Hot Wheels DC COMICS 3

Well folks, there you have it, the 4th wave case assortment from Hot Wheels Pop Culture series has just been release in the states last week. There's a master list available that ill be posting up in my next posting. For now let get some look into this DC Comics 3 (DC3) wave.

I've a mixed feeling on the card packaging for this DC3. For one, am so so glad that Mattel retain the original card back layout and backdrop from the nostalgia DC1 & DC2 series and bring it over to Pop Culture. Now there are in sync when display together like they are in the same series overall.

On the other hand, a felt that a difference card card layout and backdrop is needed as this is after all a difference series but with the same concept as Nostalgia. Furthermore, the character used in this DC3 is kinda repetition as they have already appear (difference art) in Nostalgia series. How i wish there were other notable character to use like Green Lantern, Mister Freeze, Poison IVY, Hawkman, Hawkwoman, Bane, Huntress, Power Girl, and list goes on and on.

Casting selection for DC3 is not too great but also not too bad, just right in the middle thanks to the 55' Chevy Panel and Austin mini Van. Now the questions remains, is there a Bike in the Chevy Panel? Will reveal once i have this set in hand.

8 CRATE / BIZARRO

67' AUSTIN MINI VAN / HARLEY QUINN

56' FORD F-100 PANEL / SUPERMAN

55' CHEVY PANEL / BATMAN

68' STUDEBAKER CHAMP / JOKER

COOL-ONE / CAT WOMEN

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Pop Culture W2 : The Muppets

Disney's The Muppet by Hot Wheels Pop Culture series has arrived just days before the Chinese New Year Festive Holiday. The 2nd wave releases after Warner Bros's Looney Toons, which just hit specialty store weeks earlier. Speculation again as to whether if this series is making its local appearance anytime soon. As heard by now, local retail outlet is selling this series and they are moving fast. Guess i should have been more patient and waited for local release instead of getting from Online.

 Case code is X8308-956B (Wave 2). 

Contains 16 pcs per case, 

(2 complete set of 6 and 4 single extra)

Cars arrangement and assortments, 4 single extra consists of the 

59' Chevy, 34' Ford Sedan, Midnight Otto and Dairy Delivery.

The carded portrait, truthfully, the only character i knew from the Muppets is from the Saseme Street TV show. The rest are character unknown to me, and with a little "Google" from the internet, what is unknown become known. At least something bout Fozzie the Bear.

 

Back of the packaging, just as nice as before featuring cars appearing in this series alone. Since there is no number / sequential on the series, this will be a guide to buyer on what's available. Like the way the series is release and to theme.

Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog : 59' Chevy Delivery

Gonzo : Baja Breaker

Statler and Waldorf (w/white mustache) : 34' Ford Sedan Delivery

Animal : Midnight Otto

 The Swedish Chef : Super Van

 

=================================================================== Looking forward to Wave 3 : Comic Classic releases. Fingers cross

Pop Culture W1 : LooneyTunes

My case of Hot Wheels' Looney Tunes Pop culture arrived in January 2013. Was wanting to wait it out till Mattel bring it in locally as rumor has it but not confirmed until it was too late. Just days after placing order online that i received news of Pop Culture availability in local market but only at specialties store (Toy shop). Will the series be complete thru the year with all wave release locally or will it simply be like the other incomplete series (Vintage Racing / Garage / Hot Ones / Nostalgia) due to bad sales and poor repeated distributions. Here am fingers crossing that it won't be the latter, but to keep it save, i will have to be on the look out for this series as future releases seem to be looking good for Pop Culture without Mattel screwing it up for local collectors. The Muppet will be coming in this week and a full review will followed after.

Case code is X8308-956A (Wave 1). 

Contains 16 pcs per case, 

(2 complete set of 6 and 4 single extra)

Cars arrangement and assortments, 4 single extra consists of the 

Dairy Delivery, Spoiler Sports, Pro stock Camaro and Dream Van.

