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5/20/13 Updated Vehicle Assortments for the POP CULTURE Line Updated Vehicle Assortments for the Retro Entertainment Line Also updated the B and H case availability. Updated Vehicle Assortments for the FLYING CUSTOMS Release E This may be the last case of Flying Customs. Updated Vehicle Assortments for the Cool Classics Announced the car selection for 2013 Matchbox 60th Anniversary Case E We picked up from M2 today and got some KILLER announcements WILD CARDS RELEASE 4 and 5 (THIS WILL NOT LAST LONG!)
Added photos and moved into the
Ship on May 20th Section the
We should have Muscle Machines and more info tomorrow. To update your credit card info Please us this link: Credit Card Update Enjoy, HAVE FUN, THANK YOU and see you soon.
Have Fun and God Bless,
5/13/13 Updated Release Dates and Vehicle Assortments for the 1/50th Scale Star Trek Added Photos of the 1/24th Scale MONSTER JAM Release E and updated the Release Dates for Cases F-J
Added Photos of 1/64th Scale MONSTER JAM Releases H and J and updated the Release Dates for Cases K - Q
Matchbox 60th Anniversary Release C
5/9/13 HERE IS THE BIG NEWS! For all of you who missed out on the Retro Entertainment A or H cases, THERE IS A SPECIAL RETRO ENTERTAINMENT CASE THAT I FOUND IN AN INVENTORY LIST THAT IS COMING IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS! THAT CASE HAS 4 EACH OF THE BAT MOBILE, THE ECTO-1, A-TEAM VAN AND KITT! This is one KILLER case! So we will ship all our pre-orders that were not filled for A or H cases this special case! This will happen automatically. If you did not get an A or H case and you do not want this case please send me an email ASAP and I will cancel it off your order. If you already got an A or H case in your subscription we ARE NOT ADDING this case to the subscriptions as it duplicates cars from two cases. However if you want any of these cases all you need to do is send me an email telling me your full name and how many cases you want and I will add them to your subscription at the subscription price. If you are not a Subscriber but would like one or more of these cases all you need to do is place and order now on our site at this link and you will be placed in line for a Pre-Order.
On the M2 front I added photos of the May Release DRIVERS 1:64 scale Release 18C - 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona HEMI
5/7/13 Now we are happy to Announce we will be bringing you the full 1/64th scale line up for his new diecast venture, AutoWorld. From our conversations I can tell you this line will be is SHORT supply to the Hobby when it arrives starting in August. I am working on a few little things for the launch of the AutoWorld section of the website which Tom told me he should have to me in about 2 weeks. So I just wanted to let you all know WE WILL HAVE THE ENTIRE 1/64TH SCALE LINE. Don't worry there are a few months before anything comes in the country. AS ALWAYS WE WILL HAVE YOU COVERED!
5/1/13 We have a TO of product on the way to us so next week should be flat out and really crazy. I did get to update a few images for M2 on the website Auto-Thentics 20E - 1949 Merc 20F
Auto-Thentics - 1960 Chrysler 300F
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Have Fun and God Bless,
P.S.
4/30/13 There is a ton to get updated on the website and to announce. I will be working the rest of the week to get us up to date here on the web and an email newsletter as well as making a huge effort to keep our Facebook page up to date from this point forward. Once again it is time to shake up a few things and I have had a little time to work out some new plans so get ready were going to have some fun. I added a new image today so you would have something to look at:
I have to say that I am seriously impressed with how you all got on board with our M2 Programs and we hit it out of the park for sure increasing our M2 sales almost 300%! Of course we have a great relationship with M2 and we are really looking forward to the future with them. You going to flip when you see what they have in store for the last half of this year. Lets just say that their new licensing agreement is going to stun a few minds. Alright that is it for today but come back tomorrow because there will be lots to add, rework, and update over the next few days. There is nothing like laying on the floor for a week or so to get you motivated. To update your credit card info Please us this link: Credit Card Update Enjoy, HAVE FUN, THANK YOU and see you soon.
Have Fun and God Bless,
4/7/13 Talk to you on Monday morning! More as we know it.
3/31/13
WE WILL BE CLOSED
THE WEEK OF APRIL 1-5 2013 Just sent out a new email newsletter you can read it HERE
3/27/13
1/24th Scale MONSTER JAM Releases A and B
1/64th Scale MONSTER JAM Releases F and G
M2 Shelby Release 20 is here and we have 2 sets left
3/12/13 I posted the 1/64th Scale Cool Customs Single Case and Subscription Program Also we received a MASSIVE shipment from Mattel today and it will take a few days to dig our way out of this one. The girls will start processing invoices early in the morning and then it will be full bore shipping for the next couple of days. Here is what we got in 2013 POP CULTURE Assortments D
1/64th Scale MONSTER JAM Releases C, D, and E
RETRO ENTERTAINMENT Release B (AN EXTREMELY SMALL AMOUNT THAT FILLED ABOUT 20% OF OUR ORDERS, MORE IS DUE IN THE NEXT WEEK)
MATCHBOX:
We also received a TON of Muscle Machines info and have posted the: 1/64th Scale Muscle Machines Single Blistercard Releases 13.1, 13.2, 13.3 and 13.4 1/64th Scale Muscle Machines Build-Ups Box Sets Releases 13.1, 13.2, and 13.3 1/64th Scale Muscle Machines HARLEY DAVIDSON Single Blistercard Release 1/24th Scale Muscle Machine Releases 13.1, 13.2.13.3 and 13.4 1/24th Scale Muscle Machines HARLEY DAVIDSON 66 Mustang and 40 Ford 1/18th Scale Muscle Machines Releases 13.1 and 13.2 More as we know it. TONS OF DECLINES TODAY SO IF YOU DIDN'T GET CHARGED THEN To update your credit card info Please us this link: Credit Card Update Enjoy, HAVE FUN, THANK YOU and see you soon.
Have Fun and God Bless,
3/7/13 Here is a little Sneak Peak
3/4/13 We also received Boulevard L cases and all our back orders are now filled. I have more L and M cases on their way as well as a bigger Mattel shipment due towards the end of the week.
2/27/13 Man it has just been so crazy busy that we are working flat out to get caught up and keep the product flowing out the door. We are back to 100% and caught up with all the US orders. Basic Car F Cases will ship in the morning and that will get us ready to attack the international stuff once I see what Mattel has planned for us next week. Over the next few days I will be rebuilding the entire Greenlight, Johnny Lightning and Muscle Machines sections of the websites with the 2013 product info now that toy fair is over and we have the info we need. M2 is in my view is just a disaster at this point. The current way of releasing cars two at a time would make them almost double the cost to get them to you as they came out. So we will offer them in two ways starting next week. The first way is we will offer them in the two car sets as they come out if you want them right away and don't mind the extra cost of shipping two cars at a time. For those of you who just want to make sure you get all the cars but don't mind waiting we will put together a monthly subscription plan where you will pay $5.25 a car and then on the 25th of each month we will have a $12.95 shipping charge and everything that was released in that month will be shipped in one box. We have done this for 26 years for our international clients and will do it for the M2 line. We received the Hot Wheels Basic F cases today and a few fill ins as well with more goodies on the way! I forgot to post images of the FLYING CUSTOMS Release C that are in stock now
2/17/13 Tomorrow (Tuesday) we will 100% be back to full strength and EVERYONE will be back in the office. There is much to get caught up on and much house cleaning to do on the website, ect but we are all up to the task with an amazing sense of passion and a clean bill of health! So lets get going. We received the Flying Colors C Cases today and all orders will be shipped tomorrow. I will update you more mid day. P.S. we have about 6 POP CULTURE Release C Cases in stock.
