In 2016, Mattel revealed that they were coming out with a “retro” line, which was a unspoken tribute to the Iconic 1990s WWF Hasbro figures. These figures are in the same scale and similar look to the Hasbro figures. Side by side, they are a near perfect match. Mattel has released 10 waves of Retros…
Target is another store that’s getting into the exclusives, they’ve had a few sub series, the decade cars in 2018 and 2019, and before that there were throwback cars for 2016 and 2017. Starting in 2017, Target and Mattel rolled out the red edition series. The Red Edition Series consists of 12 red and white,…
One of my biggest segments of my Hot Wheels collection are the store exclusives. I always make a point to find them as they come out and I’ve been working on backfilling the holes in my set. What are store exclusives? Here’s a breakdown. Toys R Us, Kmart, Target, Walmart, Walgreens, Kroger, and now GameStop…
With the dissolving of Kmart Day (coming soon), Mattel and the Hot wheels collecting community have been looking for a place to pick up the slack. Kroger picked up the September event, sort of. I’ll be writing about that soon. GameStop picked up the November event and this is part one of the results of…
These are common terms and phrases I often use related to collecting WWF and WWE action figures: Hasbro: The first WWF wrestling line I personally collected. Hasbros ran from 1990-1995 and had a total of ten series. Jakks/Jakks Pacific: The Successor to the Hasbro line, ran from 1996-2009 and had several versions of figures, most…
This is a short list of terminology that I will be using on this site as it relates to hot wheels and the other diecast brands. Case: a box of cars, most cases are 72 cars in a box. Kmart offered 36 count cases but that is coming to an end. “__” Case: Hot Wheels…
