Yao

zint3000 wrote:

what significant is the umbrella hoo...
haha
not my cup of tea but those last two pics looks awesome~

That is modified version for The Penguin if I'm not wrong.
Check HWC for more descriptions.

zint3000 wrote:

nice haul man...
guess the seller is a bit busy and cant do local pickup...

Actually it's because he has had bad experience regarding that...

Kena FFK lah~

Another eBay purchase... only this time it's through postage...











I'm planning to increase my Skyline collection bit by bit.
The price I paid was very worthy.
It's a pity that the seller insisted on postage while I asked for a local pick-up...

DD w/ FTE wheels... like that would make any significant change on the lap time...

cham2020 wrote:

Yao
i found one ten pack at BHG bugis with the same DD
din get it..

The first pack has the Shelby and Viper which I want but the rest aren't that enticing so no buy~~~

pydrumerboy wrote:

Very logical and maximizing way of shopping

Nice catches

Thank you~

Had a friend who bought some cool stuff from eBay which prompted me to register for an account too, but only for local purchases...

Scheduled to meet the seller at Woodlands MRT Station. Had a research on Google and realized there's a plaza just next to it.


Causeway Plaza. There were a few street artists just in front of the entrance. That should give you a good idea of what kind of place this is...





This 10-Pack caught my attention...


According to Hot Wheels Wikia, this car with the Red Line wheels is Wal-Mart exclusive... but why is it here?


Another Wal-Mart exclusive with Red Line wheels...




Yet another (supposedly) Wal-Mart exclusive with the same wheels!


And I thought I had seen the last of the (supposedly) Wal-Mart exclusive...

Oh well, I left the plaza empty handed but certainly did not go back in similar fashion...





Actually, my idea was to only buy the Ford Mustang GT, which was sold in a Regular & $uper double set. Since the pick-up location is quite far from where I stay, I decided to buy a few more to justify the travelling...

As for the (supposedly) Wal-Mart exclusive... perhaps they are exclusive to 10-Packs too which Wikia did not acknowledge?

I saw this at Suntec City too.
Around $50.00.

Very pricey but I think it's worth it.

I grew up w/ these too...
I had almost 15 of them.
Almost all were from Auldey; highly affordable plus free motor!

I only had one Tamiya; pricey but no motor included...


Right now, they are either recycled or somewhere in an orphanage...

The regular is as good as, if not better than, the $uper.

Rayz-HWC wrote:

Man they could at least be bit more creative in their tampos *sigh*...look at the EVO and Viper...then now this lot - only 575GTC looks cool, Enzo also *ngeh*...but still will collect all!!! Hahahaha

Agree with you.
The Carrera GT is not much different from the yellow one from 2009's Dream Garage series.
BUT will still get most of them.

Those who bought the R8 can you verify if the body is plastic?

The Torino is really gorgeous!
I think the Regular is even better than $uper...

musclemania wrote:

mushr00m, congratulations.

Yao, I thought you have rounded the island? How come...

I don't live on the island so...

Perhaps I should do a Hot Wheels Penang Drive 'N Haul next time...

I really like what you've done with the Camaro.
*Thumbs up*

I have never collected Since '68 and Classics series, so don't really have an answer to that question since I have never paid the attention.

Have been seeing a few though at the TRUs here but the amount I saw at C4 that day was by and large the greatest I have seen which prompted me to have a thorough look.

There's actually only 2 C4s in Singapore...

Hmm...
I used a luggage to stuff 170+ of carded cars, some even with the price tags still intact...
The customs officers didn't do anything at Changi, I didn't even had to do scanning while at Penang Airport...

Hmm...
Maybe I was lucky~

Speeddemonz wrote:

Hi Yao, such comprehensive and interesting reports. Wish I were there for the Classics and Since '68 series.

There are some really nice Classics and Since '68 Cars.
It's amazing that the range is even better than the ones I have seen at Toys 'R' Us.
Or is it that most people go to TRU for these 2 series which leaves so many at C4?

Went to Raffles City Shopping Centre and Suntec City, if you know where they are...

Once again, nothing interesting at all at Toys 'R' Us.
The major finding was at Carrefour...


Lots of Color Shifters and Holiday Hot Rods!


This one proved the most desirable, but I didn't want Swoop Coupe!
If only I could swap it with a Cadillac Escalade EXT...

Must be because today's the last day of school holiday, Carrefour was swarmed with people!



Things I never expected to find at Carrefour...




Yup. On the left is the Tail Dragger everyone seems to be crazy about...


I like the Deora...


If it's still here when I come again next month, I will buy it.


So... bought some Since '68 and Classics cars to reward my effort.
Nothing interesting about the basic cars actually.
Shelby's my first Matchbox.


Found these while accompanying my friend at a grocery store...
Those desperate for it can come over and get them.

Went to IMM of Jurong East to pass the 2 Ford GT LMs to Enrique a.k.a. Nrik Kueh while trading my extra Gallardo with his silver GT-R.

Bought the Color Shifters Mustang GT from a mini toy store.
There's at least 3 places where I can get Hot Wheels in IMM, including Giant.
However, the offerings are quite pathetic...

There's not even traces of Bread Box... imagine that!

I have just bid for a few items on eBay Singapore and hopefully there will be good news in the days to come!

I am back in Singapore!
Very happy to be able to grab this at a toy shop inside the arrival hall of Changi Airport.





The price was slightly cheaper at $3.25 instead of the usual retail of $3.50.
Also found a great looking Barbaric but didn't get it since I have decided not to purchase Hot Wheels' Designs for now to minimize my spending.

A couple of 10-Car packs were also found with the amazing matt blue Ford GT LM. There was no point getting the pack though since most cars inside are either the ones I already have or they aren't desirable at all.

Hope to see some new stocks when I visit the toy departments here once again!

I am more interested in the pick-up...
Which make/model is it?

Hmm... my wrecked Charger Daytona could use some of these...

danny90 wrote:

is just like 2f2f n tokyo drift........2f2f:when the contena come down n tokyo drift:when they reverse n shooting another car.......do u guys realize tat???

Yeah...
The blood looked like jus tomato...