1/15/13 - P.S.S.
1/15/13 - P.S.
1/15/13 Mattel has released today the car assortment for the POP CULTURE Release C Including a T1 Drag Bus and GMC Motorhome due in Mid-February! Needless to say I have already tripled our order for this case, All subscriptions will ship first. However If my gut tells me anything this case will be Crazy and SELL OUT FAST! It has been awhile since there has been a T1 Drag bus in a retail case. I will place an additional order in the next 24 hours depending on the orders that come in tonight and tomorrow morning once I send out the email newsletter. In case of allocation from Mattel orders will ship in the order they were placed by time / date stamp on the order from our website. Please do not use Paypal for these orders as if there is an allocation your payment will not be refunded but will be available to you for credit towards any order with us.
Most of the Release planning dept for Mattel has been out of the country or sick with the really bad flu, this has resulted in not much getting released to the Hobby Distributors for the last 6-8 days. Get ready as they get back in the office the flood gates will open, but for the mean time I don't expect our regular shipment this week.
1/10/13 And just 30 minuets later our box and peanut supplier delivered so we were off and shipping like crazy. We have more of everything o our way to us again and Mattel will release tonight and tomorrow night as well for us so early next week should be good for re-orders and fill ins along with what ever is new. M2 Is also getting a bit caught up and the complete sets are starting to be finalized. SO watch for hem to start hitting in the next 15-30 days. They are still figuring out just how their new system is going to work, but have no fear we will have all the cars / trucks and why pay three separate shipping charges and get them 2 at a time when you can get FACTORY SEALED Complete Sets with a fair chance at a Chase car. Added New Photos for the 1/64th Scale Detroit-Muscle SHELBY Release 20
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Have Fun and God Bless,
1/4/13 I am back from vacation and it was jump back in to the deep water. I came back to the office mid day Wednesday and was thinking we would have a few days to catch up and then hit it hard next week. You know get all the emails and phone messages returned and then have a little free time to download the images from my camera and see if I had any really nice images to print for my next art show in February, just kind of cruise back into the work thing. NOT! As soon as I sat down a truck pulled in, OK fine we are getting some product. Having been out of the office and away from phone reception I had no idea what we were in for. Within the next 3 hours we would receive 4 trucks of new 2013 Hot Wheel Products! We received a full months worth of items in less than 3 hours! FANTASTIC! Well here is where we are now, it is Friday night at 8:00PM, I am still in my office and I have returned all the phone messages, The emails, well not so much.. I promise you are the first thing on my plate Monday morning at 6:00 AM. We have product shoved in every nook and cranny there is, get into my studio to shoot or edit images, yea right maybe by Wednesday. We are shipping and processing orders as fast a we can get them out the door, I have two shippers coming in all weekend to ship and I think we should be all caught up by the end of Monday maybe Tuesday if there is any set backs. But we will get everyone out the door ASAP. We do have a bunch of declines and some of hem are expired cards and such due to the year date change, To update your credit card info Please us this link: Credit Card Update Now I know everyone was hungry for product but I guess I didn't know just how hungry. To be honest I figured I had over ordered a bit but I always do for the first few cases of the year for people who forget to renew their subscriptions or get busy over the holidays. But MAN you guys and gals went CRAZY over the last 48 hours when word got out the new stuff was here. So every thing, every case we received is sold. All Pre-orders are shipping and we are getting the new orders out as fast as we can. I spoke with Mattel a few tomes today and we have EVERYTHING on order now, MORE IS COMING! So please PLACE YOUR ORDERS NOW IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE so I can get it in here now. We are at a dangerous time where Mattel will start shipping the first few cases to the mass very soon so the product will be available today and then boom gone for good the next. Mattel is back to its standard shipping schedule again, Place your order by Noon on Tuesday and we should have it by the following Tuesday if it is not in stock already. I am telling you the 2013 line up from Mattel maybe the best I have seen in YEARS from them. Look at what we got!
2013 Boulevard L (THIS CASE IS KILLER!)
1/64th Scale MONSTER JAM Release B
Matchbox 60th Anniversary Release B
12/22/12 We received a shipment of 2013 RETRO ENTERTAINMENT A
and we have more on it's way so all orders should ship by years end. We will also have the 2013 RETRO ENTERTAINMENT H Assortments coming this next week or just after the first of the year along with 2013 POP CULTURE Assortments A and a few more surprises. We will be closed until Wednesday the 26th. Have a GREAT AND MERRY CHRISTMAS!
12/18/12 Well if you have been wondering what is 2013 going to be like, I have some AMAZING news for you! I just got a KILLER email from Mattel and they laid out the entire 1st quarter of 2013! MAN IS IT GOING TO BE A GREAT YEAR!!!!!!!!! I have updated the entire Hot Wheels section of the website: REMEMBER THESE CAN AND WILL MOST LIKELY CHANGE BUT USE THEM AS A GUIDELINE.
Added Assortment and Expected Dates for for the 2013 FLYING CUSTOMS Releases C and D Added Assortment and Expected Dates for for the 2013 Boulevard L, M, AND N Case Assortments Added Assortment and Expected Dates for for the 2013 POP CULTURE Assortments A, B, and D Added Assortment and Expected Dates for for the 2013 1/50TH Scale BATMAN D Release Added Assortment and Expected Dates for for the 2013 RETRO ENTERTAINMENT C and D Releases Added Assortment and Expected Dates for for the 2013 Power Rangers Releases C and D
Please make sure to look at the 2013 RETRO ENTERTAINMENT A, H, B, and C Assortments. and come in close I can't say this to loud, shhhh don't tell anyone but if you want to know how 2013 could get better? Well you see 2014 is the 45th Anniversary of Hot Wheels so how do you lead into that? While Boulevard has an amazing casting line up for the 2013 line up wait until you see what replaces it in the fall, Cool Classics will be back with a brand new Spectrafrost finish only available on this line!
12/12/12 We are finally just about caught up from the LA Auto Show, Phone and email messages are all up to date and shipping with be 100% by the end of day tomorrow. THANK YOU for all your support while we were so crazy. The La Auto show is always crazy but this year it seemed a little more so with little things giving us a few test (Like them breaking into my car and stealing the third row seats one night). Anyway we are back in the office and everything is going smoothly again. The BIG question is where is the new 2013 Hot Wheels Stuff, Well the dock strike at LA Harbor has set everything back a bit and it now seems that we will see the
and 2013 RETRO ENTERTAINMENT in early January, Yes I know they are on ebay but if you look at the auctions they are Pre-Selling the cars. They are not in the country as yet. I have lots to update in the next few days so hang in there and we will be working 100% to get us ready for the new year.
11/13/12 PLEASE GO TO THE WEBSITE AND CHECK OUT THE RELEASE AND IF YOU WANT IT PRE-ORDER IT NOW! This will be a total sell out from M2 on Wednesday morning I know that and I have to give them what we want at close of business tomorrow. I have an idea what we will need but with a release like this the numbers can go crazy really fast and I don’t want you to miss out because I was a bonehead. Now there are two ways it is going to be released, the Hertz GT350H Red and Black cars will be available some places in late November. BUT THE SIX CAR SET will be here Late December / January. We are going to wait for the six car sets! So you will be Pre-Ordering the Shelby 6 Car Sets for delivery in December / January. M2:
Announced the
1/64th Scale Detroit-Muscle SHELBY Release 20
Added Photos for the
Ground Pounders Wild Cards Release 2 1957 Nomads We have a good number of declines for the Basic Cars so if you have not been charged then we have a need to speak with you or you can update your credit card info on the website.
