Die-Cast Mania | NASCAR Short Film

[@ethanw7211]

As a child, you play with NASCAR diecasts. As an adult, you display NASCAR diecasts.

[@randomvids1231000]

Nah, let's be honest. We still play with them from time to time.

[@Cercy-mj6hk]

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[@SpongeyBob24]

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[@AnimalAndrus]

Fr im 13 and I have hundreds upon hundreds of die casts from every gen. And I display them. But the newer ones I sometimes play with

[@adamrhome8055]

... and then you regret dicking the cars up you played with as a child... cause you literally beat the value right out of them plus you regret not having them to display. Ahhh, the vicious circle that is playing with toy race cars... if you didn't have those cars to crash up as a child, would you still pay $100+ to display the Elites today? It's the chicken or the egg my friend... a question as profound as a collector's pockets & as old as asking why we continue to drop $200+ on something we'd prefer you or anybody else just not touch... but you can look all you want... just not the signed one, that one stays in the case, where it lives... It's house is in my house & I got insurance on both.

[@747RacingTeam]

It's a shame that the MOQ set by Lionel is too damn high for some cars to get made. I think a better system needs to be implemented.

[@codygudleske6581]

I'm in my 30's.... My diecast collection is huge.... My prized gem is my Dale Earnhardt crash car.... Signed by the big E himself

[@AnimalAndrus]

WOW, im 13 and I have Earnhardt’s 1987 cars and 2000 cars gen when he died. R.I.P intermidator

[@Novusa]

I’m starting my nascar diecast collection as a Brit , currently I have a 2002 Kevin harvick 1:24, Jeff Gordon episode 1 (1999) 1:24, Jeff Gordon flame scheme (2008) and for some reason wood brothers 21 (2021)

[@codygudleske6581]

@@AnimalAndrus I have all the dale sr cars.... He ever drove or raced including Iroc... All Dale Jr cats from the start of his career to present... A pair of Dale Sr goggles he wore and signed... I wish I could send pictures it's huge!

[@ShowMeWhatINeedToKnow]

I also have a penchant for Sake and Bake.

[@AnimalAndrus]

@@codygudleske6581 bro has Jr.’s cat🗿

[@williamvalentine3194]

One of the best programs put out about diecast. In my opinion, Ertl actually produced the true first NASCAR diecast and drivers like Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt and I believe Mickey Waltrip were the first ones "signed" up with diecast deals.

[@jdossantos88]

You never grow too old for diecasts

[@13Mizzou]

Seeing the cars on TV, then finding them in stores was the coolest thing. Had to have any i could find no matter the driver. Earnhardt was my favorite but also loved the 88 QC, 28 Texaco, and 7 QVC

[@tommyrsrracer]

Let’s not forget racing champions stepping up the game with gold chase cars in 98’ and QVC selling cars on Friday night tv, both really pushed die-cast to the top of the retail market.

[@NathanielPuente]

Collecting diecasts as a kid hooked on NASCAR for life. I'm very grateful for all the care that goes into producing the cars. I've kept my crate of a few hundred 1/24s through adulthood and always will. Shoutout to the Mooresville spot shown in the video! Great place to find rare stuff.

[@rgee4321]

I became hooked to Nascar diecast a few months back...Space is what I need the most of....I am nearing 100 in just a few months!

[@Brad-S]

That Dale Sr. crashed car is The Holy Grail. If I could find one I couldn't afford it. Well maybe I could, but do I really want to spend that much? My hat is off to anyone who owns one!

[@Nighthawk268]

Baught an elite crash car for about $250 or so 3 years ago. Totally worth it once you see it in your hands. It's unlikely they will ever make any as such again due to costs these days, and that was nascar's boom era. So I'd get one now before they cost more than an actual car lol.

[@justafella]

Deals are out there. You just need a little luck sometimes. I stumbled across the crash car for $20 earlier this year.

[@TK3150]

I got one for 70 bucks. Guy just wanted to get rid of it. I jumped on it like a duck on a June bug.

[@musicalhelp]

You know what they say.. 'the difference between men and boys is the price of their toys.' :D Thanks for doing this one. It was fun.

[@OriginalBigBry]

Oh, I've been waiting for this! 🙌🏻

[@jonathanderrie4915]

been at this for 34 yrs now I'll never quit.

[@NCCRN_YT]

Who dosent love to buy mini NASCAR's

[@OfficialErnestCriterion]

Mini WHAT?

