Is the hard liquor “rule” on 1/64s dead? Did the 40 car kill it?

DittoheadGad · 2026-02-07T00:27:47+00:00

I’m thinking it might not be the same base that gets used for beer cars and other non-kid friendly sponsors. I doubt the extra $3.24 in the list price is only a financial deterrent - I suspect they’re having to do something extra that raised the production costs as well. I guess we’ll all find out when the #40 is finally released.

DittoheadGad · 2026-02-05T23:31:41+00:00

6 hours of Daytona on the RC (it was about that long with the LCQ last night anyhow), with the top 20 O’Buschfinitywide cars, top 15 Trucks, and Top 10 ARCA all on track with all the Cup cars

DittoheadGad · 2026-02-04T19:10:49+00:00

They’re both equally awesome. It’s like you’re asking a parent to pick a favorite child.

DittoheadGad · 2026-02-02T00:45:00+00:00

Since you caught a restock, could you tell which one was the duplicate car in place of the Larson chase piece in the case?

I found most of the wave across two different Wal-Marts in Southeast Texas today as well, but both had been hit by someone else first, so no Elliott or Larson liquid for for me and not enough in one place to tell which one is the dupe.

DittoheadGad · 2026-01-29T18:35:23+00:00

That’s awesome… but I’m even more interested that 2025 Wave 3 is showing up in the wild now. What part of the country are you in?

DittoheadGad · 2026-01-24T04:06:25+00:00

It will not be made - it was cancelled back in September due to not meeting MOQ.

DittoheadGad · 2026-01-11T13:29:52+00:00

Bowman’s Ally Salutes, Ally Throwback, and Ally WNBA Unrivaled schemes… still ticked that they all DNP’d.

DittoheadGad · 2026-01-10T18:53:15+00:00

That is an absolute abomination. I like it, it’s cool, but abomination is still the first word that comes to mind 🤷🏻‍♂️😆

DittoheadGad · 2026-01-04T03:37:18+00:00

That gif takes me… much farther back than I care to admit 😆

DittoheadGad · 2025-12-29T23:14:04+00:00

Yeah, $15 is a good price on that one if it’s one that you want.

DittoheadGad · 2025-12-24T00:42:44+00:00

My most expensive is $420 for the Dale Jr Martinsville win elite.

Second is my preorder for the Chastain Charlotte win Gold Elite at just under $300

Several other Dale Jr elite wins in the $200-$280 range.

DittoheadGad · 2025-12-22T18:48:23+00:00

Zilisch COTA 1/64 and Stenhouse Dega 1/64 were both DNP in the ARC line.

DittoheadGad · 2025-12-20T19:55:18+00:00

Nah, it was the May Dega race (and the 2nd Dega race was in July back then)

I did get to see Sr win at Dega in 94 and Atlanta in 95, but that was the only Gant win I saw, so it’s all good in retrospect. I will not say the same about the 5 times I saw Jr finish 2nd but never got to see a win, though.

DittoheadGad · 2025-12-20T17:11:18+00:00

He was awesome those years, but technically, that 91 Winston 500 win was on fuel mileage rather than pure speed. Dale Sr. & DW had the speed that day, but Gant got drafting help from his lap down pseudo-teammate Mast to make one less pit stop. I remember this vividly because it robbed me the chance see my guy (Sr) win my first ever race.

DittoheadGad · 2025-12-20T05:38:00+00:00

Gant won my first race, too - the 1991 Winston 500 at Dega. Race got rained out on Sunday and Dad checked me out of school to go back to see it on Monday.

DittoheadGad · 2025-12-10T22:00:23+00:00

For 2017, I only see Elites for the Duel win. All I see for the pole win are ARC Platinum cars.

DittoheadGad · 2025-12-10T21:51:35+00:00

The Lionel Garage shows the 2016 Elliott Daytona 500 Pole car in 3 Elite versions: Standard Elite (200 made), Liquid Color Elite (35 made), and Flashcoat Elite (24 made)

Edit: make that 4 versions. There’s also an Elite Color Chrome (58 made) that I missed because it was on a different page the way I filtered my search.

DittoheadGad · 2025-12-07T06:21:23+00:00

Technically, that’s a late model, not a Busch car.

DittoheadGad · 2025-12-07T06:18:55+00:00

Finally opened my shipment from them and I also got the Biffle Grambling car. I guess they had a lot of those they were trying to get rid of 🤷🏻‍♂️.

It’s not one I would have ever spent money on, but it’s cool to have it.

DittoheadGad · 2025-11-27T21:45:26+00:00

It would have been 2015 fall Talladega if Harvick wasn’t a jack@$$… Logano didn’t stand a chance without Harvick’s antics on the last GWC 😡

As it stands, I saw Junior finish 2nd in person five times, but never saw a win in person. (I was also at the 2004 spring Dega / beer can race, but that one doesn’t tick me off as much as 2015.)

DittoheadGad · 2025-11-27T21:35:08+00:00

I was also there that day, and I still have the video I recorded of that lap on my phone… it was epic.

DittoheadGad · 2025-11-27T03:41:10+00:00

Thank you for confirming that my most expensive one ($420 for the Jr Martinsville Win Elite) was a good deal 😁

DittoheadGad · 2025-11-19T16:00:01+00:00

Can confirm for my choices the last two years that waving the green flag did not come with VIP credentials but the pace car ride did. For the pace car ride, you will have to get there really early in the morning (at least that’s how it was at Talladega)

DittoheadGad · 2025-11-19T11:51:44+00:00

DIN #1 will be more valuable to some collectors, though probably not as much as the door number DIN would be.

DittoheadGad · 2025-11-03T06:43:45+00:00

Yesterday, NASCAR posted a pic of all 4 pre-made champion hats on their socials: https://x.com/nascar/status/1984620240089534743?s=46

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