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Originally Posted by Welshy40
I understand that these were built to be raced and not left in a box unbuilt.
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That's the point. Tjompas car is still in the box and that will always attract a huge premium over a built car to a collector and I would say the price he got was about right, maybe more if sold at the right time. After all there's, relatively speaking, plenty of built examples around, but very few still in the box untouched. The exact same kit when freshly built and not run would be worth no more than $400-500. There's also the fact it's a NIB ZX-S, not an Evo. The Evo might be a better car on the track, but for a collector it doesn't have the history to go with it that the ZX-S does.
Rarity doesn't guarantee a high price for collectors, it's the desirability that does. Look at Tamiyaclub, on ebay the most expensive vintage r/cs are the Sand Scorcher, Rough Rider, Hilux and Bruiser, yet they are 4 of the top 6 most popular chassis owned in Tamiyaclubs showrooms.
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Also worth pointing out fibre lyte make a better product than what comes with the zxs.
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That's irrelevant, a collector will want it as it originally came. A car with a little used original chassis with a few scratches will be worth more than one with a brand new Fibrelyte replacement, collectors want it to be as original as possible.
There's a world of difference between vintage collecting and r/c racing. It's like the Rough Rider rerelease, it will have little effect on the vintage r/c market as there are so few parts that are the same as the original, so collectors will still want the older, less robust original parts even for their runners, and there's a lot of us vintage fans having no interest in it because there's so many differences.