any guesses as to final bid?

yes, but how much too much?

i'm guessing right around $300. it has all the junk, so a serious toy collector will probably grab it. looks to be in really excellent shape. i always wanted one, i think they were on sale for 3-4 years but somehow just never bought one. must have been buying motorcycle parts.

it could go berzerk as a collectible, but as a machine, it's already gone too high. I bought mine for $20 couple years ago. ripped the pump out to attach a real vacuum cleaner... never did finish adapting it.

--- Stephen

Same here - I got 3 off of eBay for short money and started converting one just like you tried.

And eBay seems to have at least few of those listed at any given time. Nothing rare or expensive. What makes one rare is if it has all the original packaging and plastic sheets. Those original sheets usually fetch premium price. So, this auction doesn't seem too out of the ordinary.

Toy collectors like them in good condition - modelers couldn't care less...

Peteski

I'm guessing this is an old Mattel. I remember reading in "Scale Modeler" that Sears had them in their catalogue even though they were long gone from their stores. I ran out and ordered one. That should say how long ago that was. I haven't used mine in a while. I think I made up a bunch of sheets with just the one base that appeared corrugated. I intended to use it as sheathing on HO buildings. At one time I used a bunch of the letters for a business name on a building. Looked pretty good but the building's disappeared since.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

I found one at a garage sale about ten years ago, just the machine itself and a couple dozen sheets of plastic. Cost me 10=A2 Used it once....

Heh Heh ! I got it for only $102 I thought it was going to cost me at least $120 !

Noddy

Unless you've bought it for the collector value, you're crazy! :-) Peteski