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Commentor Name:	Vic Nash
Comments left:	I've really enjoyed reading the stories about collecting the planes and then rediscovering them years later. Pretty much my story, but without the Bachmann brand. While shopping, I would always make a side trip down the toy aisle, select a plane or two, pay about 2 bucks each, and then toss them into a closet-bound box. Well about 6 months ago I rediscovered two boxes of planes and decided to display them. With no perspective of time I decided to fill in some blanks in my collection. Disappointment upon dispair resulted in the stores, Dyna-Flites and the other brands were nowhere to be found. So I turned to ebay and lo, there they were, the Bachmann Mini Planes. The lost and sought after strays. Selectively, I found the F-104 Starfighter and several others I had wanted but never bought when available. But the Ruby Slippers, the Holy Grail, the Cream of the Crop was nowhere--the elusive, rarely seen B-58 Hustler. A plane that buzzed me in my youth on the Lake Erie break wall in Cleveland, Ohio, in the early 60s, the weekend of my first air show. Gentlemen, that plane that at least one of you paid less one dollar American to own, now fetches between $25 and $30 plus shipping. And I just paid nearly $40 for a Flying Boxcar. Madness surely, but cheaper than therapy. My collecting is all but over, due to the unavailability of ultra modern and experiemental aircraft. So building the perfect display is next. Currently I can only imagine what form it will take, but it will certainly be a compliment to my small gathering of miniture flying machines.
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