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| 2009 Casting of The Year Nomination | |
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| craftymore | Oct 22 2009, 01:04 PM Post #1 |
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Welcome to forum for nominating the 1st Annual Swifty's Garage Casting of The Year! Whew, that's a long title. Nominate any new casting for '09 that was released this year. A few running ground rules, the casting can be from any company, be of a classic or modern vehicle, and can be no larger than 1/55 in scale. Cars, trucks, semis, SUVs, Vans, and Buses can be included. I think in the interest of those who will be voting, which is any current member here on the Garage, a picture should be included with each nomination. If anyone has any other suggestions, thoughts, or ideas, let's hear them! Since this is the 1st year for this, I'm pretty much open to anything. Let the nominations, BEGIN! |
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| Snowowl | Oct 22 2009, 04:58 PM Post #2 |
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I can think of three right off the top of my head. Greenlight Javlelin ![]() Greenlight Dodge Ramcharger ![]() And of course the Greenlight Mercury Marauder
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| JustDavid | Oct 22 2009, 11:23 PM Post #3 |
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SUV
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Mercury Maurader =
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| Swifty | Oct 23 2009, 01:35 AM Post #4 |
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I will try to dig up some pics but for now, I want to nominate one car from each major manufacturer. GreenLight: Javelin was already nominated Hot Wheels: Chevrolet Chevelle wagon (only because the '67 Shelby that just came out is a 2010- if we open the poll to include castings that are supposed to be for next year than this takes the place of the Chevelle) Johnny Lightning: can we count the International Scout 4x4 as a revised tool? Kyosho: TVR Sagaris M2 Machines: '70 Torino Maisto: BMW X6 Matchbox: Dodge Monaco Minichamps: Bentley Brooklands MotorMax: Dodge Challenger Tomica: Nissan 370Z |
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| craftymore | Oct 23 2009, 06:22 AM Post #5 |
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Swifty, since the major companies such as HWs and MB basically start their years off in October/November, I would count these early official 2010 releases from them and include the new Mustang and other new castings into consideration for nomination for 2009 COTY. As for the Scout, that's fine if you want to include that from JL. Likewise for any of the old RC castings that JL has revised for the 40th Anniversary line or from their normal hobby line. |
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| James | Oct 23 2009, 03:48 PM Post #6 |
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we may have to have a run down, if you get several submissions from each manufacturer, might end up with 20 castings and the winner can win with 2 votes |
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| craftymore | Oct 23 2009, 10:39 PM Post #7 |
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I'm thinking of running a series of heats to narrow down the final voting James. I suspect by the time nominations are complete, we will have many to choose from. We'll cross that bridge once we get to it. 2009 has given us a great number of new models to choose from. |
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| Swifty | Oct 24 2009, 12:22 AM Post #8 |
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I would think we'd have to have a runoff of all the new GreenLights against one another, all the new Hot Wheels' against themselves, Matchboxes against Matchboxes, etc. The winner of those matchups ends up in the main poll. So let's say the Hot Wheels Javelin, Shelby Mustang, Chevelle wagon, and Fairlane all get nominated. They'd compete aginst each other until only one remains, then that would go up against the winners of the other polls. |
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| James | Oct 24 2009, 04:28 AM Post #9 |
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sounds good to me!!!!! |
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| Snowowl | Oct 24 2009, 05:14 AM Post #10 |
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As Rick Hunter use to say on TV. "Works for me."
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| Swifty | Oct 24 2009, 02:19 PM Post #11 |
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Loved that show!
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| ivantt | Oct 25 2009, 11:55 AM Post #12 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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All the rules suggested sound good and make sense. Good job, Crafty, of administrating this forum. The nominations may not be as many as you think, as there are only so many from each company that will be favored, and many people would nominate the same ones. The cars I would nominate have already been mentioned, some several times, so now I don't have to nominate any. I can just wait for the voting!! One question---like the Academy Awards fiascos, does a 2010 car that is out now (Crafty said it could qualify for this year 2009) ALSO qualify for 2010 since it IS OFFICIALY a 2010 car and will be issued throughout next year? So can it be in two years voting or just one? If just one, Crafty will have to keep track of which 2010 cars actually were issued in late 2009. Edited by ivantt, Oct 25 2009, 12:04 PM.
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| Swifty | Oct 25 2009, 03:04 PM Post #13 |
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How about we make the cutoff date 11/30, therefore any car issued from 12/1 of the preceding year is elligible along with any model for the current (or next!) year that makes it to widespread production by November 30th. Having one person nominate a car when no one else has seen it doesn't help the car's status in the polls. For example- Matchbox has just released a Cadillac ambulance- but the distribution is very spotty because most Walmarts just restocked multiple cases of the previous batch (K) whereas the Caddy (and the other 4 new castings) are all in L. It isn't widespread enough to be considered for this year unless, miracle of miracles, more people start reporting they found them. With a month to go that will very likely happen, but as of right now it's out. Likewise, and this has happened to Matchbox the last three years (but thankfully will not happen this year!), any current year model that does not appear until after the cutoff goes on the following year's poll. |
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| craftymore | Oct 25 2009, 06:25 PM Post #14 |
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I agree with the points made by Swifty on the parameters of the cutoff dates. Sounds fair and if the car isn't in for this year, you can always nominate it for next year. No biggie. |
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| Chris W | Oct 29 2009, 10:15 AM Post #15 |
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My nomination is the Mercedes SLR McLaren from Matchbox:
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| W_Body_Geek | Nov 1 2009, 12:31 AM Post #16 |
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i say GL Ramcharger, HW Chevy Vega, and MB Cutlass Vistacruiser |
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| harlans toys | Nov 3 2009, 02:09 PM Post #17 |
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im nominating the gl mercury marauder.sorry if spelling isnt right. |
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| craftymore | Nov 6 2009, 08:48 PM Post #18 |
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GL '70 Pontiac GTO Matchbox '68 Toyota Land Cruiser |
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| 69Stang | Nov 17 2009, 07:00 AM Post #19 |
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Station Wagon
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I would like to offer up the new Minichamps Porsche 911 GT3 RSR from thier new Minichamps64 series. A new release and new casting within this years period. Swifty and I both posted within the same week!
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| chevy263 | Nov 21 2009, 04:37 PM Post #20 |
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I'd like to nominate GLs corvette C6. Its clearly in my humble opinion the best of the C6s made the body looks great. The glass headlights are above and beond what any other 1/64th C6 has and its just a great car.![]() ![]()
Edited by chevy263, Nov 21 2009, 04:38 PM.
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| Sak | Nov 27 2009, 05:14 PM Post #21 |
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Ezekiel 25:17
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I nominate Matchbox' Jaguar XK120... |
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| craftymore | Nov 30 2009, 08:11 AM Post #22 |
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If anyone else would like to nominate a casting, it needs to be done by Tuesday (Dec 1) at 12:01 AM your local time. I'll post up some polls sometime Tuesday or Wednesday and we'll start voting then. Thanks for all the nominations so far.
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| markkaz | Nov 30 2009, 02:49 PM Post #23 |
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Todd the Pizza Planet truck! A cool collectible since he has been in almost every Pixar film!
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| craftymore | Dec 1 2009, 09:11 PM Post #24 |
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Nominations are now over. Thanks to all that have nominated castings and provided comments. I'm closing this thread. Edited by craftymore, Dec 1 2009, 09:12 PM.
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