2017 Recent Hot Wheels/MatchBox & Other Diecast Cars

New year, new thread.

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Yay, finally have the pink S2K! Also, the last car for the Forza set. Both from my local HW friend. Always nice having someone looking for ya when they're out hunting too.

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2017 Mystery Models.

http://i.imgur.com/hjrJ2q0.jpg

Gold Tumbler Batmobile chase.

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Mazda Furai

http://i.imgur.com/Yx6mBjT.jpg

'13 COPO Camaro

Quick hint and tip. The chase is going to be at the bottom of the box if no one has overly disturbed it when you find'em. Which car is in the bag is printed on the front in the upper left corner in black. You should see a odd code going down that corner, last two numbers denotes the car (if you look closely (right-click view image), you can see the numbers over the Bat symbol).

I've found these Mystery Models seem to be be packed in order in the boxes. Starting with numbers 1-4 at the bottom and then ending with numbers 11-12 up front. I found two boxes tonight, each only had a single Gold Tumbler. I got the 2nd for my local friend thinking he likely will be interested.

I hope those hit here soon, I want a Furai or five.

Nana nana nana nana BATMAN


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I'm going to do a little catching up here with some highlights.

Paul hit me with a nice Mazda care package last week, I love the Furais:

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I found my first Super of 2017 on the 13th, this ugly thing:

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Last week my local Walmart got a 2016 Q case ZAMAC bin, these were the ZAMACs for that case:

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Also pulled an error to send to a buddy who is an error/variation collector:

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The following day the next closest Walmart put out their newest bin, also 2016 Q case with ZAMACs. Someone had already been through it as a handful of ZAMACs were missing, but they didn't catch something:

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Yesterday a buddy came over and offered this lot back to me, I was weak:

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I love the FuguZs! I need to start looking for those in my area.

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Last week my local Walmart got a 2016 Q case ZAMAC bin, these were the ZAMACs for that case:

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Think ya could snag a few of those Batmobile Zamacs and send'em my way? Would 3 of'em be worth a '55 Gasser Redliner from the Car Culture series to ya?
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I went to the Monster Jam show at the PNC Arena in Raleigh Saturday. After the show was over I went HW hunting and found a few things.

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Went to some 5 WMs, 3 Targets, and a TRU. Happiest about finding the Fugu Z and the '89 Batmobile Retro.

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Think ya could snag a few of those Batmobile Zamacs and send'em my way? Would 3 of'em be worth a '55 Gasser Redliner from the Car Culture series to ya?

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I can send you a couple/few Bats (gotta see how many I have left after sharing some this weekend), no Gasser necessary! That one doesn't really do much for me for some reason. Hopefully card condition isn't too important, a lot of them were not perfect, mostly just soft/bent corners.

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I can send you a couple/few Bats (gotta see how many I have left after sharing some this weekend), no Gasser necessary! That one doesn't really do much for me for some reason. Hopefully card condition isn't too important, a lot of them were not perfect, mostly just soft/bent corners.

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That's totally cool and awesome, man. Just PM me when ya need my address.

KDay on the 18th

Want :shock:
http://www.hotwheelscollectors.com/n...main-promo-one
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That car will bring out all the scalpers, ugh

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Now take into account all the K-Mart closings.

im gonna go return a bunch of hot wheels to help them hahhahahahaha

You can do that?

I was lucky today to find the new Aircooled series! First time for me to get an entire set of the Car Cultures at once. There were 3 or 4 complete sets on the pegs. I wouldn't be surprised if they all get taken by tomorrow.

http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/t...psqwjcmvpf.jpg

Some of my collection, now as a garage decor. Anyone have suggestions for nicer display cases?
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Nice find! Local store got 2 cases (4 sets), someone took all the Porsches and that was it. :/

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Nice find! Local store got 2 cases (4 sets), someone took all the Porsches and that was it. :/

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I'll swing by tomorrow where I found the set.

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I'll swing by tomorrow where I found the set.

