THE BLOG

On almost a daily basis something cool happens in the diecast / car world that just doesn't have a spot to fit in our normal web pages. Now we have a place that we can share these with you all.

Think of this BLOG like our family message section, where we can all gather and get the latest Scuttlebutt. Of course there will be links to product updates but there will also be some cool "inside" stuff as well and then some just good old fun.

So sit back relax and come on by each night and see what's new.

Have Fun,
Fred Blood

2/3/12
Going to try and post the Blog a little earlier in the day and see if that will allow me to post more. So here we go.

We are current on all orders that can ship, and there is a TO of Hot Wheels product coming to us next Tuesday so get ready. If you are expecting any of the products that recently were in stock and you have not received an email or tracking number then we have a problem with your credit card and you can update it here.

To update your credit card info Please us this link: Credit Card Update

I have posted two new items for Pre-Order on the site

Greenlight MUSCLE Releases 4

WILD-CARDS 1949 Chinese New Year Mercs!

Have a GREAT NIGHT see you soon.

To update your credit card info Please us this link: Credit Card Update

Have Fun and God Bless,
Fred

1/31/12
Well it feels god to say we are 100% caught up with shipping both to the U.S.A. and International! As well as emails and returning phone messages! The new systems are working and now with the holidays behind us are at a full crew again.

We expect the Hot Wheels Racing B cases and Nostalgia 2012 C Cases (was E) in the next 10 days!

We took in the Monster Jam once more over the weekend so I will leave you with a few photos:

Have a GREAT NIGHT see you soon.

To update your credit card info Please us this link: Credit Card Update

Have Fun and God Bless,
Fred

1/26/12
Had a GREAT day of shipping and getting the new items we received today back out and on their way.

We received the Hot Wheels Basic Car E and F cases as well as some more Monster Jam 1/64th B cases.

Also we received the Hot Ones Release H the first case of the 2012 line up.

More shipping tomorrow!

1/25/12
Hey Gang haven't forgotten about you, Been under the weather or it feels like I have been under a Monster Truck. Anyway wanted to let you know I will be back in full swing, or at least a fast limp tomorrow and back in the office.

We expect Hot Wheels Basic cars E and F cases here tomorrow.

1/20/12
More conversations with the Team on Muscle Machines return, It looks like the first release will be in late second quarter or even the early part of third quarter so there is plenty of time before the real facts start to hit. Even the number of cars in each release has yet to be set as well as the number of cars in a case, so as everyone puts their input into the series the facts will start to come together and of course you will get the straight skinny right here.

All U.S. orders have shipped and we are all caught up with orders placed through today. International orders will all ship on Tuesday as we prepare for our shipment from Mattel.

I have a personal event on Monday and will not be in the office.

We have added photos for the 1/64th Scale Country Roads Releases 7

1/19/12
Sorry Gang been out of the loop last few days. I am back in the office tomorrow so if you need anything give me a call or email and we will get it sorted out no worries.

Well I can tell you that it has been a long time since we have seen so much interest in a line as the resurrection of Muscle Machines! You guys and Gals are CRAZY for them and that going to make it rock!

Just waiting for the final details on the line so expect some additional info shortly.

If you have not heard Mattel will have a HOT WHEELS MONSTER TRUCK this season in Monster Jam and I will be at the media day for the first race so I will keep you all updated as well. Monster Jam is such a fun line and they are so cool! I have 1/64th scale truck all over my office.

Here is a few pictures from last weekends Monster Jam in Anaheim.

1/16/12
OK so when I am wrong I am wrong. This time I am very happy and excited to be wrong! I just got off the phone with the big guy at Maisto and

AND 1 Stop Diecast will be a dealer for the entire Muscle Machines line up! That's right we will have them right here from Day 1!

They are still working out the details on releases and how many will be in each release when they will hit and so on, but it looks like at least 3 releases between the 2nd and 4th quarter of the year and a BIG 2013 program.

More info as I get it, and Pre-Orders will go up as soon as we get more details, most likely not or a month or so. BUT WE WILL HAVE YOU COVERED! From the Original Distributor of Muscle Machines back in the day! You can count on us! We are only 30 minuets from the Maisto corporate office and will have direct contact at all levels!

Here is a little sneak of what is to come.

1/13/11
We had a good strong day of shipping and for sure will be all caught up on Monday.

Things are just moving along and we are awaiting more news from Mattel.

We received:

Hot Wheels DC Universe A Case

and Boulevard B Case Assortment

I woke up this morning to a nice little email telling me it wasn't nice to put I will see you tomorrow so I have to say I will see you as soon as I can.

I am going to start on Monday trying to do the blog sometime during the day, When I try and do it before I leave to get the latest info out it seems I run out of time or something comes up at the last second, Also I will start putting some little stories in here to liven it up when we don't have any news from the manufacturers. Or if you have any questions just email them to me and I will answer what I can.

P.S. Forgot we received Hot Pursuit Release 9 we have a few sets left but not much.

1/11/12
Well we are just about all cleaned up for the new year. Master inventory is done and the warehouse is back together and we are ready for the shipments to start to hit.

Mattel seems to be way behind at their distribution center and our shipment has had a Pro number for 3 days and has yet to get out the door. They promise it will ship and get here by the weekend.

