Buby's diecasts are coveted items within the world of collectibles for they are high quality faithful scale reproductions of fantastic car models. Mr.
Buby accomplished very well the blend of two worlds that up till his enter to the Argentinean market were absolutely separated, toys and automodels.
For over 40 years he devoted full time to the amazing world of toys with unprecedented professionalism and passion.
In 1987, with a lifetime experience in the local and international toy market, Buby accomplished an unusual turn within the world of toy producers, he developed a special and unique collection specially thought and designed for collectors: Buby's collectors classics, or as he last christened it, Buby's Classics. Buby's collector's classics are this brand's finest production in terms of quality and refinement. This is the only Argentinean toy producer who has taken seriously in consideration the collectors as a specific market with determined needs and satisfaction standards.
In one of our many conversations with Mr. Buby, I asked him about this specific collection, and what it ment to him. His reply was fantastic, he said: that it was one of the finest accomplishments of his career, for each and every one of these cars was a sort of an artisan work, choosing the original color, certifying all the details and including a special certificate for the collector who acquired it.
Each model of the Collectors classics was produced in three different styles, each of which was produced in three different colors, therefore there are 9 possible variations of each model in terms of style and color, plus some models also featured a "pace maker" (for the Indianapolis car races) These are the models:
-Chevrolette 55 (plus "pace maker")
-Bel Air
-Ford 53
-Sunliner
-Mercury 54 Monterey
-Packard
-Caribbean
-De Soto 56
-Fireflighter (plus pace maker)
-Studemaker Avanti
-Lincoln 46 Continental (plus pace maker) And a 69 Cammaro (plus pace maker) that was released under Buby's Classics brand.
There are in all 113 Collectors classics models variations, each of which features a specific number on the item, its box and it's certification papers.
Buby produced 1500 of each color and each model. All colors were original, for Buby brought original paint chips to the country to develop the precise color for each and every one of his productions .
Without a doubt, each of these fantastic models expresses not only an outstanding professionalism but how passionate his producer was about them.
Collectors Classics were sold all over the world and have gained special respect and attention in many collectors clubs. Such was the impact that many years latter, some European brands began to produce very similar models.
Though there's not much information about this matter -and it could be quite an interesting mystery to solve- we know for sure that when the Argentine economical situation of the late 80s and throughout the 90s was extremely harsh to local industrials and manufacturers, Buby tried to keep on producing his Collectors line in Hong Kong. Things at the other end of the world got quite complicated and the attempt was abandoned. Many of his model cases were left in Hong Kong. May be, his former associates sold those cases to other producers who gladly used them for similar productions. May be. we don't know for sure. But an interesting door has opened to fully understand those similarities and Buby's last fantastic creation.
Bob Frassinetti, art and antique dealer and free lance journalist from Argentina, Buenos Aires, working on the web, writing both for pleasure and work on art, antiques and collectibles, in and on Buenos Aires, Argentina as well are neighbouring countries, Chile and Uruguay. "I've written for several Travel Adventure, Art & Antiques Magazines on and off the web and have researched Toys made here in Argentina, as well as Travel Adventure from Route 40 and Lighthouse Adventures along the Atlantic and Pacific coast,........ Travelling for Art and Antiques" Buenos Aires, Argentina 2009
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Thank you for the information on Buby diecast model cars. I only recently dicovered them and was impressed by their quality and by the fact that I obtained scale models that nobody else had thought to produce. It makes a nice change from VWs, minis, Respond to this comment
Thank you Michael for your comments on Buby, yes, a fascinate collectible and thanks to the Internet, daily, it gets more adapters! If you ever need any more information email me, thanks for reading, …….
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