? Value of old MRC trucks?

[Dirtnap]

Years ago, I had an MRC "World Scale" Buggy. It
was called Desert Thunder. Long gone now.
Thought it would make a good home for a pair of motors
and ESP I have laying around.
Stopped in at a LHS and asked around for one.
(Yes, I know they stopped making them.)

The counter-monkey-know-it-all says "sure! Cost you
about $1400. Give me 700 now and I will keep my eye
on E-Bay till one pops-up."

He claims the last one he saw was $1400 high-bid
and there was fierce bidding. This guy is known to
blow a lot of smoke...
Dork.

I found a new Desert Thunder AND a Baja King at another
shop and bought them both. $169 each.

So, are these things worth as much as the dork said or are
they selling for closer to retail?
Last one I saw on the Bay had a BY NOW at $200.
Fully built, painted, great shape.

So what do I do? Sell these, sit on these?
I want to run one of them, would that be foolish?
Are they too valuable to use, or are they just old?

Thanks for any advice,

John

[Pt3]

No they are not worth that much anymore, and as far as ebay goes, that's a
load of crap. I sold a Dessert Thunder new in the box and barely went for
$100. About 6 months before that I sold a NIB Thunderking for just over
$130.

Patrick


"Dirtnap" <dirtnap2001@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Afpka.30838$5j.556566@twister.kc.rr.com...
> Years ago, I had an MRC "World Scale" Buggy. It
> was called Desert Thunder. Long gone now.
> Thought it would make a good home for a pair of motors
> and ESP I have laying around.
> Stopped in at a LHS and asked around for one.
> (Yes, I know they stopped making them.)
>
> The counter-monkey-know-it-all says "sure! Cost you
> about $1400. Give me 700 now and I will keep my eye
> on E-Bay till one pops-up."
>
> He claims the last one he saw was $1400 high-bid
> and there was fierce bidding. This guy is known to
> blow a lot of smoke...
> Dork.
>
> I found a new Desert Thunder AND a Baja King at another
> shop and bought them both. $169 each.
>
> So, are these things worth as much as the dork said or are
> they selling for closer to retail?
> Last one I saw on the Bay had a BY NOW at $200.
> Fully built, painted, great shape.
>
> So what do I do? Sell these, sit on these?
> I want to run one of them, would that be foolish?
> Are they too valuable to use, or are they just old?
>
> Thanks for any advice,
>
> John
>
>
>
>

[MikeF]

I have a pair of hotshots, circa 1986, that i fully restored. I usually see
them on ebay for $200/good condition or as much as $400/NIB.
Dont know how old the desert thunder is, but heres the trick:
If you see a reasonably nice listing of spare parts for it available on
ebay, then drive it. I drive one of my hotshots because the parts listing on
ebay is usually two full pages long and the competition is heavy (so prices
never get crazy)


"Dirtnap" <dirtnap2001@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Afpka.30838$5j.556566@twister.kc.rr.com...
> Years ago, I had an MRC "World Scale" Buggy. It
> was called Desert Thunder. Long gone now.
> Thought it would make a good home for a pair of motors
> and ESP I have laying around.
> Stopped in at a LHS and asked around for one.
> (Yes, I know they stopped making them.)
>
> The counter-monkey-know-it-all says "sure! Cost you
> about $1400. Give me 700 now and I will keep my eye
> on E-Bay till one pops-up."
>
> He claims the last one he saw was $1400 high-bid
> and there was fierce bidding. This guy is known to
> blow a lot of smoke...
> Dork.
>
> I found a new Desert Thunder AND a Baja King at another
> shop and bought them both. $169 each.
>
> So, are these things worth as much as the dork said or are
> they selling for closer to retail?
> Last one I saw on the Bay had a BY NOW at $200.
> Fully built, painted, great shape.
>
> So what do I do? Sell these, sit on these?
> I want to run one of them, would that be foolish?
> Are they too valuable to use, or are they just old?
>
> Thanks for any advice,
>
> John
>
>
>
>

[ageekwithabaja]

how big are these ?