Sometimes it makes sense to grab what is on the desk and photograph it all before it goes back to either the display or storage. Now is one of those times.(And yes, a lot of these are at Japan Booster...)KYOSHO:TOMICA LIMITED VINTAGE:
Happy Halloween from the Lamley Group…
I am bah-humbug when it comes to Halloween. I don't dress up, don't feel the need to go to over-the-top parties, and my "get off my lawn!" codger-isms rev up to full throttle.That is until I decided to give mini cars away.I still won't dress up, and I don't have time to go to parties, …
2015 Hot Wheels Batch D is shaping up nicely…
The card artwork for Hot Wheels Batch D has been unveiled, and there are a handful of models that definitely interest us.It starts with the Super Treasure Hunt, the Ferrari 599XX. We realize a few of you are frustrated that following the 599XX Super in 2012, the next Ferrari to be made a Super is …
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First Look: The logo cars of Hot Wheels Batch B, the Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR & Ford Shelby GT500…
When we received Hot Wheels Batch B from Wheel Collectors last week, two models looked an awful lot alike.They actually make a nice pair. Two American monsters, in white, with orange and black deco. And both sporting the logos of two well-known auto-related names, one new and one old. K&N Air Filters have been around …
Putting together a Tomica Limited Vintage Tomicarama, and a First Look at the TLV-Neo 1984 Toyota Mark II HT Grande…
You may have noticed a new photo style has crept into Lamley. If you haven't, just go to the Lamley Awards Super TH Poll post just below this one, or have a gander at this pic:That is the all-too-common scene of all 15 2014 Hot Wheels Super Treasure Hunts sitting on a Japanese Used Car …
Lamley Awards 2014 Poll: What was the Best Hot Wheels Super Treasure Hunt in 2014?
It's that time of year again...We seriously love doing the Lamley Awards. It is always interesting to see what our readers like and dislike from the year in diecast. Sometimes it is completely predictable, many times it isn't. But whatever the results, they are always interesting.So with the Hot Wheels 2014 lineup essentially over, we …
First Look: 2015 Hot Wheels Super Van…
I know nothing about this casting, but a lot of you do. I will keep my mouth shut, show the pics, and anyone who wants can fill in the details in the Lamley comments section below.Looks nice though...Hot Wheels Super Van (2015 Mainline):
First Look: Hot Wheels Corvette Grand Sport Roadster…
Speaking specifically to this version that has just been released as part of Batch B, it's a bit of a mixed bag.Cool new model? Absolutely. The classic Grand Sport is a very worthy Hot Wheels model. But we do wish the casting was built from scratch as opposed to being a clearly modified version of …
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First Look: Hot Wheels Lamborghini Urus…
This falls into that "What? Lamborghini made an SUV and Hot Wheels replicated it? I could care le.....Whoa! That is a nice casting!" category. Didn't know there was such a category? There is, although it doesn't get used very often.So guess what? Lamborghini is introducing the Urus, an SUV for the superrich, sometime in 2017. …
Just Unveiled: The Hot Wheels Porsche 911 GT3 RS returns to the mainline in 2015…
Nothing wrong with a Porsche in the Hot Wheels Mainline. (Unless it is that horrid Boxster, as longtime readers of the blog can attest.)While the 993 and 934 castings are the cream of the HW Porsche crop, in my opinion the GT3 RS is the best of the current car castings. So when images of …
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October 22nd Matchbox Ambassador Report, by Larry Scaduto…
Ambassador’s Report October 22nd, 2014IntroductionWow!!!! The end of October is near and with fall in full swing here in Illinois, winter cannot be far behind. So not looking forward to the snow & cold!! But with the end of October that now brings us to Halloween, Thanksgiving and of course Christmas. First up in this …
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From the Lamley Tomica Limited Vintage Collection, Wagon Wednesday Edition: TLV Prince Skyway…
The best of both worlds, Wagon Wednesday and the TLV Collection. There are quite a few Wagons in the Tomica Limited Vintage lineup, and we are pursuing all of them. For today, we thought we would go way back to the Skyway.Skyway. Hmmmmm, sounds a lot like Skyline, doesn't it? And there is a reason. …
Lamley Case Report: Opening a Hot Wheels 2015 International B Case…
Are there any Hot Wheels collectors here who don't like opening a case? For most of us that doesn't happen often. Kmart seems to the place where most of us have the best chance, and there is that rare moment when you walk in a store and a sealed case is waiting for you to …