Everything else will be all caught up and shipped by the end of business tomorrow so it looks good for next week.

M2 has announced a very cool series called Wild-Cards which as teh name implies wil be some cool items that just don't fit in with the other lines. The first release will be a pair of Flamed Studebaker Tow Trucks!


These will be shared between one mass market store and Hobby ONLY! So make sure you pre-order now as I expect them to go very quickly and we are alloacted a certain amount and that is it.

 

1/3/12
I hope you had an AMAZING Holiday Season! I know coming back was a little tuff this morning but once we got in it was just flat out and FUN! It seems like when I take a day or two off I come back to an extra weeks worth of work.

We got to all of the phone messages today and should hit the emails tomorrow. And then it is just ship, ship, ship!

We received the Hot Ones Release E

2012 Hot Wheels Racing A

12/30/11
Hey Gang, Just popped in to receive a shipment and get ready for inventory over the weekend. Inventory is always fun, it is when we find all the little goodies that are stuck at the back of a shelf or a pallet that is hidden in the corner. I know there is some 2010 Garage that came back from the show trailer so we should have a few "SPECIALS" soon.

Our big shipment it seems got stuck in Arizona on its way from Texas so today we just got a few items, More of the 30 Car Best of Garage Sets are here, Hot Wheels Basic Cars Release D and we got the 1/64th Scale Monster Jam B cases

Also we received the MOTOR WORLD Black Bandit VW DIORAMAS

HAVE A GREAT AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

PLEASE BE SAFE AND THINK BEFORE YOU DRIVE!

See you all next year and LETS HAVE FUN!

12/21/11
Wow has it been that long since my last Blog? I am so sorry! Things are just so flat out at this time of the year I barely know what day it is let along what time.

We have so much product in route or about to be released that it will continue to be flat out through the end of the year. I am not all that sure how things will play out with the shipping companies and the manufacturers getting product out to us over the holidays, but here is a quick run down of what is on its way or in the country and ready to release.

HOT WHEELS:

Boulevard Release 2 is in the country and released

Hot Wheels Racing Release A is in the country and released

Hot Wheels Basic Cars Release D in in route to us now

Hot Ones Release E is in route to us now

Tour Haulers Release A is in route to us now.

We are still taking all Subscription orders for all Hot Wheels items, so don't miss out on 2012. If you have seen some of the list for these series you can see 2012 IS GOING TO BE KILLER! (more info coming tomorrow to the website)

M2 MACHINES:

Lots of info here and tons of new product in the country or coming soon. M2 seems to sell out before we get our orders any more so Please don't wait and pre-order now. I hate it when someone calls and I can't get them the cars they want!

Auto-Haulers Release 5 WILL BE HERE FRIDAY!

Drivers Release 14

Ground Pounders Release 9

GREENLIGHT:

MOTOR WORLD Black Bandit VW DIORAMA On its way to us

So as you can see we are staying very busy! I have one more load of the 30 Car Best of Garage Sets on their way so if you have waited now is the time to make sure your covered.

 

Watch for singles up on our Single Car Website www.Houseof64.com

12/13/11
Well we got some very cool news today from the Big M. A complete list of the expected releases of the 2012 Hot Ones! Man this list looks great! Some cool rides for sure and 10 releases for 2012.

The last case for 2011 is due to release late next week so we will see them right before Christmas and that should be the last case of cars for all the 2011 Subscription programs.

Nostalgia is done for the year and is by far the most popular line for 2012!

Please if you have not signed up for the 2012 subscription plan for the cars you want to receive now is the time to do so and make sure you get everything we get. We can not charge your credit card and send out your orders unless you sign up for 2012. Al the 2011 Subscription programs end on December 31st.

2012 Hot Wheels Nostalgia 16 Car Case Subscriptions and Pre-Orders

 2012 Hot Wheels 1/50th SCALE BATMAN 8 Car Case Subscriptions and Pre-Orders

 2012 Hot Wheels DC Universe 12 Car Case Subscriptions and Pre-Orders

 2012 Hot Wheels DC Universe Color Shifters 16 Car Case Subscriptions and Pre-Orders

 2012 Hot Wheels 1/64th Scale Monster Jam 12 Truck Case Subscriptions and Pre-Orders

 2012 Hot Wheels 1/24th Scale Monster Jam 12 Truck Case Subscriptions and Pre-Orders

 2012 Hot Wheels Racing 16 Car Case Subscriptions and Pre-Orders

 2012 Boulevard 16 Car Case Subscriptions and Pre-Orders

 2012 Basic Car 72 Car Case Subscriptions and Pre-Orders

 2012 Hot Ones 16 Car Case Subscriptions and Pre-Orders

2012 Tour Haulers Release A and B Pre-Orders

12/12/11
All US UPS orders have shipped. Today was the first day of what will be our 2012 crew here in total and man are we on the right track. With a smooth consistent flow of paperwork and shipping we got everything out the door and had time to clean up a bit. I am very excited about 2012! I know we have improved our shipping flow tons and everything should get out the door much faster. During the week between Christmas and New Years we will be doing a total redesign of the entire warehouse that should once more improve the flow for all our companies and shipping partners. 2012 should be a nice even flow of product gong out the door.

