{"id":6541,"date":"2019-06-28T09:58:12","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T11:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=6541"},"modified":"2020-01-15T11:18:52","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T14:18:52","slug":"spark-x-brumm-917k","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/spark-x-brumm-917k\/","title":{"rendered":"Spark \u00d7 Brumm: 917K"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Brumm on the left, Spark on the right. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Published 06\/28\/19<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I recently had the opportunity to swap my Brumm<\/a> 917K #20 for the Spark<\/a> version. I got the Brumm because at the time Spark’s original release of the #20 was really hard to find. And, was going for absurd prices on evilBay. So when a Brumm version of the car showed up, despite my STRONG prejudice against the brand, I bought it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Spark
Brumm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To my surprise, I got a pretty neat model. Not perfect, but very good. Honestly, I would say it was just a notch down from an older Minichamps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Spark
Spark.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But a couple of months after I received the Brumm, Spark reissued the 917K #20. With that, you could get the model for a decent price. Since this particular 917 is a grail model to me, I bought the Spark. As expected, the Spark is better, no doubt about it. However, the Brumm is still a very nice model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Spark
Brumm on the left, Spark on the right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Bottom line? If the 917K #20 was not such an important model for me, I would be more than happy with the Brumm. In fact, for the price, I wouldn’t mind getting Brumm’s #21 and #22 from the 1971 race<\/a>. As I’m found of saying, in this hobby you should never buy the brand but the model. Though I might have misgivings against Brumm, in this particular Spark \u00d7 Brumm case, Brumm did a FINE job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Expensive one on the left, cheap one on the right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So, in resume: Spark’s version is better but Brumm’s is very nice for the price.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Published 06\/28\/19 I recently had the opportunity to swap my Brumm 917K #20 for the Spark version. I got the Brumm because at the time Spark’s original release of the #20 was really hard to find. And, was going for absurd prices on evilBay. So when a Brumm version of the car showed up, despite … Continue reading “Spark \u00d7 Brumm: 917K”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6541","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6541"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9512,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6541\/revisions\/9512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}