11/6/12 We received a shipment from Mattel very late today and I let the crew leave to go vote so we will process all orders tomorrow. We received some International Basic B Cases, A ton of fill in orders and the
I also found some images from Mattel, not 100% sure if they are prototypes or production but they will give us a look at what is coming: Added a Mattel Image for 2013 POP CULTURE
Added a Mattel Image for 2013 Power Rangers
11/3/12
10/31/12 The big news we can finally give you a little low down is the M2 FOOSE Release 1 line is in approval stages and should be ready to ship in VERY EARLY JANUARY! I EXPECT THIS LINE TO BE SOLD OUT BY THANKSGIVING! So If you like what you see then please pre-order NOW!
Speaking of selling out almost every M2 Line is now selling out by the time it gets to us, They are totally sold out at M2 and what ever extras we bring in is it. Most we have less than a master case left by the time we get them. We now have to order our product the day it is announced and once we sell out of our allocation it is GONE! PLEASE DON'T WAIT TO PRE-ORDER! IF YOU LIKE IT ORDER RIGHT AWAY! THAT WAY IF I NEED TO TRY AND GET MORE I CAN! I posted pictures of the 1/64th Scale Drivers Release 17 THIS RELEASE WILL SELL OUT VERY QUICKLY!
Added Production Photo For the Chevy 100 Release 2, we have 4 sets left
Updated the Wild Cards Releases with some new pictures and availability.
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Have Fun and God Bless,
10/23/12 Should be a GREAT, FUN, year of collecting with some great stuff. Today we received our Mattel shipment very late in teh day and the girls are working on the invoices overnight so we will start shipping first thing in the morning. We received
Monster Jam Then and Now 2-Packs Releases C
10/11/12 While I was waiting to find out just what to do I finally stopped walking in circles and the crew here sat me down and locked me in my office at my desk. The good part is I got the Matchbox part of 2013 done and it is up now on the website. Announced the 2013 Basic Matchbox 36 Car Case Subscription Plans and Single Case Pre-Ordering information.
Announced the 2013 Matchbox 60th Anniversary Subscription Plans and Single Case Pre-Ordering information.
Been a long day and I am going home to watch the lightning storm and the VP debate. Thank You all for your support! If you with your loved ones give them a hug and tell them how much you care, If you are away from them then pick up a phone and tell them what they mean to you. If I learned one thing today.. You never know.
10/9/12 I sat down to start writing and my good buddy Jeff called me and said hey are you coming down? Down> Down where? The Hot Wheels Convention! Now you see I totally forgot to put it on my calendar and I already had a photo shoot on Friday, an Off Road Charity Race to photograph on Saturday and was promoting a SteamPunk Model Shoot on Sunday, so... shall we say I don't have a lot of sleep over the last five days. It was GREAT to see a bunch of you at the convention, and I was very impressed with the turn out this year. Room to Room trading was strong and the room we had shared with Jeff was BUSY every time I was there, I know it was strong from 10 and to 1:00 am at night so THANK YOU! Back at the warehouse things continue to run extremely smooth with shipping going great and we are keeping up with orders and getting everything out the same day or the very next day. International has been a dream with the new system and we actually had a USPS rep come by and help us with a few things! Today we shipped more USPS orders in a single day then ever before! Looks like we will be very strong for 2013 and the new systems are working perfect. Now we will start to roll out some of the web based things we have been working on for awhile, so watch things change in the next few months. I want to THANK YOU all for your amazing support, our subscriptions for 2013 are already ahead of this year and we continue to receive orders every day! Remember if you collect Hot Wheels and are on a subscription all lines except Basic Cars and Boulevard have shipped their last case for the product line and you need to sign up for the new lines now to make sure you receive the A cases due in the next 3-5 weeks. We did receive the Muscle Machines 1/24TH Scale Release 12.3 (We will have more early Nov)
And the 1/64th Scale Muscle Machines Blistercards Release 12.3 (We have about 4 cases left and then we will receive more in Early Nov)
We also received Forever 64 Release 24 ZZF
All orders have shipped and we are current with all US orders!
10/2/12 I really enjoy speaking with all of you, I think it keeps me in the loop with the hobby and what the needs of the collectors are, this in turn allows us to convey that to the manufacturers and helps us all stay in touch with what is desired and needed for all of us to enjoy our hobby. I will always be the first one to answer the phones here as I feel it is very important to hear what your wants and needs are. Sure emails are easier and I even answer them at weird times from my phone when I can but as an old dog I am still a lets get o the phone and talk about it guy. We are way ahead of our 2013 projections and I want to THANK YOU for your continued support! Our subscription programs are going extremely strong and we will be ahead of our 2012 numbers. I have extended the date to receive the 10% off the early releases of Pop Culture and Retro Entertainment until November 30th as long as I can get our number into Mattel I will pass the savings on to all of you. I have seen dates of October 15th and November 10th for the first releases of the 2013 products so please I am not sure what date is real but don't miss out now is the time to renew your subscriptions! We are shipping the M2 Shelby Cars, Ground Pounders Wild Cars Release 1 and the Drivers 16 now. As well as we received a HUGE SHIPMENT FROM MATTEL with the 2013 Basic Car Release A cases and
Hot Wheels Nostalgia K Assortment
I am hoping to get a newsletter out tomorrow but that may turn into Thursday with the amount of shipping we have to do. (our newsletters are always posted on our website, just click on the newsletter link at the very top right corner, the information is for everyone we have nothing to hide or secrets, I believe a strong hobby is the best hobby and after 27 years we are just happy that you continue to support us and have fun!) If you are thinking about a 2013 Subscription and have questions or thoughts, Give me a call at 951-780-5104 and I will personally make sure your good and I will do what it takes to make sure your getting your products from us. There is no reason to get them anywhere else. You are already coming here for the information now lets make you part of our diecast family!
9/25/12 Also the Ground Pounders Wild Cards Release 1 will also ship at the same time. THANK YOU for the HUGE response for the 2013 Subscriptions and Single Case orders, We are way ahead of last years pace! I know the lines look GREAT for 2013 and I think with just a little more product Mattel is looking at a very nice year for collectors. Please remember that all POP CULTURE and RETO ENTERTAINMENT that ships out before 1/1/13 will get 10% off the Website Price. That puts Pop Culture Subscriptions at $73.75 a Case (Lowest on the net) and Retro Entertainment at $77.35 a case.
QUICK LINK TO ONE PAGE ORDERING FOR THE We received a ton of MONSTER JAM and I have updated the website with photos.
Monster Jam 1/64th Scale G, H, J, K, and L Cases
And I also update the truck selection for Monster Jam 1/64th Scale M and N Cases I also forgot to post photo for Hot Ones Releases Q So they are up now.