We received a few answers to some 2012 product questions I had so I will be doing a lot of website updates tomorrow through out the day.

International shipments will be the main focus tomorrow as well as orders from overnight.

We still have a few Boulevard A Cases available.

12/7/11
Alright all the current Garage L case orders as well as teh 30 Car Garage Set orders were shipped yesterday so we are all current now with the US orders. International orders will be processed in the next few days and that will bring us back to 1005 caught up.

We received our first shipment of the Boulevard A Case Assortment

These will start to ship tomorrow. We still have cases available for those of you who have not yet signed up for the 2012 subscriptions but don't wait to much longer or we will not be able to get an y more A cases.

I ordered a bunch of extra Boulevard A cases and a few 30 Car sets so if you want them we still have a few available.

Please do not wait if you want the 30 Car Set of Boulevard Series Order Them RIGHT NOW!

12/5/11
So this is how normal feels? We are getting all caught up and things are getting down right normal again. Tomorrow the last of the Garage L Cases, the C basic Cases and the 30 Car sets will ship out. We have a few more of the 30 car sets on their way to us now and we will fill all orders we even have a few sets still left and I have two damaged sets so if you open your cars give me a call and we can get you a slightly damaged set.

Boulevard A cases are in route and we expect them any day.

Hot Ones E cases are due in the country the week of the 12th so we should see them the week after.

Hot Wheels Racing looks to be the very end of this month maybe the first of the year.

Nostalgia 2012 C cases will be mid January (there is no A or B case for the 2012 line up. If you have a Subscription for this line you will need to renew for 2012 to get the next case.

The bad news is it does not look like we will get any more of the Garage J cases, The amount that shipped in cases is MINUSCULE! BUT DO NOT pay a lot for the cars from this case if you are hunting them down, the production run seems to be a normal run, MOST of the cases were broken down for shippers and pallets for a Drug or Grocery account so the cars will find there way out it will just take a little time, I am working on more info to pass on to you all. The end of Garage was sure messy and I hope the new team that is taking over the Adult line of Hot Wheels for 2012 understands the importance of filling the needs of the collector base. Don't worry I will be on them like white on rice when the take over the line January 1st.

We did get in our first 2012 product today with the 1/64th Scale Monster Jam A cases.

12/1/11
The wind has been the worst I have ever seen it here since last night and we have had the power on and off most of the day. We packed a ton of orders today unfortunately not everything could get put through the UPS system when the power was down. So we have a bunch ready to go out tomorrow already, Mother Nature won today and it slowed us down a bit but we are making head way in the huge pile of product to go out. We are expecting a shipment from Mattel tomorrow and we have a full crew shipping all weekend so I am hopeful we can get all caught up by Monday and back into the normal flow for the holidays.

I posted the info for the

11/29/11
Howdy Collectors and Dealers;

We are shipping full steam a head and everything is in the warehouse and going out as fast as awe can get it out. Tomorrow we are back to full staff after an amazing L.A. Auto Show. It was great to see so many of you out there with us. I promise photos of the Hot Wheels Camaro and a few others in the blog later this week.

Just a very quick note, since the Mattel info was a bit behind this year, and things are not on the normal cycle with releases.

THIS IS THE LAST CALL FOR 30 CAR GARAGE SETS AND BOULEVARD RELEASE A CASES!

Garage becomes Boulevard for 2012 and the A cases are due this week!

If you have a Garage Subscription you have the L cases shipping now and we are awaiting the info on the J cases which will fill out your subscriptions and end the Garage series.

Boulevard is the new name for Garage, SAME PAINT, SAME DIECAST BODY AND BASE, SAME KILLER WHEELS, Just a different name to refresh the line. Your Garage subscription does not cover Boulevard! You must sign up for a Boulevard Subscription if you want to continue to receive the new series.

Boulevard A cases are shipping this week and I have to have a firm number TOMORROW at 9:00 am California time, So PLEASE SIGN UP NOW FOR THE BOULEVARD SUBSCRIPTION IF YOU HAVE NOT YET DONE SO. After 9:00AM Tomorrow 11/30/11 I can not be sure you will be able to get an A case for your collection.

Also we have one last chance at the 30 Car Garage Sets! This is it I must turn in the order by 9:00 AM California time tomorrow. If you want a set or two (This is the only way to get the VW Drag Bus for the Garage Line) PLEASE ORDER IT NOW!

Hot Wheels Racing A cases are due next week so Please look at this line as well.

11/23/11
Quick update:

I added photos of the Garage L Cases

and the Speed Machines Q Cases

Off to the LA Auto Show and will be there through teh weekend, come on by and say Hi!

Have a GREAT Thanksgiving!

Have a GREAT WEEKEND and HAVE FUN!

11/22/11
I am sorry to intrude on your Thanksgiving in this manner but I need to
get you all this information ASAP!

We have the Good, the Bad and the Super Ugly so let’s get to it.

The Wal-Mart 30 Car sets are here and shipping, our box manufacturer did
not have all the boxes needed to ship these sets in stock so what has not
yet shipped will ship starting on Monday. I want to make sure these get to
you like they should so PLEASE understand the delay is in all our best
interest.