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Appreciated! If they're gone, no worries, we've had good distribution of the Car Culture sets around here, just requires a little patience. :)

For display ideas, here's a good video for displaying cars (carded and loose): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOjnOLD-cpU

I have a few picture frames that use a similar idea to the first part of his video, you can sort of see it in action here:

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2303/3...2a2ab2ac_b.jpg

Nice. I like to display each card's artwork, so maybe I could modify the "rail" idea.

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I was lucky today to find the new Aircooled series! First time for me to get an entire set of the Car Cultures at once. There were 3 or 4 complete sets on the pegs. I wouldn't be surprised if they all get taken by tomorrow.

http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/t...psqwjcmvpf.jpg

Some of my collection, now as a garage decor. Anyone have suggestions for nicer display cases?
http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/t...psrdlpswfw.jpg

http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/t...psil6twbyg.jpg

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Ever watched one of Adam's (RevLimiter) instructional videos? High on the chub scale for his display case work in the background. JM2C!

I'll check that out! Using he rails would be a cleaner look.

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And, nail in coffin. I wish you all luck this weekend.

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Eric you gonna sell hot wheels at Miatapalooza? Im probably going to sell a bunch of my old stuff for $1 each just to get rid of all the extras.

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I was planning to bring some from what I had pulled out of my collection to sell, but had a guy buy the whole lot Tuesday night, 1590 cars in one shot. I've got a few other boxes to go through so I may still have some stuff to bring, but it's the nicer stuff: RLC, Supers, and such.

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And, nail in coffin. I wish you all luck this weekend.

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This is the first KDay I'll be missing in a very long time. Fortunately a buddy of mine is taking care of me on the receipt side and I gave him enough cardbacks to get two of the Datsuns for me. And aside from the recolor on the Fairlady there is nothing else coming out in the KDay cases that I want.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing


Posting this, trying to focus on my skyline collection since my Datsun/Miata collection is much closer to completion.

Maybe some people have some stuff tucked away that can help.

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Just found this at our local walmart. Score!
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Found a complete set of the Vintage American Muscle set from Walmart. Also found a couple Mystery Cars sets, and grabbed a few Furais and one COPO Camaro.
Anyone looking for a Furai model?
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And, nail in coffin. I wish you all luck this weekend.

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Thanks a lot jack holes!!!!

Here now (30 mins early) and there are at least 15 new faces I've never seen before.

All these people trying to score this car. Grrrrrrrrrr

At least we got 7 master cases

http://i.imgur.com/n5UVKoV.jpg

I'll call in a rattlesnake sighting in electronics.

I've been been doing K-day since it first started.

First Super Treasure Hunt I've got at these events.

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Gas Monkey Corvette!

I went to my first K-Mart Collectors' Day today. Wow, lot of people are into collecting Hot Wheels! Here is what I got, and some extras I'm going to crack open as part of the "20 for a Bluebird":

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I love Porsches

http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/...psvb54xils.jpg

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Found the Camaro series. Just bought the only 2 I liked

http://i.imgur.com/CnNKP1Z.jpg

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Did you check for the variation on the '67? Painted engine bay (a bit more HTF) vs. non-painted.

Nice, Randy. I'm still looking for the '67 to complete the set, I have the other 7.

I'm parting with almost all of my collection, I have entirely too much stuff and it just sits in my closet in boxes. I might ship things, but I don't have protecto packs, FYI. If your name starts with an R and you're going to be at Miatapalooza, then someone has offered to deliver cars just for you :P The yellow Ferrari 250 GTO, red 360 Modena, silver 355 challenge, red 456M and red VW Kafer are spoken for. I think everything else is still available.

There's 40+ images and I didn't resize, imgur is giving me a lot of trouble when I try to view them, let me know if it's the same for you :|
http://imgur.com/a/aedKL

example, pics for the thread
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PS: Name doesn't have to start with "R".

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My name starts with a "R"! :blaugh2:

PM sent to fwdtamiya

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Ooo, I like that!

Picked these up Wednesday night.

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That set and the extras are for a friend. I picked up a set and an extra of the Supra and S2K each for myself Monday. I grabbed my friend's Supras & S2Ks then as well. And once I told him I had found the new F&F cars, he asked me to grab him the other 6. Good thing I grabbed the Supras & S2Ks when I did. When I went back to grab him the other 6, no more Supras and only 1 S2K left. There was plenty of the other 6 left.