9/21/12
We have announced our 2013 Hot Wheels Programs, Nearly all of the information is confirmed and ready to go. We have a few loose ends still on some items, Monster Jam 1/24th and Cars among them) and will post those items when we can confirm the info. While it looks like the Matchbox pricing is confirmed now the case pack is not so we will announce the Matchbox programs as soon as we can confirm this information. I had a FANTASTIC hour long conversation with our rep at Mattel and went over many lines both announced and soon to be announced. 2013 looks GREAT and we again will bring you all the products available. There is a good incentive to pre-order before September 30th this year as Mattel has a significant price increase on a few lines at the first of the year and on these lines we will offer a 10% discount on all releases that SHIP BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR when you pre-order prior to September 30th. So check out the 2013 Hot Wheels section and Have a GREAT WEEKEND! Announced the 2013 FLYING CUSTOMS Subscription Plans and Single Case Pre-Ordering information. Announced the 2013 POP CULTURE Subscription Plans and Single Case Pre-Ordering information. Announced the 2013 RETRO ENTERTAINMENT Subscription Plans and Single Case Pre-Ordering information. Announced the 2013 BASIC CAR U.S. RELEASE Subscription Plans and Single Case Pre-Ordering information. Announced the 2013 BASIC CAR INTERNATIONAL RELEASE Subscription Plans and Single Case Pre-Ordering information. Announced the
2012 /13 Boulevard
Continuation Releases Pre-Ordering information.
WE WILL CONTINUE ALL 2012 BOULEVARD
SUBSCRIPTIONS THROUGH THE END OF THE LINE IN SPRING 2013 AT THE CURRENT
PRICE!
IF YOU HAVE A 2012 SUBSCRIPTION YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. Announced the 2013 1/50th Scale Star Trek Subscription Plans and Single Case Pre-Ordering information. Announced the 2013 Entertainment Characters Subscription Plans and Single Case Pre-Ordering information. Announced the 2013 Power Rangers Subscription Plans and Single Case Pre-Ordering information. Announced the 2013 1/64th Scale MONSTER JAM Subscription Plans and Single Case Pre-Ordering information. Announced the 2013 1/24th Scale MONSTER JAM Subscription Plans and Single Case Pre-Ordering information.
9/19/12 Yesterday we sent a truck to M2 picked up the Tom Kelly Release and shipped every order out the door in the same day. We are really hitting on all eight cylinders.
Now if you believe the rumors we are in a "Panic" because we don't have the 2013 Hot Wheels info posted yet, well there is a reason for that. The info that is out is not all correct! We are confirming a few things still. There may or may not be a name change on one of the lines. There are two price list going around and there is a 18% difference between the two list. So as you can see we need to be correct when we post them. I think we should be good to go tomorrow after my conference call with Mattel in the morning. (Not with a broker who will call Mattel for me, a "Direct with Mattel" phone call). One thing we know for sure is that Boulevard will NOT continue for 2013! It will stop in early spring 2013. There are four or five more castings to be announced in the line. WE WILL CONTINUE ALL 2012 BOULEVARD SUBSCRIPTIONS THROUGH THE END OF THE LINE IN SPRING 2013 AT THE CURRENT PRICE! IF YOU HAVE A 2012 SUBSCRIPTION YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. If you do not want to continue just give me a call and we will end your subscription at any time. More 2013 info tomorrow once we can confirm a few things, but don't worry we have you covered!
9/13/12 We sent a truck over to Maisto today and picked up a bunch of the 12.1 and 12.2 muscle Machines again and are filling all the back orders now. 12.3 Releases are due the week of 10/5 and we will pick the up the very first day they are available and ship the right away. Mattel is finalizing the 2013 line up now, you may have seen some info out there, don't worry we will have all the lines plus a few that you haven't heard about all available single cases and subscriptions. Once they are finalized. I know there are changes in at least one of the lines so better to be right than have to go back I think. We have a little time so hang in there a few more days. M2 has given us some dates to watch for, the 1/64th Scale Shelby Tribute cars are in the country and we are just waiting for them to be released by customs. M2 is just 20 minuets away from us so we will send a truck as soon as they are cleared and ship them at once. Ground Pounders Wild Cards Release 1 are due at any time as well.
We will be closed tomorrow as we do a complete inventory and move some interior space around to help us be even more effective in 2013.
9/10/12 Today we got 100% caught up with all the U.S. orders that can ship and tomorrow the crew is going to work on a new international system and see how we can fine tune it to run as smooth as the UPS system! This is really cool. I want to say we are shipping faster than anyone right now but that wouldn't really be fair since ours is on it's way to you already and they still haven't gotten theirs yet. We have a few sets left so don't wait if you want them. Motor World Road Racers and Junkyard 5-Packs (All Pre-Orders have shipped)
9/5/12 Rejuvenated! and Ready to kick some Butt is how we all feel here today. Man you just have to love it when a day goes this good. You know school is getting ready to go back in session so the shippers are moving around a bit and we have extra help to make sure the new increase doesn't slow us down, Well one of the old guys came back on Friday and he and another seasoned guy came to me and said "Hey we think we have an idea for the warehouse that will make things better". Me I am a believer if your team has an idea and they want to try it let them have at it and see where it goes, I mean they have to live with it. Well they came in over the holiday and rearranged the entire warehouse and shipping area they way they wanted it. What happens? Late last night as they are closing the doors Fed Ex shows up with a shipment from Mattel. No Worries it just slid into the spot they had and off they went. So this morning we had a full shipment from Mattel our normal stuff and the additional load! The girls got straight at it with the invoices in the morning while they got to making boxes. So what happened with the new system. ALL HOT ONES P CASES ARE OUT THE DOOR! We set a single day record for getting orders out the door and it was nice and smooth, no hassles and worked GREAT! Looks like they are on to something and all the hassles of the summer are behind us and we are ready for the rest of the year.
I realized that we had not posted the latest Johnny Lightning Release 23. The case I opened had a White Lightning in is so if you don't mind getting an open case let me know first one to order and put open is fine in the message gets the white. Forever 64 Release 23 ZZE
8/30/12 We are all caught up and will be doing our big yearly clean out on Tuesday when we get back from the holiday. That means a complete inventory and getting all the products cleaned out of the system and on pallets for the LA Auto Show. If your looking for any of the older stuff now is the time to order it before it goes! I was just working on the email newsletter when got a call that we have been working on for some time. It is never good when the hobby looses a distributor and due to health reasons one of the guys who started with us over 20 years ago has decided to close his doors. I have agreed to service their orders for the remainder of 2012 for them. Therefore I will hold our newsletter until they announce it and our newsletter will then go to everyone from both companies. We have hired additional staff to make sure our service handles both loads and we are good to go. Starting Tuesday we will have a few more bodies around here as we get ready for the additional shipping and questions that will come. Therefore our newsletter will cover quite a bit of subjects from our policies to what to expect in product for the rest of 2012 and what Mattel has planned for 2013! There are more than a few updates on the website so lets get to them M2, First off M2 has a 1/24th Scale Shelby Tribute to Carroll Shelby. There are Special Chase versions and a Super Chase version. I have put packages on the website that will guarantee all of these cars, true they are not cheap but I was surprised by how many car clubs wanted in on the 1/64th Scale packages. Remember we SHIP EVERY CHASE CAR! We don't take them out, we don't sell them on our site or ebay, WE SHIP THEM IN ORDERS! After all isn't that why they are in the boxes in the first place, YOU! 1/24TH SCALE M2 NEWS! CARROLL SHELBY TRIBUTE SET
GREENLIGHT: Inner cases from Greenlight are now cases of 6 cars. No longer are they 12 cars. I have still offered a discount on two sets and have also offered a Case price for those of you who want to Guarantee a Green Machine. We have a bunch of product coming in the next week as well so Make sure to to Pre-Order NOW. I little good news, Greenlight has moved their shipping warehouse to Los Angeles which means we will be getting our product MUCH FASTER NOW and so will YOU! Announced the MUSCLE Releases 5 (Now in Inner Cases of 6 and Due the week of Sept 4th)
Announced the Hollywood Release 4 (Now in Inner Cases of 6 and Due the week of Sept 4th)
Motor World Road Racers and Junkyard 5-Packs (Due the week of Sept 4th)
HOT WHEELS, The rest of 2012 and 2013 Look VERY GOOD with more lines and some KILLER ideas, Just waiting for the final approvals and pricing to get you all set up with Subscriptions and Pre-Orders Here are the website updates for today:
8/17/12 Mattel reshipped new cartons and they have shipped out to all of you. We are CURRENT! YEA! There are a lot of thing that just came in so lets dive in. Hot Wheels Nostalgia J Assortment
1/64th Scale Speed Cycles Releases B
Muscle Machines 1/24TH Scale Release 12.2
1/64th Scale Muscle Machines Blistercards Release 12.2
1/64th Scale Muscle Machines Build-Ups Release 12.2
And on their way to us now. I am also ordering more on Monday so this is LAST CALL!
