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It has been awhile since we have updated this series. Â In fact, it has been a year-and-a-half. Â That is probably a little too much time, and we have heard from enough of you Lamley regulars that it is time to continue.My Lamley counterpart David Tilley has a tremendous amount of Mattel-era rarities, and will be …
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There are not many words to describe this week's custom post. Â "Epic" might be one, but we will stop trying. Â Figure out the best word for yourself. Â We do know you will enjoy what you see...We are truly blown away at the creativity and skill that so many of you possess. Â Thanks for sharing your …
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We are happy to get a visit from one of Lamley's very early custom contributors, Rikmun Lim. Â Rikmun has always been one of our favorites, based on his ideas, patience, and execution. Â He decided to replicate a car in small scale, and does not stop until he is happy with the result.So occasionally we reach …
We always love when these calls come in. Â Matt over at Wheel Collectors just let us know that the train has rolled in, and there are many goodies ripe for the picking...It always starts with the Hot Wheels Mainline, and 2014 Batch L is in. Â There are quite a few great models in this batch, …
Maybe the word "Cool" in this post can refer to the need for us to cool down on the pickup truck posts.Nope.We love classic pickups, and if we have some to show, we probably will. So today you get a couple of treats from the 2010 Slick Rides line. Â It seems the Slick Rides kind …
Yesterday this post went up on HWC from HWC Anita:Hi everyone -  We know you are patiently waiting for updates about your backordered cars. Here is the latest information regarding expected shipment dates. Y0450 - Long Gone sELECTIONs - 6/28/14Y0445 - S12 Buick Grand National - 7/30/14Y0449 - 69 Mustang sELECTIONs - 7/30/2014Y0453 - S12 Blown Delivery …
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Some things that interested us, and we thought would interest you:Our friends at Grana Toys have been great about getting cases to Lamley readers. Â They have a few US K cases left, and are offering them for $25 off to anyone who uses the promotion code "LAMLEY" at checkout. Â That essentially means free shipping. Â Follow …
A few months ago I was having a pleasant chat with one of Hot Wheels' main designers. Â The subject naturally went to JDM models, and we shared the mutual opinion that the selection of JDM in various lines has been a great thing.So I asked about possible future JDM castings. Â He said he didn't know …
"Custom" means "Wagon".Probably a good thing to know when looking at this model. Â Subaru used the term "Custom" in the 60's for it's "Wagon" version of the 360, and that is probably helpful to us Americans. Â Use the term "Wagon" here and we picture something else entirely. Â The little 360 could practically ride in the …
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Ambassador Report 39INTRODUCTIONIt is with great regret that I received the news of the untimely death of Wolfie Ginsburg. Together with Paul Carr and me,Wolfie wrote one of the major chapters in the Matchbox – TheFirst Forty Years book and his knowledge of King Size and Super King models was unrivalled. Wolfie was an unassuming and cheerful South African who lived in London …
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When we started the Cool is Cool is Cool with Hot Wheels classic pickups in red, there were two prevalent responses we got from readers:What will be the next Cool is Cool is Cool model?  We like this series.  (Thanks readers.)and How can you do a series on Hot Wheels classic pickups and not include _________________!!We …
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We do enjoy bringing our readers pics of the latest models as early as possible, but when it comes to the Zamacs, we are completely at the mercy of Mattel's distribution and our local Walmarts. Â So we knew we would be a little late to the game when J case dump bins starting hitting the …
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It is time to get this one out from among the shadows...It has only been 17 months since the release Hot Wheels 2013 Boulevard Batch A, and maybe it is time we get over the Datsun 510 Wagon and give the Renault 5 Turbo its proper due.Actually the Renault is far from a secret. Â The …
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We were happy to break the news last week about the upcoming Zamac Hakosuka, but now we can have ourselves a better look.These photos have emerged of the Skyline, and here at Lamley we like what we see. Â Yes, green interior with green and yellow striping seems a little odd, but frankly there is nothing …
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I spend a couple of days in the Four Corners area of Utah every month. Â If you are not familiar with that area, go look at a map of the US, and look for the only place in the country that four states meet. Â Those states are Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah.Now focus on …
We caused quite a stir yesterday when we asked if Hot Wheels is killing the Cool Classics line, thus eliminating models many of us were looking up to, including the Datsun 510, Datsun 240Z, Ford GT, Hurst Olds, Subaru BRAT, and Honda S2000.Since then we have gotten some news from a Mattel insider, stating that …
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We found out about this model a couple of months ago, and have been hinting at its upcoming release in various Lamley posts. Â Of course only those that actually read the articles knew, and it was fun to see many of you keep it a secret.But now the news is out, as photos have surfaced …
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If this is true, it is not a good development.Today Mattel posted an article on HWC that highlights what they say are the remaining models in the 2014 Cool Classics line. Â They state that they have the complete list of expected castings for 2014, divided up into four mixes. Â Three of the mixes have already …
Maybe it is time to rename our "Cool is Cool is Cool" series "Pickups are Cool are Cool". Â We can't get enough of them.You start with one model, wonder why you don't have another, then you wonder why you skipped another, which leads to remembering another. Â Pretty soon your collection is full of classic Ford, …
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As you hopefully know, the Lamley Group has teamed up with our friends at Wheel Collectors to help them thin out their Hot Wheels Real Riders inventory. Â Right now they are offering 33 "Lamley Deals", all Hot Wheels Real Riders models, and all at the cheapest price you can find anywhere. Â We bought a few …
Ambassador Report 38INTRODUCTIONMATCHBOX ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONSWe need more Fire vehicles! I miss the old 5 packs when the FD models all had the same livery. There are so many models that Matchbox can use just by painting them red and calling it a fire truck, either in a 5 pack or in Mission Force sets.. …
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We got some great feedback from many of our readers on our last case report, so we are doing another.Our friends at Grana Toys just received the US assortment of the 2014 K cases today, and we asked if they would open one and share the contents. Â They were happy to oblige. Â So below is …
We normally take Saturday off, but when said Saturday is May 10, a post is merited indeed. Â So before you do your last minute scramble to get cheap chocolates at Walgreens for Mother's Day, take a minute and celebrate Datsun 510 Day with us...This year, the way we have decided to celebrate the little Datsun …