最近在DX論壇看到了這位大哥級的會員Cuda Jeff竟然放棄了自己22年的車模收藏嗜好，大家都感到無限可惜，可恨的源頭不是別人，它就是我們熟悉而又感同身受的AUTOart 。

我的情況其實跟他差不多，不過我4年就收近5百多台，最近終於正式收完。

對於AA新貨，現在也只是挑自己最喜歡的一個顏色而已，再也沒有像以前一樣收齊同款的所有顏色。

*** Cuda Jeff Entire 1:18 Collection ***

Hello everyone and welcome to my world ….

As a few of you knows, I’m very passionated of the diecast world.  So I’m presenting you today my entire collection and here’s how it all begins, 22 YEARS AGO …

July 1990, I was 16 years old. I’m a Ferrarista since I’m 3 years old, and so my first diecast was the Bburago ‘84 Ferrari GTO.

My goal back then was not to have a lot, just one!!!!  But my uncle bought a Bburago F40 and bought one for me …. WOW!!! So it got me thinking, since I love Ferraris so much, Hey! I’ll get them all!

At the time, there weren’t as many models available as it is today. And not many diecast company either. Maisto & Bburago were almost alone in the diecast universe. So my 3rd one was the Maisto 348 TS.

But on Christmas of “diecast collecting : year 1″ , my mother gave me a Diablo and a 911 Carrera (both Maisto). Thanks Mom!!! But you screwed up my plan!!!  Posted Image

So I thought : “Nah! I’ll get all the Ferraris and put the Lambo and the Porsche in the middle” …….. and now, we’re 22 years later and I got a collection of 492 420 models (all 1:18) …. So much for the plan!

Since 1990, my collection costed me $43,241.28  … so in 22 years, that’s an average of $1,965.61 / year    Posted Image

… an average of $102.96 / model

But they say that, everything must come to an end …

Up till 3-4 years ago, I had a crazy buying pace, from 2003 to 2008, I was buying more and more models each years. And then came 2008, which was the worst year for my wallet as I bought 96 models, a personal record!!!

But then, diecast prices started to become ridiculously high, especially AUTOart’s models, which has always been my favorite brand then. You can say that I was one of their best worshipper … but my loyalty to them came to an end in 2009 when their ever growing costs killed my passion …

So I cut the buying pace in half for 2009 (49 models) … then cut the pace a little more then half for 2010 (21 models) … I bought 18 models in 2011 and I’m only at 13 for 2012.

For the last 2 years, I’ve been thinking about what I was going to do with my collection … since AUTOart has put my collector’s heart on it’s way to the Passion Cemetary, I see myself having 2 options :

1) Stop buying, keep my collection and be frustrated continually because I can’t allow myself and I’m not willing to put $200+ on each new interesting models that AUTOart releases …

…it’s sad to say but it seems that they’re the only maker that makes interesting models lately … If I had other cheaper options but there ain’t! It looks like all other makers are stalled, they have nothing new to offer …

2) Put a stop to my frustration of not being able to get more models … which means : sell it all! So that way, I won’t get frustrated since there will be no point in buying new models …

Well I would not sell it all, I would keep my police cruisers since they’re trip souvenirs and my movie/tv collection so it means that I would sell 350 models. Those 2 themes would be the only diecasts I would keep collecting …

So the more I think about it, the more OPTION #2 seems to be the most logical one for 2 reasons :

Reason #1 :

I’ve been collecting for 22 years and never, I’ve seen my collection all together in display cases.
The house where we live is too small to display such a collection anyway … plus I can’t find any cabinets anywhere to buy! I wanted to wait to find a new house with a basement where I would be able to do so, but the market is too expensive so I don’t see a new home in a near future.

I’ll be 55 in 17 years and I plan to stop working at that age … so does my soon-to-be-wife … and I don’t plan to be sitting in a rocking chair, staring outside the bay window until I die! The day we’re off work, we are selling the house and we’ll buy a MotorHome and we plan to travel all year long. Our dream is a never-ending roadtrip : visit every US State and see everything, each state has to offer … so the collection won’t be able to follow us anyway.

So how many years will pass without seeing my collection all together … it’s already been 22 … let’s say we don’t get a new home for the next 5-6 years IF we get one… 17 years until my “bye-bye-boss” minus those 5-6 years = 11 years to MAYBE beeing able to expose them?!?