Front Packaging is distinct to each Looney tunes Feature in the series and they are Awesome when display. Put them together with 2012 Nostalgia Hanna Barbara series and perfect.

Back of the packaging, looks the same as Nostalgia with all casting feature in the series. Since there is no number / sequential on the series, this will be a guide to buyer on what's available.

 Bugs Bunny : Dairy Delivery

 

 Tasmanian Devil : Funny Money

Wile E Coyote & Road Runner : Pro Stock Camaro

 Daffy Duck : VW SquareBack

 Marvin Martian : Spoiler Sport

 Bugs Bunny : Dream Van XGW

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Looking forward to future wave releases. Fingers cross

 

POP CULTURE : DC UNIVERSE

So another week passed by, another post for Pop Culture, gotta thanks Steve over at HWC for those sneak pics and am looking forward to their releases. This week sneak featuring Pop Culture wave 4 : DC comics Universe. 

As most collectors of Nostalgia knew, DC was feature in the Nostalgia line 2 times during it runs in 2011 and in 2012 respectively and in 2013, DC again was feature in Pop Culture series. What is disappointing to me is that, the character for that line will be the same as those feature in Nostalgia.

Batman, Catwomen, Joker, Bizarro and HarleyQuinn. Those 5 character was already feature and i dont see the need to showcase them again in Pop Culture series. There are so many more character in the DC universe to choose from namely GREEN LANTERN, SINESTRO, HAWKMAN, HAWKWOMEN, MARTIAN MANHUNTER, DOOMDAY,  BANE, AZREAL and So forth. Come on Mattel, gave us something new.

So here is this week Sneak for Pop Culture DC wave. 

8 Crate Delivery : Bizarro

Was feature in Nostalgia Wave 2 on Hiway Hauler. 

Combinations of Gold and Purple just doesn't click with me :(

  63' Studebacker Champ : The Joker

Was hoping for something new, Red with white is not something new.

 Austin Mini Van : Harley Quinn

Now this is awesome looking, with diamond shape all over the Van's body. Hope it wont be short pack.

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Looking forward to another sneak pics in the coming days, keep reading and i'll keep posting. Cheers and Happy Holidays :)

POP CULTURE : WAVE 1-5

This is the best news ever that i've read from the internet. The listing for my most anticipated POP CULTURE line from Wave 1 to wave 5 and with full photo of them all. (except for wave 4 & 5, which only 2 casting are up). Read on and be fascinated by what is about to be unravel...

 WAVE 1 (JAN 2013) - LOONEY TUNES

 WAVE 2 (FEB/MAR 2013) - THE MUPPETS

 

 WAVE 3 (TBA 2013) - CLASSIC COMICS

  WAVE 4 (TBA 2013) - DC (Detective comics)

  WAVE 5 (TBA 2013) - GENERAL MILLS

So what do you all think about this POP CULTURE series now!?  For me, its gotta catch them all. DC will be in the 3rd release after the previous 2 in Nostalgia and General mills will be its 2nd release after the one released in 2011 Nostalgia. Can't wait to gather more news in intel for this series. Looney Tunes will be arrival soon and i hope The muppets will not be far behind. The cards and cars are Awesome for this series. Good moves by Mattel and Hot Wheels for this series concepts. Hope there be much more surprises coming in the future wave. For now, this is what we have. Cheers...

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Original photo for wave 1-3 : 1stopdiecast

Original photo for wave 4-5 : Steve@hwc.com

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Nostalgia DC 1 + 2

Yes, my Nostalgia DC 2 arrived today and am darn excited about it. Gotta rip open the box and hold them nicely and admired all the art work on those cards. Character feature in DC 2 include the followings : 

SuperGirl - Plastic Man - Aquaman - Bat Girl - Riddler and Darkseid

Art works feature classic comics character and when you put them all together with series 1 DC, it will be an awesome view to look at. You can even drool on it even.

