VW Fastback 08 First Edition

Today I am going to do a more complete review on the VW fastback 08 first edition. This car comes along in the Drift King Thunt wave and comes in quite limited number which is one in every box just like the thunt. Perhaps because its a VW and the casting, superb color and tampo on the car and its limited supply, it's more sought after than the dk itself. Some have said that it is the "thunt" in this wave and not the dk. Yes the dk which is a flat black probably pales in comparison to this vw pedigree.



One of the first thing that you will notice about this car is it's sheer weight. It is fully metal on the outside and is quite heavy.


After taking it out, you will find that the car features an opening back much like the vw dragbus or the vw kahrman ghia of 2007 which was also very limited in number. The back opens and reveals the engine and the drivers seat. The roll cage which is made out of plastic can be detached and proped as a support for the body of the car. However the color could have been better as the lightblue rollcage gives it the "cheap" look. I've got a mind to color it black but probably in the future..haha.

The body of the car also can be detached from the base just like the 08 orange beetlecup to reveal a rather off road dune buggy of sorts, hmmm could be a custom of its own......





All in all, a very good casting and I can undestand why many people are looking for it, Its not just hype, its a good quality car for RM6 or so. Worth your money so if you see the dk wave on the rack, don't just be looking for the green striped card but look out also for the number 39 yellow striped first edition.

More Matchbox in a Box goodies

After much bribing and persuading, my sis who is currently doing some outstation work for her company in Kuantan, went back to the Store, asked the assistance of the slaes clerk there and managed to obtained 5 more of the peculiar little matchbox boxes. According to her they were all hidden inside the showcase of the Toy section and there were a few more but they were all the same cars inside. Anyway I will be updating soon on whats inside but just a small preview picture below for now ....The rest of the review will be later... Just a hint....all 5 boxes contain trucks:).

Anyone can tell what matchbox lineup is this???

MATCHBOX IN A BOX

My Little sis who has been witnessing my ever growing car collection bought me on one of her trips to Kuantan a very peculiar looking Matchbox series which I have never seen before at "The Store". According to her they were clearing away old stock. Anyway this car comes in a box and the car inside is wrapped with tracing paper.

Now the original price of this car in the box is RM10 but she bought it at a very cheap price of RM5. The car is a nice mould but I don't know what make is it since underneath it just says "police car".

However I am sure someone out there would recognize it straight away and probably tell me the name or make of this car. The side of the car bears the name of a "CAPTAIN PETERSON". which I suppose is the character who drives this police vehicle...haha



Now after toying around with it I realized that there is something special with this car, or should I say feature, and that is the boot opens.

Okay, not bad then, I have never seen matchbox cars nowadays with openable doors or boot. Anyway its a nice gift from my sister and when I asked her if there is more, she just simply said, you go and find out yourself....haha...but as far as she was concerned, its the only one she saw but there could be more out there. I still don't know what series this is???

CARARAMA SAGA 09 CONTINUES

I was reviewing a few excellent Cararama cars last year, if you remember, and basically Cararama cars are made by Hongwell Toys Limited from Hong Kong, which is a private incorporation. There are a few things going for this brand of diecast cars, that is its cheap and its quite detailed. However for this lineup of 1:43 diecast cars, there are no openable doors etc, but thats alright since it's got the two qualities as mentioned above.
Today I am going to do a review on the BMW Z8.

The car's proportion is excellent. One thing you will find in Cararama cars are the proportions are always close to the original car itself. One look at it and your heart tells you something is right about this diecast model. Everything is perfectly scaled to the original car. Besides that the finishing of the car such as the head lights(no sticking out plastic remainders), paintjob both exterior and interior.. etc is also well done compared to many other brands of the same scale.


This diecast car was also made by many other brands such as maisto, but I still prefer this to the maisto one because it still wins hands down in its detailing. Although the maisto brand has openable doors but its just not enough to compensate for the poor detail of the car and not to mention the price is double of the Cararama brand. All in all, I hope that this year, the superstores will bring back this brand for its promotions again and preferably with new cars.

