Just returned from Hobby Lobby - needed some paint. Boley and Mini-Metals vehicles for $2.66 each. Came back with six 60’s eras cars (that’s all they had). Wish I modeled in the 80’s as they had about 100 Boley trucks for the same price!
As the prices are marked “clearance” it seems that this might be applicable only to my local store, but I thought I would post it in case it is a nationwide thing. Hope it helps.
Dave
This is probably a result of General Motors’ decision to not allow 1:87 or smaller models of their cars to be made by anyone. Someone in the GM legal department has apparently over-reacted to the possibility of “choking hazard” lawsuits against GM if a child swallows an HO scale or N scale model of a GM product, so they have decided to cancel all licensing agreements as a precaution. Mini-Metals and other model manufacturers have probably ordered their dealers to clear out all existing stocks to keep GM off of their case.
I bought Fords.
I’m not possative about this,but I think GM has decided to put out it’s own line of HO stuff. That’s why the Boley stuff is on sale. I don’t think GM is liscencing other companies to make their stuff anymore. Either way, those cars are a great deal.Wish I had more cash on me when I saw them. Look for the John Deere HO tractors at Wal-Mart. Half the price of what Walthers wants for the same thing.($2.49)
Yeah, I saw those John Deere tractors at Wal-Mart. I was really surprised when I saw that they were distributed under the Athearn name!
Wonder if Wal-Mart is going to start carrying blue box kits . . . . . . . .
David
We can only hope! Clear those shelves of all the RC cars and stock em with blue boxes!!![8D]
I’m not real sure what is going on right now, but all my suppliers are blowing out Boley. If General Motors is going to come out with their own line of HO scale vehicles, I hope they build them better than their 1:1 scale stuff! [:p]
Rotor
Maybe we can look forward to UP offering their own line of cars and locomotives? CSX? Baldwin and Alco raised from the dead?
Will
I’m not even about to step into the UP or CSX bashing thing…but I will let an excellent opportunity slide right on by! [:D]
Rotor
Maybe Boley is following the lead of the 1:1 vehicle manufacturers and is doing an “employee discount” thingie.
The top car assembly plants in North America are in Oshawa, Ontario and guess what, they are GM plants. [:p]
LOL - that almost resulted in Diet Pepsi all over the keyboard!
David
I’m on Ebay right now and there is a ton of Boley stuff going cheap. 4 bucks for fire trucks is cheap.
David,
Almost? Hmmmm. I’ll try harder next time!
Dave
P.S. Notice how I artfully avoided a potential ugly Diet Pepsi/Diet Coke debate/shouting match here! Ooops. I might have started it.