-than-successful owners kept Schuco going, but by the late ’90s they seemed to get back on track, offering a number of nice 1/43 and 1/18 diecast models, as well as reissues of the classic 1940s to 1960s Micro-Racers and Piccolo models. Glad to know they are still around and, by all appearances, doing well.
As you can see, this is a very detailed car, with accurate wheel covers, scripts and emblems, and even the decal on the dash replicates the Cadillac instrument panel. I have yet to see if the motor works, but even if it doesn’t I don’t care. I love this Caddy, and it is definitely a keeper.
First, how much did it cost?
Second, how much is it worth?
Third, I’m so envious about you having this car that I am now greener than an official Eugene-mobile (Prius) with envy.
Maybe we have just discovered the winning formula for a life-sized electric: all we need are scaled-up equivalents to D cells that can pop in the trunk. Sure, you might need something like an engine hoist to get them in and out, but what a great new sideline for Batteries Plus stores. Why don’t you engineering-types get to work on this. All I ask is one of the cars when you get them perfected.
When I was a kid, my brother and I had a Schuco model that resembled a Jaguar XK with the top down. It had an operable transmission with 3 speeds (and reverse iirc), and would steer.
Sweet piece. I grew up on Schucos. We used to “race” our Piccolos on neighborhood sidewalks-my black VW Bug was a much feared competitor. We pretty much gave up on the Micro Racers as the clockwork motor gave up the ghost after a day or two of use. I ran into a small hoard of Schucos at a hardware store in NYC in the early ’70s. The store owner was getting rid of them at fire sale prices ($2-$3 a pop) because they were “old”. Picked up a nice Magic Auto as well as a mint Examico, as well as a couple of NOS Dinkys including a D-Jag.
The somewhat flattened-out Caddy dash reminds me a lot of the original Chevy Cavalier dash.
Yes the 84 Cavalier I had looked very similar in front of passenger. Driver IP as well.
I found my Boss Hogg 69 Conv in a booth hobby store as well.
Very nice! You seem to have the best luck at finding the most interesting stuff!
I had something very similar to this. Red tinplate with a hardtop. No opening doors or hood, though. I took the roof off (just bent back some tabs) and it became a convertible with a much flatter interior. Looks like the same body pressing, must’ve been a cheaper or later variation.
if you have a 1967 schuco cadillac deville convertible model im interested in buying it, it dosent have to work and i dont need the box im going to paint it like my cadillac.Deus Ex Mankind Divided looked to be one of the biggest games of early 2016, but Square-Enix has announced today that fans will be playing the game later than they might have been expecting.
"We're confident and proud of the game so far," Anfossi says. "However, as we are now playing through the game in full we can see that it will require more time in post-production for tuning, iterations, and refinement to meet our high standards. In order to achieve this, we need to move the release date of the game to August 23, 2016.
"We are sorry to disappoint you with this news, and also thank you for all of your support and comments. This game is a huge part our lives, and we don't want to compromise on quality."
He continues on by saying "please be patient with us a little longer... it's a huge responsibility to work on Deus Ex Mankind Divided — we know, but also a huge privilege. We're determined to deliver the best game we can."
The news is more than a little surprising given the game's now-cancelled preorder bonus campaign. That marketing effort, which unlocked more in-game content according to the number of players who preordered the game, was so widely criticized that Square-Enix cancelled the effort altogether. However, before Square-Enix pulled the plug, the publisher declared that if enough people preordered the game, Deus Ex Mankind Divided would actually release four days early on Feb. 19.
It appears the game wasn't ready to come out in Feb. 2016, much less four days early. Let's hope this delay results in a higher quality game overall.
BEIJING — While China’s May economic data suggested overall economic resilience, a glimpse into the physical indicators may provide more details of the positive changes taking place in the economic picture.
Growth in energy consumption, freight traffic, and producer prices all picked up last month, pointing to a firming real economy and progress in structural transformation.
In May, China’s industrial electricity use increased 10.8 percent from a year ago, picking up from the April level of 7.3 percent, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
“This reflects stronger industrial production activities,” said Wen Jianwu, head of NBS’s department of industrial statistics.
Meanwhile, freight volume, an indicator of goods production and consumption, increased 8.5 percent year-on-year last month. Railway freight in particular jumped 11.8 percent, 10.4 percent higher than the growth in April.
Last month also saw stronger demand for industrial products, which pushed up the producer price index (PPI), a measure of industrial product inflation, by 4.1 percent year-on-year, the highest growth in four months.
Niu Li, an economist with the State Information Center, said physical indicators like energy use and freight traffic can be seen as leading economic indicators, and their healthy growth reflects a strengthening trend in the real economy.
Data from some less official sources has also showed encouraging signs. Sales by China’s major excavator producers grew sharply by 71.3 percent year-on-year in May, according to the China Construction Machinery Association.
At Sany Heavy Industry Co Ltd, a heavy machinery manufacturer, the working hours of heavy equipment including mixing stations, pumping trucks, and hoisting equipment were on the rise. In the first five months of this year, Sany’s cranes worked 13.9 percent longer compared with the same period in 2017 as expansion in manufacturing investment has kept machines busy.
This was in line with official investment figures. NBS data showed that fixed-asset investment in manufacturing climbed 5.2 percent in the first five months, up from 4.8 percent for January-April.
Continued expansion in manufacturing investment provides evidence of China’s restructuring progress, as manufacturing upgrading is part of the country’s ongoing structural reform that aims to draw more strength from consumption, services, and innovation to support growth.
Amid efforts to drive innovation, the output of China’s high-tech and equipment manufacturing sectors substantially outpaced last month’s industrial average, with production of new energy vehicles, integrated circuits, and robots up 56.7 percent, 17.2 percent, and 35.1 percent, respectively.
For the service sector, China’s Index of Services Production went up 8.1 percent last month, with modern emerging service industries such as the internet industry contributing up to 56.8 percent to the service sector growth, according to the NBS.
In another sign of booming new businesses, electricity consumed by the software and information technology industry jumped 66.05 percent year-on-year in the January-May period, while that of the internet service industry rose 63.26 percent.
NBS spokesperson Mao Shengyong said at a press conference earlier this week that the country’s supply side structural reform had prompted robust emerging sectors and sustained growth in the broader economy.
Earlier data showed China’s economy expanded 6.8 percent year-on-year at comparable prices in the first three months.
Wang Changlin, vice-president of the Academy of Macroeconomic Research of the National Development and Reform Commission, said he sees progresses in economic upgrading and firming trend in real economy.
But he noted that it takes time for high-tech manufacturing to play a key role in the economy, and China is still facing structural problems in developing the real economy.
Mao also said that the government would work to further improve the management system and market environment, with a priority on supporting private enterprises and small and medium-sized ones.Crypto investors are pledging their digital assets to buy homes, cars and more crypto by guaranteeing loans through crypto exchanges or crypto lending platforms which are fast becoming the new craze in cryptoverse.
Cryptocurrency-backed borrowers retain ownership of the assets they promise to the lender while repaying the loan. However, they risk losing a significant portion of their collateral if they don’t make their payments, as one would with a secured loan such as a car loan or mortgage.
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