UPDATE

UPDATE: And after 6 days into the New Year, I finally managed to get five vw fastback with the latest addition of the super drift king. Didn't think I would get it all so quickly, but here are the pics as an update of my progress. I am trading away one to a forummer tommorrow.


My newest haul, lucky to get it but why couldn't it be a 16 angels or a qombee or a camaro..... its popping up here and there now, but will be trading one off with another person soon.



On another note I managed to find a no tampo error dodge van. Normally I don't collect these type of casting but since its different, I grabbed it. At first glance its not that out of the ordinary but the longer you look, it does have its a appeal with no tampo on...

VW FASTBACK

Well, its official. The Drift King wave has trully arrived but for how long nobody knows. Its reported to be popping up here and there all over KL and Selangor. Today I was able to score the VW fastback. As you know in two post back, I managed to score the same wave with a regular thunt DK but surprisingly no VW fastback. I couldn't understand why and probably never will. However today I saw the hotwheels box on the floor. So I asked for permission to have a look and that is how I scored the vw fastback today. Like the Thunt, there was only one VW fastback in the box which explains why it is in such demand. Besides anything vw in hotwheels is scoffed up in a feeding frenzy....haha

The first thing that strikes me most about this casting is its weight. Like the Kharman Ghia before it its probably one of the heaviest mainline car to be produced since its fully metal and it has a back that opens(like the Kharmann Ghia) to reveal its rear engine.

Well this is one car you definitely want to find a few and keep. Its definitely a great car to have and my crappy camera does not do it justice.

NEW WAVE IS HERE

As we were about to usher in a new christmas, I have managed to find on Christmas Eve, the new wave which contains the regular Drift King. Other notable cars are like the semi fast 2 which has the 40th anniversary tampo and Impavido, blue mustang gt with orange stripe, Dodge charger white and black, ferrari modena and mitsubishi evo variation(the one without the dodgy black frame on the car's windows.


Other cars that I also saw but did not buy are brutalistic, pink escalade and gold corvette. There are many more but I just gave them a pass. My pocket's hole was getting larger so I had to get cars that I liked most and put back the rest. Honestly this wave comes with a nice looking cars. If fate allows me to get them on the second or third pass, I probably would, if not its ok. As I was leaving to pay at the counter, I saw this tall young guy with spectacles and wearing a red collared t-shirt looking through the hotwheels cars on the rack, he picked up the merc clk which I had no intention to get and was digging into the other cars at the back of the rack. I was grateful not to have come at the same time as him otherwise we would be competing and I would not like that at all. That would be awkward. So I quickly paid and left. Anyway MERRY CHRISTMAS to all.

CHRISTMAS GIFT

Its that time again where presents are given to people, whether sometimes we know them or they are strangers. Lowyat Forum is having this exchange christmas gift program hatched by our hotwheels threadstarter "demonicle". The list has grown considerably and I am one of the participants. I have chosen guyy since he was brave enough to choose "demonicle" haha.
Well I have selected these few cars on top to give away to 2 people, one to guyy and the other is to a dear friend of mine just starting to collect. I hope he will be encouraged to collect more by this gift which is my purpose. I just sent out my gift today because believe it or not, I could not find a box suitable to contain the toys. Anyway my gift will probably reach them post christmas I think so you can still send your gift because thats what matters. Anyway go to lowyat forum now and sign up by just replying in the forum saying you wanna participate.....Tis the season to be jolly so Merry Christmas to all christian friends and remember to participate in the gift exchange program.

LATEST HOTWHEELS WAVE

Since last week, many collectors have reported finding cars that belonged to the Drift King wave. So with great excitement and anticipation many of us thought that our chance to get our hands on the Drift King thunt had arrived. However it was not to be or perhaps I should say so easy. The reason is because this wave which belongs to the drift king just does not come with the regular thunt but instead it comes with the very rare and hard to find super drift king. Problem is there are not that many supers to go around and so many of us have yet to find a regular or super drift king even though the new wave has hit.
However this wave does come with some great cars like the orange new beetlecup, the urban agent, saleen, mercs clk, and many more muscle cars not included in this picture. Close up picture will follow soon of these cars. At the meantime keep on hunting people and find that super drift king(telling myself also) before its too late....I found mine at Tesco for RM5.70 and some others I have seen are at Jusco at RM5.90.

