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Post by Gangrel-Brood on Mar 11, 2015 8:57:44 GMT -5
NEW HWMJ CASE!!! ...and by that I mean another old case. :/ Something is very wrong here. Stores keep getting 2014 trucks in 2015. This is madness Times are tough. Hell, the local HW scalper completely passed over the case of basics that included The Homer and the Jetsons car.
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Post by JC Motors on Mar 11, 2015 9:13:56 GMT -5
Something is very wrong here. Stores keep getting 2014 trucks in 2015. This is madness Times are tough. Hell, the local HW scalper completely passed over the case of basics that included The Homer and the Jetsons car. That's crazy that the scalper passed on them
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Post by Halloween King on Mar 14, 2015 0:57:53 GMT -5
I've only ever found 2 Homers at retail. Once was when they were put into shipper displays. I went to several TRU before I found one. And then last week I went to Walgreens to pick up some medicine and I found one on the pegs.
Other than that local flea markets want 3 to 10 dollars for it. Mattel could have EASILY put all 72 cars in a case as homers and it would have sold out in days.
I often wonder, how? How is it that as a kid I had a General Lee? How did I have a batmobile? I had some iconic cars as part of my hotwheels collection. I wonder how I had them because these days it seems like the tv/movie based cars are short packed and highly sought after by "scalpers" and collectors.
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on Mar 14, 2015 1:08:33 GMT -5
Sidenote, Mattel made it trickier to spot on the pegs, the logos and things for all the special releases are more towards the middle of the packaging (as opposed to the edge), so you can't just search for the Simpsons or Batman or whatever logo just by looking down the peg (if that makes sense), you have to physically move the cars to find them. I'm a lazy-ass 'murrican, that's too much work!
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Post by JC Motors on Mar 14, 2015 21:55:21 GMT -5
I've only ever found 2 Homers at retail. Once was when they were put into shipper displays. I went to several TRU before I found one. And then last week I went to Walgreens to pick up some medicine and I found one on the pegs. Other than that local flea markets want 3 to 10 dollars for it. Mattel could have EASILY put all 72 cars in a case as homers and it would have sold out in days. I often wonder, how? How is it that as a kid I had a General Lee? How did I have a batmobile? I had some iconic cars as part of my hotwheels collection. I wonder how I had them because these days it seems like the tv/movie based cars are short packed and highly sought after by "scalpers" and collectors. Mattel has never shortpacked the Batmobile
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Post by Halloween King on Mar 15, 2015 10:08:26 GMT -5
I've only ever found 2 Homers at retail. Once was when they were put into shipper displays. I went to several TRU before I found one. And then last week I went to Walgreens to pick up some medicine and I found one on the pegs. Other than that local flea markets want 3 to 10 dollars for it. Mattel could have EASILY put all 72 cars in a case as homers and it would have sold out in days. I often wonder, how? How is it that as a kid I had a General Lee? How did I have a batmobile? I had some iconic cars as part of my hotwheels collection. I wonder how I had them because these days it seems like the tv/movie based cars are short packed and highly sought after by "scalpers" and collectors. Mattel has never shortpacked the Batmobile I would disagree. I remember a few months/cases ago seeing on Race Grooves that they only packed one Batmobile in a case. But even if they did pack 3 in a case, that's still not enough. I would think Mattel would want to fully utilize their license deals. If Mattel would do away with 3 or 4 fantasy models in a case that would open 12 to 16 spots in a case which they could use to fill with licensed cars. Im sure no one would miss having the fantasy cars, or less of them.
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Post by JC Motors on Mar 15, 2015 15:34:51 GMT -5
Mattel has never shortpacked the Batmobile I would disagree. I remember a few months/cases ago seeing on Race Grooves that they only packed one Batmobile in a case. But even if they did pack 3 in a case, that's still not enough. I would think Mattel would want to fully utilize their license deals. If Mattel would do away with 3 or 4 fantasy models in a case that would open 12 to 16 spots in a case which they could use to fill with licensed cars. Im sure no one would miss having the fantasy cars, or less of them. I remember when the 1966 Batmobile came out back in 2007 and seeing a ton of them at Walmart. When the KITT came out a few years ago there was a ton of them in the dump bin and they sold out within a day. About a week ago I finally saw a 2014 Snoopy but I passed on it for somebody else to have. I only saw the 2015 Snoopy more than the first New model version which is the same thing only slightly different carding. Remember the Angry Birds cars? they were packed like crazy in cases. The Mystery Machine came out around the same time as the Angry Birds cars did if I am not mistaken and they were packed abundantly
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Post by Halloween King on Mar 16, 2015 17:24:11 GMT -5
I would disagree. I remember a few months/cases ago seeing on Race Grooves that they only packed one Batmobile in a case. But even if they did pack 3 in a case, that's still not enough. I would think Mattel would want to fully utilize their license deals. If Mattel would do away with 3 or 4 fantasy models in a case that would open 12 to 16 spots in a case which they could use to fill with licensed cars. Im sure no one would miss having the fantasy cars, or less of them. I remember when the 1966 Batmobile came out back in 2007 and seeing a ton of them at Walmart. When the KITT came out a few years ago there was a ton of them in the dump bin and they sold out within a day. About a week ago I finally saw a 2014 Snoopy but I passed on it for somebody else to have. I only saw the 2015 Snoopy more than the first New model version which is the same thing only slightly different carding. Remember the Angry Birds cars? they were packed like crazy in cases. The Mystery Machine came out around the same time as the Angry Birds cars did if I am not mistaken and they were packed abundantlyNo car is packed more than 3 or 4 to a case. I wouldnt call that abundant.