The GOOD PART is that these sets have the VW Drag Bus in them! The Ugly
part is that THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE THE GARAGE VW DRAG BUS WILL APPEAR FOR 2011! THE DRAG BUS IS EXCLUSIVE TO THE 30 CAR SET! AND THE 30 CAR SET ONLY! We have sets in stock and available. I BEG OF YOU IF YOU WANT A SET AND HAVE NOT ALREADY ORDERED ONE TO DO IT NOW! ONCE THEY ARE GONE THAT IS IT!

Garage L cases have been released and are now in our warehouse! They will
start to ship on MONDAY the 28th and here is why. THERE IS NO VW DRAG BUS IN THE L CASE. THERE IS NO DRAG BUS IN THE SINGLE CAR CASES AT ALL! Due to a production issue which Mattel will make a statement on after the holiday the VW Drag Bus was replaced in the single blister car line up with a Mustang that appears in the L case. To further complicate matters the L case and it looks like the J cases as well are allocated.

There are a good number of you who increased your orders for the L case
anticipating the VW Drag Bus being in them, I understand this. Here is
what we are doing. We will allocate to each subscriber their original case
order for Garage and process these orders starting now. EVERY SUBSCRIBER WILL GET THEIR ORIGINAL SUBSCRIPTION CASE NUMBER!

For SUBSCRIBERS who ordered additional cases of L cases IF YOU WISH TO CANCEL YOU’RE YOUR ADDITIONAL CASES ONLY PLEASE EMAIL ME NOW AT orders1stop@aol.com giving me your full name and zip code and telling us to cancel your additional L cases only. If you would like your full order processed please let me know that in the email and we will process it ASAP.

For NON-SUBSCRIBERS who ordered the L cases IF YOU WISH TO CANCEL YOU’RE YOUR CASE(S) PLEASE EMAIL ME NOW AT orders1stop@aol.com giving me your full name and zip code and telling us to cancel your L cases or reduce the number of cases. If you would like your full order processed please let me know that in the email and we will process it ASAP.

YOU MUST EMAIL US BEFORE THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON MONDAY THE 28TH OR WE
WILL PROCESS THE ORDERS AS THEY ARE TO AS MANY INDIVIDUALS AS WE CAN!

To recap the ONLY place to get a VW Drag Bus for the 2011 Garage Line is
in the 30 Car Best of Garage Set we have available now!

We also received the Basic Car C cases today and will process these orders
as normal.

OK Now that the ugly is out there let’s get to the good:

The 2012 line up is ROCKIN! I am working on some additional info as we
speak and hope to have that right after the holidays, our subscription
programs are way ahead of last year and look forward to a great start to
the year in only a few weeks!

Boulevard and Hot Wheels Racing will both SHIP THERE FIRST 2012 CASE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS! If you have not yet signed up Please do so now, Product is always hard to get on the first few cases and I need to have firm numbers ASAP.

Check it all out at www.1StopDiecast.com

There will be new M2 and Johnny Lightning info posted early next week.

We have a very large number of Credit Card declines in the system, I
understand the way things are today and the time of year we are in, PLEASE
update you credit card info by going to this link,
http://www.1StopDiecast.com/CreditCardUpdate.htm

or email me at orders1stop@aol.com and let me know what you would like to do. All declining orders on 11/29/11 will be canceled and product made available to our waiting collectors.

We are all at the L.A. Auto Show through the weekend and the crew will be
here today and part of tomorrow working on the invoicing and allocation of
the Garage L cases. We will resume shipping on Monday the 28th and will
not be able to answer the phone or return messages until that time as
well. I will do my best to answer emails from my phone when time is
available.

THANK YOU ALL for your AMAZING support this year and for the last 25
years! We can’t wait for 2012.

I hope you all have a FANTASTIC THANKSGIVING!

11/18/11
L.A. Auto Show kicks off today so come on by and say hi!

Email Newsletter just went out.

11/16/11
OK Gang, we are just at the start of the L.A. Auto Show so things are MEGA Crazy! We are shipping and manning the booth at the same tome so I am sorry if the phones are crazy. We are working on getting back to everyone as fast as we can.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE WAL-MART #) CAR SETS HAVE SHIPPED AND WE WILL HAVE THEM SOON! ALL ORDER WILL BE SHIPPED AND WE HAVE SETS AVAILABLE AS WELL!

Hot Wheels 30 CAR SET
BEST OF GARAGE
WAL-MART / HOBBY RELEASE

5 EXCLUSIVE CARDED CARS


MORE CAR INFO AS WE GET IT
Ferrari 250 GTO
Ferrari 308 GTS
Ferrari 365 GTB 4 Daytona
Ferrari Dino 246 GTS
Ferrari P4
Ferrari 512 M
67 Ford Bronco
73 Ford Falcon
Ford GT 40
67 Custom Ford Mustang Coupe
64 Ford Falcon Sprint
70 Mustang Mach 1
70 Chevy Blazer
65 Chevy Malibu
67 Camaro
69 Chevelle SS 396
1967 Pontiac Firebird 400
55 Chevy Panel
70 Dodge Power Wagon
70 Dodge Hemi Challenger
69 Dodge Coronet Super Bee
68 Hemi Barracuda
71 Dodge Demon
63 Belvedere 426 Wedge
VW Drag Bus
Volkswagen Bug
56 VW Custom Drag Beetle
65 Volkswagen Fastback
'69 Custom VW Squareback
VW Karmann Ghia
The cars in Red - 1st listed for each manufacturer
are unique to the set and packed in blisters.

