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FOOSE and the bin of death
Topic Started: Jan 27 2008, 07:42 PM (365 Views)
James
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Last year us diecast enthusiasts up here in Canada were treated to 1$ Johnnies, as Walmart liquidated all the old blister on cardstock Johnnies. THis year we have FOOSE in the bins of death. $1.44 each, limited castings, but I have managed to pick up several Bowties over the last month. I am not totally sure what turns me off about these babies, but I am not a real big fan. But thats what I used to say about Jada. Now I buy all the Jada Bowties I can find. Let me corrct that, still not buying the huge over sized tired rigs that your can roll a matchbox car under without it getting caught up. Maybe I should open up my FOOSE and play with them for awhile. Compare them to Jada inch by inch and oz. by oz. Tampo by tampo.

Any way, to all those Canuck collectors, #1.44 for a $5.42 car, good buy collector or not

cheers B)
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seveland
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some of the Foose cars are very close in size to jada. the thing that sets them apart, the foose cars are all true to scale with each other, just like greenlight does. so where the chevelle may be close in size from both brands, the foose camaro will be a little smaller, and the impala bigger, then their jada counterparts.
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This was a series I could never warm up to ...... even at a buck forty four.

Cars were too big, too bland, and too "customized" for my tastes.

[size=1](apparently too many others had similar tastes to mine?)[/size]
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Swifty
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carnut2256
Jan 31 2008, 11:18 PM
This was a series I could never warm up to ...... even at a buck forty four.

Cars were too big, too bland, and too "customized" for my tastes.[/SIZE]

Same here, and for the same reasons.
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AQUA XK8
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Ditto! Even for free I don't want them.
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70XR7
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I'm with you guys - I have none of these. Passed on the chase car as well. Just not my taste.
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accobra64
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James
Jan 27 2008, 07:42 PM
Any way, to all those Canuck collectors, #1.44 for a $5.42 car, good buy collector or not

cheers B)

James, buy the ones that YOU LIKE.
I must admit that I did buy a few of them in the past, but not at $1.44 each.
I thought that I paid $3.92 but not sure anymore.
My local Walmart still hasn't put any of the $1.44 ones out yet.
I did a little research on the castings some time ago.
There are a few that I would buy but many of the others just don't interest me.

Cheers. Cobra
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Feb 1 2008, 08:53 AM
Ditto! Even for free I don't want them.

:thumbup: :thumbup: :)
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