Hot Wheels!

[StingerVetteMan]

Just bagged some Hot Wheels for both my cars! The Corvette one is actually a Z06, I have a Grand Sport. So close enough, same color. The Stinger is black and mine is Panthera Metal, again close enough!

 

[Snicklefritz]

cool. do you know what the packaging numbers all mean? I tried to find out on an older hot wheels thread and nobody could be definitive. I ask, because I'd like to know of HW is reissuing the Stinger. haven't seen one in stores for years.

 

[StingerVetteMan]

cool. do you know what the packaging numbers all mean? I tried to find out on an older hot wheels thread and nobody could be definitive. I ask, because I'd like to know of HW is reissuing the Stinger. haven't seen one in stores for years.

I got these on eBay so don’t know if they are current or not.

 

[Snicklefritz]

Well, I should know better than to go looking on eBay for toys. I ended up with one of each Stinger color in the package - which is where they will remain for the foreseeable future. I already have all four colors laid out on a shelf in my bedroom. It's quite funny, how the price of the ceramic silver "grey" is dramatically higher than the other three colors. I saw one for over $30 plus shipping. The one I selected was $26 and free shipping. Anyone who buys one of them from Aus or the UK is going to be paying over fifty bucks with shipping.

 

[Stinger GT SS]

Well, I should know better than to go looking on eBay for toys. I ended up with one of each Stinger color in the package - which is where they will remain for the foreseeable future. I already have all four colors laid out on a shelf in my bedroom. It's quite funny, how the price of the ceramic silver "grey" is dramatically higher than the other three colors. I saw one for over $30 plus shipping. The one I selected was $26 and free shipping. Anyone who buys one of them from Aus or the UK is going to be paying over fifty bucks with shipping.

Have you got the 2 Majorette versions, 1 in yellow & 1 in blue?

 

[Snicklefritz]

Have you got the 2 Majorette versions, 1 in yellow & 1 in blue?

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no. too far away, and, shipping. you win first place for stinger toy collectibles.

 

[Stinger GT SS]

no. too far away, and, shipping. you win first place for stinger toy collectibles.

Thanks & there is a few more.

 

[Snicklefritz]

Have all four now. Interesting double "collectors" packaging for the ridiculously priced "grey" one. at least I got something extra for buying it.

 

[Stinger GT SS]

You need to get these to finish off the group.

 

[Grump]

I find the lack of orange concerning

 

[Snicklefritz]

You need to get these to finish off the group.

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lol. I balked at $26 plus $3 tax and free shipping, for the local "grey" one. If I try and get those from Aus I'll faint.

I find the lack of orange concerning

concur. and silky silver, Ima sure @Stinger GT SS agrees. and while we're on it, Hot Wheels should turn out some other colors, like ascot and Panthera. why didn't they at least do white? but four production years isn't bad. can't complain.

 

[Stinger GT SS]

lol. I balked at $26 plus $3 tax and free shipping, for the local "grey" one. If I try and get those from Aus I'll faint.

I’ve seen the yellow one for AU$14 & blue one for AU$9, both on eBay the exchange rate is definitely in your favour but I’m not sure on freight/postage charge…best bet would be to find a seller who has both then message them for a postage charge to the US. I also think from memory that Majorette brand is out of Europe so that could also be an alternative.

And yes a Silky Silver version would be nice, but the grey is close enough.

 

[Snicklefritz]

I’ve seen the yellow one for AU$14 & blue one for AU$9, both on eBay the exchange rate is definitely in your favour but I’m not sure on freight/postage charge…best bet would be to find a seller who has both then message them for a postage charge to the US. I also think from memory that Majorette brand is out of Europe so that could also be an alternative.

And yes a Silky Silver version would be nice, but the grey is close enough.

thanks for the suggestion. I went on ebay and searched for the Majorette and ordered one from Poland and one from France. Much cheaper postage than Aus! Thailand, interestingly, has cheap postage too, but none of the offerings were still NIP. I also ordered a 1:34 scale red by Welly. never heard of that brand before. it is coming from Poland too, "new in box". I tried a year or two ago to outbid for a red 1:18 scale, but man, somebody really wanted that bad, and the final bid was nearly a hundred bucks above the $200 I was willing to pay.

 

[Stinger GT SS]

thanks for the suggestion. I went on ebay and searched for the Majorette and ordered one from Poland and one from France. Much cheaper postage than Aus! Thailand, interestingly, has cheap postage too, but none of the offerings were still NIP. I also ordered a 1:34 scale red by Welly. never heard of that brand before. it is coming from Poland too, "new in box". I tried a year or two ago to outbid for a red 1:18 scale, but man, somebody really wanted that bad, and the final bid was nearly a hundred bucks above the $200 I was willing to pay.

Well done on the Majorette acquisitions.
I also have a red 1:34 Welly in its display case.
I bought a 1:18 scale Korean version white with red interior in 2018 for AU$200 delivered, they are very rare now.

 

[Hawk853]

You need to get these to finish off the group.

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When did that blue one come out? First time seeing it.

 

[Stinger GT SS]

When did that blue one come out? First time seeing it.

Last year.

 

[ElChanclo]

I bought a 1:18 scale Korean version white with red interior in 2018 for AU$200 delivered, they are very rare now.

Last one I saw a few months back went for like $800 USD on ebay. Good investment.

 

[Stinger GT SS]

Last one I saw a few months back went for like $800 USD on ebay. Good investment.

Wow that’s currently AU$1,210, not a bad investment at all.

 

[Snicklefritz]

The Welly 1:34 scale and Majorette Blue arrived from Poland yesterday. I teased the Welly from its box to paint the negative spaces between the "Y" spokes black. Looks much better.
The Yellow Majorette is coming from France.

 

[ElChanclo]

The Welly 1:34 scale and Majorette Blue arrived from Poland yesterday. I teased the Welly from its box to paint the negative spaces between the "Y" spokes black. Looks much better.
The Yellow Majorette is coming from France.

It's not a Stinger, it's a "Premium Performance Car"