2017 Recent Hot Wheels/MatchBox & Other Diecast Cars

[JamieH]

[Corifto]

So some updates.

I went hunting for the first time in a while the other night for the M2 cars and did pretty Ok.



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.



And then today I finally received my RLC Membership Gasser.

[JamieH]

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



But you found and snagged a few more than me.

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



Along with a few Matchbox cars.



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



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



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

[JamieH]

The HWs fairy visited me today.



Thanks, Corey!

[— fwdtamiya —]

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

[JamieH]

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.

[TNRooster3]

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

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.

[—RotorNutFD3S—]

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

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.

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.

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.

[JamieH]

Target came through for me today.





In a $uper way!



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?

[—RotorNutFD3S—]

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.

[JamieH]

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.

[Paul B]

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

The LS in the firebird is sweeeeet




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[speedypenguin]

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.

[—RotorNutFD3S—]

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!

[— Phatmiata —]

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