   Garage BEST OF GARAGE 30 Car SET
                         $104.99 Delivered

IN ROUTE AND WILL SHIP RIGHT AFTER THANKSGIVING

Item: 
HW30-WAL

11/14/11
WOW THANK YOU! You Guys and Gals went CRAZY over the weekend! I don't remember a weekend with so many orders in a very long time. We were just overwhelmed this morning and just got to it and shipped flat out. We should be all caught up by tomorrow just in time for our shipment from Mattel.

A BIG THANK YOU to all of you who have signed up for the 2012 subscriptions! An amazing number of you have already got n board and we have yet to send out our email announcing them. I did receive a few answers to my question s I will try and get that info up tomorrow.

We loaded the Hot Wheels trailer into the LA Convention Center on Saturday and are setting up tomorrow and the next day for the LA Auto Show which runs through Thanks Giving Weekend, which of course means we will be flat out between being here and there all at the same time, no sleep for me for a few weeks but worth seeing all the collectors at the event.

We received the info from M2 on the Auto-Thentics Release 20

and received the info from Greenlight on the  MOTOR WORLD Black Bandit VW DIORAMA  Now Remember the last 5-Packs sold out before we got them in stock and these are BLACK BANDITS which ALWAYS SELL OUT so PLEASE Pre-Order NOW!

More to come tomorrow...

 

11/10/11
Man you guys and Gals are putting in some orders! THANK YOU! We are trying our best to keep up and get everything caught up but you are all keeping us on our toes! AGAIN THANK YOU!

I can't remember the last time we have received so many NEW Clients in such a short time! WELCOME and be sure we are here to keep your hobby as FUN as we can.

Some of you have found the 2012 Subscriptions for all the Hot Wheels programs and we are WAY AHEAD of last year! I have been in constant contact with Mattel getting the latest info and we should have more updates soon on a number of the upcoming releases.

Still no official word on the Wal-Mart 30 Cars sets, so we are still in limbo on them.

Nostalgia Releases D  has released and we could see it as soon as tomorrow:

Nostalgia is SELLING OUT AT MATTEL quite quickly and this line is building speed for 2012, we could see allocation on this line so PLEASE make sure you have on Pre-Order what you want and get on the Subscription program for 2012 early as I want to make sure our numbers are solid and in before the storm.

Looks like we will have a Garage Case the week of 11/21 just not sure if it will be the J case the L case or both.

We are hiring two new people next week to help bring us back to full strength for the new year, we will have a dedicated person to ship only US Mail and International each and every day to accommodate the large influx in international orders, We will also bring in a new customer service person to help with invoicing, declines and to ship when we get a big shipment.

We are committed to make sure you enjoy YOUR hobby and to make sure you get the best service and information in the industry along with the knowledge that your items will arrive professional packed and in collector grade condition!

11/8/11
Seriously  don't remember it this crazy busy in a long time! We have had so much product coming in that there are boxes EVERYWHERE! I know it is crazy when there is product stacked in my office.

We received the Garage K Cases, The make up Vintage Racing G Case, Basic Car B cases, Speed Machines Q Cases, M2 Drivers Release 12, Ground Pounders Release 8, and so more fill in items to start with. We have JL and Greenlight on the way and there is a promise of more next week!

We are shipping Flat out and should be caught up tomorrow.

I did just get some M2 info on the Detroit-Cruiser Release 2

Shhh don't let the cat out but we have started to list some of the 2012 Hot Wheels subscriptions, lots more coming as soon as I get a few questions answered. Of course a TON of you already found these and a BIG THANK YOU and WELCOME as over 30% of the subscribers to sign up so far are new to the program!

If you have any questions don't hesitate to call and ask that is why I am here! Remember we started the subscriptions programs way back in 1994 when we offered the first ever subscriptions for Limited Edition M & D Hot Wheels and the first production Subscriptions in 1995 as one of the original distributors for Johnny Lightning.

11/4/11
It is cold and raining here so that must mean Winter is here.

Early this afternoon I got a text from our Fed Ex driver that they had a few pallets for us, I said OK we are here bring them over, and we received the Garage K Cases.

This is a very nice assortment and as soon as we posted the photos we sold out of the extra cases we had brought in. I was able to contact our rep and have more on their way to us already.

The J and L cases could be any day.

The plan is to get in here early tomorrow and start putting the 2012 subscription programs on the website. The final piece of information I needed came from UPS so we should be good to go.

11/2/11
OK I am running out the door for our Professional Photographers Association Board Meeting but wanted to give you all a quick update.

Hot Ones Releases D are here and shipping now

Looks like we may get the Garage Cases K on Tuesday with the J and L to follow.

No final word on the Wal-Mart sets yet, but at this point if you see them in teh store grab them and let me know. I have a feeling we will not find out until very late if we are getting them and I would rather you be happy and have one.