[@ethanw7211]

1:64 you mean?

[@starfox386]

Same. My prized pick up is the Ross Chastain "Hail Melon" car from Martinsville. Found it at Meijer one day and had to get it. I couldn't believe he never lifted and rode the wall in 3 & 4 to race for a title. A video game move that actually worked

[@AnimalAndrus]

Me

[@Godzilashots]

For a snack yes

[@probablyjuulin9481]

I collect the race wins for ones I attend. Feels like I own both a part of nascar and my own history.

[@jefferygordon24]

those were the best times, recreating my favorite races or making new tracks and having my own outcome. i even had tow mater for anytime there was a wreck😂

[@AkshayTalks9]

What a production! Great stuff NASCAR

[@wayne6612]

Great video! I clicked on it with trepidation thinking it would be boring but I was hooked within a minute. It was fascinating. As Jeff Gordon would say….Awesome.

[@TylerOwen28]

Raced used die cast will forever be my favorite

[@DJYeeJay]

This is so good

[@reborndiajack9612]

no u

[@piotrnaliwajko9834]

Really liked this film! Fun to see some info about the world of NASCAR outside the tracks!

[@dr_wardin]

When I was little I loved getting these

[@ethanw7211]

Same. I couldn’t help it. I started collecting 1:64s at age 3 or 4 and stopped at age 17.

[@highflyingbird6467]

Nascar Diecasts are great fun, I have a bunch of Earnhardt Sr & Jr plus much more all sizes and times, Long live the diecast and more 1/18s please!! 😎👍🏁✔️

[@jduke93]

I’ve got a Jeff Gordon diecast car that was personally signed by him when I was invited to the Jeff Gordon club back in 2005 I believe in pocono

[@Gearsandoil]

The only car I have displayed (not in the attic 😁) is the 1994ish 1/64 scale rainbow warrior when he was sponsored by Coke instead of Pepsi. I picked it up at a flea mkt, it’s been used by a kid so it looks like a real race car 👍

[@TheBeigeBox]

I have one of a 1:18 scale Jeff Gordon Hot Rod Chevelle that I got signed at his club event in 2007 at Texas. Cool to see others with similar experiences

[@cameronchiesa1031]

Great video and taught me a great deal about the history of diecasts! I love collecting, the biggest connection to my childhood!

[@3sgteyota]

So awesome. I've been collection since childhood. Each one is a memory. Especially when I met Gordon and he signed that 94 Lumina. 👊😁

[@cjthelonewolf7410]

i love how the booth i like to buy alot of cars from at the antique mall here in mooresville was shown alot

[@Aaron25thinfantry]

Excellent content!

[@Ian22011]

This is gonna be a W

[@auburnltl7452]

I’ll never forget getting my first diecast. I was given a 1:64 2018 Chase Elliott car in my Easter basket. That was a trailblazer that started a collection that is now almost 600 strong and hopefully if I can financially afford to, keep growing as the years go on.

[@pens87668]

I remember the days of watching “For Race Fans Only” on QVC, and always being excited for the new diecasts coming out

[@margaretmcneil5282]

I have a Dale Earnhardt racing champion from 91 and took it out of the package and displayed it. Noticed later the birth date on the back of the trading card had birth year as 1952....I still have it of course !

[@scottg9855]

Hmmm, I had Ertl diecast when I was a kid. 1982 Petty, Waltrip, Allison, and Yarborough. I still have them, all.beat to hell, but they were way before racing champions.

[@packisbetter90]

Nice video. I have around 2300 1/64s and 260 1/24s. I miss the 2000s

[@TRP-4]

Great great video!! 🎉❤

[@SpongeyBob24]

Im 16 and my diecast collection has continued to grow i have 3 separate shelves with cars on them and also i have boxes full of diecast i use for stopmotion videos

[@Jeremyfedor]

To the guy at end holding 88 jr car and dirt late model please share where you got your display cases!! Holy cow there awesome!!!

[@trobbins88]

I never got into the Die-Cast collecting world. I was big into apparel and hats back in the day. I do have two Die-Casts. Years ago, I worked for Menards and got to meet Paul Menard. I saw him win a Busch Race at the Milwaukee Mile. I was able to get the DEI #11 Menards car in 1/24 scale. I also got the 1/24 scale fluorescent orange #81 Menards car driven by Dale Earnhardt Jr. They are still in a box in the closet. One day, I'll get them out again, just isn't high on my priority list.