Is it worth the torture I’ve already explained? …

Reason #2 :

Deciding to sell the 350 models I would put up for sale, would generate about $30,000 – $35,000. I would be able to get the dream I have since I’m 3 years old : a real General Lee.

So my diecast “investment” of those 22 years would be transfert into buying a dream of mine of which I will be able to truly enjoy each day of the year … for many years to come … and a real collector car is a great investment too.

So I’m trying to gather all my thoughts about it, assure myself that I’m really making the good thing, see how I can manage all that …  but I’m 80% sure that selling the 350 models is the way to go …

Thanks to AUTOart killing off my passion! :clap: … bravo! … :clap:

Meanwhile … here’s some “Fun Facts” about my collection :

My top five manufacturer brand are:

1) AutoArt … 83

2) Maisto … 45

3) Kyosho … 38

4) Hot Wheels … 33

5) MotorMax & Minichamps … 25

My top five car brand are:

1) Ford … 45

2) Ferrari … 42

3) Chevrolet … 36

4) Mercedes … 29

5) Porsche  … 25

The five dominating colors in my collection are:

1) Black ….. 73 models

2) Red ….. 65 models

3)White ….. 55 models

4) Silver ….. 39 models

5) Blue ….. 32 models

My collection (only road car version) consist in:

- Exotic supercars
- Luxurious cars & SUVs
- Concept cars
- Famous movie & TV cars
- Legendary muscle cars (usally that a 1:1 version would worth more than 100 000$)
- Police Cruisers & Motorcycle from cities I’ve been/lived, that makes great souvenirs

They are all presented here in alphabetical order (car brand wise) then, each brand by year model.

It’s was an awful lot of work but if you enjoy it ……. then I’m very happy!!!! :wavetowel2:

I’ve been wanting to do it for a long time and know, here it is …..

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*** Cuda Jeff 全部的 1:18 汽車模型***

大家好，歡迎來到我的世界。……

幾個你知道的，我很passionated的壓鑄世界。所以，我向你們，今天我的整個集合，這裡的這一切是如何開始的，22年前…

1990年7月我才16歲。我是一個Ferrarista，因為我3歲，所以我的第一壓鑄Bburago ‘84法拉利GTO。

我的目標是不是有很多，只有一個！！但我叔叔買了一台的Bburago F40，並給我買了一台…哇！因此，它得到了我的想法，因為我愛法拉利的那麼多，哎！我會得到他們！

的時候，有沒有提供盡可能多的模型，因為它是今天。並沒有太多的壓鑄公司。麥斯托和Bburago幾乎是獨自在壓鑄宇宙。所以，我的第三人的麥斯托的348 TS。

但在聖誕節的“壓鑄收集：第1年”，我的母親給了我一個“暗黑破壞神和一輛911 Carrera（包括麥斯托）的。謝謝媽媽！但你搞砸了我的計劃！文章圖片

所以，我想：“吶！我會得到所有的法拉利和蘭博基尼和保時捷在中間“……現在，我們是22年後，我得到了一個集合492 420機型（均為1:18）……這麼多的計劃！ ：大聲笑：

自1990年以來，我的收藏​​貴$ 43,241.28，所以在22年，這是一個平均的1,965.61美元/年圖片

…的平均/型號102.96美元的

但他們說，一切都必須走到了盡頭……

直至3-4年前，我有一個瘋狂的購買步伐，從2003到2008，我買的款式越來越多，每一年。然後來到2008年，這是最糟糕的一年，我的錢包，我買了96個模型，一個個人紀錄！！

但隨後，壓鑄的價格開始變得高的離譜，尤其是奧拓的車型，這一直是我最喜愛的品牌。你可以說，我是他們最好的崇拜者之一，但人們日益增長的成本時，殺了我的激情，我對他們的忠誠度在2009年走到了盡頭……

因此，我將購買的步伐在2009年的一半（49款），然後切的步伐有點超過2010年的一半（21種型號）…我買了18款在2011年，我只在2012年13。

在過去的2年裡，我一直在想什麼，我要做的事情與我的收藏AUTOA​​RT已經把我收藏的心的激情公墓它的方式，我認為我有2個選擇：

1）停止購買，保持我的收藏，因為我不能讓自己受到挫折不斷，我願意把$ 200 +每一個新的有趣的模型AUTOA​​RT發布…

它的悲哀地說，但他們似乎是唯一的製造商，最近有趣的模型……如果我有其他更便宜的選擇，但沒有！它看起來像所有其他製造商都止步不前，他們有沒有新的…

2）畫上了句號，我不能夠得到更多的車型的無奈……這意味著：賣這一切！這樣一來，我就不會感到沮喪，因為購買新車型將不會有一點…

好吧，我不會把它賣給一切，我會保持我的警車，因為他們的旅行紀念品和我的電影/電視集合，它意味著我將銷售350款。這些2的主題將是唯一diecasts，我會繼續收集…

