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Darren Bedford
05-23-2011, 09:13 PM
Ebay # 180657629873


Link is super long and won't wrap properly for me.


Interesting price !
Kevin M. Parkinson
05-23-2011, 09:55 PM
Click here for the link:

180657629873 (http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=180657629873&kw=180657629873)
Todd Merrifield
05-23-2011, 10:10 PM
That's a very rare and hard one to find. One has already been sold at that price, the others probably will too:

http://cgi.ebay.com/180657629873
Attila Bethlenfalvy
05-23-2011, 11:38 PM
Voltaire set is the second most difficult released '63 hearse in the 100% line to acquire reasonably:

Start with a limited (& numbered) run of 1500 (although South Texas Diecast states 2000) that was done for the '07 Japanese HW convention only.

Hearse toy collectors want them.

The paired Dairy Delivery is one of HW's 5 most popular castings ever, so DD collectors want them. There were also 2000 of this Dairy released individually with chrome wheels. Carded, it sells for $90+.

Then you have fans of Voltaire's music and art that want them too. In fact, when Voltaire was commissioned, he chose these two castings to work with. Mattel said no to the hearse initially, asking that he pick something else instead. Voltaire stood ground claiming if he didn't get to use that hearse he wouldn't design any artwork.

All add up to keeping prices above $125 - about the cheapest one can hope for currently. Here is a shot outside packaging:

http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg807/scaled.php?tn=0&server=807&filename=voltaire07japan.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640
Josh Horton
06-10-2011, 04:21 PM
I bought two of these off ebay. The first I bid on and got for a "ok" price. The second came up on ebay of related items. I made an offer and within an hour the offer was excepted. So now I have two. The best part about them. On the box and sticker is my birthday, that was the day of the show.
Attila, what is the first "most difficult released '63 hearse in the 100% line to acquire reasonably"?
Attila Bethlenfalvy
06-10-2011, 07:42 PM
Most difficult released: Dream Halloween.

Most difficult non-released:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/5009613728_e3161570ea_b.jpg

This made it to 'first run' phrase, where (typically) 20-25 prototypes were sent out for inspection. Mattel then pulled the plug on the entire 100% line before this version came out.