[Jolly Amaranto]

Back in the 1980s there was a niche craze for collecting N scale model railroad cars made by Micro-Trains Lines. There were people who were obsessed with having every car ever produce by the company. Monthly auctions were held where rare pieces went for absurd prices. The highest prices went to cars that had never been run on a model track (no microscopic wear on the wheels or dust in the bearings) and still had the "factory air" in the little clear plastic box that the cars were sold in. Eventually as the older collectors passed away and collections were auctioned off the market became saturated and the bottom dropped out.