Haul Call - Share your picking results
And then when you come across something like this ...... you just buy it. Because .... you just buy it.
- Jetzons! — Zamak_Speed_Shop
- I have a bunch of the space ships, too — dr_dodge
- Cool!!! — Dutch_Clutch_Racing
Our local Safeway store has a small HW display and i scored these yesterday
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I recently purchased two West Coast Flyers from Walmart. Nothing unusual about that, except that one had what seemed to be an extra long axel. Low and behold, the rear wheels on one of them were the wrong size. Did I strike gold??!! LOL
- Gold, no. A burger with fries, maybe. — alva1370
- Nice! Some of those West Coast Flyers are pretty fast. — ManiacMotorsports
- nice! — dr_dodge
- Yep west coast flyers are cool and quick. — Banjo
Not for racing, a bit of a cult car in Europe, sometimes it's nice to buy a car just to look at
Ertl International cab over, does this count? Followed me home from a storage unit.
- Cool! — Dutch_Clutch_Racing
- I remember Alpha Beta stores. Nice find! — Stickdog
- I had one of these, but it was a Mobil gas hauler complete with working pump. Great score! — LobotomyScam
As I walk into the store, I say OK no hot wheels today. On the way out of the store I'm saying that was a good find. What am I doing wrong?
So here's an observation out of these 10 cars - 3 make the cut by being pretty fast out of the box. Many were DNFs stalling out and some slow pokes.
Is this about the expected spread?
- Well, they look good. I love all my cars equally, then I get a fresh drill bit and start tearing them apart. — alva1370
- If they’re not good I try to make them better. — alva1370
- Oh yeah some will get reworked and hope to have a racing shot. Although a few are total DNFs. — AbbyNormal
Yesterday's haul. $35. I found a gold mine of die cast. Small shop owned by a young couple with a toddler. They don't know a whole lot about them so I've been helping them learn at least a little about collector value, card condition, and racer value. I don't know as much as some, but I feel I know enough not to screw myself. Check out the error thread. I didn't buy those, I explained to them that they were probably worth a bit of money to a collector. Wait till you see today's haul tomorrow. I still have 3 huge boxes to go through. Oh and a bit of a variation on the sidekicks exhaust.
- The exhaust variation on the sidekick .....the exhaust is the lever that when pulled it......kicks out the side/door. It may just be a little slop in the lever/mechanism and will push in fully like the other one when out of package..? — Dutch_Clutch_Racing
- Awesome haul! That maroon funny car is one I would like to find. — Dutch_Clutch_Racing
- You really scored, good for you. — alva1370
- Thanks for the info Dutch! I have a few of these but I haven’t opened any yet. — Stickdog
As promised, yesterday's haul. $25....unbelievable. Never seen or heard of the Camaro Wind, got home and turned on YouTube and Northern Roads has a video of it in my feed.
- Wow! Great finds again! In my opinion....those Turbolence(s) can be fast! — Dutch_Clutch_Racing
- Some Really Sweet looking cars! The Bus Rocks. — Bent_Rod_Racing
Last haul call for a while. I have to work on getting my ranks in order and I have a ton of carded to open and lube up. I can't believe how many funny cars I found this week. Facebook marketplace has been very good to me. Sending good peg vibes and luck in your hunt to everyone!
- I love the real funny cars (body opens) — dr_dodge
- Yeah....I just can't pass up buying a funny car when I find them. — Dutch_Clutch_Racing
I picked these up from a charity shop last month. They had over a hundred there but they were £1 each($1.25 i think).These were in my opinion the best of the lot, ive picked some up a few years ago for 20p each. If this was the case with these i would have had the lot.
Target had some real nice cars that were on my list like the Aston Martin - Mazda RX7 cop car - a Jeep - a Chevy C10 - and a Mercedes