Ok, This is just crazy

crankbndr wrote:I've seen the Wen Mac go for 1K+ in the box. I thought this one would go higher than it did.

I guess that it's a matter of who is bidding and how badly they want it at that particular moment in time.

Yep, it's always interesting to see the "high-end plastic" on ebay and what they bring. The early (c. 1961) Wen-Mac P-38 will commonly bring $800-1000 in "like-new" condition. This one was not that far off, but the painted pilot and decals probably hurt it.
Over the years I haven't seen a lot of NIB (early versions) last one I recall was probably 6-8 years ago and I think it was well over $2000.

I did see (one time) a ultra rare green plastic P-38 on eBay, I remember it wasn't listed properly, dirty, etc. and it likely didn't get seen by a lot of collectors. It sold for $888 in 2007, I swiped the listing photos for my web site. It was bought by a big collector from the east coast, the same guy that used to sell a CD of plastic RTF's...and out bid me!