1/8 Lamborghini Reventon

I know this has nothing to do with SS or statues....but I just picked up the grail of my collection today and I am so extatic I dont know who to tell first.
I've been waiting for this car for almost a year and a half now...it is a 1/8 scale (over 2 feet long) Lamborghini Reventon made by Amalgam. Yes, it cost me more money than my entire SS collection combine.....but was it worth it ^^^^^* YES!!!
The paint app and the amount of detail on this is unlike anything you will ever encounter on a scaled replica. Down to the plumbing, wiriing, tire tred, engine detail, dimensions....EVERYTHING......its insane! It sits on a REAL carbon fiber base with only 199 being made world wide. I got #20.....the significance of this being their were only 20 units of the REAL car made. I took these pics today when I picked it up...more pics to come later when its in its final resting place.

Chris

Damn, that looks sweet! Do you have pics of the other cars in your collection?

Batty said:

Damn, that looks sweet! Do you have pics of the other cars in your collection?

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I do!..but I want to take pics of everything gathered around my grail. I will take pics soon of everything within the next few days. Trust me you wont be disappointed. This is my first 1/8 scale model....I collect mostly 1/12 (foot long). I have a 1/8 Lamborghini countach LP5000 on the way in the next year . I havent told the lady yet....

Chris

Amazing Chris!!! And amazingly appropriate for you!

That looks sexy

Is it metal?

Reinhardt said:

Amazing Chris!!! And amazingly appropriate for you!

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Thanks bro....you would be shocked at this thing in person.

gabberjawa said:

That looks sexy

Is it metal?

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The engine block, wheels and body are.....parts like the interior consol are made of resin and plastic. The base is made of real carbon fiber which the car is bolted down to. The whole car is made by hand taking over 150 hours to complete.

Chris

Awesome!! Wow!!

Me being a petrolhead, I got to say WOW!!

Cant wait to see you car pics, do they do a 1/8 Zonda??

Impressive! Sure beats spending 1.6 million

Wooooow... Must be on of the most beautiful cars ever made.
Can you put something next to it for scale?
Great pics, thanks for sharing!

edit: Just looked up their website and OMG, they make some pretty awesome stuff! Congrats on getting this!

breakersrevenge said:

Me being a petrolhead, I got to say WOW!!

Cant wait to see you car pics, do they do a 1/8 Zonda??

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No they dont make the Zonda....yet! They just aquired the Lamborghini licence not to long ago so their focusing on models from that line right now. They did just make a 1/8 McLaren F1 LM and a Bugatti Veyron...but if I started buying every car they made at $6000 each I would be broke in 30 minutes.

Here are a few bad shots of the interior...

Chris

do these things go up in value very much? Is this 6000 retail when it came out or did it jump in value?

Wow thats like buying a new car after rebate from a clunker

Simply AWEsome! Congrats!!

Its about $5200 retail (Canadian)....about $5900 and change landed. Amalgam specializes in custom built stuff for their clients...they haven ES for this car of 199 but less will probably be built since they are made to order. They won't go up in value much for a few years..but they usually never drop from MSRP price ether.

Chris

Atheris666 said:

Its about $5200 retail (Canadian)....about $5900 and change landed. Amalgam specializes in custom built stuff for their clients...they haven ES for this car of 199 but less will probably be built since they are made to order. They won't go up in value much for a few years..but they usually never drop from MSRP price ether.

Chris

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Why so much? At 5,200 what does it come with? lol

Looks sweet. This might be a dumb question but does it have working lights? If they put that much detail into the rest of the car it would be cool if it did.

Pretty cool.

Eli26 said:

Why so much? At 5,200 what does it come with? lol

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Just what you see lol....also comes in an acrylic display case that sits on a carbon fiber base with a chrome numbered plaque.

Darth Madden said:

Looks sweet. This might be a dumb question but does it have working lights? If they put that much detail into the rest of the car it would be cool if it did.

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Ya for that kind of money you would expext something to light up right lol...but no, nothing lights up. Its ment for static display only, the engine lid opens also but nothing else. But like I said, these things are built from scratch and take hundreds of hours to complete. You really have to see it in person to appreciate the time and detail that go's into these.

Chris

For 6K it should have a real functioning combustion engine and be able to go at least 1/8 the speed of the real car.

Drool, drool, drool! Whoa, those people make some INCREDIBLE models! Museum quality for sure!

There's something about Lambos, you can see one from any distance and instantly know it is a Lambo. You can put a Lambo built 30 years ago next to a brand new machine and see the resemblamce-- gotta love that.

We were car spotting yesterday at the race track (Del Mar) and saw a Lambo Spyder, we think it was a Gallardo, but not sure (it was in valet parking and we couldn't walk up to it).