Car Culture: Team Transport is a premium series of 2-car sets beginning in 2018, consisting of a premium car and transporter, both in a similar livery. It’s all about the transportation of cars to their destination. – Hot Wheels Wiki 2018 Mix 1 Series # Casting 1 Volkswagen Transporter T1 Pickup Porsche 356 Speedster 2 Sakura Sprinter Nissan Laurel…
As a means to catch up on my Hot Wheels Car Culture, Fast and Furious and Boulevard Series checklists, here are the new releases for 2022: Boulevard 2022 Update: These are still most available at Walmart. Mix 1 Series # Casting Name Body Color 41 Acura NSX GT3 White 42 Volkswagen Drag Bus Red 43…
Recently, I was able to acquire two missing pieces for my collection, the Flashback Series 2 USA Ultimate Warrior, and a grail piece, the Defining Moments Wrestlemania 7 Ultimate Warrior. This got me to thinking, I need a checklist. As discussed previously, I have a need for filling the gaps in my collection. Hasbros: The…
Shortly after the launch of Bone Crunching Action (BCA) figures in 1996, the line was expanded to include 2 packs. These would feature tag teams, manager/client, or grudge matches. Here’s the list and the best and worst of each wave. This is a follow up for my review of the Jakks Superstars Series. Manager 2…
In a previous post, I used a five point system to rank all 15 Hot Wheels Super Treasure Hunts for a given year, then was able to determine which year generated the Best Super Treasure Hunts. The idea here is to Rank the Supers by year, to compare by year. I used a point system…
With the news of a “WWE Greatest Hits” set coming, there are a lot of possibilities. Here is the first set, and I’ll fantasy book a few sets just for fun. WWE Greatest Hits series 1: The Mattel Greatest Hits Series wave 1 will be re-releases of: Bam Bam Bigelow – Legends series 5 Rey…
Starting in 2007, “The 12 vehicles from the 2007 super treasure hunts set are upgraded version of the regular set and have premium paint and wheels. They can be identified by a card with “TREA$URE HUNT$” and the vehicle’s name in a vertical green stripe.” – HWtreasure. There was a matching Treasure Hunt version without…
Mattel debuted it’s WWE line in 2010, with the Basic and Elite Collection. There are currently 93 series of Elites as of this writing. About every year or so, Mattel would tweak or sometimes completely change the Elite Packaging. Sometimes the changes were subtle, like font or rearranging some elements, other times the size, shape,…
Welcome to the second installment of Who Made Them Better? There has always been talk over who made the better Classic/Legends line, Jakks or Mattel. As an avid collector of both, I intend to get to the bottom of it. Jakks: When Jakks Pacific introduced Classic Superstars in 2004, it changed the wrestling figure landscape…
Jakks WWF Bone Crunching Action wrestling figures made their debut in 1996. They were the new follow up to the iconic Hasbro WWF figures. These new figures were taller, and features arms and legs articulation along with “bone crunching action” at the knees and elbows. There were many BCA style figures released from 1996-1999, and…