Now Mattel needs to do the black Civic, Brian's Eclipse, Ja Rule's Integra, Danny's white Civic, Toretto's red RX-7, Jesse's Jetta, Leon's R33, Letty's S14, and Vince's Maxima. Than they'll have done all the main and sub-main cars of the first film.

It's too bad they don't have existing models of those cars. It would be much better to get cars that were actually driven on screen and easily remembered. Instead of the ones that were basically just props. Such as the GT40.

Who else has found the blue ND...we have only been able to locate one locally!!!

I found a couple in Easter shippers at WM. I passed on both since the tampos weren't placed well enough for me.

That is where this one was found, but no more yet...and we both have been looking ALOT...

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Now Mattel needs to do the black Civic, Brian's Eclipse, Ja Rule's Integra, Danny's white Civic, Toretto's red RX-7, Jesse's Jetta, Leon's R33, Letty's S14, and Vince's Maxima. Than they'll have done all the main and sub-main cars of the first film.

It's too bad they don't have existing models of those cars. It would be much better to get cars that were actually driven on screen and easily remembered. Instead of the ones that were basically just props. Such as the GT40.

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They could do the black Civics (Boulevard casting), the FD RX7 is coming soon, and the R33 has been used a few times, although not recently. Would be nice if they tooled the rest, they'd be easy sellers.

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That is where this one was found, but no more yet...and we both have been looking ALOT...

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Because the distribution is crap this year. The last bins to hit nationally were D case and the blue Miata is H case so you could see them soon or months down the road.

Stopped by a Tomica Shop while in Tokyo, and picked up some Tomica diecast models. I geeked out because of the large JDM selection available (some favorites include the R34 GTRs, 22B, RE-Amemiya FD). Anyone else collect Tomica?

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2817/3...415243ff_z.jpgIMG_1896 by bsszeto, on Flickr

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The Initial D cars are awesome!

Kroger stores are starting to get some inventory, my local store got a D case minibin (288-ct) and while there were no Supers, I liked this find a lot more! For reference, the Miata on top has the correct wheels.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2873/3...f7d52470_c.jpg

wow sweet wheel variation!!

Been meaning to post this one.

http://i.imgur.com/t42CofA.jpg

Stopped in Target last week. AS I rounded the corner to the aisle with the Hot Wheels I saw a fellow eyeing the HWs from the other end of the aisle, I think nothing of it honestly since I wasn't expecting to really find anything good. I then look at the racks and see that Super sitting out front. With no hesitation I reached out and grabbed it, and as I was doing so the guy sees it and watches it become mine.

Best timing for getting to the HWs yet.

Also grabbed this multi-pack.

http://i.imgur.com/2cw6yD3.jpg

And this week I found the Milano.

http://i.imgur.com/QJi913m.jpg

Nice score! That reminds me, I walked into Game Stop last week looking for a Star Wars figure exclusive, happened to notice a case that said Hot Wheels and asked if I could look through it, and there it was. This one has been eluding me for quite some time. For reference, the Star Wars cars were in another case. Everything was buy one get one half off, so the Super was $0.65 (I didn't buy the mainline version) and fortunately the stickers peeled right off with no trouble.

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And a local collector hooked me up with the Star Wars Celebration Biggs Darklighter exclusive:

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Did not know there were different wheels on these. Thx

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Kroger stores are starting to get some inventory, my local store got a D case minibin (288-ct) and while there were no Supers, I liked this find a lot more! For reference, the Miata on top has the correct wheels.

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Did not know there were different wheels on these. Thx

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No problem! For reference, there should not have been different wheels, so this is an error or variation depending on how you classify it. Good luck on your hunt!

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Today at Publix I scored the Gold Exclusive Slave I, just need to find the single packed Gold Millennium Falcon now:

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Walked around the corner to the HWs endcap and saw this:

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It was sitting right up front waiting for me. A lot of people have recommended to look for the TH logo on this one because it's hard to tell the regular from the Super. It's even harder when they don't put the TH logo on there! lol

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So... I did a thing with my cases. It took hours but was so worth it.

http://revlimiter.net/blog/wp-conten...4/DSC_0812.gif

And then I blogged about it. It's kind of a long post, so I'm not gonna retype it here. I'll just link and post some of the pix.

