With certain exceptions a very low production number doesn't seem to affect the value of a car very much. You can buy a 1 of 70 GM cheaper than a 1 of 10,000 95 TH. Is it the simple fact that there are a bunch more HW collectors than other brands? What do you think?

Price will be based on demand. In your example I would imagine given the larger number of HW collectors to Greenlight collectors that TH collectors could drive up their prices. Plus I think rabid HW collectors are a little crazy sometimes anyway. ;)

I have to agree with Atencio on this one :) Anyway...the simple economic law of 'supply and demand' dictates price. Go figure why anybody would consider ten thousand pieces a 'limited' run unless there are over ten thousands collectors willing to buy that specific model.

I agree with these guys- everything is down to supply and demand, with perhaps a few little oddities between the different brands thrown in as well!!

It's the ratio of how many want it to how many are available, rather than just the production figures of 200 made or 10,000 or whatever. If 250,000 of a total 'must-have' were made but 10 million want it then I'm sure that it'd work the same even with the higher numbers.

Plus I think Atencio is right with the bit about some 'rabid HWs collectors' !!
I dont collect Greenlight or White Lightnings etc as we dont get them in shops over here, but I do pick up HWs T-Hunts and Super-Ts whenever I see them and there always seems to be the same pattern with the demand for them.

When a Super T-Hunt first appears on the shop shelves they will fetch £15 to £18 guaranteed :eek: Some even higher above the £20 mark !! Purely because there are Hot Wheels collectors who want it straight away and will pay silly money to have have it there and then. 6 months later the novelty for that particular car is over, I guess the guys that wanted them have got them, and prices settle back down to about £5 or £6 !!
Seems mad for a 'less than £1' car, but thats how it goes !!!

Logic says I should have sold mine while the prices were up there for each one, but then I'm not into the diecast hobby for that- For me it is pure hobby and for the enjoyment :D of each little casting that I like- And I want to keep it that way !! :thumbsup:

So the smart thing to do would be to sell high and buy them back at a lower price. I have never sold on ebay but I am considering to do it now. My wants far exceed my haves. It's just a matter of economics.