BTW I will have these avalible for sale on my website in a few days.

Oh and I for got one.

 

Are you looking for the Black/W one, if so I have a couple of extras. PM me if you want one.

Bobbie

 

I've got AND LOVE the Hongwell, Cararamas @ 1/72 scale!!! The detail IS amazing!

That's why I'm interested in the 1/43 scale that smokey4 has in his collection.

 

That's actually on my list of things to get:



and

There is another set of 5 in the 1/43 scale, but I couldn't find a pic.

 

[QUOTE=dickdavid]That's actually on my list of things to get:



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Just so you know I have 4 of these. I'm selling them for the same price as Harotoy is on Ebay. PM me if you would like one. I'll give you a little better deal.

 

My daughter just picked up the new HW for me @ KMart - black/white MC. Odd that it says "2001 Mini Cooper" and yet the package is dated 2005...

 

Thanks, but I'll have to wait for now. One of my bosses sent out an email, to the whole group, with a link to a Forbes Online article called "Desk For Success". Basically, it was some idiot's way of stripping any/all indiviuality from a person's work environment and turning it into a bland, boring pit of existence.

Most of us at the office got the hint and cleared out all of our "inappropriate knickknacks" from our space. Everything is in boxes until I can build/buy some sort of display at the house that my wife will approve.

The funny thing is that we work in an advertising agency and a few of those knickknacks were purchased by that boss.

 

You...have...got...to...be...kidding...me!!!!:eek2 : Unbelievable. Probably works for the corporate drones and wanna-bes, though. What's the world coming to?

 

Dude! that sucks.

That's why I work for myself.:smile:

 

I'm waiting for the Verizon staatspoleizi to admonish me for excessive Mini clutter-I must have over 20 on my desk-mostly small but two 1:18 & a red Mini robot!

 

I found my first Johnny Lightning - WHITE LIGHTNING today at a mom-n-pop toy store in my local mall.

Since it's not a MINI (I don't think they make JL WL MINIs), I'm selling it on ebay.

Here are some pics:

 

Hey DD, nice find!

Oh, and they make them for the MINI also! I've never found one on the shelf, MINI or otherwise. I end up buying them slowly.

Here are a few of the MINI versions I've found. I'm sure BobbieJ has more








Is everyone looking out for the new Matchbox Superast MINIs? They have hit eBay. Nice DS but it's got a white roof

 

Awesome!!!! What cracks me up are those jokers out there that get JL MINIs that normally have white rims and try to pass them off as White Lightnings.
See Example:

The truth comes out in the lack of bidding.

 

I was at a Big Lots over the weekend and ran across some 1/18 Austin Powers MINIs in the full body UJ. I bought all 4 they had. The one in the worst shape packaging is already out of the box and on the shelf, I'm keeping one in the packaging and have 2 spare if anyone is interested.

 

I've noticed that too, but in some cases it might be a real WL.

From what I've been able to find out (please no commentary concerning my spending vast amounts of time researching little tiny cars ) In the good old days you could tell a WL from a non-WL by the tires only. They would either be completely white or say "White Lightning" on them. Now a days, they might have a white interior and rims & tires, or a white interior and just rims, or even a white underside (base) and rims with a normal interior color. I have a red one at the house that has a white base & rims only and it differs from the other one from the same release. I'll throw some pics up tonight.

I picked up one of those too, great price wasn't it? What made me go searching was an ad on ebay for a WL MINI that showed the "Big Lots" price sticker of $1.99. Our local store had a few JL, but no MINIs or WL's.

To our Hotwheels gurus: What is the importance of a "K-Mart" version? With the latest HW (#140 black w/white) I picked up a few from Wally World and Target and just the other day found some at K-mart and can't find any difference between them, yet the fine folks at eBay keep touting, "K-mart Variations". Anyone got a hint? BTW, I have a few extras if anyone is looking for them, as always cost (~$0.88) and cheapest shipping you want.

 

How much did you pay? They had them for $44 at a hobby store, then i saw them at toys r us for 20, and i got mine on sale between 10-15. They had a couple more a few weeks ago... but i already have 60+ mini toys... i'm running out of room for the big ones when i'm living with my dad and i only have one room to store everything in

 

We have quite a few of those at a local hobby store. I bought one for my g-pa, but he gave it back because he knew how much i liked minis... and i think he's trying to clear out his stuff for something...

I think it's like 12$ here in richmond... i could pick some up if anyone wants one.

 

DD,


Here is what I was trying to explain earlier.

The car on the left is the normal JL, the one on the right is a WL. On a side shot the only difference are the rims, left silver, right white.



If you flip them over, the right one has a white underside, while the left is normal black.



I forgot they also came out with a weekend racer set of 5 cars (65 Stang, 67 Camaro, 70 Challenger, 96 Vette and a 03 MCS) They released the MCS as a WL on some sets.

 

Wow, that WL MINI uses the same white wheels as the earlier version CR/W MCS JL. If yours didn't have the white bottom, I would have totally missed it.

I've notice that the IB/B and IB/W JL MINIs all have white wheels too. I hope those aren't WLs. I also have the Weekend Racer MINI with white wheels but no white interior.

 

Please don't take my post as saying that "if it's got white rims, its a WL". If in doubt ask for additional photos, that way if it turns out not to be, you have some recourse through paypal/eBay.


Anyone picked up the new Matchbox yet?

 

They (the 1/18 Austin Powers MINIs) were $13 plus tax each.

This isn't really die-cast, but I picked up a "Monster Garage" towel at Walmart over the weekend. It's a pretty cheap and nasty towel at $4.47, but the top half has the Monster Garage MINI Snowmobile.

If it had been more expensive, I wouldn't have got one, but for under $5, why not?

 

No, I didn't think that, but I did start to second guess myself.

I haven't found the new Matchbox or the new HW. Still searching.

 

Just hit the Jackpot on the way to work!!

I hadn't been by to see the local Diecast guy (Asheville Diecast) in awhile(but I had checked out his website and seen that he got a few new MINIs in, so I figured I'd drop in a chat for a few minutes. As soon as I come through the door I said, "OK, where I they, I saw them." He said, "Where the heck have you been, and you ain't seen nothing yet!"

He proceeded to reach behind the counter and pull out 5 new Hongwell, Cararama 1/43 scale babies! It didn't stop there, he also had 2 of the 4 new Corgi "nine-DOUBLE-nine" Police versions.

I had been bugging him to start getting more MINI Coopers, and it finally worked! Let me know if anyone needs any of these, he's got quite a few and more to unpack! The Hongwell's were 4.25 and the Corgi were 11.55

 

Found a 1:18 scale "Austin Powers" MINI, UJ body and roof, at Big Lots tonight. Yipee! Is the drought finally over??

 

Look at what I picked up off of ebay for $9.99 (plus $11 shipping).

I already have a 1/18th scale BRG/W MC, but it's made by Maisto. It's nice, but nowhere near the quality and detail as the AutoArt. Check out the rear window defoggers.