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Surprise!! Hot Wheels 2015 Batch B is now out at Wheel Collectors…
Just a quick heads up that Wheel Collectors just received a shipment of Hot Wheels 2015 Batch B.Just in time too, as the crew from Overland Park is off to cheer on their Kansas City Royals, but they were able to get them all listed, including this batch's Super TH, the Rrroadster. (It's growing on …
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Ferrari Racers: The Hot Wheels’ predecessor to the Speed Machines…
We got a lot of feedback on last week's feature on the defunct Hot Wheels Speed Machines line. The consensus was that this line would be very popular today, the comolds look awesome, and that Hot Wheels should do something along these lines again.We agree.The Speed Machines was a tremendous line, and the cars seem …
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From the Lamley Tomica Limited Vintage Collection: LV-86a Porsche 911S -1967…
Ok I am going to get a bit addicted to these "From the Lamley TLV Collection". It might be a personal indulgence, but shooting photos of these beauties is a joy. So whether you like TLV or not, you are going to see a lot more TLV. And as it is with these posts, little …
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A Lamley Correction: What we should have done with the Hot Wheels Mexico Convention Texas Drive ‘Em in the first place…
I was scolded yesterday by my Lamley partner.Among some normal email correspondence with David Tilley, the UK-based Matchbox-only side of the Lamley Group, I got this:BTW I saw that blog you did on a model in a blister. Wuss! A 5,000 piece run should be opened. There are loads more. Now get on with opening …
As is the Custom: Our faves for the weeks ending October 18, 2014…
Before we start, we need to send out a hearty congratulations to Luke Baumstark, aka @lukeshotwheels on Instagram, who was featured on Speedhunters this week. Well deserved for a very talented artist who we have enjoyed featuring here in the past.And to the other customs that caught our attention, follow the link below:@Bjorn_Ready - InstagramMichael AlbertoRikmun …
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Lamley has 11 more Matchbox Leipzig Exclusive BMW M1’s available, and here is why you need one…
We got a surprise package in the mail this week. The MOYShop store in Germany, which commissioned the Matchbox BMW M1 in racing livery, sent us 11 more models to make available to Lamley readers. We are offering them for $35 plus shipping at cost. As before, we will do it on a first come/first …
From the Lamley Tomica Limited Vintage Collection: Seibu Keisatsu Vol. 14 Nissan Cedric 2000 SGL-E EX…
Sometimes I sit in my office and look at the Carney wall displays full of Tomica Limited Vintage and wonder how I can show all the models on the blog.Obviously it is easy. Shoot some pictures and post them. But I also know that many of the cars that TLV does are not universally known. …
First Look: Hot Wheels Custom ’56 Ford Truck Kmart mail-in exclusive…
4 out of the 5 are out, with only a drag Cadillac to go.So what do you think?Us? We think it has been a decent set, with the burnt orange working some of the time. Our favorite of the four remains the Jeep Wagoneer, but this is only because we like the casting so much. …
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The skyrocketing value of the 2010/2011 Hot Wheels Speed Machines…
Sometimes you get it right, sometimes you don't...We have documented several times before here at Lamley how many Hot Wheels product lines have been discontinued before the entire run of models was released. Sometimes that means the models are never produced (like the now legendary final batch of Hot Wheels Racing, which was to have …
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Wagon Wednesday: Hot Wheels Slick Rides ’69 Volkswagen Variant Squareback…
Did you think we forgot about Wagon Wednesday? Nope.But we didn't want to jump into another monster wagon post after showing one of our favorites, the Matchbox Olds Vista Cruiser, last week. So the MB Audi RS6 Avant, or Auto World Land Yachts, or TLV Skyline Wagons, will have to wait. Instead we will throw …
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First Look: Hot Wheels Texas Drive ‘Em Mexico Convention Exclusive…
We just can't open it. We should have ordered two, but we didn't. And now I can't get myself to open this for pics. Maybe you guys can convince me.For now, we will just show this new arrival in the blister. These were made available on HWC several months ago, prior to the Mexico Convention, …
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