Just got a flood of 2012 info so watch the site for subscription programs this weekend.

10/25/11
Lets see we shipped like crazy today and got a good portion of the orders out, Tomorrow we will really get a handle on things and should be all caught up by Thursday if not tomorrow. Not sure if we will have the reshipment from Mattel this week but they are releasing and shipping ASAP so we will not have a big delay in getting the final cases of
Vintage Racing G Case to all of you.

This is do or die week for the Wal-Mart 30 Car sets as the last of the sets are coming into the country so we should know by Friday if Wal-Mart will release any to the hobby. Will keep you posted as soon as I hear.

Looks Like Garage Cases J, K, and L have been pushed back to November and in fact we may get all three cases at the same time.

Hot Ones D cases have been released and we expect them this week.

A BIG HUGE THANK YOU for all your support the orders that are coming in are FANTASTIC and the new customers continue to amaze me, after 25 years we are getting almost 30% of the orders over the last month from new names. LOVE IT and THANK YOU!

10/24/11
HEY WHY HASN'T MY ORDER SHIPPED???!!!!

Let me tell you all how the last few days have gone and why we are behind a bit. We loaded up the truck for the NHRA Hot Rod Reunion which is the largest Nostalgia Drag Race in the world and everything and I mean everything was going GREAT! 38 Nitro Funny Cars on the grounds we are there in time, booth going up fine and then it happens.

You see we grabbed a few of the damaged cases of Nostalgia B and Vintage Racing G to take with us and as one of the crew girls opens a case of Vintage G she says "hey that is funny all the cars in here are the same"!!!!!

Now in the 25 years I have been doing this I have been here before. I run over to the table and we cut open all the cases we brought with us. It is 50/50, most cases are perfect, the way they should be, but some have up to 10 of the same car in them and they have no Datsun 510's! Houston we have a problem!

I call the crew that has been shipping all day and catch them ten minuets before UPS was to pick up. All the orders have to be checked I tell them. So no orders shipped on Thursday. All the shipping for the day was voided and we started breaking down the pallet to find out what was happening. Long story short there are at least seven packing codes on the cases and so far we have only found one that is bad but it is real bad.

Friday morning the very small crew we had here started opening every box they had packed and checking the order, each box was opened and checked and we did an inventory with the packing codes and what we needed. Friday was a complete write off for shipping.

Today we started to reship the orders as fast as we could with maintaining the quality that you all expect, so now every Vintage Racing G case is opened and checked to make sure the cars are assorted as you expect. Mattel is working with us to get us corrected product as fast as they can so unfortunately there maybe a few orders that are delayed as we bring in corrected product.

I just felt it was better to get your orders to you a few days late rather than them be wrong.

Also it looks like there are two #22 cars and no #15 car in the set.

Now how about we see just how cool these things are:

Vintage Racing G Case

Nostalgia Releases B MAN THESE ARE JUST FLAT OUT COOL!

With everything going on our Greenlight shipment arrived and that is going out so we are slammed and to top it off we have a full Penske Rental truck to unload by Wednesday! HAHA

Anyway I promise I will post some of the car shot I took soon, A GREAT WEEKEND OF RACING! Safe, Fun and FAST. Also I ran into more than a few of you guys and gals there, it was cool to put a face to the names after all these years.

More tomorrow, I think if I can get some sleep tonight.

10/17/11
The Matchbox Lesney T cases, Nostalgia B Cases and the Vintage Racing G Cases  Shipped from Texas and on their way to us now. We expect them soon and will start processing orders right away.

M2 Auto Haulers Chevy 100th Anniversary Series 2 and Auto Haulers Release 4

will be here first thing in the morning and we will ship them out tomorrow.

Just a heads up that I will be out of the Office Wednesday thru Friday and will return on Monday morning. I will be at the NHRA Hot Rod Reunion in Bakersfield Ca. (I promise some cool photos when I get back) This is one of the biggest events of the year for us and most of the crew here goes up with me to handle the 50 foot booth we build. We expect our Mattel shipment and I have some help coming in to get as much out as fast as we can. IT IS A MASSIVE shipment so it may take a day or so to get it out so please be patient, worst case is everything left will ship on Monday. This is just about our last big event of the year with only the LA Auto Show the two weeks before Thanksgiving left on the schedule. It will be so nice to be done with these shows and back to the office full time.

I have to say a HUGE THANK YOU to all of you for the AMAZING support we get day in and day out. The last three weeks have really started to heat up again with over 30% of the orders placed coming from new clients! I can't wait to get the Mattel 2012 info so we can start with the 2012 Pre-Orders I know it is going to ROCK next year.

10/14/11
Toy fair at Mattel today was GREAT 2012 looks to be an AMAZING year in diecast with all the lines we have heard of, Nostalgia, Hot Ones, Hot Wheels Racing and Boulevard. Plus there are some cool little niche lines that I think will work very well and be a bit hit with collectors. We all know Monster Jam is totally cool! and there is the usual 1/64th and 1/24th scale lines but in June next year there is a Then and Now 2 pack featuring the old style trucks and the current day trucks, THESE WERE COOL!

