I always thought I could care less about collecting variations, unless it was a car I really liked or I read here about the variation and thought it was neat. Too much time and work to keep track of every car and every little difference. I do like to collect the repaints of certain cars, such as the Panoz, which I have in 5 or 6 different paint schemes, but that's not the same as a variation.
Last night I was looking through my stuff searching for cars to give to the Cub Scouts, and I found that I have 35 cars that I have a variation for. I must of had my head in the sand, because with the exception of maybe 6 or 7 which I found accidently, I did hunt down the others. I honestly didn't think I looked for variations (although 35 is not a lot compared to what you guys probably have).
Anyway, now that I no longer buy every FE and all the series cars each year, and only concentrate on the castings I like, I'll have to pay more attention to variations. Looks like it can be as much fun hunting for a car with PR5 wheels to go along with the one with FTE wheels. I stand a better chance of finding the variation than I do of finding a T-Hunt.
On a side note, it's also pretty cool to find out that my 2001, #117, Shoe Box with the PR5 wheels is worth about $20 according to Toy Cars and Models Magazine. :thumbsup:
Last night I was looking through my stuff searching for cars to give to the Cub Scouts, and I found that I have 35 cars that I have a variation for. I must of had my head in the sand, because with the exception of maybe 6 or 7 which I found accidently, I did hunt down the others. I honestly didn't think I looked for variations (although 35 is not a lot compared to what you guys probably have).
Anyway, now that I no longer buy every FE and all the series cars each year, and only concentrate on the castings I like, I'll have to pay more attention to variations. Looks like it can be as much fun hunting for a car with PR5 wheels to go along with the one with FTE wheels. I stand a better chance of finding the variation than I do of finding a T-Hunt.
On a side note, it's also pretty cool to find out that my 2001, #117, Shoe Box with the PR5 wheels is worth about $20 according to Toy Cars and Models Magazine. :thumbsup:
