£25,000 for a plastic model?!

[anonymous-user]

Ok, what am I missing?! Is it that rare, is it the last one?

Trumpeter 1/32 English Electric Lightning

Edit: In the time it took me to write that, some bids were apparently deleted but it’s still over £6000!

[sclayto2]

Needs to come with an actual Lightning for the price!

Close to 7K now

[take-good-care-of-the-forest-dewey]

You'd think they'd offer free postage at that price

[TRIUMPHBULLET]

I might have this wrong but would it be a way for two people to launder dodgy money?
Make the item rediculously expensive so only the 'right' person buys it, legitimized via EBAY and PAYPAL.

[anonymous-user]

It started at £100, which is strong but not ridiculous.

[steveo3002]

TRIUMPHBULLET said:

I might have this wrong but would it be a way for two people to launder dodgy money?
Make the item rediculously expensive so only the 'right' person buys it, legitimized via EBAY and PAYPAL.

how do they get the dirty money in the bank to paypal it over in the first place?

[dudleybloke]

Unless "expensive extras" is code for a big bag of drugs!

[Eric Mc]

How accurate is it? I know their 1/72 Lightning has some significant shape issues.

[anonymous-user]

Well this guy thought it was ok.

https://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/tru/kit_tr...

The eBay auction does appear to be the only one on sale at the moment (although I only spent a few minutes looking), a few places say “available on back order from supplier” but we know what that really means…. All looks legit too, seller has loads of similar stock

[hot metal]

The postmaster at my local post office deals in model kits, bigger business than his post office tbf, I pointed this out to him, he was not aware it was a rare kit. He has orders from all over the world, even one guy in Dubai who bought another flat to house his models in, so there are some proper crazies out there.

[Murph7355]

Did Rob finally go lockdown crazy and put some alcohol fuelled bids in last night?

[hot metal]

Nearly 8k now, this seller must be touching himself

[Murph7355]

hot metal said:

Nearly 8k now, this seller must be touching himself

How long before that gets relisted

[audikentman]

What was it brand new, £100?

[dr_gn]

Something doesn’t seem right - I could kind of understand if it was a rare model and the tooling had be lost, but I don’t think that’s the case? Also, what happens to its value if it gets re-released? Seems like a huge risk for a kit that doesn’t even look that detailed for the scale.

[IJWS15]

I presume it is someone who wants to build it - possibly for someone who used to fly them.

Paying that is too much risk for a speculator.

[dr_gn]

IJWS15 said:

I presume it is someone who wants to build it - possibly for someone who used to fly them.

Paying that is too much risk for a speculator.

Built models usually go for peanuts considering the hours put in. I guess if you got a gullible customer, custom request and a builder who is good at talking you might get into the thousands, but nearly £8k + building?

[IJWS15]

Building for family/friend (good friend)?

[Fallingup]

I guess it would be worth buggerall if somebody actually built it. Crazy stuff.

[Davie]

I acquired an old Revell Hurricane Mk1 kit from an associate to try and build up with my 4yr old but neither he nor I are blessed with much interest in such things nor much patience either. Somewhat amazed that somebody would pay several thousand quid for a plastic kit but each to their own however.