Monday, May 27, 2013

Pop Culture Sneak: HANNA BARBARA

This is the final wave for the entire 2013 lineup of Pop Culture series. The sneak peek for the last line up is HANNA BARBARA. The year start with a Cartoon Classic of Looney Tunes and end with another Cartoon Classic of Hanna Barbara. Wishing the series will continue on with more cool classic pop culture. Enjoy the show folks.

 CUSTOM CONVOY - MAGILLA GORILLA
 QUICK D-LIVERY - SCOOBY DOO
  HAULIN' GAS - THE FLINTSTONES

 64' GMC PANEL - CAPTAIN CAVEMAN


 
The set is so colorful as the show itself, bring color bring out the character in you. This will be release around oct/nov 2013 and the card art packaging would be awesome, cant wait for the release and more sneak peeks. Cheers.

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Pop Culture Sneak: MARS

The next installment for Pop Culture will be none other then MARS, a chocolate branding that is most associated with some of the most popular chocolate in the market. Feast your eyes on these sneak peeks and drool for its release later this year. Cheers.

SMOKING GRILLE - M&M
 DECO DELIVERY - SKITTLES
 29 FORD PICK-UP - DOVE
70' CHEVELLE DELIVERY- 3 MUSKETEERS


Can't wait for the remaining 2 to be reveal, this set is great to display with Hershey.
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Next : HANNA BARBARA
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Monday, May 13, 2013

Fast & Furious Card Var.


With the movie release date coming closer, the Hot Wheels' Fast & Furious series is starting to appear in the States and in Online Auction sites. Here are the comparison photo for the US carded with the International carded.

For me, i really liking the US card more as u can see from the photo.. "Official Movie Merchandise" and the Movie Logo from all the movie are also on the carded. But for those collecting carded or Fast & Furious Fans, collecting both version of the card is as fun too. As for the cars, both version spots the same details, casting and paint apps on them. Enjoy the photo.


U.S. card (LEFT) / International card (Right)





There you have it fellow collectors, both US cards and International cards which is your preference? Would you collect both carded or just the one that you prefer. Also would there be a 3rd version somewhere out there?

The other notable Fast and Furious Card will be from the Mainline itself. When i get hold it it i will do another post on them. Until then, cheers and happy hunting.

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**US card photo taken from toyworldusa.com**
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HW FAST & FURIOUS

So its finally here, Hot Wheels' Fast and Furious (FnF) series was release ahead of the Franchise Movie that is to be release later this month. The series will have a total of 8 casting selected from all 5 difference FnF installment. From the 8, there is 5 muscle car and 3 import and they are not Real Riders Tires. Almost like mainline cars with special movie carded packaging. Made one wonders since there is a license why not a Retro Entertainment that feature some of the cars. 

Let's start off with the case box, each case box consists of 12 carded cars which only have a complete 1 set of 8 and 4 extra cards. For those collecting in set, buying a case box is so much easier then finding a set from pegs.
Case box arrangement, 4 pcs to a row and with 3 rows. Only complain is that all the carded somewhat have some minor (if not major) damage due to the box packing. As notice by most case buyer, the cardboard is too thick and when folded it made the case box looks bloated.



The complete set of 8 consists of the following casting:

1/8 - 1970 Dodge Charger R/T
2/8 - Toyota Supra
3/8 - Nissan Skyline GT-R R34
4/8 - 1967 Ford Mustang
5/8 - 1970 Chevelle SS
6/8 - 2009 Nissan GT-R R35
7/8 - 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8
8/8 - 2011 Dodge Charger R/T

(**Case assortment might differ. )


The carded packaging is showcasing all 5 movie poster is which the casing appear in. There isn't any of the name shown like "Too Fast too Furious",  "Fast Five', "Tokyo Drift" and so on, just a generic "Fast & Furious" titles on all the cards.

1/8 - 1970 Dodge Charger R/T

2/8 - Toyota Supra
3/8 - Nissan Skyline GT-R R34
4/8 - 1967 Ford Mustang
5/8 - 1970 Chevelle SS

6/8 - 2009 Nissan GT-R R35

7/8 - 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8

8/8 - 2011 Dodge Charger R/T

Practically, all cars are metal body / plastic base or vice versa. They feel like mainlines with more paints app and closes to movie accurate as possible. Its Plastic wheels mine you and price is not too high a premium for them (at least to local collector). And off course the movie carded packaging which keep this a good collector set to own. New casting would be the Toyota Supra making its 1st appearance in this series followed by the mainline series.

All in all, a nice set to have if you are a fan of F&F series and its cool cars. Available mostly at Local toys store, with some appearing in departmental store countrywide. They are going fast just like the series name implied. Cheers and happy hunting. 


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Friday, May 10, 2013

2013 General Mills Release

Finally, we have photo of the carded packaging for Pop Culture series 5 : General Mills. Many thanks to contributer "fmariachi" for the photo. Another 6 great casting with 6 more Brand under the General Mills. Enjoy.
 
Photo from fmariachi of HWC.com.

SUPER VAN - OLD EL PASO

QUICK D-LIVERY - PILLSBURY

CUSTOM 52 CHEVY - CHEERIOS

49' FORD C.O.E. - KIX

HAULIN' GAS - GREEN GIANT

77' PACKIN' PACER - TOTINO'S


Another awesome set to collect, can't wait for its release locally which is around end of month or early next month as i was told. Then all General Mills to feature in future posting inclusive the 2012 SDCC and RLC exclusive.

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Pop Culture Sneak: Archie Comics


Coming closer to the end, the 8th installment for Pop Culture featuring characters from the ARCHIE comics. One of the memorable comics besides Garfields, Peanutsand others, Archie has been the comics for teens as it deal with High Schools, Love,Friendship and others that teen or young adults can relate too. Now this time around from the look for the sneak, each side for each casting feature difference Tempo. Now this will be a headache for collector to decide which side is the best. As for Archie, Betty or Veronica?. Archie is schedule for release in Aug 2013.

FORD COUPE - BETTY / VERONICA



70's SUPER VAN - ARCHIE / BETTY & VERONICA

 ICE CREAM TRUCK - BETTY / VERONICA

70' CHEVY BLAZER - REGGIE

FORD BRONCO - ARCHIE
LA TROCA - JUGHEAD



All 6 casting has been reveal, Stay tune for more updates as its releases come near.
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Next Release ==> MARS (Chocolate)?

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Pop Culture Sneak: Universal Horror


The next wave in Pop Culture, Universal Horror featuring famous classic monsters from Universal Studios 1923-1960. These classic are well known horror / monsters / Scifi characters which was release before in Halloween series and Segment series from the 90's. Looking forward to the release schedule on July 2013. Enjoy the photos.



59' Cadillac Funny Car - The Bride of Frankenstein
  Low Flow - Creature from the Black Lagoon

  
 Double Demon - Frankenstein


VW T1 Bus - The Wolf Man


 34' Chrysler Airflow - The Mummy

Neet Streeter - DRACULA
 

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The next wave === > Archie