What collectors stuff did you throw away before you started collecting?

[Tamstar]

Would be fun to hear what the biggest mistakes have been. I remember that 6 years ago, when I was cleaning up my closet, I threw away a Kyosho RC-Guide from 1989 or 1990. Actually, I also thought about dumping the Tamiya RC-guide (the one with the Avante on the cover), but luckily I decided to keep it. Now I have tons of Tamiya RC-guides, but I have never seen this Kyosho handbook again. What a shame!

Ron

[Mad Ax]

Actually still got most of my old stuff, even though I don't consider

myself a collector (in fact - I'll probably be selling all the old

stuff soon), but my first Tamiya was a Nissan King Cab that my cousin

bought new, and sold to me after a year of heavy abuse.

I kept the Cab for about a year, ran it until the tyres split and the

batteries failed, then swapped it for a CB radio.  I never missed

the car - it was wrecked and needed a complete overhaul with mostly new

parts - but with it I gave an early 90s Futaba radio set that looked

absolutely gorgeous, in a retro kinda way...  Lots of chromed

plastic, big round dials around the stalks, proper needle-type battery

meter.

Looked so much better than all the black plastic + LED modern stuff you get today...

[DJTheo]

Thank god actually nothing, my biggest mistake though was to borrow my 2nd Tamiya, a Hornet with large sentimental importance and history to me to a good friend which borrowed it to an idiot junkie who propably sold it, I even had a fight with him for that in a school dance.

Cheers

[Tamiya1/10]

I am a pack rat.  Started this hobby and hasn't really thrown away anything yet.  

[mr_pushrod]

I'm a bit of a hoarder so nothing so far!

[terry.sc]

I kept just about everything as most of the time when it came time to

upgrade my stuff

my old cars were worthless, so I just kept them. There isn't any point

in selling a decent race buggy for £20. Of the ones I sold to

fund the next car the ones that I wish I kept were my Frog and Optima.

Both highly modified, the Frog had just about every race oriented tune

up part and many modifications (including srangely enough alloy front

suspension and plastic rear driveshafts) and was sold to fund my next

2wd car. Some kid bought it and never saw it again. The Optima again

had been upgraded over time to Turbo spec, belt drive fitted, Parma

shock mounts and TransAm chassis. The person who bought it raced for a

while then gave up.

The best story has to be my modified Turbo Optima Mid. Sold it for £120

to pay for the Lazer ZX and 9 years later the new owner turned up at

the club asking me if I would be interested in buying it back for £40!

Glad to see that one again with all its home made parts.

[T.C~Tamiya]

Thank god actually nothing, my biggest mistake though was to borrow my 2nd Tamiya, a Hornet with large sentimental importance and history to me to a good friend which borrowed it to an idiot junkie who propably sold it, I even had a fight with him for that in a school dance.

Cheers

I've learned from experience not to lend things to people unless you're prepared to never see the thing again, I've lost loads of stuff by lending things, and often the borrower will lend the item to somebody else, it's at that point you can expect never to get them back again.

As for R.C stuff I've thrown away, not much really but I remember throwing away a Frog box, a hump back battery, an early acoms transmitter, and a new set of Frog decals that I absent mindedly peeled off and stuck in various places.

[supergreg]

I threw away my original Marui Galaxy a few months before the hobby came back in 2004... Glad I saved my HotShot2!

[Bigwheels_inc]

through away a tamiya leopard A4 tank about 10 yrs ago complete with metal tracks and all in good condition,. didnt think it was worth anything!

Pete

[Dephcon5]

(Way back in 1981 or so...) My first and second Tamiyas were Lambos non CS, third was the Ligier JS9 Marta (CS) and the fourth was the almighty Scorcher. All are long gone. They were tossed in a big house cleaning initiated by my parents. I was still in school and living at home and clearly didnt realize what any those would be worth.

[BASSGURU]

The only thing i've ever done is given away a nib Sand Scorcher bodyset to my cousin because he pestered me for it. GUTTED!!!

[backtomyroots]

When I was 15 yrs old a neighbour down the street offered to sell me one of the following:  a new Bruiser, a new Sand Scorcher or a used Kyosho Datsun (nitro powered).  I went with the kyosho and it was a piece of ****.......................................

[Shodog]

When I graduated from High School I moved about 100 miles away.  I didn't have room for any of my stuff so I only kept a Fox and my hilux chassis which I still have now.  My older brother was getting into the hobby so I gave him all the rest of my stuff to mess around with.  Lots of Frog Blackfoot Monster beetle cars.  One sand scorcher a couple of RC-10s.  A FAV/wildone and a few other rides I can't recall.  His garage got burglarized and in addition to all his tools, My cars turned up missing also. 

[Saito]

 I always had a feeling Tamiya's would become valuable.  15 years ago, I'd go about the local hobby shops buying up their old Tamiya spare parts supplies.  I got a whole new front suspension assembly for a Rough Rider for $5.00.  The shop owner was like "What do you want with all this old junk?". 

  Unfortunately, when I went off to college, I left my Super G, Marui Land Cruiser and the boxes to my Fox and FAV behind.  I specifically told my parents NOT to throw them out.  They did anyway and refuse to own up to it.  Fustrating.

[Mad Ax]

I specifically told my parents NOT to throw them

out.  They did anyway and refuse to own up to it. 

Fustrating.

My parents were much the same when I was living at home. 

Virtually every time we had a clear-out, Mother Dearest would put my

near-complete Hilux in the "throw away" pile...  It's still at

their place in the shed, we're having a clear-out on Saturday... 

God help them if it gets thrown anywhere!