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Dang all these pics are killing me

I'm still waiting for the builders to finish our new house. I can imagine all these up in my garage wall though lol.

Jamie that TH :slayer: And now I need to find that Guardians space ship, ugh

Eric props on the wheel variation, also that batman car was previously a matchbox casting iirc? I have several here. And no luck finding gold Star Wars here yet. We had 2 toy conventions, the stars wars gig, and a hot wheels diecast show in the span of the past 45 days the the pegs are picked clean.

Adam those displays are killer. I'm jelly

I think I've had too much beer. For a second there, I thought Adam's first pict was somehow blinking.

Ditto and I don't drink!!! :teehee: But even with the blinky pix, very impressive cases Adam! Wish I had enough cars to get some of these cases. :bow:

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I think I've had too much beer. For a second there, I thought Adam's first pict was somehow blinking.

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Thanks guys! These cases are increasing my enjoyment of the tiny cars even more.

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See, there's an easy way to solve that problem. You buy a case. Somehow, about 15-30 minutes after putting it on the wall, you'll find it's full of cars. Then you get hours of endless fun shuffling cars around. hahaha!

I could easily fill 2 more cases with displayable loose cars. I've only got wallspace for the 3 cases though. The other cars languish in storage.

I need more wallspace for carded cars too.

Dennis Wood of Fort Smith make fantastic custom cases and they're affordable.
I have 2 large ones and couldn't be happier.
He doesn't have a website or such but can be found on FB.
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Me likey

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I haven't seen anything here except Batman and Fast N Furious. Nice haul.

I recently got the chance to stop in at Fast Lane Classic Cars in St. Charles, MO. Where, besides all the amazing cars they have for sale, they have a nice selection of diecast for sale in the gift shop.

Here's their main selection of HWs they have.

http://i.imgur.com/obzOLkB.jpg

Sadly, I didn't have the time to go through them at all. And they have even more in storage according to the fellow I spoke to in the gift shop.

But, I did find this.

http://i.imgur.com/BUo4RmT.jpg

I've been wanting one of the old Johnny Lightning Mach 5s for a while now. I also hoped that maybe they would've had Racer X's Shooting Star, but no luck.

Still, pretty happy about the Mach 5.

I'll post some pics of the diecast they had on display and for sale later.

Nothing good found at the stores lately, mainly because they're not getting any inventory, but someone I trade with pretty frequently sent me this gem as a gift:

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4271/3...a03281d2_z.jpg

For reference it has no tampos, which I really like a lot.

My local WM finally restocked.

http://i.imgur.com/00vOUje.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/aVZDyRZ.jpg

K case stuff. So they skipped E-J case stuff at my local WM. Fantastic. /s

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But, I did find this.

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I've been wanting one of the old Johnny Lightning Mach 5s for a while now. I also hoped that maybe they would've had Racer X's Shooting Star, but no luck.

Still, pretty happy about the Mach 5.

I'll post some pics of the diecast they had on display and for sale later.

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I have the complete anniversary set if you are interested? If I can figure out what box they are in I will get you some pictures.

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Mmm, sure, I'm interested. But no rush.

I stopped into Walmart tonight to grab some household crap and took my usual gander of the toy section. Ended up leaving with just shy of two sets of Race Day cars and a couple of mainline cars. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...8cae9777b8.jpg


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Nice. I found the Porsches, still have yet to find the NSX and RX!

Ill have to go get that 'Teener!

I also found the Race Day sets finally!

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And thanks to a great trade I have a tampoless Blue to match my tampoless Red:

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Would I pull in some monies from selling my little mini collection of hot wheels on ebay?

:lol:

What all do you have?

