a new collection today as 25 years ago when Autoart, then the lower detail solido and joyride i was collecting was £25 to £50 GBP each then and i have hundreds! Now at the crazy price's today i won't spend that amount on them as i know how much the RRP really is!

The first 1/18 Bburagos that I bought in the late 80's were still made in Italy.

Im trying to put together a collection of every car I've owned. Suggestions?

Love this ❤

Nice video. I would say that right now, and basically the last 5 or so years, there has been a major interest in diecast of all scales especially the 1/18, 1/24, and 1/64. Greenlight and Burago are 2 brands that I would add to your video.

Welly’s any good Or trash ? I just bought a wellys 73 Porsche 911 RS on eBay

Great information. I'm getting ready to sell quite a few cars my husband collected. He passed last year. I'm going to need some help. Trying to get educated on what the value of these cars are. What about Franklin Mint cars? I'll be checking back with you. Thanks

Cmc and Exoto are the absolute best I have a few

Great info, I've been collecting American cars from the '50s and a lot of my cars and trucks are from Road Signature. All their doors fit good, and no big gaps. The interiors and engines aren't that highly detailed but still not bad. Motor Max on the other hand, one model would be just as good as Auto World for half the price while another of their models is poor quality. What's your thoughts on Sun Star?

Chris - Wonderful segment. I had been waiting to go to a diecast show in Michigan where I'm located to pick up this knowledge. THANK YOU. I'm a muscle care guy from the 60-70's era. Sounds like GMP and ERTL are likely sources? Are there any good size diecast shows around the country worth visiting? If so, where and when? Also, are you aware of anyone making custom water soluble decals? They obviously make them for the big name race teams, but I would like to recreate cars from the mid-60's through 70's and need someone to work with. Any suggestions? I've searched the net and have not found any. ERTL, ACME and others are not returning my calls or emails. I'm waiting for the bell to ring!! Chuck

Hey Chris. I am wonder what's the value difference from having diecast in box or out of the box on a display ? Thanks in advance

What about Acme? They look like they might be on the higher end. They seem to have limited pieces that may go up in value

THEY ALSO HAD HOTWHEELS DIECAST CARS IN1/18 SCALE, I HAVE A DIECAST 69 CHARGER HOT WHEELS BRAND😊

Great video, i been collecting 1/18 scale cars since the 90s after seeing the 1/24 Franklin MInt cars and how expensive they were and couldn't afford them. Even though the Franklin Mint and Danbury mint ones had better detail, the way cheaper 1/18 Road Legends were bigger and nice enough looking for me for only 15 or $20 each. Spencer Gifts once had a clearance sale where i bought a Road Signature 1979 Trans Am for $5 and now they are selling for $100. Sun Star is a nicer brand for a good price. I find Maisto way better than Ertyl American Muscle. I have seen a lot of Ertl car interiors with lousy detail, I mostly stay away from Ertyl. Also i noticed the later Maisto models have better detail than the older ones, the same goes for the newer Road Signature models.

I have a massive collection of 90's die cast. Nascar and some Bush series. I have a little over 2 grand in them. I went for the most popular drivers of that era. ROY cars by guess and have quite few. Most of the time I guessed right, Mostly 1/24. Crap load of 1/64 blister packs. I have Revell, Action and Team Caliber. I have a bunch of cars. some are worth much more than others obviously. I'm ready to sell my collection.

You forgot so many companies not to mention all the other scales. A longer video could have helped. Bburago was the first 1/18 diecast producer although they were making 1/24 diecasts in the 1970s! How about Franklin & Danbury Mints? 1/43 scale is huge and older than most other scales, having come from the model train world (O scale) Slotcars, Matchbox, Hot Wheels, etc, etc

No mention of bburago, kyosho, minichamps?

diecast cars where made since the late 40s. Metal cars started as petal cars.

What about dub city cars is it any good

I have 1000 models of the 1/18 scale ,23 years collecting

You forgot about one of the biggest company Bburago

Chris, very informative diecast video. You did forget about the worst of the worst in 1/18th scale: Mira and bBurago (my personal opinion). When I was new to diecast collecting I purchased one or two of the worst. bBurago lacks in quality and Mira is just terrible. I could go on about these two examples but you can judge for yourself. I agree EXOTO AND CMC are very high end but they retail for big $$$. Look out for BBR, another high end model. I have a load of GMP/Acme and they tend to be very good in quality and generally affordable. Thanks for the video.

What you think of the Jim Beam Decanter cars. Compared to the rest of the cars.