[Tamiya1/10]

When I was 15 yrs old a neighbour down the street offered to sell me one of the following:  a new Bruiser, a new Sand Scorcher or a used Kyosho Datsun (nitro powered).  I went with the kyosho and it was a piece of ****.......................................

Is interesting how taste changes.  I remember when the MO2 chasis came out with the VW, Fiat, Porsche, Benz, Mimi body were available and I didn't even consider the VW and Fiat at the time, now I wish I had choosen the VW and Fiat instead of the Porsche and the Benz.

[Voltar]

Truly the saddest day I ever heard of is when MRC in New Jersey filled a dumpster with new Tamiya parts. Literally a ton of brand new stuff that the then new Tamiya America refused to accept as returns. For years, MRC was the distributor of Tamiya. Many of you are familiar with the bagged parts marked MRC. The STORY, as I heard it was that when Tamiya America opened up, MRC was not only cut off, but were not allowed any credit on the parts that were not in original Tamiya packages. I was always told that MRC either had problems getting replacement parts or decided to make much more profit by stripping kits and packaging the parts in their own bags. Please remember that this story is not set in stone. This part I can confirm.....MRC DID toss a ton of new parts out and many were plucked out by a friend of mine that worked there after hours. I bought a large amount from him for a very good price in about 1986 or 1987. Many Hilux frames & metal parts, SRB parts etc. All gold! All gone now. Jim......sniff....sob

[Badboy]

Back in -91 when I was moving back to stockholm, I had a

Sand Scorcher painted in black and white (like box art but black)

And I decided it had to go!!!

Including acom transmitter and hump back batterie and a lot of

RC-guides from Tamiya!!!

Does where the days!!!

But now I got two SS, 1 Ford 4X4 and WW2

[DieselB59]

My Hotshot.  I was toying with getting an RC car again once I

started driving, and got a Fox, but was too burdened by the price of a

new radio, so out of the Hotshot it came, in the worst way you could

imagine.  The Fox did not last and I wish I had never done that to

my Hotshot.

[Stefan(2)]

A nip blizzard EP bodykit "did not need it anyway"

My Kyosho sandmaster  "did not use it anyway"

Maybe some more, but blocking it out of my memory

[akemag]

My Subaru Brat back in -87 -88 something. I had ran it into these thing you climb up on the walls on in gymnastic halls, and thrashed the body.

I didnt sell the Brat at first. I got the most ugly looking lexan shell i´ve ever seen to it, (the store had a lousy stock) it was bad i can tell you. After that it just wasnt as fun driving my Brat, that didnt feel like a Brat anymore. So i sold it.

Why didnt i get a new bodyset for it, i (my parents) sure could afford it.

If i had done that, i´m pretty sure it would still be around.

But i did spare my old Guidebooks, and i was thrilled when i found them again after comming back to the hobby.

[eek!]

Truly the saddest day I ever heard of is when MRC

in New Jersey filled a dumpster with new Tamiya parts. Literally a ton

of brand new stuff that the then new Tamiya America refused to accept

as returns. For years, MRC was the distributor of Tamiya. Many of you

are familiar with the bagged parts marked MRC. The STORY, as I heard it

was that when Tamiya America opened up, MRC was not only cut off, but

were not allowed any credit on the parts that were not in original

Tamiya packages. I was always told that MRC either had problems getting

replacement parts or decided to make much more profit by stripping kits

and packaging the parts in their own bags. Please remember that this

story is not set in stone. This part I can confirm.....MRC DID toss a

ton of new parts out and many were plucked out by a friend of mine that

worked there after hours. I bought a large amount from him for a very

good price in about 1986 or 1987. Many Hilux frames & metal parts,

SRB parts etc. All gold! All gone now. Jim......sniff....sob

Voltar, MRC didn't quite throw everything out at that time.  In

1990-91 I was stationed in Philadelphia, PA for the US Navy and I bought

two NIB Hilux 4X4 body sets at approx. $60 each with shipping.  I was

told they were the last two.[]  Too bad about the other stuff,

that's terrible.  Glad you knew the value and they didn't go to waste.  That would be

blasphemy here on TC and rightly so.

Tamstar,

My only regret was selling my Kyosho Datsun 10.  It was my first

1/10 and even though it caused me more pain and frustration than

enjoyment, I still wish I kept it.  If for no other reason than to

keep it's brother, my Chevy Stepside company.  Basically the same

truck, just gas powered with gear-reduction tranny instead of 2-speed

auto.  Sounds like some of the guys here had parents related to

mine throwing away all their stuff.  I only had my BMX bike,

vintage Hot Wheels, Matchbox and 300+ 1950-60's comic books

tossed.  Oh, and my train set (sniffle, sniffle).[:'(]  Oh

well, there's always Ebay.

Best,

[mr_pushrod]

All these stories of parents chucking cars when you go to college/university sure make me glad my parents have followed my instructions not to remove anything of mine from the house even if it looks like total junk, lol.

[Bugster]

you guys are bringing back some bad memories[]

I threw away in the late 90's my complete collection of tamiya catalogs & guide books from the early 80's to the mid 90's , a mint SRB rolling chassis (with NIP radio box that found in my local model shop covered dust ) a good condition monster beetle and a good condition lunch box 

also a couple of years ago I sold a mint kyosho blizard for £25

thats not to mention all the other models I regret selling or swapping [:'(]

[technical.burP]

In 1990, I threw away all my catalogues and and my beloved but driven to bits XR-311. Before, in 1987, I threw away a green Porsche with a fragile chassis made of aluminum! Later I found out that this was Tamiya's first RC car ;-( To my defense I must say that the body was incomplete and that I got it second hand already built.