NASCAR Fans Unhappy Despite News of Iconic Kevin Harvick Memorabilia Going Up For Sale

The 2023 NASCAR Cup season marks the final season for Kevin Harvick. In light of this, the 2014 Cup Series champion is trying to make the most of his last year in the sport. Additionally, NASCAR has been trying its hardest to bank on the news.

Recently, it transpired that diecast making brand, Lionel Racing, was creating a special toy to celebrate Harvick’s career. This particular diecast is of Harvick’s 2001 car that he took to victory at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, on his first win.

According to the Happy’s E-Shop, “New pre-sale! It’s time to turn back the clock and own a piece of history. For the first time ever, you can own the 2001 No. 29 race winning diecast from Kevin Harvick’s first-career win at Atlanta Motor Speedway”.

As Harvick himself shared the tweet writing, “This. Is. Happening,” it is safe to say, the Stewart-Haas Racing driver himself was pretty hyped about it on social media.

However, it was surprising to note that many fans were not too happy about the news, and one aspect in particular.

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Why were Kevin Harvick fans unhappy with the news?

The primary reason for the fans’ ire is the pricing of the diecast toy. As it turned out, a raced and autographed version was available for $130, which is pretty expensive.

Lionel Offering Harvick’s 2001 Atlanta Win Diecast
by u/fotoRS3 in NASCAR

One fan pleaded, “Can we get 2001 prices as well? $100 for a toy is a hard pill to swallow”.

Others sarcastically noted, “ItS A CoLLeCtErS ITeM.”

There were a fair number of fans who worried about the quality, comparing it to the original 2001 diecast.

As per this particular comment, “Yep, it’s sad how the quality has gone down. I have some late 90s-early 2000s JG diecasts next to a couple of 2015s on my bookshelf here in my office and it’s not even close.”

Finally, there were responses like, “Found one of the OG ones at a yard sale last year for 20 bucks”.

Another fan said, “This. Already. Happened. As if Revell didn’t make it already, 17,000 of them to be exact. More expensive, probably not as detailed race detail wise, and missing logos most likely (atleast the Winston logo). Dumb”.

Some even begged, “Why do they want to butcher the old stuff too? Leave it alone.”

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