You've Got Mail!

I received so many cars in the mail yesterday & today.  Not even including the two beautiful custom cars my local post office misplaced in their building(typical USPS).  Anywho, here's what I got today:

1950 Oldsmobile 88 police car by M2 Machines + Tarmac Works BMW M3 E30s.  M2 came from eBay for $9.99 shipped & bimmers came straight from Tarmac Works for $47.90, shipped.  Spendy, but they look pretty good!

This one I got off eBay($15, shipped).  It reminded me of these Japanese supercar erasers(スーパーカー消しゴム) we used to be into as kids back in the 80's.  Check out the first pic again.  These things are huge. lol  Matchbox branding's cool though.  As much as I'd like to open it, card on this is too cool, so these little cars are staying sealed.

Here's what I received yesterday:

Complete set of Hot Wheels Japan Historics 2(right), from TTP.  In the middle, two JDM Hot Wheels + Firebird, from one of the best sellers on TTP.  On the left are the all four variations of Bentleys by Spark + older TLVs that came available on amiami again for some reason.  $74 for those 5, shipped.

Again, it's unfortunate that two coolest cars still sits at my local post office.  USPS has been really disappointing me on a regular basis lately.  When they aren't breaking my stuff, they seem to be losing lot of them.  Lost items usually gets found, but many days, if not weeks later.  

Sorry for yet another lazy post!  :(

Showdown! Slacker Strikes Back!! Spark Bentley Continental GT3 versus Kyosho

Let's be clear.  Slacker is me.  No original material in over two weeks.  I'm slipping, folks.

Luckily for us, my buddy Jarrod actually already got his hands on the Bentley Continental GT3 by Spark & not only was he happy to share his pics, he also did some side-by-side with the Kyosho!!  

First the front & back of Spark version:

Tight.  Tight.....  Especially the black one amirite.   but how will it compare to coveted Kyosho release!?

For me, Kyosho looks much better.  Casting & the parts quality on Kyosho, they just look more refined.  I was hoping that Spark would surprise us with a model superior to Kyosho, since they had the advantage of building their Bentley on top of what Kyosho had already done with theirs.... something like couple years ago now?  I don't know.  Either way, I think Spark did okay for the price($12-ish, plus shipping on amiami).  I wouldn't say that they are great buys, but if you like Bentley GT3 by Kyosho & missed out last time, at least going by Jarrod's pics, they look like a nice buy to me!

Special thanks to Jarrod.  Check out what other cars he's added to his collection this month here.

This Week: Small Scale Hunt

Couple of Matchbox AMG 6x6 for me, boat-car thing for my nephew.  Hot Wheels Civic(finally) & McLaren are also for me.  I wasn't planning on McLaren from the Cars & Donuts series, I even actually passed on this more than once, but I noticed this time it had one of my favorite styled/colored wheels.  $4.99 was bit high at Kroger, but I ended up getting it.  For future wheel swap project, if I ever actually do it.

Hot Wheels "Hunt" just isn't worth it to me.  All the gas & time you waste going around from stores to stores, I wasn't good at it anyways.  I now look for hot wheels when I'm shopping around, or getting something from deli department at stores during lunch, etc.

A handful of times a year, I do break the rule.  This time, just picked up a new(to me) car, so I wanted to get some behind-the-wheel time.  Friday night, I drove around & found the cars above, then this thing:

In case you are not familiar with them: In the U.S., police leave these things on the side of the road to warn speeding drivers.  These machines don't issue speeding tickets or anything, but everybody slows down.  

I get giddy when I see something like this.  lol  I couldn't believe it.  I wish they made it bit smaller to keep with accurate 1/64 scale, but it's so cool.  lol

After Krogers, this is what I found at Walmart:

It's the camouflage series Matchbox Ford F-150 SVT Raptor.

- Next Day -

Saturday.  At it again.  First, Toys R Us:

My buddy Jarrod would have probably bought this one if he was here.  Speaking of Jarrod, both of us are fans of the Walking Dead.  

I always tell him.  Had they included Dale(owner of the RV) + his hunting rifle, although I already have this GL Walking Dead RV, I'd buy it again.  Lawn chair's a nice touch, but no Dale, no rifle, no dice.

I've been interested in this one.  Even the finish was bit better than expected.  I still didn't buy it.  Why?  I bought the two trucks below it instead:

Quality's pretty impressive.  $15 may seem like a lot, but if this was TLV, they'd likely gouge you for what?  Maybe $50, $60 anymore?  I'm just sorry I couldn't also get the cool dump truck they had out there.  Also picked up these mainlines at TRU:

This Z's one of the best I've seen.  I didn't like the first blue one?  This one looks so much better with the black steel rims.  First time I've see these casting on the pegs.  I already have the RX-7 from TTP, so this one goes to one of my nephews & so does the plane ride thing.

I was going to hit the Walmart out of town next, as I needed some supplies anyway, but there was a Target store on the way I had forgotten about.  FINALLY found the Honda City.  If you are from Japan, you appreciate this casting.  Old City's are so awesome.  Still can't believe Hot Wheels greenlighted it, but props to them.  Also been wanting the ice cream truck, except this one is "sushi".  While scary as real life concept, "sushi truck" makes for cool toy truck.  :)

I hit the Walmart after this.  Nothing good at all.  The end!