I'm guessing this will affect pricing on the previous wonder woman jet. Do you think it will hit the main line in the future? :toomuch:

http://www.hotwheelscollectors.com/n...main-promo-one

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I'm guessing this will affect pricing on the previous wonder woman jet. Do you think it will hit the main line in the future? :toomuch:

http://www.hotwheelscollectors.com/n...main-promo-one

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Pass .................. $20 for a clear plastic jet that looks like a 4 year old created it

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http://www.hotwheelscollectors.com/n...main-promo-one

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It might affect the prices a little. The original release being an SDCC exclusive and pretty limited will probably help it retain most of its value though. But this is a nice option for people who don't have one, want one, and don't want to pay the prices the original release is demanding.

I've got a loose one, so I'm not sure if I'm going to mail in for this one or not. :toomuch:

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There's nothing in the blister...

And you're going to buy $20 worth of HWs anyway, so it's more like $4 or whatever for shipping. :lol: :lol:

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You mean a 4 year old's imagination created it.

Someone will open one. Then make a joke about immediately losing it and not being able to find it.

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I'll have to get back at you with that.. lol

For those Datsun types.......M2 has you covered!
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Yep, JDM craze is about to hit M2 hard. It would be nice if they didn't make every chase car look like trash.

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Hope this will lower the demand on hot wheels by the scalpels but doubt it

Havent posted here in a while.

This Race day set is incredible. Super cool card art. Each car is racing other cars from the set.

Wish they could have used a different manufacturer to replace at least one of the Porsches though.

Great castings made better by fantastic wheel choices. Sweet liveries on each.

That new turbo fan wheel with skinny tire is A+.

Id say my favorite in the set is the NSX. The livery is spot on. The metal base really makes this car. I dont remember the mainline plastic base version being this prominent and good looking. The wheel choice with staggered tires look amazing.

The Mazda is a close second. Wish they would have done a black base so the front grille and chin spoiler would have been black to go better with the wheels. The green in the graphics is a metallic flakey green. Super cool and hard to notice unless out of the package.

Will definitely put these on display.

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While I agree that it's a great collection, I also agree that three Porsches seems like a bit of overkill on one marque. Additionally, with a gazillion cars to choose from, was it necessary for the Mazda to be included in a second Car Culture set? My personal favorite is the 914, although I know that casting has been around for quite a while.

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I'm about to throw this up as a lot on Ebay :lol:

M2 theft swaps are picking up

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Damn, shame......because you know its a collector. :/

Geez, that's just ridiculous!
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Got this in the mail Saturday. Not everyone's favorite mail-in but to me it sure beats paying $150-200 for the SDCC version:

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And stopped by my local Walmart this morning to find two fresh M cases:

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4240/3...c64797e7_c.jpg

Speaking of Semis
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need that mazda truck!!!

https://youtu.be/g3iFJpGJiug

So some updates.

I went hunting for the first time in a while the other night for the M2 cars and did pretty Ok.
http://i.imgur.com/jmvVIcbl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ohvaPuJl.jpg

And then I got super lucky with an eBay purchase that wasn't titled very well. I scored one of the 500 Zamac Miatas from the 1998 Convention for $30 shipped.
http://i.imgur.com/iUR9P55l.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ciFXrdxl.jpg

And then today I finally received my RLC Membership Gasser.
http://i.imgur.com/80CGcrpl.jpg

Well hell, I thought I did good finding two complete sets of the M2 JDM cars last Wed. and getting one.

http://i.imgur.com/FDtWtVv.jpg

But you found and snagged a few more than me.

I did get a couple sets of Race Day Car Cultures that same Wed.

http://i.imgur.com/DsB9BVX.jpg

Along with a few Matchbox cars.

http://i.imgur.com/AbcZFVn.jpg

And then at the Robbinsville, NC Ingles during MATG this weekend, I found a few HW mainlines I'd been looking for.

http://i.imgur.com/IiHZWo9.jpg

And once back into town yesterday, I picked up these.

http://i.imgur.com/0SPBBnW.jpg

Unfortunately all of the '83 Silverados were gone. Everything else still there, just the Chevys missing. Ugh.

The HWs fairy visited me today.

http://i.imgur.com/eK1Peox.jpg

Thanks, Corey!

Why is everyone and their mom buying/slanging that silverado?

