Lazer ZX-S

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Originally Posted by Welshy40

You actually found someone willing to pay that amount.

Err..doesn't it always work like that? Might be time to consider that most countries operate in a market economy environment..

Well good on you, I still cant believe any one would pay that, still they did and you have now made some money so well done.

I already told you - the car is highly sought after by some people. Not just collectors, but by people who knew it was rare already back in 1996-1997 and even more rare at this time. For christ's sake, it was listed at Tower hobbies at something like 650 USD for a long time. What's so hard to understand? Kyosho never even seemed interested in selling it in any volumes. If they would have been, they certainly wouldn't have shipped it with Losi shocks. I can think of more cost-effective ways, for instance use their own stuff..

You must remember I race these, and they are not going to be very rare soon as you can now almost make one yourself for no more than £350.00.

A replica is a replica and as such is not worth much, correct.

All carbon fibre parts are readily available from Fibre-lyte and the plastic bits will sooner or later be made, plus the drive train items with exception of the belts which shouldnt be too hard to source. Soon these things wont be worth that much.

Totally irrelevant. His car was not a mix and match by repro parts or newly created parts - simply a piece of Kyosho history, intact and unbuilt. They are rare.

Sorry but thats a fact.

Judging from the outcome of the auction, it's obviously not a fact at all.

But I am gob smacked that someone paid that for just a standard ZXS which is not as rare as the ZX-S Evo.

Not many people are collecting these cars. But I'd dare say you're in a minority compared to the amount of people collecting the ZX-S family, as opposed to racing them..

I thought my car was rare so wonder how much I would get for mine, and I originally thought £500 was a good price, maybe I should go for £2500.

Well, try it. Somebody tried selling a ZXS Evo for something close to that amount recently (can't remember the exact figure). Of course, no bids on that one..