There have been quite a few nice releases this month so far and I am sure a few more will be bought before the month is over.
It seems Mattel is getting into the blind packaged items with a new “mystery cars” series. These come in a sealed bag with the unknown inside car is the game. I figured out their code and picked out the few cars I was interested in. They also come with a mini mystery car poster.
Both Target and Toys R Us have regurgitated their holiday cars for the Christmas season. So there waS NO excitement to get the entire 6 car release from the target Globes nor any rush to BUY the Toys R Us 2 car set.
Our local Wal Mart stores have been trickling in their exclusive Hot Wheels Garage 30 car sets. There are 5 exclusive carded vehicles with this set along with 25 previously released cars ( some of which are also **exclusive** that haven’t been found carded. The carded vehicles include : Silver Ferrari 250 GTO, ’70 Chevy Blazer, ’67 Ford Bronco, ’70 Dodge Power Wagon, and a Volkswagen Drag bus. The uncarded **exclusives** are : Custom ’56 drag beetle, ’67 Camaro yellow with redline tires, Orange Volkswagen Fastback, Red Ferrari 308 GTS Quattrovalvole.
The set is pretty cool with the exception of the paint quality honestly sucks on many of the cars I have inspected. alot of splotchy paint, smears, excessive paint drops. As well as the easy access for the shifty individuals to swap cars in the set and return them to the store like last years set. I can expect to see quite a bit of these swap outs this year I am sure.
These are the cars that stood out to me from the set:
Now for the current recent grabs of the Hot Wheel offerings in my area.
We had another GREAT opportunity to attend another DUB Magazine car show and concert courtesy of Myles Kovacs and his team from DUB. As usual this was another GREAT show with over 300 pictures in my camera, 6+ hours spent walking around shooting, and quite a few cool cars I was able to snap pictures of. Thankfully the weather wasn’t as bad as it had been on the east coast the last few weeks with the humidity and heat.
There were so many nice rides with quality paint work but this ride had my full attention
This I think was probably the BEST top to bottom front to back full out chop and cut custom
The OC cops busting people cruising…
This 300 seems to make alot of the east coast shows
A genesis I believe
There seemed to be quite a few JDM VIP rides showing here
MY LOVE Nissan GT-R R35
Gisselle’s favorite
The EXOTICS were also represented very well!
The big trucks were represented as well
Gisselle and Alma got to meet DEVO from FRIDAY
And ending the trip Myles took a few minutes out from his busy day to chop it up with me and showcase his new DUB GARAGE toy line,some of which he graciously hooked me up with!!SO AWESOME!!!
I HAVE TONS more pictures on my flickr, so feel free to browse it and check out more coverage from the show
The family and I had the opportunity attend the DUB SHOW and visit with Myles Kovaks and crew at the DUB Show in Charlotte , North Carolina. We got some cool shots and thanks to Myles, and early entrance to the show to get some shots before the general public was allowed in! Thank a BUNCH to Myles and the rest of the DUB crew for being A++ hosts and good people!!!
A jam packed venue just about an hour before door opening!
From the inside it I am sure it was well worth the wait!!!
Pretty slick and slammed caddy!!
Gotta love the hot rods at shows!!!!
And a few kick ass old school rides!
Tonka truck anyone?
A lot of Camaro’s to be seen
A little OBSESSION CC LOVE from Georgia
Nice bike parked by the MONSTER BEVERAGE TRUCK
The GREEN HORNET car made an appearance
Now a really cool ride I have been looking forward to catching up with was the DUB x SHAQ FORD MUSTANG. I had the privilege to see the beginning of this project at the DUB SHOP last year and have been anticipating the finishing of it.
Roland Sands Bikes were represented well!
The next BIG thing?
Can you GUESS what car this WAS before the super mods?
There was something about this hummer that stuck with me throughout the show. I don’t know if it was the reptile skin or the bad ass road king painted and wrapped to match the Hummer.
They also had dope little hod rod buckets with video game stations in them to play while at the show.
I liked the paint work on this impala
A dope little delivery van
Outside the weather turned sunny and clear then you see a new trend with taxi’s ballin!
UFC fighter Brian Bowles came out for some signings..
And the newest DUB toy line coming out very soon is the DUB GARAE cars. Here are a few sneaks that were available to see at the show
Larry’s, Wayne’s, and Phil’s garage cars have been showing up sporadically her as well as the Sweet Ride Delivery Cars. But I have been able to pick up a few that caught my liking.
I got myself up early and scored a few goodies at the Hot Wheel Collectors event held at Kmart Stores Across the United States.
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