1/64th Scale Country Roads Release 8
1/64th Scale Hot Pursuit Release 10
8/13/12 But hey we are now 100% sure our server back up plans work and we are ready to rock and roll. After 22 days Fed Ex finally said were done were not looking for the product any more and allowed the claim to be filed, Mattel got the re-shipment out the door and we have product again! The crew is putting the warehouse back together and we should be caught up with emails and phone messages by the end of work tomorrow and should be all current with shipping by Wed afternoon.
8/2/12 Monday they called and said "We don't know where it is, It's GONE!" That lead to both Fed Ex and I calling Mattel. The good news is that Mattel had everything to ship again. The bad news is they had to ship it all again. So as we sit we are waiting for Mattel to get the product out the door and for Fed Ex to move it 18 miles without loosing it a second time. Should be soon, Tomorrow or Tuesday at the latest. I am sorry for the delay, we will ship it the same day we get it. OK NOW SOME KILLER DIECAST NEWS! IS M2 ON FIRE OR WHAT! We all remember how fast the first release of Chevy 100th Anniversary Release sold out and how hard it is to find a set. Well get ready for Chevy 100 Release 2
These match the haulers from earlier in the year and WILL GO FAST! If you Pre-Order before August 9th to Guarantee your order! Almost every M2 Release is now selling out at M2 before it gets here. Our orders for their products are going through the roof as they are for sure the Number 2 diecast company out there now. Please do not wait to pre-order these, To be as honest as I can be I am not sure how much more allocation I can push out them, I need to know what you want so I can get into the fight as fast as possible. I hate turning away collectors and we had to do just tat with the Shelby Series. And just incase you thought what else can they do?
More info soon! Will be a six car set and should be here before the end of the year. Remember: Auto-Dreams Tom Kelly Release 1 - PRE-ORDERS PLACED BEFORE AUGUST 6th ARE GUARANTEED
P.S. A few of you have asked about my trip so I thought I would show you two of the images I captured: The Milky Way and Lightning at about 12:15Am just before the Monsoon hit our camping area. Tent camping in Monsoon season, Not the best choice.
We started at the worlds oldest living organisms The Bristlecone Pines in Inyo CA. God gave us this amazing light show and as fast as it showed up it was gone. This image is NOT ALTERED! This is how it looked exactly, These trees are at 11,300 feet and are between 3 - 5,000 years old.
7/25/12 So today when I called Fed-Ex to schedule our shipment from last week they said no problem, then they called and said t will be later, then they said they could not find it, then they found it, and then they lost it again. Seems that someone decided to move our pallets out of the way to load a shipment and then didn't put them back, Long story short, We hope they find them tonight and we get our Nostalgia J cases tomorrow along with a host of items for back orders. M2: What can you say about M2 they are RED HOT, THEIR RELEASES ARE NOW SOLD OUT WORLD WIDE AND THEY ARE KICKING BUTT! They have opened a new market overseas with out raising production numbers so every release is Sold Out before it gets here. We are allocated product for every release. BUT I KNOW WHAT WE ARE GETTING! SO PLEASE ORDER AS FAST AS YOU GET THE INFO AND I WILL GET IT FOR YOU! When we have an ORDER BEFORE DATE that is IMPORTANT!!!
WE HAVE ANNOUNCED THE
I added Photos of the
Muscle Cars Release 19
IF YOU ORDER THIS TONIGHT I CAN STILL GET YOUR ORDER FILLED! Ground Pounders Release 10 THE FLAMES! THESE ARE HOT! - IF YOU ORDER THIS TONIGHT I CAN STILL GET YOUR ORDER FILLED!
9:35am We are back in the office full staff and working to get caught up. We are awaiting a Call from Fed-Ex for our Mattel Shipment. Maisto and M2 have orders they are building now and as soon as we get a pick up time I will send out a truck to pick these up. The rest of the week should be a bunch of shipping and getting out the AMAZING amount of orders we came back to. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOU SUPPORT! Fred
7/19/12 I woke up and came in to check on a few things before we leave for our summer break and I am glad I did! M2 will have the Ground Pounders Release 9 and the Auto-Thentics Wild Cards Release 3 in when we get back, we will pick them up on Wednesday and will start to ship ASAP! ALSO THERE ARE TWO NEW RELEASES THAT NEED YOU IMMEDIATE ATTENTION Ground Pounders Release 10 THE FLAMES! THESE ARE HOT! PRE-ORDERS PLACED BEFORE MIDNIGHT JULY 24TH ARE GUARANTEED! AFTER THAT IT IS LIMITED TO ALLOCATION.
AND Muscle Cars Release 19 DUE NEXT WEEK! I JUST RECEIVED WORD THAT THESE WERE COMING IN NEXT WEEK AS WE WERE WALKING OUT THE DOOR FOR OUR SUMMER BREAK. I WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND OUT WHAT CARS ARE IN THEM BUT I KNOW THERE ARE A TON OF YOU WHO WILL WANT THEM NO MATTER WHAT THEY ARE SO I PUT UP THE PRE-ORDER INFO. We also received the 1/24th Scale Monster Jam F and G Cases and they have shipped, more are on their way to us now.
We are all caught up on shipping the U.S. Orders and International hold shipments will go out next week. Alright that should cover us. Have a GREAT Weekend and THANK YOU for your AMAZING SUPPORT! We will be taking our summer break and will be closed from July 19th through the 24th. WE HAVE A TON OF DECLINES SO PLEASE UPDATE YOUR CREDIT CARD INFO IF YOU NEED TO!
7/13/12 Man the second we got caught up from Mattel opening the flood gates for quarter end, we received the NEW MUSCLE MACHINES and WOW are these COOL! We had stacks of 1/18th scale cars everywhere! Between the 1/18th Cases, and the 1/64th Pallets and the 100 bags of peanuts and three pallets of boxes we were a little tight around the edges. But once again my guys and gals kicked butt and got us caught up fast. So now were ready for our Mattel shipment on Monday of Basic Car P cases and some 1/24th Scale Monster Jam G cases. We will also hit the international shipments hard and get them all out now that we have a small break in product and we can get full boxes out to you guys. We moved a pallet and I found a entire stack of Johnny Lighting product we must have moved one day to make room on the shelves so I shot some pictures and we updated the website. JL is in a state of flux as they try to get a handle on what 2013 will bring. 2.0 has been canceled and there are a few Forever 64 releases planned but I am still trying to get delivery dates from Tomy.
