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Post by JC Motors on May 15, 2015 18:27:56 GMT -5
I read somewhere that the cape is removable I'm sure it is, but it's not one of those trucks I feel like I should be in a hurry to acquire; it isn't on TV often (that I know of...I only catch it on TV maybe once every couple of months) and, let's face it, the Superman truck looks way better, so I'm not about to plop down $10 (shipping included) for a truck I don't like THAT much, the same goes for the majority of the '15 new releases...y'know, there's just a couple of exceptions. What time does Monster Jam air?
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on May 16, 2015 8:15:03 GMT -5
I'm sure it is, but it's not one of those trucks I feel like I should be in a hurry to acquire; it isn't on TV often (that I know of...I only catch it on TV maybe once every couple of months) and, let's face it, the Superman truck looks way better, so I'm not about to plop down $10 (shipping included) for a truck I don't like THAT much, the same goes for the majority of the '15 new releases...y'know, there's just a couple of exceptions. What time does Monster Jam air? www.monsterjam.com/TV/...and this is a good reason why I hardly ever catch it.
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Post by JC Motors on May 19, 2015 15:03:45 GMT -5
I was in Big Lots today and they had 1:64 Monster Jam trucks. they were 2014 trucks and they were $5
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Post by JC Motors on May 20, 2015 13:00:46 GMT -5
Hot Wheels has a Millennium Falcon diecast
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Post by JC Motors on May 21, 2015 8:58:38 GMT -5
Gangrel-Brood I was at a farmers market yesterday and I saw 3 old Monster Jam trucks MOC for $5 each, there was a Grave Digger, a Tazmanian Devil and TMNT. I think these were the ones with the metal bases
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on May 21, 2015 10:09:16 GMT -5
Gangrel-Brood I was at a farmers market yesterday and I saw 3 old Monster Jam trucks MOC for $5 each, there was a Grave Digger, a Tazmanian Devil and TMNT. I think these were the ones with the metal bases If you said names like Sting, Goldberg, and Wild Thang, you'd have my full attention. I bought Ice Cream Man this morning. It's a pretty meh truck itself, but it's nice to have more trucks that appear on the Monster X Tour. I may have a full show's worth of them now.
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Post by JC Motors on May 21, 2015 10:12:41 GMT -5
Gangrel-Brood I was at a farmers market yesterday and I saw 3 old Monster Jam trucks MOC for $5 each, there was a Grave Digger, a Tazmanian Devil and TMNT. I think these were the ones with the metal bases If you said names like Sting, Goldberg, and Wild Thang, you'd have my full attention. I bought Ice Cream Man this morning. It's a pretty meh truck itself, but it's nice to have more trucks that appear on the Monster X Tour. I may have a full show's worth of them now. I wish it was Sting and Goldberg. They're worth a pretty penny
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on May 21, 2015 17:32:31 GMT -5
Annnd now I'm starting to regret not getting the Edge Glow Max-D, 'cuz it kinda-sorta looks how the actual truck looked at times during the '13 season.
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Post by JC Motors on May 24, 2015 18:41:57 GMT -5
Gangrel-Brood, does Raminatior compete in Monster Jam anymore? I saw Raminator in a Stihl Dealer Days commercial and I want a Hot Wheels of one now
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on May 25, 2015 7:50:10 GMT -5
Gangrel-Brood, does Raminatior compete in Monster Jam anymore? I saw Raminator in a Stihl Dealer Days commercial and I want a Hot Wheels of one now The Hall Bros. trucks are still listed on the "trucks" page of the MJ website, but the only merch I've seen of them is from the Adventure Wheels line of monster trucks that pop wheelies or something...I don't remember what size they are, but somewhere between 1/43 and 1/24. I'd imagine them having a contract with AW (or Maisto Tech...or FastLane...or whatever company owns all those brands) prevents them from being in the HWMJ line, unfortunately. It'd be cool if they popped up in the FastLane 1/64(ish) trucks along with Bigfoot, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Looking more closely at my Ice Cream Man, I realized it suffers from something a LOT of the HWMJ trucks suffer from...the body isn't anywhere near where it's supposed to be sitting on the chassis. Sure, you don't notice it from afar, but whenever you look into the window and see the top of the seat inside is level with the bottom of the windshield...does this bother anyone else? Does anyone know what the name of the HW car that resembles a go-kart and fits LEGO minifigs? I think it's new for '15 and I want one SO bad, but it's a pain in the butt flipping through all the pegs to look at every car and it'd be SO much easier if I only had to look through the bottom edge to find a name.