Here all the HEROES character together... nice right. Here hoping there be series 3 of DC coming next year.

And here are all the VILLAINS character together, sadly there are the arch-nemesis for Batman and Superman Character. Am sure DC can supply countless character to choose from and Mattel to choose interesting casting to out them out

More in depth pics and review ofr this series in the future.. cheers

Nostalgia - DC Comics 2

Product's photo has finally surface online, the actual product is not starting to appear and with all the 6 casting and card art on them. I'm completely blown away by this series again and still undecided  to wait it out for local market to release (series 1 DC took 6 months after US release) or just do some clicking online. Anyway here are the photo.. enjoy them all.. cheers.

Photo above is from 2012 SDCC's Mattel booth, showing the assortment for DC Comics 2 Nostalgia.

Group pics for all the 6 Casting in the series.

FUUU this series is looking good, can't wait for them to release now, how bout everybody, also anticipating this series to reach our shore or do some clicking?

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Hot wheels.. Nostalgia - Part 2

Continue where part 1 left off, ( Hot Wheels... Simply Nostalgic Part 1, ) we now have the following wave already release in the US / CAN market and maybe some other part of the world as well. Just a short re-cap of this adult collectible series called NOSTALGIA that been making me going nuts! lol. 

2011 SERIES consists of 4 wave : 

W1 - MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE (MOTU) - 8 Castings

W2 - DC Comics - 8 Castings

W3 - GENERAL MILLS (Cereal) - 9 Castings

W4 - HERSHEY'S - 10 Castings 

2012 SERIES consists of 8 wave : 

(W5) W1 - HANNA BARBARA - 6 Castings

(W6) W2 - HERSHEY'S 2 - 6 Castings

(W7) W3 - NOSE ART - 6 Castings

  

Now we continue with 3 more wave for 2012, Enjoy....

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  ICE CREAM : CARVEL - 2012 - Wave 4 (W8)(May 2012-US)

Not available in Malaysia Retail! 

6 Pieces set with only ONE card back design

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SATURDAY EVENING POSTS (SEP) - 2012 - Wave 5 (W9)(June 2012-US)

Not available in Malaysia Retail! 

6 Pieces set with ALL 6 distinct card back design, 

Art by famous artists Norman Rockwell.

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  LIVE NATION (Rock Band) - 2012 - Wave 6 (W10) (July 2012-US)

Not available in Malaysia Retail! 

6 Pieces set with 3 card back design. One for each Rock Group.

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Just 2 more wave to go for 2012 series and i really hope this series will continue in 2013, only time will tell. As for the last 2 series that coming your way (DC COMICS 2 & ATARI (yes, u got that right), official news from Mattel has announced that the last wave for this series will be ATARI arcade and home gaming console. Just watch this space for new coming real soon and i mean REALLY SOON,.. cheers. :)

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LIVE NATION : 2012 HW NOSTALGIA

LIVE NATION, that the theme for the 6th 2012 Nostalgia wave release that is coming your way!. 3 legendary rock band KISS, OZZY and AC/DC in 6 great casting. Enjoy the card art/photo and the cars, they are not to be miss for fans of those Rock Legends. 

3 Difference card graphic for each Rock legends with 2 casting each. Awesome.

KISS featuring Paul Stanley (Left) and Gene Simmons (Right)

AC/DC featuring Group (Left) and Back Is Black (Right)

OZZY OSBOURNE featuring OZZY on both

Making your way soon, don't miss them.

HW Nostalgia - DC Comics 2

In 2011, DC Comics theme was release in the Nostalgia series, in 2012, DC Comics 2 will made its way back into Nostalgia series due to popular demands. 6 casting featuring 6 new DC comics character with 3 photo still unreleased as of this posting. Enjoy the 1st half of the DC Comics photo revealed below.

PLASTIC MAN - 56' Flashrider

BATGIRL - 59' Cadillac Funny car

The Riddler - 8 Crate

Estimate date of release in Oct / Nov 2012.