1:87 Scale Diecast Cars, Trucks & Vans

Everything You Should Know About 1:87 Scale Cars, Trucks, and Vans

When buying 1:87 scale cars, trucks, and vans, also known as HO-scale cars and trucks, it helps to understand how to identify and select them. Your approach will depend on whether you're buying them more for personal enjoyment, either for yourself or perhaps a young person in your life, or as a collector seeking historic, sentimental, or monetary value. Learn the differences among 1:87-scale cars, trucks, and vans to find the ones you want most.

One way to search for 1:87 HO-scale vehicles on eBay is to search for vehicles of a type. You can find 1:87 scale cars, trucks, motorcycles, vans, military vehicles, farm vehicles, construction vehicles, emergency vehicles, and a host more. Alternatively, you can search for new 1:87 scale diecast vehicles by manufacturer, as each brings its own unique stamp to the style of model toy vehicles it produces. Some of the most renowned makers of 1:87 model cars, trucks, and other vehicles include Action, Classic Metal Works, First Gear, Hot Wheels, Johnny Lightning, Micro Machines, and Universal Hobbies. Similarly, you could search for 1:87 model vehicles by the make of the vehicle itself after which the toy was modeled, such as Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Bentley, DeSoto, Maserati, Rolls-Royce, or Land Rover.

How you select 1:87 scale cars can reflect how you would select actual vehicles to drive in life if the cost was of no concern. Alternatively, you could try to recreate an era in time by collecting a variety of 1:87 scale diecast vehicles modeled after those manufactured within a certain time frame. Similarly, you could recreate a whole fantasy reality with reasonably priced 1:87 scale cars and vehicles, as many HO-scale cars and trucks were modeled after those belonging to characters and worlds from television and the movies, such as "Star Wars," "Mad Max," "Speed Racer," "Thomas & Friends," "Bob the Builder," KISS, and Marvel Universe.

Many 1:87-scale model cars, trucks, and other vehicles you'll find on eBay come with special features and characteristics. There are advertising specimens not sold commercially, limited and special editions, and reasonably priced 1:87 model cars and other vehicles sold new in an unopened box or with a case or display stand. Other features you may find in a 1:87-scale diecast vehicle include:

• No glazing
• Personal-number plate
• Built from scratch