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DIECAST Collectible
Model Cars And More
| Item# |
Description |
Stock
Status |
| 11029GY |
BBurago Diamond - Lamborghini Reventon Hard Top (1:18 Scale Diecast Model, Grey) 11029 |
Restock |
| 12016BK |
BBurago Gold - Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder Convertible (1:18 Scale Diecast Model, Black) 12016 |
Restock |
| 12016YL |
BBurago Gold - Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder Convertible (1:18 Scale Diecast Model, Yellow) 12016 |
Restock |
| 12036R |
BBurago Gold - Mini Cooper Hard Top (1969, 1:18 Scale Diecast Model, Red) 12036 |
New |
| 12044BU |
BBurago Gold - Jaguar "E" Coupe Hard Top (1961, 1:18 Scale Diecast Model, Blue) 12044 |
New |
| 12044R |
BBurago Gold - Jaguar "E" Coupe Hard Top (1961, 1:18 Scale Diecast Model, Red) 12044 |
Restock |
| 12062R |
BBurago Gold - Bugatti Type 59 Convertible (1934, 1:18 Scale Diecast Model, Red) 12062 |
New |
| 31360/23/48 |
Maisto - Harley-Davidson Motorcycles Series 23 (1:18 Scale Diecast Model, Asstd.) 31360/23/48 |
Restock |
| 92058BU |
Yatming - Shelby Cobra 427 S/C Convertible (1964, 1:18 Scale Diecast Model, Blue) 92058 |
Restock |
| 92058R |
Yatming - Shelby Cobra 427 S/C (1964, 1:18 Scale Diecast Model, Red) 92058 |
Restock |
| 92068TQ |
Yatming - Ford Thunderbird Convertible w/ Removable Bonnet (1955, 1:18 Scale Diecast Model, Turquoise) 92068 |
Restock |
| 92068YL |
Yatming - Ford Thunderbird Convertible w/ Removable Bonnet (1955, 1:18 Scale Diecast Model, Yellow) 92068 |
New |
| 92078BU |
Yatming - Volkswagen Beetle Hard Top (1967, 1:18 Scale Diecast Model, Dark Blue) 92078 |
New |
| 92218GN |
Yatming - Ford F-1 Pick Up (1948, 1:18 Scale Diecast Model, Green) 92218 |
New |
| 92218R |
Yatming - Ford F-1 Pick Up (1948, 1:18 Scale Diecast Model, Red) 92218 |
Restock |
| 92608GN |
Yatming - Jaguar E-Type Convertible (1971, 1:18 Scale Diecast Model, Green) 92608 |
Restock |
| 92608R |
Yatming - Jaguar E-Type Convertible (1971, 1:18 Scale Diecast Model, Red) 92608 |
Restock |
| 92848GN |
Yatming - Ford Model A Sedan (1931, 1:18 Scale Diecast Model, Light Green) 92848 |
New |
| 20108R |
Yatming - Ahrens-Fox N-S-4 Fire Engine (1925, 1:24, Red/ White) 20108 |
Restock |
| DC59AM01GN |
Shelby - Aston Martin DBR1 Convertible 50th Anniversary #5 (1959-2009, 1:18 Scale Diecast Model, Green) DC59AM01 |
Restock |
| CC51105VZYL |
RC2 Johnny Lightning Chase Car - Plymouth Superbird Hard Top (1970, 1:24, Lime Green) CC51105VZ |
New |
| 51105VZYL |
RC2 Johnny Lightning - Plymouth Superbird Hard Top (1970, 1:24, lime Green) 51105VZYL |
New |
| 51105VZGN |
RC2 Johnny Lightning - Ford Mustang Hard Top (1965, 1:24, Green) 51105VZ |
New |
| 51581B |
RC2 Johnny Lightning JL - M8 2.0 Collection Release 2 (1:64, Asstd.) 51581B |
New |
| 56030/6A |
Greenlight Dioramas Series 3 Assortment (1:64) 56030/6A |
New |
| 56030/6B |
Greenlight Dioramas Series 3 Assortment (1:64) 56030/6B |
New |
| 56031/12 |
Greenlight County Roads Dioramas - Chevy Camper w/ Figures (1:64) 56031/12 |
New |
| 56033/12 |
Greenlight Hot Pursuit Dioramas - Ford Highway Patrol & Pontiac Hard Top w/ Figurine (1:64, Black/ Blue) 56033/12 |
New |
| 56034/12 |
Greenlight Road Racers Dioramas - Shelby Terlingua Ford Mustang #17 & Roy Woods Racing AMC Javelin AMX (1967/ 1972, 1:64) 56034/12 |
New |
| 50752A/50 |
Greenlight - Dodge Charger Police (2008, 1:64, White) 50752A/50 |
New |
| 50752B/50 |
Greenlight - Ford Crown Victoria Police (2008, 1:64, White) 50752B/50 |
New |
| 32309GN |
Signature Models - Ford Model TT Pick Up (1923, 1:32, Turquiose) 32309 |
New |
| 43015R |
Yatming - Magirus-Deutz 150 D 10 F TLF16 Fire Engine Freiwillige Feuerwehr (1964, 1:43, Red) 43015 |
New |
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God and the Art of Toy and Diecast Marketing
A Reasonable Reason for a Savior (intro)
By Lu Su
It's good to be back. I took several weeks off. September went by like a blur as my kids started another school year. With four of my kids in at least one extra curricular sporting or musical event, my wife (mostly her) and I now have new part time jobs -shuttle bus drivers. I can't believe it's October already. Where did September go? Even this past Summer went by like a flash.
We left off on the point that most people will not "enter through the narrow gate" by accepting Jesus Christ as their Savior. I think it's very understandable. When you are not in danger, who needs a savior? And I think, if I am not mistaken, a savior is someone that saves you from something. So rejection of a savior is understandable, especially if you are not in harms way. I am not in danger if I am unaware of the danger right?
