Thursday, July 28, 2016

GreenLight Dioramas - Mustang AV's Featuring: 2009 Ford Mustang AV8R + 2010 Ford Mustang AV-X10 "Dearborn Doll"

GreenLight Dioramas  Mustang AV's

Apparently two sets were put together, so both cars would be Green Machines.  Such a cool set.  Cars are amazing.

GreenLight Dioramas Mustang AV's

GreenLight Dioramas Mustang avs mustang green machine

GreenLight dearborn doll mustang

GreenLight Dioramas Mustang AV8r

GreenLight Dioramas Mustang av-x10

GreenLight Dioramas Mustang u.s. army p51 green machine

GreenLight Muscle Car Garage 1964 Plymouth Sport Fury Green Machine

GreenLight Muscle Car Garage 1964 Plymouth Sport Fury Green Machine

Green Machine chase car.  Very cool livery!

GreenLight   Plymouth Sport Fury Green Machine

GreenLight  Sport Fury Green Machine

GreenLight Muscle Car Garage Custom 2006 Dodge Charger Green Machine

GreenLight Muscle Car Garage Custom 2006 Dodge Charger Green Machine

"Green Machine" chase.  No mention of "Police", or "Highway Patrol".  *shrug*

GreenLight   Custom 2006 Dodge Charger Green Machine

GreenLight police Dodge Charger Green Machine

GreenLight Muscle Car Garage Custom 2006 Dodge Charger Green Machine highway patrol

Auto World Vintage Muscle 1969 Pontiac Firebird

Auto World Vintage Muscle 1969 Pontiac Firebird

Walmart clearance sale:  $4

Auto World Vintage Muscle 1969 Pontiac Firebird

Auto World Pontiac Firebird

auto world firebird

Look at these wheels.  Off of $4 car, normally $5.  Now check out these Toyota Supra wheels from Tomica Limited Vintage(costs around 4 times as much).  

tomica limited vintage wheels can be bad horrible sucks cheap overpriced

I am so impressed by the job Auto World did.  So disappointed by Tomica.  Not to mention that TLV expects you to glue your own chin spoiler.  :(  No glue, or assembly required with the Auto World!  

For the record, TLV did fix the Supra wheels on later releases:

tomica limited vintage supra wheels rims

We apologize for this interruption, now back to our regularly scheduled program...


Auto World   1969 Pontiac Firebird

tomicarama

Auto World Vintage Muscle - 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix CHASE!

I never find anything good!  *sob*

Auto World Vintage Muscle  1964 Pontiac Grand Prix CHASE

Then a random find, Wednesday night.  My nephew asked for some crap Power Rangers toy.  Like a good uncle(depends on who you ask), I check the Toys R Us nearby.  No Power Rangers, but look what I find amongst fresh stock of Auto World!

Auto World   1964 Pontiac Grand Prix CHASE

Red chase!!!

Auto World   Pontiac Grand Prix CHASE

Auto World 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix CHASE

I already have the blue one, but I must say, this is a beautiful piece.  As usual, flawless Auto World detailing.  :)

Sunday, July 24, 2016

Tomica LImited Vintage NEO: LV-N125a Isuzu Gemini Patio('87) + LV-N126a Nissan Skyline 25GT-X Mobile Investigation Vehicle('00)

Tomica LImited Vintage NEO: LV-N125a Isuzu Gemini Patio('87) + LV-N126a Nissan Skyline 25GT-X Mobile Investigation Vehicle('00)

First of all, special thanks to fellow TLV collector Jarrod, aka Spacegoat for letting me use these pictures.  You can check out his gallery here for his latest cars.  

What led me to ask Jarrod for this favor were these wheels.  Both latest Tomica Limited Vintage cars, but observe:

First, plain wheels of Isuzu Gemini.  Very minimal detailing without any paint or openings.

Tomica LImited Vintage NEO LV-N125a Isuzu Gemini Patio

tlv Isuzu Gemini Patio

Tomica LImited Vintage    Isuzu Gemini Patio

Then we get this Skyline with open spokes & brake rotors peeking behind them.

