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Lawrence Yee (Ferrariguy)
Junior Member
Username: Ferrariguy
Post Number: 74
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 01, 2003 - 2:15 pm: | |
Terry, Franklin Mint had made the F40 but is now discontinued.
I've seen some on Ebay for around 40-50 US |
Terry Limehouse (Terrykarr)
New member
Username: Terrykarr
Post Number: 23
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 01, 2003 - 1:57 pm: | |
Does anyone know if Franklin Mint has made any Ferrari models? |
Tom Bakowsky (Tbakowsky)
Junior Member
Username: Tbakowsky
Post Number: 120
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, December 29, 2002 - 4:33 pm: | |
Peter...My girl friend bought me the same car for Christmas!! Same color aswell..It is a very nce model |
'75 308 GT4 (Peter)
Intermediate Member
Username: Peter
Post Number: 2322
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Sunday, December 29, 2002 - 4:30 pm: | |
DES, the Autoart Lambo wasn't cheap. I think I paid around $90Cdn for it. Its worth it.
The one I have is metalic tangerine. Way cool. |
J. Grande (Jay)
Member
Username: Jay
Post Number: 915
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, December 29, 2002 - 8:29 am: | |
For the price Hot Wheels are good. Bburago I find loses points on the engine and interior. I'm not a big fan of the "chrome engine" look and Hot Wheels is much better in both departments. Kyosho is King and has an excellent Daytona out right now, plug wires, battery,engine all detailed and the interior is amazing. It even has carpet! I say if you're not too picky Hot Wheels is fine.
I have both a Hot Wheels and and Anson 246 Dino. The Anson is worth more because it is out of production (hope you kept the box) but the Hot Wheels is better detail (although it doesn't come with the top). |
DES (Sickspeed)
Member
Username: Sickspeed
Post Number: 554
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, December 29, 2002 - 12:04 am: | |
Terry, like Peter said, Mattel has a strangle hold on things... Doody mentioned the other day that Hot Wheels has exclusive rights to 1:18 Ferraris, which is gonna make it real tough to come across something superbly crafted since, in my opinion, Hot Wheels doesn't do as good a job as some of the other companies. My 360 is by Bburago and my Enzo is by Hot Wheels- it's so easily discernable that Bburago's quality is of a higher standard...
As far aws the 246 is concerned, i don't even know what it looks like... i've never been given the impression that a company makes one model better than others, but certainly there are other people on here that have more experience with 1:18 models...
Peter, how much was your Murcielago, from AutoArt, if you don't mind my asking...? i have a titanium one from Maisto and almost bought another one, in lime green, but decided against it... Maisto's 1:18s run for about $20, so it's not so difficult for me to be able to pick one up, here and there, it's just hard as hell finding ones i like... |
'75 308 GT4 (Peter)
Intermediate Member
Username: Peter
Post Number: 2318
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Saturday, December 28, 2002 - 10:41 pm: | |
With the strangle-hold of Mattel for model Ferraris, its hard to point to any of them as the best. Kyosho has done a good job so far (still under licence to Mattel though...), but the rest of their (non-Ferrari) models are superb. UT and Autoart are excellent model makers, they include tremendous detail. I'm still amazed at my Autoart Lambo Murcielago.
Some of Bburago's latest releases of Ferraris (pre-Mattel) have been really nice. The 550 and 456 from them are very nicely detailed and perfectly proportioned. |
Terry Limehouse (Terrykarr)
New member
Username: Terrykarr
Post Number: 22
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, December 28, 2002 - 10:13 pm: | |
I recently purchased a Anson 1:18 scale 246, it was ok. Which model manufacture do you think is best for the 246, and other Ferrari's? |