I'd never heard of the Kelley Blue Book, but when the Colonel, Billy Bob Thornton blasts off his line about anyone knowing the Kelley Blue Blue value of a 1989 Toyota pickup, I just had to Google it.
Turns out from what I found that the KBB does not list Toyota pickups ... so, guess the Colonel doesn't know either ... he he
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Interesting! However I doubt a 1989 Toyota pickup would be worth $80K ;)
ORANGE for all
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Of course not, those things sell secondhand for maybe $2000 or 3000 at most.
But what i did find odd was that the colonel wasn't thinking of his men first. I'd say destroying a threat to the lives of his soldiers was certainly worth an $80 000 piece of ordinance.
Kelly Blue Book has been around for along as I can remember and does list Toyota pickups. Currently (online) they only go back to 1992 (@ least for Toyota pickups) however in ~2004 (when the film is set) they would have gone back prior to 1989. Today (late 2016) KBB lists a 1992 Toyota Regular Cab pickup with ~158K miles in "good condition or better" at a fair "purchase price" of $2,212.
He killed sixteen Czechoslovakians. Guy was an interior decorator.
Who in their right mind would pay that for a 24 year old truck with 160K miles? I want to meet them, I've got some land I'm interested in unloading.