What I think is interesting is that most people have no problem accepting that Jesus was a good moral teacher, a prophet, a king, a wise man, a man with "god enlightenment", or a pacifist that became a martyr. Jesus was and is all these, but he is far more than these puny roles. Which is more outrageous. Jesus (God) coming down from heaven to become your moral teacher or asking Tiger Woods to be your caddy? Whenever people tell me that they think Jesus was a good moral teacher or some type of really good person, I know instantly that this person hasn't read the Bible. This Jesus said some really bizarre things like, "Your sins are forgiven." I would like to assert here that the difference in believing that Jesus WAS a good moral teacher from believing that Jesus IS your Savior is huge; it's actually a difference of life and death.
If what man really needed was to be enlightened from his ignorance, God could have just sent a teacher. If what man really needed was to be warned, God could just have sent a prophet. If what man lacked was good leadership, God could have sent an honest king. If what man needed most was justice, God could have just sent a judge. All those roles could be filled by a mere mortal man; God obviously didn't need to send his Son to just meet those types of needs. Why send your son? Why send one part of the Trinity to Earth? I'm reminded of these words spoken by Isaiah about 700 years before Christ.
And now the LORD says—
he who formed me in the womb to be his servant
to bring Jacob back to him
and gather Israel to himself,
for I am honored in the eyes of the LORD
and my God has been my strength-
he says:
"It is too small a thing for you to be my servant
to restore the tribes of Jacob
and bring back those of Israel I have kept.
I will also make you a light for the Gentiles,
that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth."
-Isaiah 49: 5, 6
There it is again -this talk about a need for salvation. And apparently the need spans the Earth. God must have been placed in a situation where he had no choice but to send his only Son. And what is with God's technique and sense of protocol? It would be far more cool and glitzy if God allowed his son to enter the world like the Terminator did in the movie Terminator. You know, fully grown, really strong, lots of electricity and smoke, and wouldn't this be the bomb? A Jesus with a heavy Austrian accent (Luwk OUT!). But God for some reason chose the entry point for his Son to require the womb of this young Jewish girl named Mary. And Jesus didn't arrive with great shock and awe. He didn't arrive rich, he was born to two peasants and placed in a feeding trough. He didn't arrive strong and powerful; he arrived weak and helpless -like a baby. Instead of arriving in a black Escalade and attended to by his posse, God (Christ) became a servant. Instead of having Sarah Conner solely on his mind, he had you and me on his mind.
I don't think any loving being would let their son experience such an event (crucifixion, burial, and resurrection) unless it was the ONLY way to save us. So this then begs two questions.
If Jesus is a Savior, what do we need saving from? Instead of just sending a charismatic man (like Denzel Washington) or a powerful angel (like Arch angel Michael), why was it necessary that Jesus Christ be sent?
With all the other world views that I have studied, only Christianity teaches that man needs a savior. We live in a story telling culture. It doesn't matter what continent you live on, we humans crave stories. What I find interesting is that almost all the stories we tell, whether it be out of a book, at a theater, or though a motion picture, all really good stories have a hero (savior). We encounter any heroes during our physical journey here on Earth, but we don't need a single hero on our spiritual journey?
God had orchestrated an incredible number of events that culminated in his Son being tortured, crucified, dying, and then being raised back to life again. Why would God permit such a thing? What kind of story is this, where God comes to die for us? What kind of Savior is this? There had better be a very good reason that an all powerful, omniscient, and loving God would permit such a thing. If there was not a good reason, you should conclude that all Christians believe in some sort of sick sadistic type of God. And then take great pity on us for being so deluded.
On occasion, I'll encounter a person that will ask me why I share so much about my personal faith. And on even rarer occasions, I'll encounter a person who thinks that I should not share matters of personal faith.The later person's reasoning usually goes something like this: It's wrong for you to impose your beliefs and moral convictions on me; you should keep it to yourself. What I find very interesting is that apparently it's wrong for me to impose my beliefs/moral values on others, but it is not wrong for them to impose their beliefs/moral values (that I should keep my faith and moral values to myself) on me.
To ask me to stop sharing my faith is to ask me to do something that I find very unhealthy and even immoral. If you had the cure for cancer, I would certainly hope you would want to share the cure with people (or at least with the people you know and love). Christians believe they have knowledge for a cure that is even better than the cure for cancer. A cure for cancer would improve the quality of life and prolong their life, but for only a relatively short time. But the cure that God offers through accepting his son as your savior has benefits that start immediately and lasts for eternity.
The answer to both questions must come from a revelation from God. Because it is not something we can ascertain by studying nature or science. Science can never answer philosophical questions on why? The answer must come from something that is beyond us -through a revelation by God himself. So I need to quote Scripture here in order to answer the question. In the Scriptures, God's character, the entire game plan for man, and the answer to these two questions can be found.
Now before you just simply dismiss that the Bible as being inaccurate and therefore untrue, let me ask you a question. Have you read the most published piece of literature in the history of mankind? I've observed that the people who are most dismissive that the Bible, have never read the book. I've also have made the observation that people who initially set out to prove the Bible is a work of fiction, have become very strong Christians. So you have already concluded the Bible is inaccurate without reading it? You just know? Check your assumptions. I would challenge those who do not think the Bible is from God revelation to us, and therefore without errors, to read just one book in the Bible. I would recommend by reading the Gospel of John. It was written by Jesus' best friend, who was with Jesus (and therefore an eye witness) during Christ's short ministry on Earth.
Next week, answers to:
If Jesus is a Savior, what do we need saving from? and
Why was it necessary that Jesus Christ be sent?
