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Kmart Collectors Day

Just in Saturday February 16th will be the first K-Day for 2013. With the mail in being the a Heavy Chevy in Spectraflame pink. Check back here for more information as it becomes available. I recieved these photos from Mattel

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’97 Ford F-150 Feature

A nice little feature on the ’97 Ford F-150 is the bed cover can be removed. On the latest release of the HW City #45 ’97 Ford F-150 is no exception. I have yet to see one but there have been claims

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2013 Ferrari 5-Pack

2013 Ferrari 5-Pack Looks as if the new package theme for individual cars will follow through into the 5-packs. The first new 5-pack for 2013 is the Showroom Ferrari 5-pack. I can’t seem to get enough of the Ferrari race

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Zamac are Back!

More information will be posted as soon as we know it. Look for an upcoming list of all zamac cars in 2013 releases.  Update: It seems that these are Walmart exclusives and will appear in E case assortment “dump bins”.

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Ford GTX1 9-pack exclusive

Well Christmas is over toys returns are making their way back to the shelves, the toy aisle is slowly being cleaned up, and overstocked and the not so wonderful toys are on clearance. With all that happening new toys for

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Retro Entertainment K.A.R.R release.

Retro Entertainment K.A.R.R release. I saw this on eBay. The seller claims it to be a chase release but as you know a seller will say anything to get the best price. Personally I will wait for the full release

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New 2013 Multi-pack/9-pack exclusive

Found at Target – the latest 9-car gift pack exclusive car. The first for 2013. This is the ’66 Ford Fairlane done up in 427 styling with stripes on the hood, trunk, and sides making this an outstanding hot rod.

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Kmart Collectors Day

Just in Saturday February 16th will be the first K-Day for 2013. With the mail in being the a Heavy Chevy in Spectraflame pink. Check back here for more information as it becomes available. I recieved these photos from Mattel of the first to market and color exclusives. Exclusive Colors ’49 Drag Merc (Grey Primer) Phaeton (Red Tint) ‘71 Plymouth Road Runner (Sublime) 2009 Corvette® Stingray® Concept (Grabber Blue) First-to-Market ‘64 Corvette® Stingray® (Pearlescent Blue) ‘73 Pontiac® Firebird® Blue (Blue) Lotus M250 (Grabber Blue)        

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Boulevards, Retro Entertainment and Flying Customs

Just received the latest round of adult line releases thanks to Ken over at A&J Toys. Look under 2013 assortments for pictures of the current models. Some of my favorites in this round are: ’32 Ford from American Graffiti From the Retro series, the Datsun Bluebird 510 Wagon in the Boulevard series, and the ’73 Ford Gran Torino from the Flying Customs. I was really intrigued with the color of the wagon, I thought it was an interesting color choice and wondered what color it was. As I was searching the net I came across a great  article on Hot Wheels® designer Jun Imai http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/2012/12/19/jun-imais-datsun-510-wagon/ and is 510 wagon. It must be nice to design your own car into a Hot Wheels® car. My only disappointment about the Hot Wheels® version is that it doesn’t have the same deco as Jun’s. Maybe in the furture….

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’97 Ford F-150 Feature

A nice little feature on the ’97 Ford F-150 is the bed cover can be removed. On the latest release of the HW City #45 ’97 Ford F-150 is no exception. I have yet to see one but there have been claims from collectors finding it in blister-pack without the bed cover. It would be nice if Mattel could do a version with a camper shell. The Dodge Ram one doesn’t quite fit.      

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2013 Ferrari 5-Pack

2013 Ferrari 5-Pack Looks as if the new package theme for individual cars will follow through into the 5-packs. The first new 5-pack for 2013 is the Showroom Ferrari 5-pack. I can’t seem to get enough of the Ferrari race cars. The Ferrari 512M and Ferreari 330P4 are no exception. I’m also happy to report the 512M didn’t lose the opening rear deck feature. Look for more pictures in the 2013 5-pack page

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HW JUKEBOX Honda Civic wheel variation

HW JUKEBOX Honda Civic wheel variation. Look a little closer for this wheel variation. pr5 or mc5. It seems the second run maybe the mc5 version.

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Zamac are Back!

More information will be posted as soon as we know it. Look for an upcoming list of all zamac cars in 2013 releases.  Update: It seems that these are Walmart exclusives and will appear in E case assortment “dump bins”. The Zamac cars are the color exclusives for Walmart for 2013. They will be 6 sets of 3 different  ZAMAC cars for the year. For total of 18 cars.

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Ford GTX1 9-pack exclusive

Well Christmas is over toys returns are making their way back to the shelves, the toy aisle is slowly being cleaned up, and overstocked and the not so wonderful toys are on clearance. With all that happening new toys for 2013 are taking the back seat but some do make it to the stores. Last night at Walmart was I found the second gift-pack exclusive car for this year. The Ford GTX1 in black with gold stripes. This model reminded me of the John Player Special paint scheme in the mid ’70s.

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Retro Entertainment K.A.R.R release.

Retro Entertainment K.A.R.R release. I saw this on eBay. The seller claims it to be a chase release but as you know a seller will say anything to get the best price. Personally I will wait for the full release in retail stores before making an opinion. This just needed to be mentioned to let my readers know what just may be out there. The whole series will be hot and this will just add fuel to the fire.

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New 2013 Multi-pack/9-pack exclusive

Found at Target – the latest 9-car gift pack exclusive car. The first for 2013. This is the ’66 Ford Fairlane done up in 427 styling with stripes on the hood, trunk, and sides making this an outstanding hot rod. Sweet!

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Hot Wheels® Garage ’67 Ford Bronco variation

The satin red ’67 Ford Bronco from the 2011 Hot Wheels Garage Chevy vs. Ford 20-pack has a little known and very rare wheel variation. The common and the earlier run has off-road slotted 5 spoke rims (orsltrr). This one having a base stamp D22. The shorter run version has off-road 5 spoke rims (or5srr), which was made 12 weeks later has the base stamp D34. Good hunting!

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