Needed to pick some items up for Adam's Fiero and stopped by the die-cast aisle as usual. There was yet another new player. Can't remember the name but it was all vans with real wheels. Nothing to write home about but that's when it hit me. Everybody, I mean everybody has a thick plastic mil protector on their blister now even on the lower priced items like the Motormax Cherries EXCEPT RC2 cars and as a rule, are much more expensive than any other brand. Seems like the fad is to go with this new obscure scale between 1:43rd and 1:35th. I love the new plastic protection on the blisters but the size, price and out of proportion items on these cars has me longing for more GreenLight muscle to come out.

... these cars has me longing for more GreenLight muscle to come out.

...and they'll be incredible, as usual! ;)

I don't like the other scales. If these companies were smart, they stick to 1:64 so that people can mix brands with their collecting. Matchbox set a ~1:64 standard that has been around for so many years for a reason.

If Jadas were as small as GL's and JL's, I'd be more likely to buy them. The Big Time Muscle cars look really cool, but I don't like the scale. Same with other brands offerings, a lot of nice looking stuff, but scaled too big.

I'm with Wyatt - keep it all the same. Easier for display purposes, and you can mix/match brands and not have things look stupid.

I hear what you are saying but my real point was, of all the die-cast out there, only one remains on a card only, except the low end blue cars and sub 1.00 castings.

Heck I've even noticed that smaller scale stuff at Wal-Mart comes in acrylic cubes. These castings are under 2.00 and one of them is in 1:43rd scale in 50's American iron!

Some of us yearn for the days of hardly any packaging. Buying die-cast cars in small boxes (old Matchbox, Dinky, and Corgi toys come to mind) is much less wasteful than all the plastic crap I now have to pay for and then throw out. The recent JL 'Boxcar' packaging, and Matchbox Superfasts, are terrific. The cars can be stored in the little cardboards boxes just like "the good old days". The only valid reason that comes to mind for all the big, ungainly gobs of plastic packaging is maybe to reduce the possibility of shop-lifting.

Some of us yearn for the days of hardly any packaging. Buying die-cast cars in small boxes (old Matchbox, Dinky, and Corgi toys come to mind) is much less wasteful than all the plastic crap I now have to pay for and then throw out. The recent JL 'Boxcar' packaging, and Matchbox Superfasts, are terrific. The cars can be stored in the little cardboards boxes just like "the good old days". The only valid reason that comes to mind for all the big, ungainly gobs of plastic packaging is maybe to reduce the possibility of shop-lifting.

I hear what you are saying and even agree with you to the point that if it reduced costs and or the coin was used to upgrade the casting itself I would agree 'til the cows came home. Unfortunately I find both of us in a minority bsaed on the fact anytime I did 'Fest castings, the overwheling preference in packaging was a blister. Took up more space, cost more and had to be destroyed to play with the car. Boxes, baggies, clear cubes, you name it even when factory done, were never accepted as well as a blister.


I know, I hear ya!

Well, you can't beat city hall. ;)

My favorite package though totally unacceptable from a business point of view is the clear boxes that the dinner Corvette came in for instance. You can stack them easily and still see the car. They have a small footprint so don't take up a lot of room.

My favorite package though totally unacceptable from a business point of view is the clear boxes that the dinner Corvette came in for instance. You can stack them easily and still see the car. They have a small footprint so don't take up a lot of room.

Actually I prefer these as well for your reasons stated. I can open them anytime with harm to the casting or the package.