I think people just like the box Chevy. But I have seen some ridiculous ebay listings for it. I still don't know what angle some people are coming from when selling double digit multiples of one model in a single listing.

And, man, either my local WMs are just completely dropping the ball on new cases this year or there's some super scummy asshole scalping the hell out of things with some sort of inside help. I don't recall seeing a single Zamac in my area out in the wild this year.

Same here, not much can be found, I've pretty much quit looking, lost interest and quit buying. :(

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I think people just like the box Chevy. But I have seen some ridiculous ebay listings for it. I still don't know what angle some people are coming from when selling double digit multiples of one model in a single listing.

And, man, either my local WMs are just completely dropping the ball on new cases this year or there's some super scummy asshole scalping the hell out of things with some sort of inside help. I don't recall seeing a single Zamac in my area out in the wild this year.

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It's just always been a very popular casting. This camo release hasn't been selling very well at the stores (around here at least) yet the sold prices on eBay are crazy (IMO) for it.

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I think people just like the box Chevy. But I have seen some ridiculous ebay listings for it. I still don't know what angle some people are coming from when selling double digit multiples of one model in a single listing.

And, man, either my local WMs are just completely dropping the ball on new cases this year or there's some super scummy asshole scalping the hell out of things with some sort of inside help. I don't recall seeing a single Zamac in my area out in the wild this year.

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Those people likely sell HWs for a living or some side income and it's easier/cheaper to pack and ship a larger quantity than one or two cars at a time.

All of the WMs seem to be dropping the ball, especially since they no longer get bins. Mainline releases are hard to come by there, unless you want Spiderman, Guardians of the Galaxy, Camo, etc., and those aren't selling which prevents reordering of the regular release cases. I've not had much luck at my closest WM anymore anyway, the new toy manager informed me that there are two overnight stockroom guys who collect die cast as well, which explains most of the HWs/MBX/M2 cases coming out to the floor missing cars.

Target came through for me today.

http://i.imgur.com/7XbI1XS.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ei2aAAf.jpg

In a $uper way!

http://i.imgur.com/VZCV6VQ.jpg

Feels the best to find them on the pegs a few cars back.

BTW, anyone got any extras of any of this year's Zamacs? Especially the Datsun Wagon?

Nice! Congrats! Both N cases I found at Target had the ugly Mustang Super instead of the Camaro as they should have had, apparently pretty common with that case for some reason. A Super is a Super, but definitely would like to find that Camaro instead.

You are right, a Super is a Super, but some are more desirable than others.

Interestingly enough, the very 1st Super I ever found was the '67 Camaro w/ the Summit tampos. My local WM once placed some HW between 2 of the registers and that's where I found it.

Now that I think about it, I wonder how often HWs uses the same model as a Super. I think the '67 Camaro is understandable since it's a long time favorite and a redesign of one of the Original 16. But it can't be too common of an occurrence.

KDay haul. Came away with what I went there for. Satisfied.

The LS in the firebird is sweeeeet

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KDay wasn't as nice for my area...event was supposed to start at 9, but heard they started 30min early. And only had 4 master cases.

But a collector gave me a KDay FC RX7, that was nice of him. He mentioned he liked collecting errors, and I found an error car on the pegs for him. He "traded" the error car with me, and gave me a KDay FD RX7. That was the car I wanted the most, so came away happy.

Our KDay was "postponed" until Oct. 7 due to delays caused by the hurricane (the DC for this area is in FL). Oddly enough a few of us had called our store the day before and they told us the event was still on and that they had already received the cases. On Saturday the manager claimed that they hadn't received anything yet. Either way, this store will likely receive the cases and then just peg the cars, leaving nothing for the 7th. And it's just far enough away to be inconvenient to check regularly. We'll see though!

