They were all the rage around 8-10 years ago, but you don't ever hear about them anymore! I only have 6 since that's $$$ that could be spent at a race. But I know one guy that had(?) 300 at one time, no telling if he's been selling them off or not.

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me and my dad collected them before he passed away and we built shelves for them and stuff...i still do a little collecting today but not as much as what I use to do...I have 150 diecasts sitting on shelves on my walls right now!

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Action, I believe, was bought out and pretty much does NASCAR only. Milestone makes the best ever, I think, and there are some other companies making nice drag racing stuff, even nostalgia pieces.

I don't collect them, but I do know that 1320 collectibles do some really cool nostalgia stuff.

Who makes the 1/16 dragsters and funny cars? I know they make Dixon and Shoe dragsters and Cannon and Scelzi funny cars.

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The market definatley went to crap quite a few years ago. I'm in the same boat; I have well over 150 Action Elite pieces sitting in boxes in the basement. I thought maybe the Force stuff would get hot again after the TV series & media blitz from Ashley, but it still seems like even the Earnhart & Gordon stuff just isn't selling anymore; or atleast nowhere near my expected profit margin.

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The price of them has also killed it. It seems like $50 or $60 bucks is average now, with alot being close to $100, your average worrking guy cant justifiy that much for a toy. I think they priced themselves out of business.

Gotta agree with Kelly on this one. That's a lot of money that could be used on something else... like gas for my truck! I only have a few, but I just bought the 1320 collectibles Howard Cams Rattler! It's a very detailed piece.
I wish that I could afford to buy a lot more, but I think the average person with a mortgage, bills, race car, etc. is kinda priced out of the market....

Plus, too, they got greedy about coming out with different paint schemes for the same driver/vehicle, thinking people would gobble up every version that came out. Kind of like with football & hockey jerseys.

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The diecasts are very nice, but as Kelly said very expensive as well... They are still "toys" and why pay $100 for one when the local Target or Wal-Mart has diecasts (from other sports primarily) for like $5...

The only one my family owns was given to my sister by Gary Scelzi when she was in the hospital about seven years ago.. My family has not forgotten how that made her feel (she is a huge Gary fan)...

CJ Curtsinger

I have over 200 diecasts and still collecting. The hubby built a room just for my collection. I'm also an autograph hound. 98% of my collection is autograghed. I personally like the PMC collections, though I don't find them as often as I would like. I mostly buy from private collectors and at small events like the Snowbirds at Bradenton Motorsports Park. I have bought several there for 5 for $100. I have also bought a few at the Gatornationals but those get kinda pricey!!!!!

Milestone makes those.

i collect them and they are cool, but it seems lessand less drag racing diecasts are made today. and the prices are way up. you cant buy a force diecast from his site for less than $100

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To true, Force get a new diecast every time he farts. He has one for the match race this weekend.
Most regular guys cant afford to collect just the ones Force has.

CJ, the stuff that sells in Target and Wal-Mart is Racing Champions. Not bad stuff but not what Action and some of the other higher priced brands are. I'm up to probably 1000 or more cars in my collection and very few are Racing Champion cars.