Let’s Start with Kmart Day Kmart supported the Hot Wheels collecting hobby by sponsoring the Kmart Collector’s Day events. Kmart stores would host a special collector’s event where exclusive vehicles would be made available. This was the chance for collectors to open a sealed case with the hope of finding a Treasure Hunt or Super…
Meijer got into the game this week, delivering on the first spotting of Hot Wheels H case and their third gold exclusive. Other highlights: Now to find that H case Super…
There are cornerstones of the Elite Legends line, and they have had multiple releases. Shawn Michaels, Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, Randy Savage, Razor Ramon, Ultimate Warrior, and Ric Flair all have had great Legends Attires represented, but here are a few that I feel are missing. Shawn Michaels -most of his missing looks are from…
A checklist for the renewed classic figure line The background: *denotes replicas from the original line Series 1: These were found on blue and black cards, as well as a dark blue card. Series 2: These are available in light blue and black cards. Note: Jesse Ventura has his original LJN pose, but is in…
When COVID-19, aka the Coronavirus hit, “Corona Hunting” became a reality. Faced with not being able to get out and look for new releases of Hot Wheels, I turned to backfilling my collection. I use a spreadsheet with various cars from previous years on it, that I would use at shows and collectible shops to…
Titan Tron Live: The series that almost ended my collecting days. In 1999, Jakks Pacific made a huge decision. Their Bone Crunching Action (BCA) series of WWF Figures was a success, with a good roster of characters, and a good release schedule and frequency. However, their parts choices started to become questionable (Ahmed Johnson legs…
It was announced that Dollar General would be hosting the next round of Hot Wheels exclusives along with a mail in vehicle, after Kroger and GameStop recently. To this point, it’s been a fiasco. Once the mail in period started, I began checking DG regularly. After seeing posts online of people starting to find the…