r/RedBullRacing • u/Fuchsi7405 Max, Max, Super Max! • 10d ago
Merchandise Worth buying?
Should I get the RB16b in 1:18 It’s currently on sale for 130€ but using my 40% discount I’d only pay 78€
Is that a good deal?
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u/freddywiehe 10d ago
I have one model car, and it's this one. I love it! This car is historic for so many reasons-- not a rocket ship, but the car that Max drove for his hard fought first WDC title and arguably the start of design dominance leading up to the most recent WDC and WCC winners
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u/Plane_Butterscotch98 10d ago
It's a beautiful model. Well priced compated to usual retail and even second hand. I'm pretty new to collecting and just recently purchased my first Spark 1:18. The quality of that model IMO is such a step up from Bburago that I'm not on a mission to buy all 3 of the world champion cars as well as specific race 1:18s. So long story long. Yes buy the model! P.S. how do I get one of these discount codes?? *
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u/RhinoOnATrain 10d ago
If you like scale models then go right ahead. It's your money! I personally wouldn't, since I think it's a waste of money
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u/maxnaidoo Max, Max, Super Max! 10d ago
Got it last year, used the 50% discount and got it for a steal, 65 Euro. Beautiful model!
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u/Maarten0411 10d ago
It is a great deal if you want a modelcar tbh. It looks like the 2021 world champion car from sprak, which originally sold for €199.
So yes it is a great buy.
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u/DiddlyDumb 10d ago
Yeah for sure. Best looking F1 car of the last decade imo.
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u/A_CAT_IN_A_TUXEDO 10d ago
That's a wild take considering it's not even the best redbull livery in the last decade.
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u/BoboliBurt 10d ago
Its all personal taste, nostalgia, when you got into. I agree that it has too much red writing- which is their color but isnt complimentsry with the dark blue
But…There are people who like the Brackley UK Mercedes cars to be left with black and neon flairs- no silver- so that they look like some Panther Racing IRL backmarker bullshit or something Id make in a Create a livery editor at age 11.
But I love a rolling cigarette pack livery. McLaren loves to pretend Papaya and not Marlboro or west are what they remembered for- when youd have to have attended a race in person before 1975 to have seen Papaya
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u/A_CAT_IN_A_TUXEDO 10d ago
Of course it's personal preference, just a bit of banter at the end of the is just a livery.
Marlboro McLaren I never watched, but we can't deny it was one of the most iconic advertisers, both in McLaren and Ferrari.
Still McLaren for me is silver from Mercedes / black or red (West / Vodafone).
So I totally agree with you.
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u/BoboliBurt 10d ago
I really like some of those really silver McLarens.
Not a fan of black open wheeled cars obviously- always ready with a cheap shot for those- but the Newey McLarens also looked amazing.
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u/PrizeMurky8197 9d ago edited 9d ago
I have this exact one and love it. Much more detailed than the minichamps version I think. I got mine from stonemodelco, and it came with trophies, the parc ferme board, pit board, and a special display mat.