There is Burago also

Gmp fox body ground pounder, new in box, what are they worth now?

My dream diecast is the ERTL (American Muscle) 1973 Pontiac Trans Am SD-455. What's a good price I should pay for one? Box or no box, doesn't matter to me.

Getting back into the diecast hobby i bought the monster collection from Hamilton Bradford exchange and the Monopoly set going for 100.00 to 200.00 each set of 4 cars made by Auto World nice quality tell me what you think if there over priced or not these cars are popping up on my screen all the time i love the muscle cars the best im 67 years old retired i use to be a collector had a couple thousand hotwheels matchbox johnny lighting etc nascar sp;d everything on ebay on my weekends off from work now im getting into it again lo

They ever make a 60 hardtop Impala diecast 1/8

What do you think of Franklin Mint?

I got a collection of like 30 cars from the early 90’s when I was a kid, they are at my dads house I never knew they were worth money. I just got into my mind I wanted to display them in a glass cabinet and I found this video

Great video! I have 3 questions: 1- Why should I even bother buying used ones? (apart from being CHEAPER). 2- What stores or websites are cheapest to buy new ones? (I understood that u only spoke about used ones on Ebay, right?) 3- More tips about how I differentiate between low and high quality? (eg. I will off course look for sophisticated details and overall realistic look but please tell us more). Thank you in advance!

Did America muscle/ ertl cars come with a band over their cars. This is how you would know its never been out of the box.

Chris, I finally got your name at the very end. I would like to know if you can tell me where I can find that Red and Black coloured Roadrunner 1/18th scale car. Not sure who makes it but I have been looking for a long time for it. It has a Beautiful Look to it. Please help me. Just tell me what sight it is on and what Number I need to type in 2 buy one. CAN YOU FIND IT FOR ME? 1/18th Scale and Another one in your search if you come across it is, an Old Style Caddilac. Like from the '80s in Real life. They were VERY Long Cars with the 2 Fins sticking out like chrome with the Light in between on the Trunks. I thought I have seen one on someone else's channel but you say you know A lot about cars so I want to know if you can find it for me Before I expire. :( Thank you very much for helping me and If you can NOT or Don't want to that's up to you. I'm subscribed to you. You are the ONLY One I subscribed to in regards to Diecast Cars. Jason. Thank you, Chris.

Unfortunately I sold over 275 ertl 1:18 cars for the down payment on my house , but got over 3500$ for them

Very Helpful, what about Jada?

precision classics

You didn’t mention Danbury or Franklin mint

Ertl Fast and furious went up over the years even with the box they ll go for 100

die cast is not stamped metal. one is a stamping and one is a casting

Mira,Jouef and it's earlier UH sister are the worst I have experienced. Maisto as a mass producer has upped their game a lot and is now even used in reviews to compare with high end models.

What abou autoworld?

Redbox diecast

what about shelby collectables

Where does Hot Wheels fall in the quality range at?

you forgot kyosho, and hotwheels, but only the elite. autoart is still the best in the mid range (and high if you consider only the prices), but now with the "composite" are falling down... not in the details and painting, but is plastic in the end...

what about hotwheels

Kyosho?

They are not stamped metal. They are diecast metal. That metal is called zamak.

Sucks to be a collector in Europe, its hard to get nice muscle cars here, there are some Autoworld 1:18 in bigger shops like CK modelcars or modellisimo but the selection is not very good

How about Welly and Jada?

bruh what about GT Spirit?

Well the 99% made of metal is wrong, lots are made of resin or composite, which is a plastic.

I have heard maisto pronounced MAY sto

If its loose and got flocking on the floor and in the trunk or boot its AA and haggle to get it down in price they never exceeded £60 GBP never!! My moat expensive were £55 for the lancer evos when they came out! Solido were rhe cheaper brand at £25 each i remember when the mk 2 escorts came out and the 205Gti i grabbed them all they were so cheap! The RS 500 was bad unfortunately avoid the solido RS 500 cosworth the wheels are awfull and they have pins in the lights that are darker tint and in your face! Shame that model was a flop

The newer Maistos (2000+) are actually quite good for the money. The 90s Maistos and Bburagos are absolute trash. I have the F50, Viper and XJ220 by Maisto/BBurago and they're much worse than the Maisto Chiron or LaFerrari. I'm not even going to talk about Tonka/Polistil or Anson, those are the lowest of the low.

but diecast isnt stamped

Diecast is only worth what someone is willing to pay you