Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re : Open Fire $178...

["Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxx>]

Jerry is correst, some colors are a lot more desirable and rarer and command
more money. The Open Fire Gremlin was produced in Hong Kong, but some were
made in the US also. I mentioned in another post that production moved to
Hong Kong, but I should have elaborated they were made in both. A few years
later cars would be made in Malaysia too. Here are the colors available for
the 1972 release of Open Fire Gremlin; there was 13 colors, and ALL ARE
METALLIC....
Orange, Green, Olive, Blue, Red, Brown, Gold, Lavender, Lime, Purple, Aqua,
Light Blue and Magenta. As Jerry mentions, the Blue and Magenta were
difficult to find THEN and are premium NOW. Also extremely dificult to find
were red, purple and aqua, and to a lesser extent, lavender. To me at least,
any colro is worth having.

I have all the 1969 Hot Wheels Custom AMXs except Magenta. I missed one on
ebay when I was sniped last year, my bid was $155 and some clown went $160,
I went $175 and he went $190 and well, I have dial up and I could have
probebly driven to New York and PAID the seller in person faster than my
dial up could have rehit that bid. Oh well, curses, foiled again.
Eddie stakes
www.planethoustonamx.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Casper" <gremlingts@xxxx>
To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 7:42 PM
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re : Open Fire $178...


==The place for the high dollar stuff is
==garage/yard/rumage sale, plus
==you get exercise and freah air

lumina333 <lumina3@xxxx> wrote:
>>I have been trying to buy a Hot Wheels Open Fire
>>Gremlin. One on eBay
>>just sold for $178! Geez I think I won't be getting
>>one. -Lu-

I've been going to yard sales and flea markets for
YEARS, and you just don't see any Open Fire Hotwheels
for sale ( not in Virginia, anyway ) I've seen the
other 6-wheeled Hotwheels, but not the Gremlin.
Beside, that Open Fire you saw was blue, right?
that's a RARE color, so it goes high...the more
"common" gold and green/gold colors are more
predominant, and sell in the $35 range ( and up ).
Magenta and Blue Open Fires are premium Gremlin
colors. Won't go cheaply!
Keep looking on Ebay, though, you can find them
under $50, which is still kinda pricey, but much
cheaper than a Blue one!

Jerry Casper