Hotwheels Price Increase Again?

[cham2020 0]

Got this from another forum. RM 7.90 for a basic car is JUST TOO MUCH !!!!!

[pydrumerboy 0]

Aiyo......nuff said

[RGSUKAN 0]

what the @$%^%&... i dont like this..
but, if street machine at this price sure i'll buy..

[kukubeh 0]

soon it will be RM10.....

[sinclair 0]

Omigosh, and I was waiting for more offers, like buy 2 free 1.

Time to grab some stuff before the high price kicks in everywhere.

[cham2020 0]

i am really piss off with this price increase.........
i just made a list of 2010 cars to buy
now i scrap away those list and decided to get some treasure hunts, mazda furai and evos ( carded)

[thefuhrer 0]

Looks like mainlines is losing it popularity to more LM if this is to continue.

[aBc 0]

like main saham up and down.

[alfagta 0]

sad news.....report to fomca....hehe
or we hwc collector shd write a letter to them with all collector signatures....ask them to hold for a moment at rm6.50 till economy grow better to increase...hehe

[Adrian1 0]

What the..... promotions price so expensive..I think the real price will be more expensive..

[webwhy 0]

how much would that be in u.s. currency? thanks

[cham2020 0]

2.29451 USD

[mushr00m 0]

what? increase again.. no more super haul la like this... crazy man...

[enyomic 0]

this reminds me of a similiar incident in Carrefour but the thing was this, they put actual price SGD3.90 but offer price SGD3.50. I was #$%^ ..... everywhere else retails at SGD3.50. Are they trying to short change us. Mayb the person who do up the poster misread it and put it at a higher price.

[cham2020 0]

enyo
i think you know giant

they wrote
promosi : RM 6.49
which to me is a big insult to hotwheels collector

[hokuan 0]

Cant afford it anymore..

[danielh 0]

well, if this price increase is unavoidable, then the purchase shall be minimise to selective favourites carded only.

[aphong2681 0]

Isn't that the sign for Tesco's X'mas promotion? Tesco are selling HW FR @ RM7.90 each & RM5.90 for HW basic car.. I think they just displayed the wrong price.

[rikmun 0]

semua boikot hw for 1 month!

[cham2020 0]

rumours saying MPH RM 7.50 now

[prabha71 0]

Demonicle should be able to find out if it's true.

If it is.. The Official "Giving up on mainlines Thread" might just blow up..

[ferraririzer 0]

Economics will explain this scenario...demand up, supply low, price pasti NAIK....haih...terpaksa stop so that the price will go down...

[netmatrix 0]

Actually nothnig to do with economics. Didn't you all hear the news yesterday? Heard in TV3. This is the article few months front.

http://www.hktdc.com/info/vp/a/tsg/en/1/6/1/1X06CCQA/Toys---Sporting-Goods/New-Malaysian-Toy-Safety-Requirements.htm

This news was few months ago. One of my customers actually dumped all their toys imported from China for their sales because in order to comply you need to send every model to be checked by Sirim. And i overheard it cost 4 figures to get each complied. I thought it only affected toys made from China. But then every toy made everywhere is affected.

So now you know why the cars are getting expensive! And i believe Mattel must submit every model from their mainlines range to get the certification. So if they have 300 cars this year times 4 figures..... you do the math.

Now for HW it is considered still ok for some. But for tomica collectors would be the worst. I think near RM15 for a basic car. And the TL series, mampus RM30 bucks each.

[demonicle-hwcmalaysia 0]

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aphong2681 wrote:

Isn't that the sign for Tesco's X'mas promotion?
Tesco are selling HW FR @ RM7.90 each & RM5.90 for HW basic car.. I
think they just displayed the wrong price.

yup. i agree that its jus a mispricing. whats funny is, when retailers mis price items lower, ppl dun complain. but when they misprice higher, they start a fire.
human beings....

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cham2020 wrote:

rumours saying MPH RM 7.50 now

CHAM! i have bone to pick with u.
why don't u complain about PETRONAS that sell their HW at rm8.50??
any outlet can sell anything they wish at what ever price they want. have u ever heard of RRP??
if u haven't, look it up. emphasis on the first R.

also. try to do thorough research and investigation before you start spreading rumours/news like this!
not everything u see on the internet is true.
if u believe the internet then
1. u will be able to break into ppl cars using a tennis ball
2. megan fox is a guy
3. the world is gonna end in 3 years (oh wait... thats not the internet.)

the sign u saw is jus a mistake. ask the person who photographed it if its mispriced. if he doesn't know. ask him if he SCANNED the item to confirm the price! if its really is at rm7.50, then pick up the phone, visit another outlet and ask them what their selling price is for
HW basic car is! don't simply start things like this.

pls understand that i wud rather pour water on the person who started the fire n kick him into the flame than to pour it on the fire itself.

sorry to say it like this in public. but u r my friend. and i feel i shud be done this way and others shud be aware of this too

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prabha71 wrote:

Demonicle should be able to find out if it's true.