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Post by JC Motors on May 25, 2015 16:09:18 GMT -5
Gangrel-Brood, does Raminatior compete in Monster Jam anymore? I saw Raminator in a Stihl Dealer Days commercial and I want a Hot Wheels of one now The Hall Bros. trucks are still listed on the "trucks" page of the MJ website, but the only merch I've seen of them is from the Adventure Wheels line of monster trucks that pop wheelies or something...I don't remember what size they are, but somewhere between 1/43 and 1/24. I'd imagine them having a contract with AW (or Maisto Tech...or FastLane...or whatever company owns all those brands) prevents them from being in the HWMJ line, unfortunately. It'd be cool if they popped up in the FastLane 1/64(ish) trucks along with Bigfoot, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Looking more closely at my Ice Cream Man, I realized it suffers from something a LOT of the HWMJ trucks suffer from...the body isn't anywhere near where it's supposed to be sitting on the chassis. Sure, you don't notice it from afar, but whenever you look into the window and see the top of the seat inside is level with the bottom of the windshield...does this bother anyone else? Does anyone know what the name of the HW car that resembles a go-kart and fits LEGO minifigs? I think it's new for '15 and I want one SO bad, but it's a pain in the butt flipping through all the pegs to look at every car and it'd be SO much easier if I only had to look through the bottom edge to find a name. Are you referring to the car that looks like a Pedal Car? It's called Pedal Pusher
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on May 26, 2015 7:50:19 GMT -5
The Hall Bros. trucks are still listed on the "trucks" page of the MJ website, but the only merch I've seen of them is from the Adventure Wheels line of monster trucks that pop wheelies or something...I don't remember what size they are, but somewhere between 1/43 and 1/24. I'd imagine them having a contract with AW (or Maisto Tech...or FastLane...or whatever company owns all those brands) prevents them from being in the HWMJ line, unfortunately. It'd be cool if they popped up in the FastLane 1/64(ish) trucks along with Bigfoot, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Looking more closely at my Ice Cream Man, I realized it suffers from something a LOT of the HWMJ trucks suffer from...the body isn't anywhere near where it's supposed to be sitting on the chassis. Sure, you don't notice it from afar, but whenever you look into the window and see the top of the seat inside is level with the bottom of the windshield...does this bother anyone else? Does anyone know what the name of the HW car that resembles a go-kart and fits LEGO minifigs? I think it's new for '15 and I want one SO bad, but it's a pain in the butt flipping through all the pegs to look at every car and it'd be SO much easier if I only had to look through the bottom edge to find a name. Are you referring to the car that looks like a Pedal Car? It's called Pedal Pusher Not quite, I did some Googling and found out it's called "Let's Go."
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Post by JC Motors on May 26, 2015 9:41:33 GMT -5
Are you referring to the car that looks like a Pedal Car? It's called Pedal Pusher Not quite, I did some Googling and found out it's called "Let's Go." I never heard of it before
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on Jun 4, 2015 15:44:09 GMT -5
I found Let's Go! And the foreign cars and Gran Torino from the F&F line!...I was really hopin' to find the Buick and Dom's Charger, but oh well.
The store I went to today had zero desirable HWMJ products, but hey, I still found Hot Wheels, so that's all that matters.
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Post by JC Motors on Jun 9, 2015 17:53:50 GMT -5
@monoxide23, Gangrel-Brood, Halloween King, I went to Family Dollar today and I found a Treasure Hunt car! it's the Jeep CJ-7. It's not the super treasure hunt though. They made them harder to identify the non super ones. If the car has a small circle with a flame in it on the paintjob it's a treasure hunt. Kinda hidden on the side of the cars carding it will say if this car has this symbol, this car is hard to find and highly collectible. I can't believe I found a Treasure hunt this year.
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Post by PJ on Jun 9, 2015 21:50:25 GMT -5
I can't find the arkham knight batmobile for the life of me
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Post by JC Motors on Jun 10, 2015 8:47:37 GMT -5
I wish Mattel would make Kar Keepers again. Those things were a godsend when it came to protecting MOC cars
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on Jun 10, 2015 9:15:51 GMT -5
@monoxide23, Gangrel-Brood, Halloween King, I went to Family Dollar today and I found a Treasure Hunt car! it's the Jeep CJ-7. It's not the super treasure hunt though. They made them harder to identify the non super ones. If the car has a small circle with a flame in it on the paintjob it's a treasure hunt. Kinda hidden on the side of the cars carding it will say if this car has this symbol, this car is hard to find and highly collectible. I can't believe I found a Treasure hunt this year. I may have pulled some Treasure Hunts while I was stocking cases, I honestly have no idea. Like you said, they hide the symbols on the packaging, so it's not like I can tell just glancing at the cardbacks. I can't find the arkham knight batmobile for the life of me I'll keep an eye out, just don't rely solely on me. I mean, I have two, it's just that I plan on opening one eventually, I just can't decide on where to display it.
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Post by JC Motors on Jun 10, 2015 9:29:40 GMT -5
@monoxide23, Gangrel-Brood, Halloween King, I went to Family Dollar today and I found a Treasure Hunt car! it's the Jeep CJ-7. It's not the super treasure hunt though. They made them harder to identify the non super ones. If the car has a small circle with a flame in it on the paintjob it's a treasure hunt. Kinda hidden on the side of the cars carding it will say if this car has this symbol, this car is hard to find and highly collectible. I can't believe I found a Treasure hunt this year. I may have pulled some Treasure Hunts while I was stocking cases, I honestly have no idea. Like you said, they hide the symbols on the packaging, so it's not like I can tell just glancing at the cardbacks. I can't find the arkham knight batmobile for the life of me I'll keep an eye out, just don't rely solely on me. I mean, I have two, it's just that I plan on opening one eventually, I just can't decide on where to display it. Mattel really screwed up the Treasure Hunt system. Since they changed it, I've only found one Super and 2 basic ones.
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Post by JC Motors on Jun 10, 2015 11:35:52 GMT -5
PJ be patient and you'll eventually find the Arkham Knight Batmobile in the last place you think to look.
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