73-87 hot wheels and die cast thread

[1badgmc]

I've seen the Monster Jam trucks and I have both of the Hot Wheels Racing trucks. I still need to get my hands on that blue Hot Ones truck there.

[bigblock73]

I have both monster jam trucks, and have recently photographed my collection and put it on 73-87.com

http://73-87.com/7387_Novelties/Die_Cast.htm

I picked up a few more, need to get them on the site now too.
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[1badgmc]

The newest variation to keep your eyes peeled for:

[Mello Mel]

I found this in purple with green flames !!

[1badgmc]

The purple with the green flames is the older variation. The design of the graphics is the same on the 2 trucks, just different colors.

[1badgmc]

I finally got my hands on two of the orange trucks the other day so I could bust one open.

[1badgmc]

The next Hot Wheels variation to keep your eyes peeled for...

[broey]

dang that the coolest one yet, I gotta look for it!

[broey]

so it turns out the yellow one is a treasure hunt... good luck boys

[1badgmc]

The yellow one showed up in a Sneak Peeks in a HW Collector's Club e-mail I got, so it should be regular line.

This one, on the other hand, is a Super Treasure Hunt.

[broey]

ah, so there is yellow and gold, well great... now I want the gold one. dang it even says treasure hunt on the paint.

[1badgmc]

I see my chances of actually finding the gold one hanging on the pegs somewhere being somewhere between slim and none, so if I want it, I'll likely have to resort to eBay.

[1badgmc]

So, I finally found me a yellow one today. I was digging through one of Wal-Mart's *%^*^&%!!! dump bins today. I knew it was the right assortment for the yellow Silverado, but I was about to give up and walk away when I saw a yellow tailgate peeking up at me from deep in the bin. I pulled it out and kept digging, but never found anything else.

Also, earlier this week I stumbled across this HW Road Trippin' Silverado. I don't know how I missed that it even existed. Unfortunately, I only found one of it as well, so I'll be looking so I can crack one open.

[silvereagle07]

Originally Posted by 1badgmc

So, I finally found me a yellow one today. I was digging through one of Wal-Mart's *%^*^&%!!! dump bins today. I knew it was the right assortment for the yellow Silverado, but I was about to give up and walk away when I saw a yellow tailgate peeking up at me from deep in the bin. I pulled it out and kept digging, but never found anything else.

Also, earlier this week I stumbled across this HW Road Trippin' Silverado. I don't know how I missed that it even existed. Unfortunately, I only found one of it as well, so I'll be looking so I can crack one open.

After viewing this thread last week I found both of these at Target last Friday. Then I found two more at Walmart while shopping for the kids school supplies. I'm going to search for more on my next trip.

[flashed]

I found one of the yellow ones over the weekend ,I will be looking for more .

[90\87Formula]

Originally Posted by flashed

I found one of the yellow ones over the weekend ,I will be looking for more .

one of the local Walmart stores set up a dump bin yesterday. It had several of the yellow. So, check for new dump bins. This one was set up at the front of the store, right next to the "20 or less items" checkout.

[flashed]

Our Walmart does not have the boxes but Kroger does .

[1badgmc]

I'm still on the search for more. The one yellow I found was in a dump bin, hence the crappy condition of the card.

[flashed]

I found one of the gold ones yesterday ,still looking for more .

[1badgmc]

Originally Posted by flashed

I found one of the gold ones yesterday ,still looking for more .

If you found the gold one, consider yourself very lucky. That's a Super Treasure Hunt. I'll probably have to resort to eBay to get my hands on one of those. I've got a pair of yellow ones now, so I'm looking for another of the Road Trippin' one.

[flashed]

What is a treasure hunt ?

[1badgmc]

Originally Posted by flashed

What is a treasure hunt ?

Treasure Hunts are more limited edition cars that are mixed in with the regular line cars. The Treasure Hunt line began in 1995. For that year, the Hunt cars were limited to 10,000 of each model worldwide. In 1996 they increased it to 25,000. Hunt production numbers haven't been known for sure since then, but they've always been hard to find. In 2007 they began 2 separate Treasure Hunt lines; the regular and Super Treasure Hunts. Through 2011, both the regular and Supers shared the same casting, but the Super cars had Real Rider (rubber) tires and slightly different paint colors. All Treasure Hunt cars used to have a green bar on the package until they did away with the green bar for 2013. Now, regular Treasure Hunts are found by a small circle flame logo on the decorations on the car. It's really hard to find that flame logo. I've only knowingly come across 2 different ones. I just found a pair of Treasure Hunt Ford Fiesta rally cars the other day at Wal-Mart. The Super Treasure Hunts, like the gold Silverado pictured above, are much, much harder to find. When Treasure Hunts began, there was always at least 1 per case of 72 cars. Now, a case isn't guaranteed a Super, though multiple regular Hunts are common. Super Treasure Hunts have Real Rider tires, nicer paint, the "TH" logo and they're generally of much more desirable castings than the regular Treasure Hunts.

[1badgmc]

Yesterday was a lazy day. I was bored. I have lots of Hot Wheels and cameras laying around, so I played.

[bigblock73]

Saaaweeeet! Sent you a pm.

[crossfire84]

Very cool, 1 of mine.

OH crud! I missed the 73-87 line this is a 72 sorry.