Hot Wheels are very popular where I live, in Singapore, but finding vintage ones for sale is rare. We have this iphone app called Carousell that allows anyone to sell anything anytime without having to pay sellers fees, and I am always on the lookout for good deals. I just got one two days ago. The funny thing is, when I went to meet the seller, I expected to see a middle-age man but instead I was greeted by a 12-year old boy. Where he got some of these models in mint condition, I have no idea and I forgot to ask him, but surely he was not born when these were released.
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1, 2, and 6 are Super California Customs, which I collect, so I was pretty excited when I saw them on sale for a few dollars. They are mint except that 2 and 6 are missing the fat tires. 4 is the Tail Gunner 5T, a 1994 release. The Camaro is a nice surprise as it seems to be from a 1992 gift set (maybe someone can confirm that). 3 is a 1995 Speed Blaster.
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Originally posted by FourDoorFord View PostThe last one is especially interesting to me. It looks like a circa 1990 Pontiac Grand Prix coupe (with a blown engine that would surely blow the transaxle!)
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Yep, Chevy Beretta, the closest to stock...the only other being the Zee/Zylmex drag racer, and I think there might be a Muscle Machines "Nitro Door Slammer" Beretta as well, but nothing close to stock in ~1/64
I was thinking the blue Camaro might be one of the McD's Happy Meal issues.
There are alternates to the other two Super Cal Customs, the Super Bird also comes in blue, and the Deuce Sedan I think also comes in green...been awhile. Those were two of the ones I like, there is a Firebird that's cool too, and a pickup I haven't seen in hand.
The green Speed Blaster I think was the name, that was one of the 1995 "New Models" variants, before they started calling them First Editions. There were something like 6 or 8 variants issued on New Model cards that year, I lost count. (Not a model I chase after anyway)
Tailgunner is cool, that was also from around 1995 give or take, probably late blue card. Pegers would probably know exactly which number blue card it was on.
Yep, all of those are somewhere between 25 and 30 years old.The image file limits have been reset. Upper limits now are 100,000 when we have some images that exceed 5,000,000. I've set the pixels for no more than 1000 across the longest side, so if you resize to that all should be well. (The limits are larger than what I typically use, and my images turn out just fine, so I know it shouldn't be a problem)
Thank you for your understanding.
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