Added Photos of the
JL 2.0 E
Releases J
Added Photos of the
2012
Forever 64 Release 22 AZZ Muscle Machines are in stock for the most part but I don't expect them to last long. We will be re-ordering in about a week once we get some back orders in place. 1/18th scale cars are Limited TO what we have in stock now. I don't believe we can go back and get more but if you want cases let me know and I will check.
1/64th were good on right now. Added Production Photos of the 1/64th Scale Muscle Machines Build-Ups Release 12.1
7/2/12
No official word yet but it looks like if the rumors are true this is the end of the Racing Series as both F and G have been put on hold and can not be ordered any longer by us. Time will tell as we should have a 2012 / 2013 update after our meeting in two weeks. We are SHIPPING SHIPPING SHIPPING. I am trying to get an email Newsletter out as soon as teh word slows down for a second. THANK YOU for te AMAZING orders over the weekend! I guess you all loved the Investors package for the CARROLL SHELBY TRIBUTE SET our order should just about freak out the M2 Rep! THANK YOU ALL FOR YOU SUPPORT! JUNE WAS OUR BUSIEST MONTH IN THE LAST TWO YEARS! Muscle Machines soon!
6/30/12 Here is what we got Friday in addition to the Basic Car N cases:
Monster Jam Then and Now 2-Packs Releases A
THERE IS BIG M2 NEWS!
Check out the
CARROLL
SHELBY TRIBUTE SET with a VERY LIMITED MEMORIAL CAR LIMITED TO
ONLY 98 UNITS!
6/25/12 We also got word that the Muscle Machines product is due very soon, since we are only 20 minuets from the distribution center we will send a truck over to pick them up and I have already had two crew members agree to stay until all orders are shipped that day or night depending on what time of day they hit. You guys will get them AS SOON AS THEY HIT THE U.S.
We received a fill in
order from Mattel today of more of the Boulevard M and Racing C cases so
all orders will be filled tomorrow for those. Also in the shipment
was
We have an additional Mattel shipment due on Wednesday so keep an eye here. Don't forget you only have until Thursday to Pre-Order the M2 Mopar 75th Anniversary Set (If there are any of you left who did not already pre-order! Man you guys and gals were on it this weekend! THANK YOU!) We are still waiting for legal to give the OK to let the "Special" slither out of the bag so keep tuned in for that one.
6/22/12 M2 is Announcing their Auto-Thentics MOPAR 75th ANNIVERSARY Releaseand they are going to do something new for them. They will be making a one time PRODUCED TO ORDER RELEASE! What does that mean simply put if you Pre-Order it before Thursday June 28th at Noon you will get what ever you order. After that it will be available only if I get more than what is Pre-Ordered! SO don't wait this is going to be one of those releases that sneak by some collectors. Auto-Thentics MOPAR 75th ANNIVERSARY Release
6/19/12 We should have all the restock items next Tuesday for sure. It is great to have such a relationship with our manufacturers that we are able to extract what we need on a regular basis. All phone, email and orders are up to date and we should be just about caught up tomorrow with shipping if not Thursday for sure. Man that was a TON of boxes going out the door today and we have a shipper who is going to ship all night to help us get more out tomorrow. Got a bit of info from M2 today on a cool Wild Cards Release for August. Detroit-Muscle Wild Cards Release 2
Ok still a BUNCH of declines so for those of you who have not answered your emails starting tomorrow I will be moving product around to take care of those waiting on product and getting them out the door. I will not cancel the orders we will just fill them from the next order from Mattel.
6/18/12 If you are expecting any of the following and your credit card has not been charged then we need to talk with you as there are MANY DECLINES! To update your credit card info Please us this link: Credit Card Update We have enough product to fill every in house order for these items. Having said that you guys and gals really jumped on it as soon as the word got out that we got these items in, Most are now sold out or we have one or two cases left. I already ordered more of everything so it will be here by next week, Don't wait Pre-Order now and I will get it in. There is no doubt that the Hot Wheels Racing C is one of the nicest cases we have seen in a long time!
1/64th Scale Speed Cycles Releases A
6/15/12 After a little "Talk" we were allowed access for 5 hours to photograph two cars and NOTHING ELSE! I could spend a month there and still not shoot everything I would like to. After taping his show Mr. Leno arrived and we had 20 minuets to shoot with the two cars. I am very proud to say in this layout I had a large number of the images for the article as well as this full page spread featuring Jay and his Fairlane. Now please go out and purchase the current issue of Hemmings Muscle Machines Magazine at your local newsstand. Maybe then I can get asked back to car heaven to shoot some more.
Front page of Jay's Fairlane article by Jeff Koch (a Few of you hard core collectors may know that name) for Hemmings Muscle Machines Magazine. Now on news stands, check it out for the full article and all my shots.
6/13/11
We should have everything all caught up by Friday morning and ready for teh weekend. M2 on Friday will have the WILD-CARDS 1949 Chinese New Year Mercs!
Detroit-Muscle Wild Cards Release 1
And we will be shipping them out ASAP.
6/11/12 We have a few shipments from Mattel this week from different distribution centers so we should see product a few days this week. Today we received the Basic Car M cases as well as more Batman A Cases which I believe fill all the pre-orders. Also in the shipment was Monster Jam 1/64th Scale F Cases
1/24th Scale Monster Jam E Cases
Muscle Machines have updated their delivery dates so i will work on that part of the website tomorrow.
6/1/12 We did receive the Hot Wheels Nostalgia F and it is shipping now.
The Basic Car L cases have released so that will be our product for next week. We received our M2 Wild Cards Release 1 today and they are shipping now along with the remaining Auto Lifts R6 (both of these items are sold out at this time). Also we picked up the Drivers Release 14 which we have a very small amount of left in stock. Speaking of Wild Cards, PLEASE I CAN NOT SAY IT ENOUGH PLEASE PRE-ORDER EVERYTHING YOU WANT NOW! RIGHT NOW! DON'T WAIT! I am very close to being sold out of our allocation for every release we have listed on our website, and that includes the releases that M2 has not yet officially announced yet! To say these are a hit is a total understatement! The production numbers are very low! VERY LOW! The hobby will get a LIMITED NUMBER FIRST and then only the Big A Store Wal-Marts will get 1 inner case per store and then they are gone! This line should lead to a strong secondary market for some of the castings. No release update yet on the Hot Wheels Racing C (Off Road) Cases, they are sitting in a warehouse waiting for release planning to allow them to ship. I watch them every day and push to get them out. Your orders are all still good and they will ship as soon as we get them. Muscle Machines has pushed the first availability date back to July for all products. A big hint if you want the 1/18th Scale PRE-ORDER IT NOW! I am not bringing in a bunch more over the pre-orders and they have told me the numbers are VERY TIGHT on production. That means when these are gone that is it they are gone! Johnny Lightning has been almost dead for this year. We did receive some updated info late today and I will get it on the website before I send out the news letter. Look for them to tread water for the rest of 2012, with some more Tomy / Tomica items for the fourth quarter (like the current TRU items). Word is if they can figure out the U.S. Child Safety laws and update some of the casting / wheels in the Japanese Tomica line it is possible we could see a U.S. Tomica line in Mid 2013. FINGERS CROSSED!!
