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Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Black Friday Monday.....

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.

hot wheels nissan skyline gt-r bnr34 aero lift at target store

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:

custom 64 galaxie 500 ford c-800

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!

hot wheels rlc nissan skyline gt-r bnr34 r34

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.

hot wheels rlc nissan skyline gt-r bnr34 r34

hot wheels red line club hwc nissan skyline gt-r bnr34 r34

hot wheels rlc nissan skyline gt-r bnr34 r34 hwc

hot wheels rlc nissan skyline gt-r bnr34 r34

 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:

tomica limited vintage hong kong exclusive honda civic type-r

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.

tomica limited vintage hong kong exclusive honda civic type-r

tomica limited vintage hong kong edition honda civic

Very nice, man.  Color me impressed!

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Today's Finds: M2 KPGC10 Race Car & MBX Subaru SVX

m2 machines kpgc 10 nissan skyline race car hakosuka

After seeing .45ACP ammunition on sale, swung by the stores only to find them sold out.  :(  I did see some interesting stuff in the toy aisle, like this KPGC10 racing livery hakosuka Skyline from M2 Machines.  

m2 machines kpgc 10 nissan skyline race car hakosuka

m2 machines kpgc 10 nissan skyline race car hakosuka

m2 jdm kpgc 10 nissan skyline race car hakosuka

Pretty neat looking model, especially for those who missed out on Kyosho releases years ago.  Then I found these things:

hot wheels 510 bluebird datsun wagon gray gold

There were bunch!  I took three for giveaways, mostly randomly given away to my eBay customers.  If you read this blog & are buying something from me, make sure to tell me via "contact seller".  Bonus cars are guaranteed to people who visited this blog.

matchbox subaru svx

Much props to Matchbox here.  Maybe not the most popular, but for 90's JDM fans, this was a memorable car.  As always, I appreciate variety & this would be great addition for Matchbox collectors in my opinion.

matchbox 95 subaru svx

matchbox 95 subaru svx

matchbox 95 subaru svx

I didn't buy the M2, but bought the rest.  I'll keep looking for .45ACP on sale.  :D