DEFINITION OF DIE CAST COLLECTIBLE ITEM

The term die-cast refers to any toy or collectible model produced by using the die casting method. The toys - collectible are made of metal, with plastic, rubber or glass details. Wholly plastic toys - collectibles are made by a similar process of injection moulding, but the two are rarely confused. The metal used is either a lead alloy (in the first toys), or more commonly an alloy of zinc with small quantities of aluminium and copper. These alloys are also referred as white metal or pot metal, although these terms are sometimes confused with the lead toy alloys. The most common die-cast toys - collecytibles are scale models of automobiles, aircraft, construction equipment, and trains, although almost anything can be produced by this method.

ESTIMATED SUPPLY & VALUE OF DIE CAST COLLECTIBLE ITEMS IN THE MARKETPLACE

According to sites specialized in pricing these items as sold in the marketplace, dated August 2012 here are the estimated numbers attributable to these items in the marketplace. Note these numbers are ever changing and not precise in number but are a generalized indication of what is found and bought in the collectibles marketplace. We, at Statsworldcollectibles.com intend to update these numbers when made available to us in more updated numbers and averages.

Estimated # of sets:                                                                                                 1811
Estimated # of individual items:                                                                           36198
Estimated marketplace value, if all were purchased:                          1,907,744.50
Average estimated cost to acquire every item in the marketplace:              $ 52.70
Average estimated cost to acquire each individual set:                              $1053.42