5/22/12 M2 has moved around its schedule yet again but no firm dates except Wild Cards Release 1 now has a chase truck in it and we will have them on Monday. We received a VERY VERY small part of our order on the 1/50th SCALE BATMAN A Case
PRODUCT IS EXTREMELY ALLOCATED AND SHIPPING IN WAVES. ORDERS SHIP OUT IN THE ORDER THEY ARE PLACED On a personal note the last two weeks have been full of image competitions for me, Two weeks ago it was the Professional Photographer of Orange County Image Comp and last week the Inland Empires Professional Photographers and Videographers image comp. I am so stoked! My Image Wind Swept Dunes won the Landscape/ Nature Class and the Illustrative Class respectively and also WON BEST OF SHOW AT BOTH EVENTS!
5/16/12 It has been a VERY LONG TIME since I have seen a company that has taken such an interest in a line up and making sure the hobby and HARD CORE collector base is taken care. Usually I have to beg and call and beg some more to get information. Sometimes the info comes sometimes it just never shows up. Sure there are ways that I have found after 26 years to get info and there are always people "Inside" that can get it when push comes to shove. In today's world of corp downsizing and today's economy where there is now one or two people doing what five or six used to do it is easy to see that people are overworked and that while the hobby is really only about 7% of the sales for diecast, the new "Kids" don't realize the push collectors make, the information that travels out to feed the frenzie at the mass market level. For some manufacturers who had this down pat it is now a lost art. And while their sales slump, quarterly profits fail and they don't seem to know why. I have an answer to them. Call someone back! Actually try and get information out to the people who want it. Now back to my original point, one company has really taken the ball and run with it. I have to give BIG THANKS to Maisto and the staff working on Muscle Machines! Info, No worries have it to you in a day and it shows up in hours, Hey how about images, No worries what do you need, hey you know what, let me send you something. Well in today's world I waited for an email and then the next day my UPS guys shows up with a package, No email, No FTP site, No disk, A BOX! A BOX WITH SAMPLES! WHAT IS THIS? SOMETHING I CAN HOLD IN MY HAND! SOMETHING I CAN TOUCH, LOOK AT AND TAKE PHOTOS OF? WHAT ARE WE BACK TO 1999! Guys and Girls here we have a company that is bringing back one of the biggest lines in diecast history, if fact I believe the line will be one of the biggest again. Collectors are coming out and back to get this line. Over the last month over 65%, YES 65% of our pre-orders have been from NEW CUSTOMERS OR FROM THOSE THAT HAVE NOT ORDERED IN 3 OR MORE YEARS! We are adding new collectors to our family every day and they are coming from two distinct categories, Muscle Machines and Monster Jam! Muscle Machines is on fire! PLEASE DO NOT WAIT ANY LONGER, PRE-ORDER NOW WHAT YOU WANT! I don't want any of you to miss out and Maisto calls me everyday for firm numbers of our orders, I have put them off as long as I can to get you photographs of the product and now we have them. No excuses I have to give them a firm number on Monday. Please don't wait these are going to BE KILLER! So check out the Muscle Machines section of the website for all the updates, click on teh Muscle Machines logo at the top of the site. Here is a little sneak from "THE BOX"
I will be working on a few little contest to give away the samples we got (once I pry them out of my sons hands) so stay tuned.
5/14/12 Some big news! PHOTOS FOR THE NEW MUSCLE MACHINES! This line is GOING TO BE HUGE! It is already our second largest selling line and that was before we had one photo! There is no doubt that the new Muscle Machines will be one of the biggest hits in diecast this year! The photos will get the rest of you on board because THEY LOOK KILLER! 1/64th Scale Single Blistercard Release 12.1
1/24th Scale Muscle Machine Releases 12.1
During the RCX/DCX show I spent a little time with the guys at M2, started looking around the booth and said hey what is this? What is that? Then I started to take some photos with my cell phone and took a few notes, well today I found all that and emailed the pics so I could get them up for you all. What I had found was a bunch of the Wild Card Releases still to come. So they are up on our site now for pre-order before they are officially announced! Enjoy... Auto-Thentics Wild Cards Release 3 and 4
Detroit-Muscle Wild Cards Release 1
Ground Pounders Release 1 (you get the idea, Look like some old MM colors!)
Auto-Thentics Release 19 - TRUCKS
5/10/12 Product has been flowing out the door in a nice pace and late today we received the Racing D cases and the Monster Jam 1/64th Scale E Cases
I have so much info to ad to the website it is crazy so I am not sure if a newsletter will go out tomorrow or Monday but watch for some Photos of products from a few manufacturers you will not see anywhere else. Everyone is asking about the Hot Wheels Racing C cases: Here is the low down. Mattel does not want to ship two assortments into the market at once since there are only a few assortments left for this series. The D cases are Indy Cars, They have to be in the market for the Indy 500 time period. So the D cases were released before the C cases. Now I know that K-Mart got some C cases (Not as many as you think) so everyone wants to know where they are. The simple answer is in the Mattel warehouse waiting for release planning to allow them to ship. We are working on getting them released as soon as we can. I hope to be at it full bore tomorrow but it maybe Monday, See you all soon.
5/1/12 Today I took a ride down to M2 and hung out with the design guys and well lets just say there is some real KILLER stuff coming in the near future. I am waiting on approval to post some pics so hang in there one more day. I did get the Detroit-Muscle Release 18, Auto-Haulers Release 7 and Auto-Lifts Release 6. So they will ship in the morning I also brought in the DCX Limited Edition 69 Camaro SS 396 L89
Now I know with these single cars that shipping is always a big factor in the price and we have been kicking around a way to work on a system on how to help us all cut some of the shipping cost out for you the collector. I am going to try something new if you want one of the 1/492 Camaros and can wait for it to ship with your next order (That means you have to have something else on order) just put WAIT TO SHIP in the message section of your order tonight for this car and we will give you 50% off the $23.95 Delivered Price. This is for the 1/492 Camaro Only! Just a test to see how it goes internally and with you the collector. We also received the HOT WHEELS: Boulevard F Case Assortment
4/20/12 MUSCLE MACHINES ARE BACK!
Announced the 1/64th Scale Muscle Machines Single Blistercard Releases 12.1, 12.2, and 12.3 Announced the 1/64th Scale Muscle Machines Build-Ups Box Sets Releases 12.1, 12.2, and 12.3 Announced the 1/24th Scale Muscle Machine Releases 12.1, 12.2.and 12.3 Announced the 1/18th Scale Muscle Machines Releases 12.1 and 12.2 Announced the 1/18th Scale R/C Muscle Machines 1969 Mustang Boss 302 and 1957 Chevy Bel Air A FEW NEW ITEMS FROM MATTEL: Announced the Hot Wheels Monster Jam Then and Now 2-Packs Releases A, B, and C Announced the Hot Wheels 1/64th Scale Speed Cycles Releases A - D, These are a bit more on the Basic side but they remind me of Rumblers and as popular as the Bikes are in the basic line I thought we should offer them. Added Assortment info for the Hot Wheels Racing D, E, F and G Assortments I am not sure about the G assortment, I received info on the case breakdown for G today but when the HWC site listed the series they only listed 5 assortments. I have a release date of 7/1/12? Added Assortment info for the 1/24th Scale Monster Jam E, F, and G Cases Added Assortment info for the 1/50th SCALE BATMAN A, B, and C Cases BIG UPDATE FROM M2 Detroit-Muscle Release 18 - next week Auto-Haulers Release 7 - next week Ground Pounders Release 9 - mid to end of May Drivers Release 14 - Mid/End of May Wild Cards Release1 - May Wild Cards 2 - June Auto-trucks Release 19 - Mid/3rd week of May Detroit-Cruise - June/July Auto-thentics Release 20 - June? - had to re-do a new mold on one of the castings.