There is a KILLER new 1/50th Scale Batman line and a very nice 1/64th scale Motor Cycle line that reminds me a bit of a mini RRRumberlers line up with around 22 different variations. Also a few Color shifter line ups that will get collectors attention and a cool DC Comics line that should be good for one or two releases. The Band Haulers are nice and will be in a spring and fall assortment. There is a ton more info that I have requested on some surprises so we should gather info next week and roll out our 2012 subscriptions in the next two weeks.

It is funny I was looking at some old flyers from our days past and we started offering subscriptions for the Johnny Lightning line is 1994 and had a subscription program for Limited Edition Hot Wheels in 1992 so next year will be our 20th Year in offering collectors a subscription program for the cars they love most.

It was information overload from the manufacturers when I got back to the office.

M2 - There are two releases of Auto-Haulers due in on Tuesday, the Second Chevy 100th Anniversary Series

 and Auto Haulers Release 4 are both due in Tuesday.

M2 Also Announced Ground Pounders Release 8

Johnny Lightning released photos of JL 2.0 E Release I

and Forever 64 Releases Z

Both of these lines should be here something in the next week or so.

Greenlight Announced two NEW LINES

Road Racers Release 1

and Zine Machines Release 1

That wraps up a busy Friday and we hope to have additional info from the Big M early next week.

Have a FANTASTIC WEEKEND, Stay Safe and THANK YOU for 25 years of allowing us to do what we love with all of your support.

10/13/11
The conversation started with Fred? Yes. Hey you have a big number for Nostalgia Release B, is that what you need?

It rarely goes good from that point on. I knew Nostalgia would catch on and I have ordered big since the first time I saw it. Now put DC Comics in the mix and you have a blockbuster. The GREAT NEWS is that we got our number and a few (VERY FEW) extra cases coming in next week. There are always a ton of damages in the shipment so if you want a case MAKE SURE YOU HAVE IT PRE-ORDERED NOW! If you open you cars and don't mind a few damaged packages PLEASE let me know.

So on its way to us now from Texas is the Matchbox Lesney T cases, Nostalgia B Cases and the Vintage Racing G Cases!

We should see these Between Tuesday and Thursday of next week.

10/11/11
Finally a little product is moving again with Hot Wheels Basic Car A cases arriving very late today, they will all ship tomorrow.

JL sent over some new info and we should have more pictures tomorrow from them.

They have a new Special Release of John Deere coming in December.

Other BIG news out of JL is they will now start carrying the Tomica Line! They have the US stuff now but we can all hope some of the Japanese Releases will find its way here next year NOW THAT WOULD BE COOL!

More tomorrow, Have a GREAT night and THANK YOU for all your support.

10/6/11
Ok I am finally somewhere in the world where I can post a blog and get back to basics.

This is always such a strange time of year, the current model year is winding down and we are on hold of announcing the new next year lines until after the Hot Wheel Convention. This year we have the added fact that Mattel's Toy Fair is actually after the HW Convention so while we get a sneak at the stuff at the convention we really don't get the lowdown until the week after at Toy Fair.

September was one of the strangest months I can remember in 25 years of doing this, The end of 3rd quarter and no product shipped? That can only mean a back up somewhere which will have to sort it self out before the 2012 product starts to ship. With the Major stores having a fixed day for Plan-o-gram as they say something is going to have to give.

As far as Hot Wheels goes:

Garage J cases should be in the country the week of Oct 8th.

Looks like one case per month or 3 cases in the next two months.

L is the last scheduled case for the Garage run and features a great line up and the Drag Bus.

Boulevard is the price point adult line for 2012 and will start with a November / December release.

More info will be made available at the Convention and next week should open the Subscription process.

Vintage Racing gets replaced with Hot Wheels Racing and there are 1-3 additional lines of 1/64th diecast that may or may not have a collector base to them?

Vintage Racing mix G is being air shipped in mid October.

Nostalgia Mix B (DC Comics) will come in 10/15.

Hot Ones Mix D will have the full qty available in our DC week of 10/22.

Basic Cars, Nostalgia and Hot Ones continue through 2012.

Our Toy Fair appt is the 14th so more info is coming, we have some time as we have to get through Vintage G cases (Airfrieghted in mid this month) and the last 3 cases of Garage.

I had a GREAT VERY LONG conversation with the owner of Greenlight yesterday so I will let you in on that talk and just got some new Johnny Lightning photos that I will try and get up over the next 36 hours. I have to run now and drive down to the HW convention so more tomorrow night or Saturday morning..

9/23/11
Getting ready for the weekend and had to put up some Sneak Peak Photos of the Nostalgia D cases

Should see new M2 on Tuesday and Greenlight as well.

We are running a 50% off sale on EVERYTHING LISTED ON THE TOY PEDDLER UNTIL SUNDAY so come on by and check it out

.9/20/11
Feels great to be back to normal and shipping all caught up. All U.S. Orders have shipped and International will ship tomorrow as it seems we will have a little break between Mattel shipments.

We received the Matchbox Lesney S Cases a few days ago and while all the orders have shipped we have a few cases available now

Not a bunch more to tell, should have some updated pictures on the website tomorrow.

9/19/11
Massive shipping over the weekend and today so we are so close to all the orders shipped, we will be caught up by Lunch tomorrow and should have all the weekend orders out as well.

