I used to love Black Fridays. Take the day off, drive around town from like 5 ~ 6 am, armed with the Black Friday newspaper ads. So many sweet deals to be had that day.
This tradition died for me when some stores started starting the sale earlier in the week, some stores even making the poor store employees work on the Thanksgiving day! Such a turnoff. For me, this used to be a enjoyable occasion, to pack all it in half of one Friday.
Another thing that killed it was online. I don't shop at Bestbuy very much, but oh man, their website & in-store pickup works so well. Their sale prices are hard to beat, too.
Commentary over:
This year, my only Black Friday interest were Playstation 4 & guns. I only connected on the PS4. Little late to the game, I know(pun not intended lol). However, I saw couple of Hot Wheels transporters at Target while picking up Modern Warfare for PS4.
I was drooling over this at pic online, but since I've been trying to quit collecting, I passed. Serious growth on my part. Next one, same:
Looking at the pictures, now I'm thinking I should've bought both, but it is what it is.
While I balked at Target, look what I got in the mail!
Still debating if I should open this one or not. I'm a R34 fan, I'm a Paul Walker fan(very similar to his F&F car), also a big RLC fan. They did a fantastic job here in my opinion.
At least thru the blister, window, or whatever it's called, detailing & tampos look as sharp as I've ever seen them.... but wait, that's not all:
I used to be very active in the Hot Wheels thread of GTPlanet, and remembered seeing these Hong Kong exclusives. My understanding was that they were official TLV, but I only read secondhand information. They were kinda cool, boxes are really cool, but I wasn't interested in paying any premiums, as I was already pulling back from collecting. However, speed_70_hk on eBay had them for $35, shipped to the U.S.? Could not say no. :p Fast seller, secure shipping. I think I preordered Ignition Model R34(1/64) from their site as well? I'll let you know how that goes.
Very nice, man. Color me impressed!
