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Post by JC Motors on Jan 8, 2014 18:23:00 GMT -5
I picked up Scooby Doo today at TRU
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on Jan 16, 2014 11:34:19 GMT -5
New trucks, hooray! No Scooby, but the first one I noticed was a Mohawk Warrior with what I can only describe as large basic HW wheels that are supposedly supposed to make it run on tracks better...which makes me wonder if they're going to put out more track sets for them to run on. I almost passed on MM Dalmatian and Rottweiler until I noticed a "new for 2014" logo on the corner of the bubble and realized they're a tad different from the previous releases; their teeth are modified and the ears are molded on, as opposed to extra pieces of plastic tabbed into the body. I've yet to see any footage of either truck from this year, but I hope this doesn't mean they've ditched the floppy ears (EDIT: they didn't, hooray!).
And no, neither Mutt has a tail...you'd think Mattel would've put them onto the trucks by now. Oh well.
As I was pushing my cart to the checkouts, I noticed a blurb about a new playset on the back of the package, which is some sort of Maximum Destruction gimmick set where you launch your truck into this large robot, which I'm assuming is supposed to be what the rest of the thing on the side of the Max-D truck looks like. The really odd part is that it comes with a HW Firestorm truck, as opposed to a, y'know, Max-D truck that would've made more sense. Oh well, it still looks neat and I ordered it off of TRU.com as soon as I got home, along with a Mighty Minis set of Mega Bite (new) and Wrecking Crew. The listing for the set doesn't include a picture, so I'm not anticipating getting the right set...vintage TRU.com!
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Post by JC Motors on Jan 16, 2014 23:39:36 GMT -5
Hot Wheels is making The Homer this year
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on Jan 17, 2014 9:02:10 GMT -5
Hot Wheels is making The Homer this year Holy cow, that'll be amazing! Upon closer inspection, I've discovered that the bodies used for the Mutts are slightly different, with the tongue on MM Dalmatian is a separate piece of soft plastic, whereas Rottweiler has a solid "chin" piece instead of cheapening out and using the same body and leaving a space where the tongue would be. The minifigures that came with the Mutts would be cooler if they were holding a dog bone so you could reenact their freestyle intros, but whatever.
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Post by JC Motors on Jan 17, 2014 10:30:23 GMT -5
Hot Wheels is making The Homer this year Holy cow, that'll be amazing! Upon closer inspection, I've discovered that the bodies used for the Mutts are slightly different, with the tongue on MM Dalmatian is a separate piece of soft plastic, whereas Rottweiler has a solid "chin" piece instead of cheapening out and using the same body and leaving a space where the tongue would be. The minifigures that came with the Mutts would be cooler if they were holding a dog bone so you could reenact their freestyle intros, but whatever. If they make the Canyonero, I'll die
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on Jan 17, 2014 13:40:14 GMT -5
CanyonerOOOOOOOOOoooooo, Canyoneroooooooooooo...
I distinctly recall a line of 1/64 diecast Simpsons vehicles, but the only one I ever saw on the pegs was the Simpsons family car with tickets filling up the windshield and a boot. An entire Simpsons vehicle fleet would be incredible.
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Post by JC Motors on Jan 18, 2014 18:58:10 GMT -5
CanyonerOOOOOOOOOoooooo, Canyoneroooooooooooo... I distinctly recall a line of 1/64 diecast Simpsons vehicles, but the only one I ever saw on the pegs was the Simpsons family car with tickets filling up the windshield and a boot. An entire Simpsons vehicle fleet would be incredible. Johnny Lightning Made those
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Post by legendsguy on Jan 18, 2014 19:28:36 GMT -5
i was thinkng about starting... i do like them i just usually buy wwe figs with that money tho ={
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Post by JC Motors on Jan 18, 2014 22:56:08 GMT -5
i was thinkng about starting... i do like them i just usually buy wwe figs with that money tho ={ Hot Wheels cars and Monster Jam trucks are a lot cheaper than WWE figures
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on Jan 21, 2014 9:23:12 GMT -5
The Maximum Destruction set is...well, it's something. I don't know if I'm hitting the launcher wrong or what, but I feel as though I really have to PUNCH the thing to make the trucks go down the track with enough velocity to hit the symbol on the Max-D robot's chest (which causes said robot to "explode"). I'm not exactly digging the use of orange HW track (two lanes side-by-side), either, I'd much rather have the tan ("dirt") track pieces they'd put out with previous playsets.