If it is.. The Official "Giving up on mainlines Thread" might just blow up..

as far as i've heard, if the price is going up, its not because of mattel. its because of sirim

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netmatrix wrote:

Actually nothnig to do with economics. Didn't you all hear the news yesterday? Heard in TV3. This is the article few months front.

http://www.hktdc.com/info/vp/a/tsg/en/1/6/1/1X06CCQA/Toys---Sporting-Goods/New-Malaysian-Toy-Safety-Requirements.htm

This news was few months ago. One of my customers actually dumped all their toys imported from China for their sales because in order to comply you need to send every model to be checked by Sirim. And i overheard it cost 4 figures to get each complied. I thought it only affected toys made from China. But then every toy made everywhere is affected.

So now you know why the cars are getting expensive! And i believe Mattel must submit every model from their mainlines range to get the certification. So if they have 300 cars this year times 4 figures..... you do the math.

Now for HW it is considered still ok for some. But for tomica collectors would be the worst. I think near RM15 for a basic car. And the TL series, mampus RM30 bucks each.

i've talked to mattel about this in august. and from what i know, mattel toys go thru thorough testing before they are actually sold. and they already have childproof certification from a bigger company dunno from where. so who r sirim?

sirim's main concern is all the china toys. so mattel, hasbro and companies like these shudn't be affected. but still
this is malaysia. so malaysia boleh. mattel tak boleh.

this is from what i got about 4 months back.

i didn't want to share as there wasn't any final decision or confirmation.

so jus keep your fingers crossed.


but i would like to quote 'guyy'

'a smoker will still buy cigarettes even if the price goes up. and a hot wheels collector will still buy hot wheels if the price goes up'

[netmatrix 0]

I got a few more hobbies that does not need a lot of money to make me happy. At RM7.90 (IF) then it should be the first to go. Then that box of whatever i have would be a time capsule with the rest of the stuff i had. hahaha.

[enyomic 0]

I got this to add. I'm paying closed to RM8 a car in singapore. In Indonesia it's closed to RM9 i was told. So if u guys dun wan to buy and boycott, by all means. There will still be people running around buying hw. Not only that I believe there will be some happy faces as t hunt get easier to be found. My 2 peanuts ... dun take it seriously

[kurz 0]

^ haha enyo
what if we look at it this way;

MY earn RM 2k...one hw RM6.50
SG earn SGD 2k..one hw SGD3.50
US earn USD 2k..one hw USD1

see the difference?

but indonesia really expensive huh..
anyway nothing official on the price increase..so hope for the best

[kukubeh 0]

^ +1.

[ferraririzer 0]

Good one kurz...

[rikmun 0]

^+2

[thefuhrer 0]

Err... anyone have any idea about buying from ebay?

Will it got affect in anyway or whatsoever?

Btw, good1 2, bro kurz

[uzer hisham 0]

kurz wrote:

^ haha enyo
what if we look at it this way;

MY earn RM 2k...one hw RM6.50
SG earn SGD 2k..one hw SGD3.50
US earn USD 2k..one hw USD1

see the difference?

but indonesia really expensive huh..
anyway nothing official on the price increase..so hope for the best

kurz, i bought some hw at indon, its not that expensive. i thnk its abt 5 smthng onlyy.

[sinclair 0]

kurz wrote:

^ haha enyo
what if we look at it this way;

MY earn RM 2k...one hw RM6.50
SG earn SGD 2k..one hw SGD3.50
US earn USD 2k..one hw USD1

see the difference?

Exactly bro! You hit the nail on the head.

[matchboxclub 0]

thefuhrer wrote:

Err... anyone have any idea about buying from ebay?

Will it got affect in anyway or whatsoever?

Btw, good1 2, bro kurz

hmm.. i think ebay should have effect coz this more of Msia picing especially wit the government start implementing this SIRIM thingy sure Mattel malaysia have more reason to increase price la..
tis Malaysian government juz wan suck $$ frm people onli.. come out wif such exorbitant charges jus to get an approval for a toy..
sad....reali no eye c...

[netmatrix 0]

Even if HW has passed USA toy safety regulation, it does not mean they can pass Malaysian one automatically. So more money to pass the regulation.... yearly!!!

[enyomic 0]

sinclair wrote:

kurz wrote:

^ haha enyo
what if we look at it this way;

MY earn RM 2k...one hw RM6.50
SG earn SGD 2k..one hw SGD3.50
US earn USD 2k..one hw USD1

see the difference?

Exactly bro! You hit the nail on the head.

in that case my bad mistake in bringing up matters like this ...... Say what u want but all I can say is as long as we buy hw we will forever be on the mercy of mattel.