Hot Wheels

[iopl3887]

As an HW collector myself, I can help you! Some of those are Matchbox, from one of the new cases. Although that ambulance is from 2012, and from this year. Now let's talk about the HW. On the back, the car near the apartment building is Hare Splitter, from the Flying Customs series. Flying Customs was a "premium" line of Hot Wheels introduced in 2013. Cars in this series had older wheels, to commemorate the Flying Colors, a 1979 line of HW. Because of copyright issues they could not use that name again, so they used Flying Customs instead. That Hare Splitter is probably your rarest Hot Wheels item, because it is priced 4 dollars higher than mainline cars. The HWFD Camaro is from the 2014 Case D. It's actually a mainline car, and you can find it anywhere. Same thing happens with Hiway Hauler ll, or with the 8C Competizione...
And if you want to know which is your oldest car, the Ferrari behind the Lotus Evora is from 2010, part of the mainline subseries All Stars. As for Night Burner being rare, well, it could be, it is a Treasure Hunt, a limited edition vehicle, but still, it is not as rare as some think. Herbie is easy to find, he came in Case B, but was reissued on Case C, so you should not have trouble finding him. But still, if you ever see a Treasure Hunt or a Herbie, or Enterprise... Grab it as quick as you can, because new collectors have got to have at least a TH. I hope this is helpful.

Thank you! I'll keep my eye out..

[iopl3887]

Today's buys...

[bobbyjack]

Got these in the mail today from Chris.

I think I'm ready for a space battle now...


Ready to run some interference too...

My generic Police cruiser might have some trouble keeping up.

How cool would it be if all these cars went on a Cannonball Run? (the DeLorean might have an unfair advantage in a race though.)

[carscrazy]

Bobbyjack, Is that an Optimus Prime (top left) and A-Team next to it? When were those released if so?

[djjd21]

I thought the same thing about optimus,sure looks like it and yes that is the A-team van,was released a couple of years ago in the mainline series and last year in the retro series

Bobbyjack, Is that an Optimus Prime (top left) and A-Team next to it? When were those released if so?

[bobbyjack]

I thought the same thing about optimus,sure looks like it and yes that is the A-team van,was released a couple of years ago in the mainline series and last year in the retro series

Optimus was released during the last movie and I think my local 5Below still has some if anyone is interested. I think he comes in a 2 pack with Bonecrusher for like $4. The A-Team van came out in the retro series last year but the one I have is the $1 version. A guy I trade Star Wars figures with asked me to ask you guys if anyone has an extra Ecto-1 they don't want. Let me know and maybe we can work something out.

[Scavenger]

Went back out to a few Walmarts today....still no new deluxe/Cars but I did find a couple Hot Wheels

[iopl3887]

Check out these--- My pap is / was a 1900s Hot Wheels collector. His basement is a dream for any adult / child collector.








EDIT: Check out my flickr for more pics of them, Link to my flickr under my sig.

[carslover]

Went back out to a few Walmarts today....still no new deluxe/Cars but I did find a couple Hot Wheels

nice finds

those are both cool

[DeceptiCog72283]

Optimus was released during the last movie and I think my local 5Below still has some if anyone is interested. I think he comes in a 2 pack with Bonecrusher for like $4. The A-Team van came out in the retro series last year but the one I have is the $1 version. A guy I trade Star Wars figures with asked me to ask you guys if anyone has an extra Ecto-1 they don't want. Let me know and maybe we can work something out.

It was from the RPM line...I've never seen any of them in my local area. Were these diecast?

[bobbyjack]

It was from the RPM line...I've never seen any of them in my local area. Were these diecast?

The one I have is from the RPM line and it is plastic. They released diecast ones under the DOTM banner. I checked my local 5Below and of course no Optimus. The paint jobs are strange too.

[pirelliboy]

Hotwheels Elite One
Mystery Machine 1:50 scale.
I treated myself today...

[carscrazy]

Where did you find that mystery machine? Very nice

[pirelliboy]

Where did you find that mystery machine? Very nice

Local small retro toy shop by me. He gets some cool new stuff too.
Also had Batman 'The Bat' too but left that....for now.

[carscrazy]

We used to have a shop like that but they closed due to everyone going online these days.

Do I spy a yellow submarine in the background of 'the bat' ? Sounds like a cool shop to have