Well, at least now I can shoot two basic Hot Wheels cars at the robot simultaneously if I so desired.
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Post by JC Motors on Jan 25, 2014 20:17:05 GMT -5
No 2014 Trucks at my Walmart yet. however they did put out a new dump bin of Hot Wheels cars. in the dump bin assortment there was the new 1968 Mercury Cougar and a repaint of last years Flintmobile and Max Steel Motorcycle and Affinity Batmobile I bought a 1968 Mercury Cougar and a BMW K1300R motorcycle. for some reason I didn't get a discount when I purchased my cars
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2014 1:33:55 GMT -5
Picked up Black Stallion 2014 edition, going to have Micheal Vaters sign it on Feb 1st! Always one of my favorite trucks/drivers
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Post by JC Motors on Jan 26, 2014 18:15:38 GMT -5
Picked up Black Stallion 2014 edition, going to have Micheal Vaters sign it on Feb 1st! Always one of my favorite trucks/drivers Is there anything new about the 2014 edition? I think he would get a kick if someone brought the then and now 2pack with the first Black Stallion and the then current one.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2014 0:08:31 GMT -5
Picked up Black Stallion 2014 edition, going to have Micheal Vaters sign it on Feb 1st! Always one of my favorite trucks/drivers Is there anything new about the 2014 edition? I think he would get a kick if someone brought the then and now 2pack with the first Black Stallion and the then current one. Not that I can tell, looks like they colored in the wheels this time. Wish I had the then and now
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Post by JC Motors on Jan 28, 2014 8:20:55 GMT -5
Is there anything new about the 2014 edition? I think he would get a kick if someone brought the then and now 2pack with the first Black Stallion and the then current one. Not that I can tell, looks like they colored in the wheels this time. Wish I had the then and now the then and now is really hard to find
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Post by Halloween King on Jan 28, 2014 11:18:38 GMT -5
i was thinkng about starting... i do like them i just usually buy wwe figs with that money tho ={ Hot Wheels cars and Monster Jam trucks are a lot cheaper than WWE figures I actually have a lot of Hotwheels/Matchbox/M2/Greenlight cars and Monster Jams trucks simply because Mattel sucks at distributing wwe figures. So every time I go to the store wanting a figure and find nothing I end up picking up cars. Also watch mattel, they'll prob only put 1 homer per case.
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Post by JC Motors on Jan 28, 2014 14:15:31 GMT -5
Hot Wheels cars and Monster Jam trucks are a lot cheaper than WWE figures I actually have a lot of Hotwheels/Matchbox/M2/Greenlight cars and Monster Jams trucks simply because Mattel sucks at distributing wwe figures. So every time I go to the store wanting a figure and find nothing I end up picking up cars. Also watch mattel, they'll prob only put 1 homer per case. If I know Mattel and I do they will pack The Homer 1 per case like they did with the USS Enterprise and the Ecto 1
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2014 1:55:11 GMT -5
Mike Vaters and I One of my favorite drivers/trucks
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2014 19:15:13 GMT -5
I finally found the Scooby Doo truck, probably one of my favorite trucks.
Also, does anyone know the value of the original Sting and Grave Digger trucks?
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Post by JC Motors on Feb 4, 2014 19:53:59 GMT -5
I finally found the Scooby Doo truck, probably one of my favorite trucks. Also, does anyone know the value of the original Sting and Grave Digger trucks? The original WCW trucks go for $40-50ish MOC.
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