Top 101 reasons you know your a diecast collector

[Guggga]

ooh yea, that SMC tee and the Roller in the showcase!
WTG bro!

[Diecast]

Hahahahahahah......i cant stop laughing ...Ari thats a prefect portrait of ours in words

[aritrim]

(02-06-2012 05:12 PM)Schuvo Wrote:  A stupid few of my own:

1) You are always thinking up of ways to befriend the Customs Commissioner or the local FPO honchos
2) Now that you've become a Dad, you are more worried about "that age" when your son is going to lay his hands on your models and do all the nasty things you did when you yourself were of "that age".
3) You think of ways to hoard/hide part of your income so that its not spent on household needs.
4) Your wife keeps complaining about the new sofa she couldn't buy because the extra moolah was spent on diecasts!
5) You can probably give a small lecture on the ebay auction system - lessons you learnt after you lost your first bid trying to buy a diecast on the cheap.
6) You have enrolled all your bank accounts and credit cards for netbanking - just to make it more difficult for your wife to find out just how much you are spending on diecasts.
7) You can bargain for window-shopping time with your wife at the mall - she goes to Shoppers' Stop, and you go to ModelArt!

Cheers

Actually all 7 hold true for me. So they are really not stupid but the hard truth. Great that you were able to keyboard down these.

(02-06-2012 11:52 PM)winstoncds Wrote:  You guys missed the SMC tee. Nothing is hidden except for the bikes which are in storage now and the 1:50 trucks. This is well and truly all the 1:18/43 cars I have. Nothing more and nothing less.

Noted.

(02-07-2012 12:21 AM)Diecast Wrote:  Hahahahahahah......i cant stop laughing ...Ari thats a prefect portrait of ours in words

[Slix.Salakshya]

That is a fantastic find Ari, thanks for sharing!
So I finally got some undisturbed time to read the whole list in one go after two unsuccessful tries earlier.
You guys should've seen the grin on my face while I read the list. My brother even asked me what was I so happy bout, I told him a few reasons, & yes he understood.. Haha
Anyhow, moving on..
I could've, I would've been able to relate myself to all the reasons regarding display cabinets only if I had a proper ones.
Also made a few changes which are in bold.

101) First you are taking the time to read this stupid list.
88) You have taken almost all your model cars outside to photograph.
83) When you buy stuff at a toy store you never ask for the items to be gift wrapped.
82) Recycling means storing your boxes neatly so they aren't damaged.
78) The first thing you do when you wake up in the morning is check out your collection.
76) You separate your money in your wallet, "diecast money" and "other".
69) When showing people your collection, you can barely talk as thoughts of "off limits" and "do not touch" rush through your head.
68) You make "vroom vroom" sounds when your looking at your models.
62) You find 2nd day delivery too long to wait for a package.
58) While away from home, you wonder what your models are doing or if they are safe.
54) You do a dance when finally adding that "Holy Grail" to the display cabinets.
41) You recognize the acronyms of model companies.
40) When seeing a cabinet of any type, you picture your model cars on it.
39) Your now a Google scholar as you know all the keywords to search for a model.
37) You see a car and wish you had it, in 1:24!
34) The value of your collection is more than what your current 1:1 is worth. I don't have a personal 1:1.
32) You refer to real cars as 1:1
26) Four hours of sleep is good as it allows you to spend that much more time on ScaleModelCarz.
25) The cost of owning a scale model suits your bank account much better than owning the 1:1.
21) You don't have a living will, but you have a wish list and top 10 list.
18) You see a nice car on TV or on the street and smile cause you have one on display.
13) You won't write your loved one a letter or email, but you will spend all day chatting on a die-cast forum.
11) When you go to a car show, you go straight to the die-cast section and walk right past the Bikini Team exhibition without stopping.
5) You don't have a personal 1:1 of your own and it doesn't concern you as much as not having that new release.
2) When you go to other peoples homes, you look around to see where you would put your cabinets.
1)You will laugh at yourself for being able to understand and relate to almost 100 things on this stupid list.