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are cars with errors really worth anything?
Topic Started: Dec 18 2012, 07:45 PM (731 Views)
onetonjoe
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I am new to collecting and dont understand the want and desire of error cars and their worth. I saw a truck at the store the other day that the windows werent put in from the factory, it was one of the new blue (nissan or Toyota) Slammed trucks and I passed on it not knowing if it was worth picking up since I dont collect that style of car. I know they arent worth a fortune but are cars like this really desirable or is it just a niche thing?
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juantoo3
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Very much a niche thing. As the old saying goes, a car is worth what someone is willing to pay for it. Generally speaking, I'm not personally willing to pay a premium for errors...but clearly there are some folks who will, depending.

My favorite error I had was a carded Auburn, blue card issue early 90s, should have been red with red fenders...but the fenders were missing. That to me is a legitimate error. I traded it later for a carded red and white 55 Chevy, which I still have.

I have a handful of cars backwards in the package, and even had the '96 Turbo Flame / Sizzler casting on a VW Drag Bus card (might still have it). Those kinds of errors seem to be inconsequential, I was not able to sell any of them so now I just keep them around for the oddity. I have guys try to hawk issues with loose parts floating around inside the package as errors, or even flaking paint as an error...that's just shoddy workmanship. Wrong wheels, missing wheels, smeared paint, missing tampos...there's a long list of possible things to go wrong, but finding someone to buy those kinds of things at a premium can be a really hard sell...but then you just don't ever know. It's an error if there's only one. It's a short run variation if there's two...and that's a whole 'nother ball game!

The short answer to your question is that I wouldn't bother...unless it was a casting I collected anyway and / or it was just so eye catching that I just had to have it. I don't think missing glass is going to be that big of a deal.
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Harvestman
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Honestly, errors are worth a lot more as trade bait than they are as items for sale.
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funeralxempire
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Like all other things, the cost of Hot Wheels cars are determined by the market. ;)

It's somewhat of a niche, collecting errors, so for many people they're of no value or at least no more than a non-error of the casting (and sometimes less). For people who collect errors, or who collect entire years, instead of just favourite cars, they might be worth keeping, especially since they only involve a $1-2 investment.
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Spennyman
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I bought a 67 Camaro MOC at WalMart they had mis-aligned when they put it together. The grille and rear tail panel were crushed. I posted it on eBay just for craps and giggles. It pulled in over $20 bucks. I couldn't believe it. Just recently I finally found the Hot Wheels 55 Gasser but it doesn't have windows???? It's all in what someone is willing to pay I reckon. If I come across one I generally buy it just because.
Edited by Spennyman, Dec 18 2012, 09:20 PM.
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onetonjoe
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thanks guys I just wasnt sure
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craftymore
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Support your local demo derby.

I'll add this, seems collecting errors is for the most part exclusive to HWs collectors. If you'd see a JL or M2 hanging on the pegs missing parts or not put together correctly, it's a crappy car you'd return to the store or send back to the company and ask for a replacement. For some HWs guys, it's like the Mecca of hunts.

To me, they aren't worth diddly squat. :P
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QuicksilverDC
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Being one who collected errors for a long time, it basically began in an era when not a lot of new issues were released like today when it seems everyday something new comes out. So when you rifled the pegs and you saw something different you picked it up, usually it was wheel mix ups like Real Riders on front and basic wheels on rear etc.Posted Image

It later developed into a "thing" especially if you were a diehard variation collector into just one more variant sort of, as usually it was one of a kind. There have been cases of error being produced in mass, example the Blue 1937 Bugatti with the yellow fenders. The ones that were not riveted together and looked like they just tossed all the parts in the blisterpack and said "let them put it together" made you chuckle when you found it on the pegs.
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And of course those not "all there" :thumbup:
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Matchbox early regular wheels had lots of errors but were much harder to find as usually it was the wheels (tread patterns or number on the wheel) mix ups.

I do not think there are a great deal of "error collectors" compared to the "Collector" who usually has at least one or two in their collections.

In the end as with any collector, simply align your focus and buy(collect) what you like. :02:
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clem24
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The way I see it, for $1, you can't go wrong!
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daniel60
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Great answers!
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Bill50
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Niche collecting area,if you enjoy it do it.When coming to sell,you need an interested buyer who thinks likewise or you ain,t selling it at any price.
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Pegers
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one error that is well worth looking for is on the '67 camaro.ever since they started
issuing them from the malaysia plant in 1983.it seems on most of the runs there are
some that come with the base reversed.the large wheels on the front and the small ones on the rear.
i am not sure if this is related to the malaysia issues that the printing on the base is backwards.
the camaro guys eat these up big time.
on the rear.
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Lil' '86
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onetonjoe
Dec 18 2012, 07:45 PM
I saw a truck at the store the other day that the windows werent put in from the factory, it was one of the new blue (nissan or Toyota) Slammed trucks
LMAO, I found the same error today! :lol:

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Liv N Low
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QuicksilverDC
Dec 19 2012, 07:29 AM
Being one who collected errors for a long time, it basically began in an era when not a lot of new issues were released like today when it seems everyday something new comes out. So when you rifled the pegs and you saw something different you picked it up, usually it was wheel mix ups like Real Riders on front and basic wheels on rear etc.

It later developed into a "thing" especially if you were a diehard variation collector into just one more variant sort of, as usually it was one of a kind. There have been cases of error being produced in mass, example the Blue 1937 Bugatti with the yellow fenders. The ones that were not riveted together and looked like they just tossed all the parts in the blisterpack and said "let them put it together" made you chuckle when you found it on the pegs.

Matchbox early regular wheels had lots of errors but were much harder to find as usually it was the wheels (tread patterns or number on the wheel) mix ups.

I do not think there are a great deal of "error collectors" compared to the "Collector" who usually has at least one or two in their collections.

In the end as with any collector, simply align your focus and buy(collect) what you like. :02:
You are correct for the era....I have been collecting for over 35yrs and you are right about the errors back then.... Not many casting at the time and when you spotted a error,,, that was something different and special. Many people like myself would pick them up due to they were just that " different " ... And they trade well for something that you are after.

It became a novelty item to collect, something that was different from the norm which was fun because you didn't see many and when you did it was something special. Now for todays Hot Wheels, seems you can find a error within 50 Cars if you were to look at everyone closely.

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