[Diecast] Monthly Additions: November 2013

7th: Walmart:

I wouldn't recognize as an official variation. Paint being a shade different is about as erroneous as a tampo slide in my opinion. The way I see it, the person responsible for prepping the paint or tampos could've miscalculated the colour mixture or didn't align the setup for an accurate tampo placement. Never the less, the results, while not perfect still produce roughly the same appearance. When I come across stuff like incorrect wheels or different interiors, that is a whole different story. That's because those parts were never meant to be installed in that particular casting in the first place.

In other words, paint colour or tampo slides have all the matching ingredients with minimal deviating results, whereas incorrect/missing wheels, interiors, or cards have the wrong ingredient(s) which garners a huge deviance. I use this to create a threshold to determine if something should be considered an error or just a negligible hiccup.


12th: Walmart:

'71 Dodge Demon (2013 HW Showroom/$uper Treasure Hunt)

Tell me how I found this in a emptied bin. I'm surprised myself, but I'm also glad I've got an eye for spotting Real Riders very easily.


14th: eBay: busitarumono:

2006 Kyosho British Minicar Collection

15th: eBay: toejammedia:

Aston Martin V8 Vantage (2007 Code Cars, 2008 All Stars), Shelby Cobra 427 S/C (2006 HW Classics)

18th: eBay: toycardave:

'01 Honda Civic Si (2001 McDonalds), Mercedes SL55 (2006 MBX Metal)

SL55 for $1.50? Can't let that one go.


20th: eBay: sbro0301

Lancia 037 Rally, Lancia Delta HF Integrale, Lancia HF Delta Integrale 8V (1989 Monte Carlo), Lancia Super Delta (1993 Catalunya), Nissan R90CP, Nissan R91CP

Finally got my hands on the R90s. I was stoked to see it existed through daboxtoys's catalog, but even more so being able to negotiate a better price with the seller.


20th: eBay: pattycakes14u:

'68 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 (2009 Outdoor Sportsman/FE, 2010 5-Pack)

Seller also had the Lesney Edition and the highly-sought Red FJ40. My highest bid tied with another buyer at $34 for the Lesney. I was thinking of trying at the red one as well, but it was already at $40 hours before its end!


21st: eBay: hotwheelsrus2:

McLaren F1 GTR

22nd: eBay: toyworldusa-tx:

Fish'd & Chip'd (2011 Colour Shifters, where blue indicates cold and purple indicates warm)

I wonder if I'll even find the other fish I'm missing.


22nd: Tomicas:

Mini Cooper, Mitsuoka Orochi

Gift from my sister from her trip to Hong Kong. May have to do something about those wheels.


25th: eBay: hwsoapy1:

Ford GT LM (2010 Speed Machines) Porsche 911 GT1-98 (2010 Speed Machines)
Ferrari 599XX (2010 Speed Machines/FE), Ford GT LM (2010 Speed Machines)
Lamborghini Reventon (2010 Speed Machines), McLaren F1 GTR (2010 Speed Machines)
Toyota MR2 Rally (2008 Happy Birthday), Volkswagen Scirocco GT 24 (2010 Speed Machines)

Seller is awesome for his willingness to part with his collection.


25th: Walmart:

'92 BMW M3 (2014 HW Workshop), Honda Civic EF (2014 HW City/FE), Porsche Panamera (2014 HW City/FE)

Also found the Mad Manga, AE86, 458 and Fangster but blacklisted them so I left them behind. Grabbing the second EF was tempting ut knowing how slow I work on customs, I chose to leave it out for the time being.


25th: eBay: brian106:

'58 Ford Edsel (2009 HW Classics), Shelby Cobra 427 S/C (2005 Target California Dreamin')

Skipping the silly-looking holiday rods, the Edsel collection is complete.


28th: TheToyPeddler: suprakid94:

Ferrari 156 (2001First Editions, 2002 Mainline)
Ferrari 250 GTO (2009 New Models), Honda Civic Type R (2003 First Editions)
24/Seven (2006 Drift Kingz, 2007 HW Racing/10SP variation)
Ferrari 156 (2002 Mainline) Ferrari 250 GTO (2009 New Models/FE)
Ferrari FXX (2008 New Models/FE), Honda Civic Type R (2003 First Editions)
Honda Civic Type R (2006 Mainline), Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary (2002 Mainline)
Lotus Sport Elise (2005 Faster Than Ever), '10 Shelby GT500 (2010 New Models/FE)

Finally got my hands on many first releases I've been wanting to grab for ages. Think that seller may have charged me a hell of a lot more than I wanted.