LAST CARARAMA REVIEW

This is my last and final Cararama car review that I will make for this year. The VW Golf GTI is one of the more sought after car model in the diecast world. Whether it is hotwheels, matchbox or some other diecast maker, it doesn't really matter, it is a must have for most collectors and diecast enthusiast alike. One thing I like about the Cararama diecast model is again the attention to detail, from the headlights to the tail lights, to the tyre rims and everything else are made to resemble as close as possible to the actual car in real life.


The weight of the car is also surprisingly heavy which lends to the solid feel of the car.



Hope you liked my cararama car reviews so far and I hope that you have managed to get youself some from Tesco. Tesco Kajang has just run out of stock temporarily. Restock may happen again next week.

URBAN AGENT

What car may most likely debut soon as a James Bond car and why? Answer: Urban Agent because it has a missle that actually fires.

According to Hotwheels wiki, Urban Agent is a Hotwheels casting designed by Josh Henson that debuted in the 2008 New Models. The car's body material is a Metalflake Matte Gray with tampos that say Henson? and the numbers 071779? Anybody can tell me what they mean?


The missle actually is able to detach completely from the chasis of the car although the picture shows its like a tongue sticking out.
The base of the car is red plastic that looks abit like a jet fighter's fugelage adorned with rockets and missles.(ignore the cicak's shit beside it...haha)

Overall the car is uniquely good looking. I got mine at a Jusco for Rm5.90.

SUPER THUNTS THUS FAR

Its December and soon 2008 will come to an end. So far we have only seen 8 different hotwheels waves namely the 300c, dodge viper, buick, mustang, plymouth, hotbird, funny car, and more recently drift king. That makes 8 different waves that has hit our malaysian shores. Actually we shouldn't say hit our Malaysian shores because Hotwheels are made in Malaysia. It will be more accurate to say 8 waves of hotwheels were released in Malaysia. That leaves us with another 4 more thunt waves which we are yet to see but we do not know when. My personal hope is that we will see it soon as I am optimistic as a hunter for thunts and super thunts. I hope that they will come out soon. Maybe all these 4 waves will come out simultaneously and we will get to see them in the month of December spilling into the month of January next year, I don't know but I hope to be able to complete the 2008 thunts. May I hit the motherload soon....haha

SUPER FUNNY CAR

I found these the other day in one of the 7-elevens during their promotion week. As the lady was busy serving other customers, she left an opened box of hotwheels on the the floor which looked like she was just starting to arrange it on the shleves. This was on the first day of their promotion. So with a boyish girn, I asked her if I could have a look and she signaled with a nod 'yes'. So I just ransacked the whole box and at last came up with a super and a regular funnycar. Now this baby is probably the heaviest tresure hunt ever, heavier than the Plymouth roadrunner. Its Metallic brown in colour with Hot Wheels Treasure Hunt on bonnet & doors.


I am really pleased with the wheels of the super which has goodyear inprinted on it. Makes it one thunt super you must try to get.

The price is RM4.90 which is about US1.30. Great car and great tampos and worth every single ringgit you spend on it.

MORE CARARAMA

Introducing another Cararama exclusive, the Alfa Romeo Brera. Again for 5 Malaysian ringgit, I am simply blown away by the details of these cars. The wheels on this particular model are probably the best I have seen for this model lineup. The car's details itself are simply awesome. The body finishing is also excellent. Its proportions are really good, close to the real thing.



Now one of the things that surprised me the most about this car is the interior. As you take a peek from the roof of the car you can pretty much view clearly the interior dashboard of the car(I must add that the doors for these Cararama cars cannot open).

Now compare it to the real picture of the interior of the car below:

Really detailed for a 5 malaysian ringgit car. I simply love it. Anyway this car can be found in some TESCO stores as it is on promotion. I found mine at TESCO Kajang.
Lastly, I leave you with the picture of the car in real life.