Hot Wheels Boulevard Porsche 993 GT2.... and other stuff in the storage case.

In this little storage case, I have my premium Hot Wheels from few years ago.  They consist almost completely of  "Garage", "Boulevard" & "Vintage Racing" cars.  I got inside this thing today after reading the tampo discussion on this yellow Porsche from the Boulevard series.  One of the collectors on GTPlanet bought his, but unfortunately, tampo(s) were not exactly great.  I decided to check mine out:

I'd say pretty decent?  I also have a loose one, but I'm not about to look through couple hundred cars to find it right now...... wait.  Hey! I see more cool cars in here.  Let's make a blog post out of all the cool carded cars in this case.  :D

- Vintage Racing -

One of my favorite series.  I do have the BRE 510, but it's loose.  It was so worth uncarding it, but I do wish I had saved the card.  :(

- Delivery + Garage Series -

Above are all internet buys.  Gasser below was found at local grocery store.  I think it's worth $20, $30 now.  Good deal.

- Hot Wheels Racing(2012 ROADRCR) - 

Canada market only.  There might've been one more country that got these cars, but I don't remember for sure.  Mattel royally screwed the American collectors on this one.  This set came from eBay.  Below are the couple of the coolest Hot Wheels of this era.  XD

- Boulevard -

Finally the Boulevard series.  I have handful loose, but this is all of my carded Boulevard cars.  One of my favorite Hot Wheels Series for sho.

Saved the JDM for last.  The End.

Toys R Us Bankruptcy Store Closing Sale.....

I announced my decision to quit collecting minicars in my last post.  It's weird to see Toys R Us calling it quits around the same time, though their decision was a forced one.  This Toys R Us is on the way home from work for me, so last few years collecting, I swung by there numerous times.  I feel bad for the employees there.

I'm kinda kicking myself for not taking the pictures of it, but there was big "help wanted" sign as you entered the store?  Most employees probably already left & they need people short term to close the place out maybe.  :(

As I approach the hot wheels aisle, I see "up to" 30% off.  Hot Wheels, along with other diecasts were 10% off.  If I was still collecting, I might have picked up something, but 10% usually don't get me to bite on anything, unless it was something I planned on buying anyways.

Hot Wheels were little bit bare. Plenty of Majorette & some Matchbox(even those real riders stuff).  GreenLight were almost all gone.  I also checked video games, but consoles were all gone.  I was interested in Nintendo Switch for my nephews, but I think video games were only 5% off.

I hear KB Toys might make a comeback?  When we first moved to the U.S. in 1987, KB Toys were the sh*t.  While I'm sorry to see Toys R Us go(at least inside the U.S.), I'd love to see a return of the KB Toys.  :)

Hot Wheels RLC Car Culture Premium Boxed Set

This was the final straw.  My enthusiasm for this hobby's been low for while.  TLV with their overpricing, GreenLight with high marketing/dodgy quality, etc., etc.  It just wore me out.  After spending over an hour trying to order this car from RLC website, fighting timeouts & glitches, only to witness it sellout & having to pay $100 for a set on eBay, it was time to call it quits.  I'm not sorry, it was fun while it lasted.  

My exit from minicar collecting will be gradual, because I still have so many cars to catalog & so much preorders left pending.  lol  Let us get back to the cars:

Here's the car on the cover.  Car that everybody wants.  Blue BRE Datsun Bluebird/510.  I bought the set just to get this car. 

More on the 510 later.  Redliners Mercury Comet Cyclone:

Cars & Donuts Copo Camaro:

Modern Classics Mustang SVO:

I really like this one.  If I was still collecting, I'd have kept it.  Air Cooled VW Fastback:

Without further adieu: Da Blue BRE Datsun Bluebird 510...

What a beauty.  True RLC quality paint/tampo work.  :)