[@twoblacklabs904]

I’ve been in the hobby since Fred Wagenhals invented it. His early-to-mid-‘90’s Action Platinum and RCCA cars might’ve been a little “cruder” and less detailed collectibles back then, but to me, they’re still the best pieces to own because of the “time capsule” aspect it represents in the history of the hobby. My Dale Earnhardt collection still means the world to me…

[@Devboul]

Great story !

[@THISizRAIN]

Great video 👍

[@cjfastfoot]

Love this stuff nascar

[@slayori.designs]

I couldn’t have been the only one who would watch the races and position their diecasts in order of the running order.

[@cmaszerowski]

As a kid, there was nothing more exciting than getting a die cast car of your favorite drivers. NOTHING

[@robsalle5096]

Collecting diecasts helps fight my depression better than any drug could ever.

[@Troyjr2423]

Started my own collection for years! Over 30 in my collection so far

[@Entertainingclients]

What an awesome video!

[@dustinplemmons]

Racing Champion was way before Days of Thunder. I remember going hunting in 87-88 looking for cars I didn’t have

[@nighticek1970]

Holy moly this amazing

[@coyote8198]

I had protype from 1987 for an original hauler truck for Jeff Gordon nobody wanted it 10 years ago 5 years ago not a single person. This package was never opened.

[@plisskenationbackfromthede3657]

87 gordon hauler? So a pickup truck with an open trailer and a midget car?

[@EnriqueQuezada-ld3er]

Love it 😀 😍 ' I just love it 😀 Thanks 🎉

[@iLikePlanez]

I remember my first diecast. It was a 2014 Aj Allmendinger Scott’s car.

[@Turboyeehawguitar]

Im a child of days of thunder i was there for it all. The hardees meal cars and the matchbox days of thunder. I remeber buying my first racing champions car’s. A earnhardt and rusty 1:64 i still own then a morgan Shepard motorcraft. (Thats the best looking first gen racing champions) then that first gordon dupont and dw’s southwest auto now ross chastain and ryan blaney the last couple years gmhave brought me back.

[@commeeche]

I have over 130 Earnhardt Sr diecast and over 75 Jr diecast. Also with a few various others

[@paulorobertolima5458]

Comprei alguns diretamente no site da Nascar, mas levaram quase um ano para chegar aqui no Brasil, mesmo assim valeu a pena!!!! As miniaturas são maravilhosas!!!

[@Gearsandoil]

The first actual nascar die cast that I ever bought were the desert storm set that had all 5 service paint schemes. The quality and detail were poor but that was the early days of racing champions. I bought 4 or 5 of the sets at Buds Wholesale which was like Big Lots and they had a shopping cart full of them. I believe that race was in 1990 and the teams painted those patriotic paint schemes without sponsorship.

[@GoBucs76]

Racing Champions was the best.

[@toymachinejosh1]

I knew the voice was familiar. Two of my favorite things, Nascar and Fallout New Vegas.

[@greendayray]

The exclusive deals always annoyed me as a collector. I want a full roster of 40 cars for each season with all of the full time drivers. I can’t be alone in this. Anyone else feel this way?

[@dkberesk1]

This was awesome

[@HughWanztino]

i got my holy grail, Rusty's last win. Love seeing Rusty in this

[@danejenkinson-tv9kv]

I have the action series 1/24 Dale Earnhardt Jr. #8 (Budweiser 2000) Jeff Gordon (DuPont 1999) Ernie Irvan (M&M’s 1998) Dale Earnhardt Jr. #3 (ACDelco 1999) Dale Earnhardt Jr. #31 (Mom and Pop’s 1999) Tony Stewart (1999) Steve Park (1999)

[@davidlynch8362]

I missed the first run silver car but I did get the Daytona crash car in 1997

[@sinnuh]

I wish the ‘raced’ versions didn’t have the confetti on them as you often can’t see all the details of the paint scheme and sponsors. For example, I have the Truex ‘raced’ version from Dover 2023 and there’s so much confetti you can barely see anything else on the rest of the car. Going forward, maybe Lionel should leave the confetti off the ‘raced’ versions and do a limited ‘victory lane’ edition of the winning car that has the confetti. Just a thought!