No Kday for us in Florida due to the Hurricane, will check on the 7th Oct

Skipped it for a date. The only car I really wanted was the super. Still trying to get rid of most of my collection, so I don't want to go buy 30 cars and toss them in the closet. :lol:

POST Hurricane Irma 7-OCT Kmart K-Day for Florida Collectors (Thumbs Down)

So our event was originally cancelled due to Hurricane IRMA, it was then moved to the 7th of October (this past weekend)

We had well over 40+ collectors, probably due to more store closings in the area Brandon, FL and Tampa, FL lots of people I had never seen before, probably scalpers looking for T-hunts

In case Mattel is reading this (hoping they are) we one got ONE master case, apparently the Brandon, FL Kmart says they only could find 1 case in the back, which is hard to believe since they generally get at least 6 to 8 master cases at each event.

I talked with another collector that was at the Tampa, FL Kmart on Busch Blvd and they told him that all the master cases they got had been STOLEN during the Hurricane!! SERIOUSLY??? What is wrong with people!!!

What kind of $&*@ is this that people have to steal Hot Wheels cars let alone during a hurricane? Most of use had been worried about getting Gas, Bread and Water, and Generators for power and yet we have some low-life pond scum comes to steal the Hotwheels?

Im guessing it was an inside job. Becasue seriously, the average person would not steal .99 cent toys. And who else would know where they even keep it or what to look for?

Someone did say there was a Lady from Mattel at our store asking folks questions about the event, im sure she got an earfull if she spoke to the regulars.



I rarely complain on here but this was the worst event ever, I do wonder how other events in Florida went if at all?


So I am still looking for the RED 3rd Gen RX7 (Kmart Exclusive) and the BLACK Datsun Z with red "ADVAN" on the side

I've had a decent run lately.

https://i.imgur.com/HRhqUOe.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/nM5K5Ch.jpg

wow that is pretty cool pic with the firebird !!!

The JDM hype has really killed the scene here in my area, Kmart days are a joke too.

It makes me wonder if I've made a mistake leaving extra JDM cars behind. But I'm to the point I find it difficult to reason buying multiples of anything besides the Car Culture series.

Oh, and K-Day just isn't an option any more unless I want to drive 1.5 hrs for it or order a case online. And I don't care to do either.

I fully believe that a failing retailer should not continue to have exclusives. Granted, exclusives shouldn't be a thing at all.

Went through and sorted more cars into colors a week or so ago...stock pilling boxes upon boxes...nearing in on the 2K Miata mark at this point!!!

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guessing you dont have many collectors of Japanese cars in your area. :mrgreen:

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Oh, there are TONS...of all the RX7s and Miatas I’ve found personally under 100...have the scalp patrol and A TON of help locally with a few guys who also are in very well with the other local dealers and scalpers...

Just picked up a Meteor Gray matchbox yesterday

If you have kids:

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no redlines, no cares

Boxing Day was a success for me. On a whim I decided to go to Greenville to do some HWs hunting. Main goal was to find the Cars & Donuts Car Culture set.

http://i.imgur.com/P291oYC.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/McOAzlx.jpg
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Totally surprised I found the Porsche and Lambo BotW Matchbox cars at TRU. I thought I'd be SOL on finding those when I 1st saw images of them on T-Hunted. Especially the Miura. I think I was almost more excited to find that than the Cars & Donuts cars later at Target.

Last thing that was a big surprise was the Retro Ent. BttFIII Delorean. Almost missed them, someone stashed them up on the top of the isle facing backwards.

Oh, I found one of the M2 1/500 Pez trucks at my local WM a few days ago, that was neat. Left it for someone else. And whoever that someone else was, they found it within the next day. Anyways, when I found that I found the new Retro Ent. Forza set, that was nice. Kind of regreting not getting an extra CSL and Ford GT to open.

Speaking of, I saw one of the TRU boxed sets of the new Forza cars... opened and missing the BMW CSL and Ford GT. Some people are animals.

BTW, anyone need a silver Matchbox ND? Every time I find one, I pick it up (and it's always just 1). I think I'm up to 7 extras of it.

Nice score!!

Its getting really hard to get imports here now that LAMEly has hyped them up so much now even the muscle car guys by them and flip them. ugh

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Nice score!!

Its getting really hard to get imports here now that LAMEly has hyped them up so much now even the muscle car guys by them and flip them. ugh

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Man, that really blows. But I've noticed a similar trend around here too.

Too cool to pass up

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