The Nostalgia C cases we had in stock flew out the door and we have more on their way already. This entire line is picking up steam very quickly and is now our Number 1 Hot Wheels line.

More news tomorrow as I should have some more pics from upcoming releases.

9/15/11
We just unloaded the Nostalgia C cases

Man do these look COOL! Over the last few days the numbers for this line has just gone crazy as collectors both die cast and from other walks of life get involved with the entire line. To say that the B assortment with Superman and the other DC Comics brands is going to be hot is a huge understatement I think.

Nostalgia is now our biggest selling Hot Wheels Adult line and does not look to slow down through 2012.

We expect some Matchbox later today or first thing in the morning and we will be shipping hard and fast.

9/14/11
Well it is great to be back and getting caught up. I hope this was the last of the emergencies that have kept us on the run for the summer and we are now ready to hit it hard for the busy fourth quarter.

All US orders are current and shipped out, International will ship as soon as we receive the Nostalgia C cases as that could be the last of the Mattel items until a MASSIVE shipment the first week in October.

Nostalgia C cases are due any day now, they have been released to us but I do not have a firm delivery date. could be tomorrow.

Have Fun and God Bless,
Fred

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9/6/11
After speaking with Mattel this morning it came to my attention that we had the wrong pricing on the Garage 30 car sets. I originally was working off the spec price.

I am glad to announce we are able to REDUCE the price to $104.99 DELIVERED! EVERYONE (and there are a lot of you) who Pre-Ordered at the other price will get the new LOWER price. We have made the adjustments in our system.

THANK YOU for the AMAZING support over the weekend!

More tonight.

We received the Hot Ones Release C late in the day and got some out the door the rest will all go out tomorrow and we will be caught up.

9/1/11
So lets see somehow I deleted the last few months of blogs so I guess we start again.

Today I updated a bunch of items and added photos so lets get into it.

Alright We have the latest information on the 30 Car Sets and I have posted them for Pre-Order. This is the latest information from Mattel as of about 4:00 today. I think we are going to be good on numbers but anything can happen, PLEASE PLEASE PRE-ORDER NOW, So I can fight for every set you want.

Hot Wheels 30 CAR SET
BEST OF GARAGE
WAL-MART / HOBBY RELEASE

5 EXCLUSIVE CARDED CARS


MORE CAR INFO AS WE GET IT
MATTEL IS ONLY PRODUCING ONE PRODUCTION RUN OF THESE SETS, WAL-MART HAS FIRST RIGHT TO THE PRODUCTION RUN. ANY SETS LEFT OVER AFTER THEY PLACE THEIR ORDERS WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THE HOBBY DISTRIBUTORS
WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF SETS ON ORDER, I DO NOT EXPECT TO GET ALL OF OUR ORDER.
ORDERS WILL BE FILLED IN FIRST TO ORDER THE 20 CAR TRU SETS FIRST TO GET ALLOCATED AND SHIPPED BASIS, ADDITIONAL SETS WILL BE SOLD ON A FIRST COME FIRST SHIPPED BASIS
THIS IS A PRE-ORDER - I WILL POST IN THE BLOG AS SOON AS WE KNOW HOW MANY WE ARE GETTING
AT THIS TIME NO SETS ARE GUARANTEED.
Ferrari 250 GTO
Ferrari 308 GTS
Ferrari 365 GTB 4 Daytona
Ferrari Dino 246 GTS
Ferrari P4
Ferrari 512 M
67 Ford Bronco
73 Ford Falcon
Ford GT 40
67 Custom Ford Mustang Coupe
64 Ford Falcon Sprint
70 Mustang Mach 1
70 Chevy Blazer
65 Chevy Malibu
67 Camaro
69 Chevelle SS 396
1967 Pontiac Firebird 400
55 Chevy Panel
70 Dodge Power Wagon
70 Dodge Hemi Challenger
69 Dodge Coronet Super Bee
68 Hemi Barracuda
71 Dodge Demon
63 Belvedere 426 Wedge
VW Drag Bus
Volkswagen Bug
56 VW Custom Drag Beetle
65 Volkswagen Fastback
'69 Custom VW Squareback
VW Karmann Ghia
The cars in Red - 1st listed for each manufacturer
are unique to the set and packed in blisters.

   Garage BEST OF GARAGE 30 Car SET
                         $104.99 Delivered
*
                    NO PAYPAL FOR THIS ITEM
                       AS SETS MAYBE ALLOCATED BY MATTEL

EXPECTED: MID / END OF OCTOBER

Item: 
HW30-WAL

I also updated the following:

GREENLIGHT:
MOTOR WORLD Release 6

MUSCLE Releases 3

M2:
Added Production Photos of the Detroit-Cruiser Release 1 HERE NEXT WEEK!

Announced with Preproduction Photos the 1/64th Scale Drivers Release 12 FLAMES! REMEMBER HOW FAST THESE SOLD OUT LAST YEAR!

Announced and added Pre-Order information for Auto-Haulers Release LE-200

HOT WHEELS:
30 Car Best of Garage Set

JOHNNY LIGHTNING:
Forever 64 Releases X and Y

JL 2.0 E Release H