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Post by JC Motors on Mar 19, 2015 5:43:10 GMT -5
Some 2015 trucks are being scalped on eBay for around $15
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on Mar 25, 2015 8:50:27 GMT -5
Finally saw a 2015 HWMJ case with my own eyes!...they were all trucks I already got last year, but that's not the point.
I did pick up '15 The Homer 'cuz they were only 83 cents apiece and I wanted a non-broken one. I may open the broken one up, since it's not like it'll hold any value down the line.
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Post by JC Motors on Mar 27, 2015 17:15:51 GMT -5
Finally saw a 2015 HWMJ case with my own eyes!...they were all trucks I already got last year, but that's not the point. I did pick up '15 The Homer 'cuz they were only 83 cents apiece and I wanted a non-broken one. I may open the broken one up, since it's not like it'll hold any value down the line. The 2015 trucks I saw already were one's I already had before. I don't even think the official lineup has been posted on Monsterjam.com yet
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on Mar 27, 2015 17:34:47 GMT -5
Finally saw a 2015 HWMJ case with my own eyes!...they were all trucks I already got last year, but that's not the point. I did pick up '15 The Homer 'cuz they were only 83 cents apiece and I wanted a non-broken one. I may open the broken one up, since it's not like it'll hold any value down the line. The 2015 trucks I saw already were one's I already had before. I don't even think the official lineup has been posted on Monsterjam.com yet The lack of a list is kind of worrying. I ordered some playsets off of MattelShop yesterday 'cuz everything's on sale, including the Mighty Minis set that's probably the last thing they'll make for the line. One of them seems to come with Western Renegade, which is pretty surprising.
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Post by JC Motors on Mar 28, 2015 18:44:17 GMT -5
Gangrel-Brood, Halloween King,@monoxide23 I picked up The Batman Arkham Knight Batmobile today!!!! they had a ton of them between 2 dump bins at my Walmart. I also picked up the BMW M4 and Super Volt as well
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on Mar 29, 2015 8:33:55 GMT -5
Gangrel-Brood, Halloween King,@monoxide23 I picked up The Batman Arkham Knight Batmobile today!!!! they had a ton of them between 2 dump bins at my Walmart. I also picked up the BMW M4 and Super Volt as well Sweet! The last Batmobile I've seen is the gunmetal '89 with yellow trim...looked like crap. I'd much rather have the Arkham Knight one. So the Monster Jam World Finals have come and gone, and I'm totally down for multipacks of Max-D and Grave Digger with all the different paint schemes to differentiate what driver was driving what truck instead of having the guys not named Meents or Anderson getting behind the wheel of Blue Thunder or Grinder or whatever truck isn't actively touring anymore. I bet a lot of you wouldn't mind having a diecast replica of the Max-D Morgan Kane drove.
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Post by Halloween King on Mar 29, 2015 8:46:12 GMT -5
Gangrel-Brood, Halloween King,@monoxide23 I picked up The Batman Arkham Knight Batmobile today!!!! they had a ton of them between 2 dump bins at my Walmart. I also picked up the BMW M4 and Super Volt as well Nice, I would love to one day walk into a store and find Multiple Homers on the pegs, but so far I have found 2 at retail. One I found because I was opening shippers at the store. And the other I randomly found at Walgreens.
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Post by JC Motors on Mar 29, 2015 15:53:06 GMT -5
Gangrel-Brood, Halloween King,@monoxide23 I picked up The Batman Arkham Knight Batmobile today!!!! they had a ton of them between 2 dump bins at my Walmart. I also picked up the BMW M4 and Super Volt as well Nice, I would love to one day walk into a store and find Multiple Homers on the pegs, but so far I have found 2 at retail. One I found because I was opening shippers at the store. And the other I randomly found at Walgreens. I found another Homer at Kmart today, It was the 3rd one I saw. Since I have 2 already, I passed on it
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Post by Halloween King on Mar 30, 2015 3:52:24 GMT -5
Nice, I would love to one day walk into a store and find Multiple Homers on the pegs, but so far I have found 2 at retail. One I found because I was opening shippers at the store. And the other I randomly found at Walgreens. I found another Homer at Kmart today, It was the 3rd one I saw. Since I have 2 already, I passed on it Catch and release, let someone else have a good find. That's mighty nice of you.
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Post by JC Motors on Mar 31, 2015 10:23:55 GMT -5
I was in Target today and I found another Homer. there was some 2015 trucks but they were the usual shelfwarmers
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Post by JC Motors on Mar 31, 2015 16:48:15 GMT -5
I forgot to mention this but Hot Wheels has a Fast and Furious Corvette Grand Sport Roadster in the mainline, It is a New for 2015 model but the Fast and Furious version does not have the New for 2015 logo on the carding and it also does not have the Born, Birthplace, Designer and Specialty facts on the back of the carding unlike the first version that came out in the first wave of 2015 cars. The red Lotus Esprit S1 is the same way since it isn't painted like the one in The Spy Who Loved Me. Mattel better get their act together with these movie cars
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Post by JC Motors on Apr 3, 2015 16:39:37 GMT -5
@monoxide23, Gangrel-Brood, Halloween King, yesterday on Pawn Stars a guy tried to sell a 1969 Rear Loading Beach Bomb prototype which is the Holy Grail of Hot Wheels cars, the guy wanted $150k for the car, but Rick offered $60k for it. They didn't make a deal.
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