Get your keyboard fingers and your mouse-maneuvering wrist ready. The Hot Wheels RLC Datsun 240Z goes on sale tomorrow at 9 AM Western Time. And it is looking very likely that this will follow in the BRE 510’s footsteps and become wildly popular.
Now we normally would say “follow in the 510’s footsteps and sell out in seconds”, but that is not the case. The 240Z might, but when looking at ebay prices on the RLC BRE 510, it may be a bit of a surprise to know that the 510 took at least 4-5 hours to sell out. It did sell out that same day, but not right away like some of the other more popular RLC models.
Oh, how times have changed. Everyone and their mother is JDM obsessed, Datsun Wagon trolling pics are all the rage on Instagram, and now the BRE 510 has become one of the hottest RLC cars ever. So of course Hot Wheels is taking advantage and giving the 510 BRE a friend. And with it going on sale tomorrow, collectors are getting ready to pounce.
Which they should. The model is a stunner. That classic red, white, and blue livery, enhanced in spectraflame, done up exactly the same way as the 510, Morton’s 46 and all. And while collectors in my camp would love to see real riders on this one, the Neo wheels don’t bother at all, especially when they match the 510.
So yeah, this will sell out. And for those lucky enough to secure one, it will be shipped this week. It has been a rough year for RLC members. Massive delays, no membership cars shipped a year after they were purchased, models being previewed and then never being listed, and on and on.
Thankfully, it appears those days are over. The guys at Mattel made it clear during their presentation at the Nationals convention this weekend that the production issues they were encountering are now behind them, and models will only be listed when they are ready to ship.
And that means those of us who kept are membership are in for a treat. Not only the BRE 240Z tomorrow, but later this year the Shelby Toyota 2000GT, the ’83 Silverado 4×4, the Candy Striper ’55 Gasser, and that Gulf Porsche 993 that was just previewed. Hot damn that’s a nice lineup.
So here it is, the model we hope you RLC members will be able to secure tomorrow. It’s worth every penny…
Hot Wheels RLC Exclusive BRE Datsun 240Z:
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Since it's not child oriented, didn't need to have such a raw finishing on the deco. It's the same pattern they're using for Retro Entertainment and Pop Culture and it's kind of excusable for those series.
But a RLC?
Headlights are terrible. Should be like the other rlc datsun