>>11278800>What makes so many people into diecast just chasers rather than actually seeming to enjoy the thing?Most people are simple creatures who love the dopamine hit they get when they buy/collect things, especially if they can put all those things in a row and make it feel like an accomplishment. Same reason people buy FunkoPops--it's the unified presentation and identical packaging that gives them a sense of satisfaction, along with being able to buy something that represents a personal interest, or something the recognize from somewhere else. Not the actual, physical product itself.
>hey guys [sincere post about diecast cars and not just the latest case in Walmart]>tumbleweedsto be fair, that happens here, too. These threads die young due to neglect all the time, and pics of boring carded stuff are fairly prominent. The problem that arises is that when the people with genuinely deep interest in a topic realize that a given community won't or can't engage with them at their level... they leave. And now all of these communities are overrun with normies looking for social media clout, it's even harder to sift through all of them to find the handful of folks who actually give a fuck and connect with them, especially on a cesspit like reddit that prioritizes popularity and engagement over actual content. But hey, that's just the whole internet, these days.
>>11281636Nice! Cruise Bruiser is a personal fav. I have an inverted version of that deco with white paint and a gold stripe. I loved it so much, actually, it made me start a dedicated station wagon collection (pic unrelated, it's just the only shot of Cruise Bruiser I could find in my camera roll, lol).
>>11277920Oh fuck, that's RAD. I'd love to have one to go with the first Batmobile I got a couple of months ago.
