I think I'm pushing close to 500, plus or minus. They tend to add up over 25-30 years... I'm not as bad as I used to be. It's a 12 step program.

I think I tend to enjoy the older 1/10th pan stuff from the mid 80's. Lot of little mom and pop shops making very obscure cars during that period. 1/12th stuff from the 70's and 80's. You gotta kinda target your efforts. I still like the original 6-gear RC10 stuff too. I think that period kicked off the aftermarket and really started a lot of companys. I'm also more of a "hands on" collector. Stuff new in the box isn't as interesting to me as something I can hold and feel and work the bits. I've taken a LOT of boxed collector cars out of the boxes and built them. They should be out of the box so you can really see what was going on during that period. A car you can put in someones hands is always more interesting than a "box". I find as I get older what's irritating the crap out of me is I occasionally pull a store car out of a box... I can't remember the name of it or the story behind it.

I have a soft spot for MRP, I drove for them in the early 80's and they were out here in the northwest, so we got to see those guys from time to time. I feel MRP kinda started 1/10 pan. 410 shotgun was a cool car too. Soft spot for Delta as well.

When it gets to that kind of quantity, you don't own them... They own you. I love them all, and they each tell a story. Right now the story they are telling my wife, is sell that junk and build an indoor track again. *sniff* BUT... BUT... I LOVE THEM!!!!

<---(goes to search eBay for vintage pan stuff) *sigh*, and so it goes...