所以我想過，更多的選項＃2似乎是最合理的，原因有二：

理由1：

我已經收集了22年，從來沒有，我看到我的收藏都聚集在陳列櫃。
的房子我們住的地方太小了，反正要顯示這樣一個集合，再加上我找不到任何地方任何櫃買！我想等找到了新房子的地下室，在那裡我就可以這樣做，但市場是太貴了，所以我沒有看到一個新的家庭，在不久的將來。

我會在55 17年，我打算在這個年齡停止工作…這樣做我的妻子，我不打算坐在搖椅，直到我盯著外飄窗死了！一天，我們下班了，我們都賣了房子，我們就買一個房車，我們打算去旅行一年之久。我們的夢想是一個永無止境的roadtrip：訪問美國各個州和看到的一切，每個國家所提供的，所以收集將不能夠按照我們自己。

那麼多年沒有看到我的收藏，它已經22 …讓我們說，我們沒有得到一個新的家在未來5-6年，如果我們得到一個… 17年，直到我的“再見，老闆“減去5-6年= 11歲MAYBE工作狀態能夠揭露他們嗎？！

它是值得的折磨，我已經解釋？ …

理由2：

決定出售的350款，我會拿出來售賣，將產生約$ 30,000 – $ 35,000。我就可以得到我的夢想，因為我3歲：一個真正的李總。

所以，我這22年的“投資”壓鑄transfert，買了我的夢想，我將能夠真正享受每一天的一年，今後許多年裡…是一個偉大的投資，成為名副其實的收藏家汽車。

所以我想收集所有我的想法，我保證，我真的好東西，看我怎麼可以管理所有……但我80％肯定，銷售的350車型是要走的路…

由於奧拓殺死了我的激情！ ：拍手：…喝彩！ ：拍手：

同時…在這裡的一些“趣事”我的收藏：

我的前五大製造商的品牌有：

1）AUTOA​​RT … 83

2）麥斯托… 45

3）京商… 38

4）風火輪… 33

5）MotorMax Minichamps … 25

五大汽車品牌有：

1）福特… 45

2）法拉利… 42

3）雪佛蘭… 36

4）梅賽德斯… 29

5）保時捷… 25

我的收藏的5個主要的顏色有：

1）黑色….. 73款

2）紅色….. 65種型號

3）白….. 55款

4）銀….. 39模型

5）藍….. 32個型號

我的收藏（唯一道路賽車版）包括：

- 異國情調的超級跑車
- 豪華轎車與越野車
- 概念車
- 著名的電影和電視汽車
- 傳說中的肌肉車（這就通常以1:1的版本將價值超過100 000美元）
- 從城市的警察巡邏車和摩托車我已經/生活，讓偉大的紀念品

他們都在這裡按字母順序（汽車品牌明智的），那麼，每個品牌的年度模型。

這是一個可怕的很多工作，但如果你喜歡的話…….然後，我很高興！！ ：wavetowel2：

我一直想做到這一點，很長一段時間，知道，這裡是…..

3 Responses to “Thanks to AUTOart killing off my passion! (轉文)”

1. Danny says:

   November 30, 2012 at 10:23 pm

   今天經過 AA 門市, 入去行了一轉, L700-4 橙色賣 $1600, 只剩一架.

   本來想下手的了, 但考慮了一會, 仍是等下一水貨, 慢慢睇真 D 比較好

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2. admin says:

   November 30, 2012 at 10:28 pm

   Agree, I always wait for the 2nd hand from Yahoo, at least 1/3 cheaper.

   Let others keep them for me first and save me some space as I am really running out.

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3. Danny says:

   December 1, 2012 at 10:43 am

   可惜 L700-4 沒可能這麼快出現在拍賣網站上吧

   對, 空間也是一個問題, 我現在想把金庸全套也買下來, 重看一次呢

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