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#5 Lotus Open bumper, whats its worth ?

Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 3:32 pm
by ogedei_voidoid
Just a quick question, whats this open bumper Lotus worth ? Quite a bit of playwear and base is dull.

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Re: #5 Lotus Open bumper, whats its worth ?

Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 7:20 pm
by Johnny Pimp
It took a long time for these to be discovered by online collectors after being initially missed by the major printed guides. However, more are turning up all the time as they get flipped over for a closer look.

I'd speculate that a collector in need of one of these could pay as much as $100, even in this condition. After all, they probably make up less than 1% of blue model production.

Re: #5 Lotus Open bumper, whats its worth ?

Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 7:43 pm
by Brad Pittiful
what are you willing to pay?...thats what its worth

my limited funds i recently bid 40 dollars for an auction that had two lotus's in it one had the open bumpers and the other didnt...plus the open bumper model in this auction was an early one without the superfast on the base...so at the time it was worth 40 dollars to me...someone else got it so it was worth a couple more dollars to them

Re: #5 Lotus Open bumper, whats its worth ?

Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 8:01 pm
by tjlglass
I'll swop it for a packet of Bic razors sunshine lol, might pop over soon.

Re: #5 Lotus Open bumper, whats its worth ?

Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 2:13 am
by vetrad
The last one I sold on ebay (open bumpers, with Superfast on base, normal blue shade) ended up doing about $45 with a box, if I remember correctly. It had 3-4 small nicks but otherwise very nice.

-David

Re: #5 Lotus Open bumper, whats its worth ?

Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 10:05 am
by ogedei_voidoid
thanks all, I'll put it up on the for sale section over the weekend