About a year ago i was in a hobby shop, and i noticed the Tamiya company was in the process of making reproduction models of the radio controlled cars they sold in the 1980's starting with the Grasshopper. Even though they are not sold in kits anymore, i still prefer building them the old way from a kit.

I'm sort of a sucker for most kinds of miniature things (models). Not only do I collect them, I build them as well (mostly 1/48 scale aircraft and 1/35 scale armor). I bought a couple of die-cast aircraft, but they can get really expensive really quickly, so I swore off them. Besides, it gets to be a problem storing or displaying all of the models. I also have too many model jeeps, of varying scales, in die cast and in plastic. That stems from having a restored WW II jeep in my garage. I'm just a jeep nut.

I used to put together model cars when I was a young boy but for some reason always had parts left over. I think part of my problem was I just wanted to see the end product. What was really frustrating though was when you really needed a particular part and it was missing from the box. It seems the same is often true for other things you buy that have to be put together.

Numbah and I have been putting together Armies for a table top game called Warhammer 40K. We have quite a collection.

This is only interesting if you are going to play with them or give them to your children. Otherwise what's the point of having some cars on your reception desk.