Tomica LImited Vintage NEO LV-N126a Nissan Skyline 25GT-X Mobile Investigation Vehicle

Tomica LImited Vintage NEO LV-N126a Nissan Skyline   Mobile Investigation Vehicle

tlv Nissan Skyline 25GT-X Mobile Investigation Vehicle

Very nice, but WTF is going on with this company.  Supra wheels were the same way.  First sets had ugly plain wheels.  Second wave had "openings" painted in black & looked much better.  I personally expect lot more than that from TLV.  Speaking of WTF, I found this in Jarrod's Flickr gallery:

tlv super silhouette tomica bluebird silvia

lmao


Sunday, July 17, 2016

Hot Wheels Hall of Fame Legends Larry Wood Evil Twin + Saleen S7

Hot Wheels Hall of Fame Legends Larry Wood Evil Twin saleen s7

I want to say that Evil Twin was a freebie thrown in with something else.  I can't remember.  Sorry to say, couple of forgettable releases for me.

Hot Wheels Hall of Fame Legends Larry Wood Evil Twin

Hot Wheels Hall of Fame Legends Larry Wood Evil Twin

Hot Wheels Hall of Fame Legends  Saleen S7

Hot Wheels Hall of Fame Legends  Saleen S7

Hot Wheels Hall of Fame Legends Larry Wood Evil Twin saleen s7

Johnny Lightning 60s Sizzle '69 Chevy Camaro SS

Johnny Lightning 60s Sizzle '69 Chevy Camaro SS

Putting up some old pics of old cars.  I wish I kept this one carded.  Cool packaging.

Johnny Lightning 60s Sizzle '69 Chevy Camaro SS

Johnny Lightning 60s Sizzle '69 Chevy Camaro SS

Johnny Lightning 60s Sizzle '69 Chevy Camaro SS

Johnny Lightning 60s Sizzle '69 Chevy Camaro SS

Johnny Lightning 60s Sizzle '69 Chevy Camaro SS

Saturday, July 16, 2016

Hot Wheels Car Culture Series - Japan Historics: Nissan Skyline HT 2000GT-X, Toyota 2000GT, '71 Datsun 510 Wagon & Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R Kenmeri Police

hot wheels bluebird wagon japan historics

hot wheels japan


So I have the Mazda RX-3 posted by itself here.  RX-3 by far was my favorite.  I'm not the biggest fan of 510 wagons by Hot Wheels, but it's my second favorite in the series.  I doubt it'll touch the $uper Treasure version, or the TLV wagon, but it's still cool.

Skyline & 2000GT were 'meh' for me.  Still quite an upgrade over the other Hot Wheels premium line I've been seeing which were consistently "ugh", or "zzz....".

First the Skyline:

Hot Wheels Car Culture Series - Japan Historics: Nissan Skyline HT 2000GT-X

Hot Wheels  Japan Historics Nissan Skyline hakosuka

Hot Wheels  Japan Historics  hakosuka

Hot Wheels  Japan Historics Nissan Skyline hakosuka

Toyota 2000 GT

Hot Wheels  Japan Historics toyota 2000gt

Very bumpy/grainy looking surface painted in green.

Hot Wheels  Japan Historics toyota 2000gt

Hot Wheels yellow toyota 2000gt

510 Wagon:

Hot Wheels  Japan Historics datsun 510 wagon

Hot Wheels  Japan Historics datsun 510 wagon

Hot Wheels  black datsun 510 wagon

Hot Wheels  Japan Historics datsun 510 wagon

Hot Wheels  Japan Historics

My favorite angle.  Great looking rims & tires.

Last one: Kenmeri Police.....  I think this one had the potential to be the best in the series, but in my opinion, it lacked couple of things.  First the good:  Great casting & killer rims/tires.

Hot Wheels  Japan Historics skyline kenmeri police

Hot Wheels  Japan Historics skyline 2000 gt-r police

Hot Wheels  Japan Historics skyline kenmeri police

Now the two points deducted:  1) Whenever the roof mounted police light's missing, you deduct a point for that.  Those things cost money to produce, I understand, I still deduct a point.  2) White fender flares.  See the shot with the Tomica counterpart for example.  To those who are familiar with Japanese "patrol cars"(Japanese name for police cars, 'patocar' for short), breaks/gaps those white fender flares create are strange sight.

Hot Wheels  Japan Historics skyline kenmeri police tomica
Click here for the Tomica Kenmeri patrol car.

It'd been nice if Mattel actually had better distribution channels to get these to your local stores($4 a car).  I check a lot of stores, many different chains & I witnessed exactly one casting(Kenmeri Skyline police).  It was defective, so I left it.  Many collectors paid the markup & shipping from online resellers.