First off, my apologies to all the faithful readers and listeners for the lack of content over the last month or so. I’ve recently gone through a major career change that has required me to put my hobby efforts on the back burner for a bit. Add this past weekend’s Thanksgiving holiday family time (here in the United States) into the mix and you’ll hopefully understand why this is the first new post you’ve seen in over ten days.

With that being said, I hope to be getting back into the swing of things this week - regardless of the fact that we are all rapidly approaching the next holiday season! As part of ramping back up, I will be sharing some cool diecast happenings that have popped up over the last two weeks. While a few were time sensitive, I’m sure that many readers will enjoy knowing about what was available and now sold out - the posts are always good for the pictures, right..?!

Thanks again for sticking with diecastAUDIO..!

-Jeff

Its been a while since we’ve done a Pick of the Week, so here’s a short video featuring Debra and George Barris taking a look at some of the more popular diecast cars in Mike Gray’s shop. For more diecast-oriented videos, be sure to head over to WWW.DIECASTVIDEO.COM.

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In honor of this weekend’s Hot Wheels convention out in Garden Grove, Paul Biddle at The Toy Peddler is offering another great deal on listing fees! From Friday October 5th through Sunday October 7th, all listing fees will be half price. Paul reminds collectors by saying:

“If you aren’t going to the convention, this is a great time to list items for sale or to pick up some of those convention cars that will be available online. Many people at the convention list them for sale at The Toy Peddler right from their rooms!”

If you are planning on attending the convention, be sure to look Paul up as The Toy Peddler will be there in full force giving away TTP logo balsa wood planes, ring flings, and logo bags to hold your loot! Also be sure to enter his special drawing where you could win $250!

Thanks to Paul for providing another great incentive to try out and use his site!

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A short while ago, Paul Biddle over at The Toy Peddler announced the addition of a “non-toy” category to expand the offerings available to visitors of the site. While the new section has been getting a few posts here and there, Paul is giving sellers an opportunity to kick things into high gear with a special offer!

Starting on Friday September 28th, all listings in the NON-TOY category will be 100% FREE for a period of 24 hours (Pacific Time)! This offer is for non-toy items only. Any toys listed in the non-toy category will be deleted. You can post items such as old trading cards, sporting goods, collectibles, stamps, coins, and just about anything else you can find in your basement, garage or attic! Alcohol, firearms, or pornographic materials are prohibited.

If you’ve never tried selling at The Toy Peddler, now would be a great time to try it out. It’s super easy to use and you’ll be sellng your stuff in no time with fees that are MUCH LESS than eBay! Thanks to Paul for providing this great opportunity to try out the site!

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Just a quick reminder to those interested in participating in the DIECASTLIVE.COM/Jada Toys “Review” contest. The deadline for submitting your review is Sunday night, September 23rd. The poll for the contest will start after that and will run through Sunday September 30th at which time the winners will be decided.

Best of luck to all participants and thanks to DCL and Jada Toys for putting on some great contests!

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Check out this vintage commercial for the Johnny Express from Topper. Man, that thing is huge!! Now thats when toys were really TOYS!

Be sure to check out all the other diecast related videos over at WWW.DIECASTVIDEO.COM.

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Collectors who frequent THETOYPEDDLER.COM might have received a recent newsletter announcing the start of a new section on the site called “The Vault.” This new section became available to registered TTP members at the beginning or August and features listings of high-end collectibles selling for $1000 and higher. After first reading the announcement it was difficult to believe that there would be many items available for purchase since the number of collectors that can deal at that level is fairly small. Low and behold, there is some serious action happening there!

Posted items are ranging from gems like minty red lines for $1000 to $2000 each all the way up to a sealed case of 96 blister-packed red lines for $27000! While prices like these are virtually unobtainable for most, there are definitely items moving at these prices. At the time of this post, the most recent piece sold was a rose colored hybrid custom Baracuda red line for $1250! Many of the rare cars listed are owned by well known collector Bruce Pascal. diecastAUDIO sat down for an interview with Bruce during the 2006 Rhode Island Diecast Expo which is definitely an episode to not be missed!

If you haven’t checked out THETOYPEDDLER.COM yet, then defintely make sure you do. Not only is it a fantastic place to buy and sell (ie - cheaper than eBay and garners a niche audience) diecast and action figures, but The Vault is a perfect place to go check out some uber-rare diecast to keep the collecting dreams alive!

[via thetoypeddler.com]