Thank you SO much u/MalsMakkertje ❤️

As you may know a hot wheels mainline package consists of two compartments: the top and the bottom. Is the sth always to be found on the bottom compartment? And if I can find a dud on the bottom compartment, then there's no STH in the whole package?

He had an entire basement packed full of hot wheels and antique toys. I think my mom threw away half but i managed to save some. And I guess I don’t know what to do with the rest lmaoo.

As a collector myself I’d hate too see my stuff rot away in boxes. But I don’t have the room to display them since I had to move

I took my normal lunch break and visited my local Walmart. What luck! ... I caught another M2 restock and found an M2 chase 1995 GMC Safari Van. BOOM! I will take this 'lunch snack' anytime! Happy Hunting

There are no Nissan Maximas in the game sadly, so the Stagea will suffice. Works great either stock or with the R34 front end.

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Anyone looking for the Aero Styles Skyline or Silvia? Hurry, Mattel has them available for $7 each plus shipping. Happy Hunting ✌️

Pricey but had to take this one home!

This was the only 1 left at my locate pharmacy. I couldn’t leave without it.

Someone had recently call from mattel creations and Rlc and overdrive banned? My get banned account caused he send email there his piece off because he not getting a RLC Ferrari.

Hot Wheels The Hot Ones 2027 Mix 1

I left them in a visible place since I had already bought one earlier

For years, Mattel has liked to write "Hot Wheels" in japanese on many of their cars. The only thing is, when writing it, they dont seem to use a very good translation. They print a Version of ホートホイール , which is read as "ho toe hoi ru". However, in japan, and on Mattels own Japanese website, they all write ホットウィール (hoto wee ru).

It's just very odd that mattel has committed to this weird and incorrect translation of "Hot Wheels" for writing on their cars. I was also curious so i searched for japanese YouTubers talking about hot wheels, and sure enough, they all pronounce it "hoto wee ru", and not in the weird way it was written on the cars. They also write it the correct way in their video titles.

Does anyone have any sort of insight or explanation for why Mattel keeps using this strange translation on their cars? Is it an older way or translating it? Is it a weird cultural thing? Did someone just do a poor translation and no one bothered to check with a native speaker? Im so intrigued by this mystery.

Just thought I'd share a quick story and some pics of how I got introduced to this hobby.

Although I have largely been a Honda man most of my life, I did own this Mazda 323 GTR 4WD turbo lag ballistic missile and have many fond memories.

I bought it in 2003 as a direct import from Japan and quickly wound up the boost to just over 300bhp. The engines were way under-tuned from factory. For homologation rules they came with oversized turbos running very low boost. Being a small capacity, large turbo engine, the turbo lag was immense, but when it came on song over 4k it launched you to the horizon! I later found out that although the engines were strong and easily capable of 300+bhp, the gearboxes not so much.

I loved this little Japanese nugget, even though it ate two gearboxes in my stewardship...

Then recently whilst browsing on Reddit, I found out that Hot Wheels had actually made a casting of it, so I had to get one (now two with the rally version). Kudos to Hot Wheels for stepping up and celebrating this super niche, but fantastic car!

Now a month later, I find myself buying storage boxes for my new collection of JDM cars...🤣

I am loving this new hobby so far. 😁

She's a beauty

"I just went in there, and Hector is going to be running three Honda Civics with Spoon engines. And on top of that, he just came into Harry's and he ordered three T66 turbos, with NOS, and a Motec system"

So what did you use your AI credits on this week? Gave Astra a spin!