Where will it all go?

[Pumesta]

In my case just dig a bigger hole in the ground and tip it all in with me...... I know you can't take it with you.... There are no towbars on hearse....or pockets in a shroud etc etc, but thats not going to stop me trying lol

[Nobbi1977]

I don't want to totally derail the thread (too late?) but it is related to death... LOL... but what exactly is the major issue with NiMH batteries that's so hard to "endure"? I put a fresh 5,000mAh NiMH pack in a brushless DF-02 runner last night and it was screaming fast!

No dishwasher or washing machine in your house either?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3123926/How-washing-machine-dishwasher-set-house-fire-Appliances-blamed-12-000-blazes-just-three-years.html

Or mobile phone chargers?

http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/10/phone-charger-started-fire-that-killed-five-members-of-family-5239404/

We all take calculated risks everyday in life, I do not consider LiPo to be anymore of a risk than taking my kids out in the sidecar

[MAD RACER]

MMmm

My wife wants a list of every car with every unique feature or mod and my estimated price to sell in case if anything happens to me. My two boys aren't remotely interested in r/c at all.

So with that in mind as well as a few other things I have decided to sell all my cars that I don't run soon. LOL

[beefmuffin]

No dishwasher or washing machine in your house either?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3123926/How-washing-machine-dishwasher-set-house-fire-Appliances-blamed-12-000-blazes-just-three-years.html

Or mobile phone chargers?

http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/10/phone-charger-started-fire-that-killed-five-members-of-family-5239404/

We all take calculated risks everyday in life, I do not consider LiPo to be anymore of a risk than taking my kids out in the sidecar

LOL... TWO can play at that game, sir: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nutella-jar-sparks-devastating-house-5216969

Nutella jar sparks devastating house fire killing beloved family dog

[matman]

MMmm

My wife wants a list of every car with every unique feature or mod and my estimated price to sell in case if anything happens to me. My two boys aren't remotely interested in r/c at all.

So with that in mind as well as a few other things I have decided to sell all my cars that I don't run soon. LOL

Really !! , what ya selling ?. & don't say wife & kids .. Hay you maybe giving them motive ! ... Do you have

insurance ? << Motive again , you may not be safe M8 .... Oh ! i may have to stop watching too many movies HAHA .

[Novastar]

My parents and I cleared out my Grandparents house last year which was a heartbreaking exercise. Alfred was a master cabinet maker - a profession rarely appreciated these days. There was an enormous amount of quality cabinet makers wood. We sold a very small portion of it but could not shift the rest even for a fraction of what it was worth so the rest ended up in a skip. Some treasured items were kept by my parents and I such as his tool box and some of the best tools. We did find homes for some of the other tools such as the Ulmia hand wood planes which were sold to collectors.

As for myself its a good question. I have accumulated a Star Wars collection, Mineral collection plus my small Tamiya collection. The Mineral collection I would bequeath to the local Mineral Club. I have no children or even know anyone personally who would appreciate the Tamiya kits or the Star Wars stuff so I really should try and value them and leave instructions for them to be sold.

In the end material things do not really matter anywhere near as much as the people we care about but I do hope they find homes with other collectors who will appreciate them.

[Theibault]

I'll be dead. I really have no care as to what happens to my stuff as I'll have no need and no worries for it.

[Nitomor]

I think if I didn't have kids I wouldn't really mind what happened, having kids though I'd like to think that they would treasure some of my possessions as a reminder/link to me and appreciate those items that I spent a lot of time and effort on. If I wasn't dead I'd probably be gutted if they sold them straight on but then again, I can't impose my hobbies on them, seems hobbies skip a generation for some reason. My kids don't have anywhere near the same interest in cars etc as me and the missus who are both petrol heads!

[Crash Cramer]

Well, I have questions for you guys, BYTEME, which car is going back to TamiyaUSA??? AND NWarty, where is your dad living?? If you need a second driver/relief driver, I can help if it is near Texas, just to be able to meet up with you and help you load the stuff and have pizza or steak, or both

I don't think my wife would want ANYTHING around here in my man room/cave, whatever. There is a few small toy things that she might like, but for the most part, they won't be needing to stick around cluttering up her life. I don't even know how much longer I am going to keep them around here cluttering up my life.