4/18/12 There has been a lot of talk about the Monster Jam 1/64th Scale E, F, and G Cases With a ton of KILLER trucks in these releases and I was able to get the low down today so I have updated the assortments. I STRONGLY SUGGEST IF YOU WANT THE E CASES YOU PRE-ORDER THEM! I DO NOT EXPECT THEY WILL LAST LONG! That is it for tonight.
4/17/12 Any way there are some cool things in the works and it looks like product could be on a nice even flow schedule through the summer, after all the 2013 product is due in late September. On a separate note a little bird dropped this tid bit of info in my lap this morning. The date is the in country date so they should get to us the following Tuesday if all goes smooth. HERE ARE UPCOMING RELEASE DATES:
RACING W8300-C - APRIL 16TH OK We received the Basic Car J cases and the Monster Jam 1/64th Scale D Cases
All orders have shipped out and we are 100% Current with the US orders. I have one small piece of info I need and we will have the pre-order info up for MM Tomorrow, watch for an email newsletter too!
4/11/12
It has been crazy getting back up to speed and getting all the messages and emails up to date but we are ready for our next shipment from Mattel which should come tomorrow or next Tuesday not sure yet. M2 has announced they are having a few production delays and have pushed back the first shipment a week or two and a majority of the items we are waiting for back about a month so hang in there we will get them out as fast as we get them. We will be gone on Friday as we will be at the Long Beach Grand Prix and getting ready for the RCX / DCX show as well. I will try and post if there is news, otherwise I will see you on Monday.
3/27/12 The M2 stuff is going like hot cakes but also are all of the lines and lots of the older stuff is clearing out as well, THANK YOU! We are doing our best to get caught up with getting the orders out. Today we lost a good amount of time when we had a new driver delivering our box and peanuts order, he could not find us and was supper late so we lost most of today, some of the crew are working late to get us back on track so tomorrow will see us almost 100% again. We received a HUGE shipment from Mattel so we are now shipping Basic Car H, and Hot Wheels Nostalgia D (we covered all the pre-orders placed before the weekend and have more in route to us now, should not be very long)
Boulevard E Case Assortment (Mattel gave us a very small amount of these, the remainder of our shipment will be here in our next shipment in a few days)
All this is on top of the Boulevard D Case Assortment and Hot Ones Release K IN STOCK NOW So give us a day or two and we will be back to all caught up. I have not said much about my photography lately with all that has been going on but I have been very blessed over the last six months with winning awards on the affiliate level with 2011 Photographer of the Year and Illustrative Photographer of the Year for the Inland Empire Professional Photographers and Videographers, and on the state level, Top Ten Photographer of the Year and Commercial Photographer of the Year for the Professional Photographers of California. It has been amazing and I am very blessed to continue with Best of Show last month at the Professional Photographers of Orange County Image Competition and then last week Best of Show at the Inland Empire Professional Photographers and Videographers Image Competition. All of this has lead to some invitations to some of the largest Fine Art shows in the Western U.S. and with that comes the need to get out and shoot. So to make a long story short, next week with it being spring break I will be out of the office all week as I will be trekking through Death Valley for five days photographing the beauty of the National Park and surrounding area. There will be a few of the crew here to accept and process products and orders but the entire front office will be closed and on Vacation. Orders placed on line will continue to be processed but declines, and phone and emails will be answered when we return the day after Easter.
3/22/12 Auto-Haulers Release 7 (Release 6 sold out before we got it)
Auto-Thentics Release 19 - TRUCKS IF YOU WANT THESE PRE-ORDER THEM NOW! We have already been told by M2 this will be sold out before we get production photos, NOT BEFORE IT SHIPS BEFORE WE GET PHOTOS! I always order big on these series and it is never enough, PLEASE PRE-ORDER NOW AND we will NOT charge your credit card until they are here.
Mattel has updated a few series and I have added the photos to our website. We received a shipment of Basic Cars G and Hot Ones so they will start to ship as soon as we get back on Monday. We will be closed tomorrow as we will be in Las Vegas for the Monster Jam World Finals. I promise photos from the event and the Hot Wheels display. Here are the updated areas.
Hot Wheels Nostalgia D, E, F, and G
Boulevard D Case Assortment IN STOCK NOW
Hot Ones Release K IN STOCK NOW
Have a GREAT NIGHT see you soon.
3/12/12 Everyone is dragging a bit but all have a clean bill of health and are back here to work through the big piles of work. I can see the wood on my desk now and will be all caught up with emails, and phone messages tomorrow. We are expecting the next release of Boulevard in the next day or so and it looks like the next 4-5 weeks will see at least one Hot Wheels release each week. Stay tuned it's about to get busy.
3/2/12 I hope to have more release info early next week. The Distribution Centers are way behind on getting things out the door. Our product usually ships days before the invoice date, this last shipment shipped four days AFTER the invoice date and finally most of it arrived (the shipping company managed to loose about 10% of the order, do you think they like it?) We received the Hot Wheels Nostalgia C
All orders will be shipped out by the end of business Monday, Rumor is that the D cases are only two weeks away!
2/21/12 We received the Hot Ones Release J Cases and they are shipping
along with the remainder of the
I have also added photo for all the sale items and we will continue the sale at 20% OFF for awhile since some items did not have photos and we had a lot of request for them. There are two new items from M2 that WILL BE HERE THIS WEEK! 1/64th Scale Drivers Release 13 DUE THIS WEEK!
Auto-Haulers Release 6 DUE THIS WEEK!
2/10/12 Updated some photos of what is new this week.
Hot Wheels Racing B Assortment
1/64th Scale Monster Jam C Cases
2/9/12 Also added the GREENLIGHT: Zine Machines Release 2
I have been told we should have a bunch of Muscle Machine info in the next week and we will start taking Pre-Order for the ENTIRE line as soon as we get final pricing and availability dates.
2/8/12 We are expecting Mattel product in waves over the next two weeks as containers are coming in the port and Mattel is releasing in small shipments, very unlike anything in the past but what has been the normal for the last 25 years is now anything but normal. Seems we are all just along for the ride until there is a new marketing guy for the adult line installed in the vacancy. Some days you get the Bear and well right now the bear just gets you. Greenlight has announced their Road Racers Release 2 and these look nice.
2/3/12 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!
1/31/12 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,
1/26/12 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 We expect Hot Wheels Basic cars E and F cases here tomorrow.
1/20/12 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 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
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 Things are just moving along and we are awaiting more news from Mattel. We received:
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 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 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
12/30/11 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 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!
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 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 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 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 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 I posted the info for the
11/29/11 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 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 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.
11/18/11 Email Newsletter just went out.
11/16/11 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!
11/14/11 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 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 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 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 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 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 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:
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 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 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
Both of these lines should be here something in the next week or so. Greenlight Announced two NEW LINES
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 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 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 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. 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. 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
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 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 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
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 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, To update your credit card info Please us this link: Credit Card Update
9/6/11 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 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.
I also updated the following:
GREENLIGHT: M2: 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: JOHNNY LIGHTNING: |
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