[@garybrian3736]

Interesting how this doc makes sound like Action was the big diecast maker of the 90's. Yeah sure, Earnhardt did it and all. But Racing Champions ruled the 90's! They had practically every car of the field in Cup, a good deal of Busch, and quite a bit of Trucks too. They also did 1/24 before Action was a thing...so I guess they're trying to do some jumps to story tell here.

[@NickLeitz]

this is so cool

[@danielacorbacho3209]

WILLIAM BYRON’s CAR WITH CONFETTI IS HERE!!!

[@rebelcupcake]

Love this mini doc only. I only wish Lionel would fix the thousands of issues that holding back from being a good diecast company

[@ThePolarExpress1225Productions]

My prized car is Dale Jr's Bristol Busch series 81 Taco Bell car that he won in 2004

[@whatbanebreaks]

This reminds me of the Toys that Made us...

[@LotsOfToubleUsuallySerious]

I'd really like a Jeff Gordon, Kyle Bush, Dale Earnhardt (both, preferrably), or Jimmy Johnson die-cast, but the thing is that these are sold in dollars *(obviously),* and where i live, one dollar is worth 6 R$, so it's not worth it The closest thing i've ever got was the lego technic set, and that sh*t was expensive

[@Alex_Mac_]

Lionel doesn't care the same way that Action did.

[@tgs2141]

They forgot the Ertl area

[@ShowMeWhatINeedToKnow]

Does it come with a box of Shake and Bake?

[@NASCAR12fan]

RACE HUB IS ALREADY BACK????

[@stephenmills7211]

I'm 39 and right now and I don't see myself ever not collecting 1/24 nascar diecasts. I have 50 at the moment.

[@AnimalAndrus]

Im 13 and I have probably a hundred

[@kenmartin756]

Does Lionel have a store-front? In the video, it appears that there is, but locations that sell NASCAR memorabilia are getting extinct.

[@Pervere1621]

They have two Retail Stores. Concord Mills Mall in Concord, NC (about 2 miles from Charlotte Motor Speedway) and Opry Mills Mall in Nashville, TN.

[@chirinocollector]

Lastima que no está traducido al español 😢

[@frostice7821]

I got a huge 1:64 collection

[@ChillManMichael]

Same My is MASSIVE

[@Splatty007]

Same, I keep out growing my bins for them 😔

[@JosephLeeworthy]

mi collection is huge I have older car like dale sr to the 2023 cars expechaly Ryan blany

[@Goodwrencher29]

Is anyone, uh... going to mention Spin Master?

[@kylitoskorner8078]

Zachary Levi is a NASCAR fan?

[@Thomas-ib9iu]

rare nascar 1080p video

[@StevenWatters]

Miscraft ftw.

[@1camry]

make a kyle busch plush please

[@knoebelspuppy7298]

W im in this

[@jasonjason-kg7hv]

I have every single Tony stewart every made action Lionel products I also all his sprint cars indy cars and iroc cars his nascar trucks he ran lose are same action performance they 1/24 scale 1/18 scale too no 1/64

[@kevinkelley3906]

A different company needs to replace Lionel!!! Quality keeps getting worst and the price keeps skyrocketing.

[@chelysnascarchannel]

Agreed. Mattel for exemple. (Hot Wheels)

[@DangerGranger-30]

What is this?

[@hakkalocken]

Did Fred Wagenhals just claim to have invented the jet boat and the quad bike!? Ok then Fred... 😂 The first quad bike was British and invented in the late 1800's and the Jet boat was invented in New Zealand in the 1950's. Nice try though.

[@bryanriggin1917]

Best video on KZbin!!!!

[@austinhrkid1]

So is have really rare yellow fright Diecast bus he series cars and a cup car one is prototype how I got it my dad his business felt with yellow as there shipping people. The head man charge use to take us to Texas every single year and we would get to meet the teams and drivers I have a Chevy signed by Jimmy Spencer that’s the prototype and have a Johnny sauter 70 cup car signed and a 1 dodge signed by benson and Mcmuary

[@TracksideViews]

The quality of the 1/24’s should be a lot higher. M2 Machines 1/24 die-cast are way more detailed and higher quality for $24.

[@nas18car23]

Why do I head Flynn rider from tangled narrating

[@SereneWallCoverings]

I'm in my 30's.... My diecast collection is huge.... My prized gem is my Dale Earnhardt crash car.... Signed by the big E himself