After spending better part of a week when my grandmother died around 8 years ago cleaning up her affairs with my mom, I think I won't be leaving a pile of mess for anyone and I surely will leave some will and testament. Where I could have made a small fortune on my grandmother's kitchen full of vintage Tupperware, we decided to call upon the local folks at a consignment shop as well as the Salvation Army folks to liberate the house of all the bits we weren't taking with us which turned out would fit in one simple box. It was too short notice and not enough time and probably interest to hold an auction at the house or even a garage sale as those are very draining if you have to help run them, so, if one lesson was learned, it was to clean up your act if you can while you go and that way noone has a giant task when you go.

I think I would re-purpose as much as I could and either donate my collection to the local school that has a robotics or engineering course study or even the cub scouts and boy scouts to have a good time with the cars. Local child homes make me think too as some are not simply orphanages, they are places of learning social skills and school skills at a neutral environment as they came from a not so good home environment. I feel most of those places would cherish and be able to use these hobby things and if not, they almost always hold a sale and they could use that money to their specific need and if they had an internet savvy person, they wouldn't let go of say a Mk1 used Hotshot runner for $20, but if they did, well then that is in their right too, I am not going to need to use it anymore.

[NWarty]

Chris, no worries, my Dad is fine. Stay alive for another 20 years so I can get that Texas steak

[Byteme909]

If my son doesn't have any interest in inheriting my small collection of cars, its most likely I'll have my TRF414X donated back to Tamiya USA. As appealing as the idea of being buried with my toys sound, I've strongly considered for the car to go back under their stewardship as its part of their race history. I think Tamiya Japan kept most of the test prototype 404Xs. Their corporate office has a great museum like display so either Tamiya USA or Tamiya Japan may find the car useful if they don't possess one.

[Crash Cramer]

NW, not to worry, I can always FedEx you a steak, some cooking required. You can always come on down anytime you feel like it, can't say there is some great stuff to do in Houston, but what do I know, I like a bit of a country setting, not the city.

Byte, good to hear about that, racing history and it should be preserved.

I have an update, the wife has said, SHOW ME THE MONEY, so I guess you guys better bid high and bid often when my collection goes up for sale to appease her.

[NWarty]

No problem Chris, I have family in Conroe

Many decades ago I lived in Alief

[Shodog]

I've been grappling with this issue for years. The people who are interested in this stuff are dyeing off every day. It wasn't until the last couple of years that my son has taken an interest in my RC cars. I plan to sit down with him and hash out which cars he will want to keep as my plan in the next few years I plan to get rid of most of my stuff to reduce my footprint at home.

Be careful what you divulge to you wife about the worth of your collection. I thought my marriage was solid so I never had a reason to keep the values a secret. I would boast to my wife about all my great deals I found and what things were actually worth. The day after she asked for a divorce she printed off every entry I had in my Tamiyaclub showroom, valued it at $32k and logged it in court filings as an communal asset which prevented me from selling off anything to help me financially during the divorce.

In the end to keep my toy cars I had to give her my Infiniti car , sell off her Lexus SUV and pay a 6k loss and then buy an inexpensive car for myself just so I could get to and from work.

[Wez-li]

I've been grappling with this issue for years. The people who are interested in this stuff are dyeing off every day. It wasn't until the last couple of years that my son has taken an interest in my RC cars. I plan to sit down with him and hash out which cars he will want to keep as my plan in the next few years I plan to get rid of most of my stuff to reduce my footprint at home.

Be careful what you divulge to you wife about the worth of your collection. I thought my marriage was solid so I never had a reason to keep the values a secret. I would boast to my wife about all my great deals I found and what things were actually worth. The day after she asked for a divorce she printed off every entry I had in my Tamiyaclub showroom, valued it at $32k and logged it in court filings as an communal asset which prevented me from selling off anything to help me financially during the divorce.

In the end to keep my toy cars I had to give her my Infiniti car , sell off her Lexus SUV and pay a 6k loss and then buy an inexpensive car for myself just so I could get to and from work.

That's pretty depressing mate, well done for keeping your head up.

[NWarty]

Sho,

No matter how many times I hear that story, I cannot believe someone could be so mean and vicious when it comes to staking claim to someone's nerdy passion and collection.

[taliesin]

My collection will probably end up in the garbage tip unfortunately. Nobody in my area is at all interested in Tamiya and not much interested in RC in general. There was an LHS for a while, but it perished due to lack of customers I think. Those that were interested were all about rock crawling or scale and some go fast trucks.

I've been thinking about selling a lot of my stuff if I could find some interest in the US. I just don't want to hassle with ebay, Uggh. (Insert shameless plug here for TCer's in the US if you want to PM me....)

