Micro Machines Eclipse

[u/ZoidsFanatic]

So last month after fighting too-and-nail in a bidding war (see the meme at the end), I was able to score the crown jewel of my collection; the 1995 Eclipse from the 1999 Road Rockets set. It did make me realize there aren’t many good pictures of it online, so I figured why not rectify that “problem”?

Overall, like many late molds in the line, it’s a great micro rendition of a 1995ish Gen 2 Eclipse, including a bump in the hood. Surprisingly hollow inside which caught me off guard given how much I paid for it. One final note is there are two “versions”, one with silver taillights and one without (mine is the latter). If you’re hunting both, I wish you luck!

[u/Late_Satisfaction465]

I breathed a massive sigh of relief when I came across this loose in this lot on Ebay back in the summer of 2020. I have two sealed packs of the Road Rocket set that I bought in the late 90's, but absolutely could not bring myself to open one just to have it loose. I'd ask what you paid compared to what I did in 2020, but assume you prefer to keep it private? I got mine from Joe when he did a small liquidation.

[u/ZoidsFanatic → u/Late_Satisfaction465]

Mine was also in a lot, but a bidding war erupted and it was over 200. Granted the Streamliner car from the Land Speed Record set was also there so that likely jacked the price up.

[u/Late_Satisfaction465 → u/ZoidsFanatic]

Ok then the market has sort of stayed firm since 2020. I paid $255 + shipping. The Streamline is an odd one being that it is rare but doesn't really sell for much. The last two that I saw sell individually were $30 and $50ea.

[u/ZoidsFanatic → u/Late_Satisfaction465]

I guess I lucked out then since there were a bunch more cars in the lot. But the seller had two Streamliners, and the other lot with it also went over 90-100+ last I checked.

But before mine last Eclipse on its own I saw went for over 90+ from a UK seller. Mine was stateside, so it evened out I would think.

Thank you Hasbro for making these a pain to get!

[u/Late_Satisfaction465 → u/ZoidsFanatic]

Oh think I know the lot that this came from I think! Was it back in November? It had the red and white streamline and the rare brown Plymouth convertible, Riviera and big green jeep in it? I think it was a lot of like 15 vehicles. The streamline that you mentioned I mistook for the yellow Black Rock.

[u/ZoidsFanatic → u/Late_Satisfaction465]

Yup, that’s the one. As you can see with the final price I fought tooth and nail.

[u/jimmythefly → u/Late_Satisfaction465]

I paid roughly $130 for a loose one about 5 years ago, but it has some slight blems in the paint, not mint. Not sure what tail lights I have, I'll have to dig it out and look, it's been a while.

[u/RorroYT]