Mostly, I'm running out of room and there just aren't enough days to run everything so perhaps having fewer would help re-spark some interest? Maybe reduce and replace with a few new and fresh kits would be the trick? I don't know, but it might be time to try it and save some (too much??) stuff from an ugly fate at the local tip in the future.

[Crash Cramer]

Where in the US are ya taliesin?? Might be worth a road trip to come and see if I can kick the tires etc.

Sho, that is pretty underhanded of her, ouch.

NW, well I just went up to Lake Conroe today with the dog for some R&D about a lot purchase, turns out it wouldn't be all that great where I was looking, so I will keep looking around.

[Indetrucks]

I actually thought about this just the other day as I gazed at my collection. Who would want it? Certainly no one who comes over even raises an eye bro when they see them. If anything, they think I'm a crazy 39 year old manboy.

I thought about selling but it would break my heart. I love these little guys, I love tinkering with them and smelling their rubber tires when I open the display cabinet.

The world will never understand us.

[Shodog]

I only tell my story as a cautionary tale. I never thought in a million years I'd get a divorce. Despite all the great things she would brag to her friends about our relationship, she chose to leave our 18 year relationship for her print vendor. Rather than walk away gracefully from the marriage she tried to hurt me in every way possible. There was a point where I was very bitter but seven years have past and I realize I'm much better off without her tyranny.

[Nitomor]

Sorry you've had to go through that Shodog, sounds harsh especially after 18 years

[Hibernaculum]

Where will it all go...

I guess you might ask yourself - does it actually matter if my things last another century or so after I'm gone, or not at all?

Our children might save our toys for a generation or two. A museum might preserve them for 500 years.

But eventually, even if humans survive, all things are lost. Matter crumbles to dust.

In millions of years, the Sun will expand, swamping the Earth and the Solar System... before condensing.

All stars will become "black dwarves" - the last matter in the universe. And this matter will itself, ultimately, evaporate - during what is known as the "heat death of the Universe".

Leaving.... (after an unimaginable period of time)... literally, nothing.

All of which is good news for things like "Honey-Boo-Boo child", licorice, or the Macarena.

But bad news for my NIP Wild Willy tyres.

H.

NB. I have still given my wife strict instructions not to sell anything, ever.

[taliesin]

Hey Crash Cramer,

I'm on the other border of the country in frozen and snowy Montana. If you come this way bring me some good chile verde and some decent hot sauce. When you order enchiladas with "green sauce" up here you are in for a nasty surprise and it isn't what you were thinking, LOL.

I've got a bunch of runners that need new homes, but nothing spectacular or really rare, just fun stuff that I've picked up over the years. If you have any interest give me a shout though!

​T.

[markbt73]

Honestly, if there's anything left of my "collection" that's worth selling after I'm gone, I haven't done my job. I don't buy things with the intent of hanging on to them; I'm too pragmatic for that. If I don't think I'll use something, I don't buy it. And if I happen across something that's too "nice" to use, and I can't bring myself to use it, up for sale it goes, to fund the purchase of something I will use.

Luckily, my wife seems to have the same attitude. She has distilled her feelings on the subject, in her inimitable way, down to seven words: "You might get hit by a bus." Meaning, don't "save" stuff if you want to use it now. Got fancy china that you really like? Use it for pizza. Want to wear those shoes, but are afraid of scuffing them? Shouldn't have bought them. You never know what's going to happen, and there's no sense being afraid to use something because you don't want to "devalue" it. Its value ought to be in the enjoyment you get out of it. (Now, if that means you enjoy things by staring at them in the packaging and occasionally dusting the shelf around them, then I guess that's OK... but just so you know, you're doing it wrong.)

Now, that doesn't mean that I'm planning to open up a pack of vintage NIP tires and go do donuts on the concrete with them. Not today, anyway. But when the existing ones get good and bald, I'll open that bag up, bolt 'em on, and never look back. And if anyone finds any value in a bunch of worn-out toy cars from the 80s after I'm gone, more power to them. I won't care.

[taliesin]

Markbt73, I think you really hit the nail on the head. Recently I had to deal with my father's estate and he was a big believer in "saving the good one for later" so ... yeah, there was a lot of stuff that he bought and never really got a chance to use. Got me to thinking about all of the RC stuff that I bought and laid aside for later. Tires, wheels, body sets, spares (of the common type that just seemed like a good deal at the time and were the result of a "good deal" on ebay - which naturally means not the ones you want NOW, or the ones you need or the ones to replace the parts you just broke, LOL)