1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302

This year is a little bit special for Hot Wheels market in Malaysia as we are given many new series coming in to retail shops like the Vintage Racing, Garage series and even the 20-cars set.
Vintage Racing consist of classic muscle cars with better detailing and rubber tires. Most of the line-up are not in my collecting list but these two pairs of Boss 302 did get my attention.
anyway, enjoy the pics!

The best thing about these two cars is the almost perfect replica of the real cars, 

with matching decal designs, wheels and color schemes

 notable differences of the two cars are the wheels, grilles and the color of the front lights

The name of the drivers are printed on top of the roof..and of course it's readable..haha

comparison between both cars

While some collectors collect certain cars because they know the history of the cars, I am more to those who learn about the car's history through collecting. Learning about the interesting history of these two legendary trans-am cars driven by Parnelli Jones and George Follmer in1970, i came to like the cars even more.

Hot Wheels 2011 poster

Just a short notice to all my friends....the 2011 poster IS out! time to start updating ur wishlist!
happy hunting! ヘ(^_^ヘ)(ノ^_^)ノ

Get it here~! *CLICK*

credit thanks to Hot Wheels wiki for highlighting it :D

HWCM 2nd Annual Dinner!

Finally the curtain on 2011 has been officially raised with the 2nd annual dinner of HWCM
a lot of interesting hauls and hunting stories have been shared, and a lot of new friends joining the now matured and strong HWCM community..where the amazing happens (oops where did i hear this phrase? mmm =P).

This time the attendees were around 60 people..which is double the previous event! the activities done are basic cars race, RR wheels cars race and lucky draw. Thanks to the members contributing a lot of awesome prizes making the events more interesting.

These are the door gift for every attendee. a basic car, two super cool club cars and a 10 sticks of satay coupon LOL..fortunately for me i got the chase version of the SP2 club car that comes in co-mold wheels.

The venue - Restaurant Puteri, TTDI KL.

The Attendees - Full House! ^_^

Some of Lucky draw and race winners..the Luckiest will receive a set of 2010 regular Treasure Hunts!!

Now that is something to be bragged about XD

The Exhibition..pics thanks to alfagta

The charity cars which are meant for bidding..the profit from the sales will go to charity.

This is such a cool idea from the committees. as we always say, sharing is caring =)

you can also bring your cars for trade or buy them with bargain price!

Some of the Rarest cars made their appearance too! and in loose!! OMG XD

A presentation of custom cars from some of HWCM's very own customizers danielh and thunderhawk.

Love the mini 7-Eleven and the red Evo X the most!

The Food is great too..my favorite would be the Baked potato with cheese..

wouldn't mind another round of that! ^_^

The Happy Family

Overall the dinner was a success and great thanks to the committees for organizing such a great event.

hopefully the coming years will keep getting better and better! All the best! =)

New Speed Machines Additions!

It has been quite a while since my last Speed Machine post..not that there is rarely restock but the thing is i rarely buy variations..i prefer having one variant that looks the best compare to other variants.
anyway these are what came during the 7E sales last month (year) lol

This is the second variation i have..this version imo looks even better than the first one..

like it even more because it follows the theme of the original 1996 Mclaren GTR prototype

This is also the second variation of the casting that i have..guess it looks good in silver

This NSX casting is the first one i have in my collection, seriously..lol :P

the previous variations didn't get to my "want-to-buy" state.

not that i dont like NSX but i just didnt find the tampo interesting.

This one though is the best of them all..

would have been better if the red is in green or yellow so it will look like the takata nsx gt car :)

That is all for now..Speed Machines series is really a great addition to the Hot Wheels world since i find the mainline cars hardly impressive nowadays..anticipating more cool line up after this! :)

Custom Cars

Car customizing is becoming popular among collectors nowadays.
since the manufacturing cost is getting higher every year..there are less and less tampo and details given in the original design of the cars sold in the market..thus customizing is the best option to get the variants and designs we collectors like most.
below are some custom cars that i had my friend Andrew@cham did for me..they are quite cool.

 it is hard to find the red color of this car, i asked for it to be repainted in red

i got this from amcorp in a very bad condition. straight away sent it for restoration.

love the blancpain gallardo..luckily hot wheels came out with the casting 

another car that is not available in red so i have it repainted..

i like the normal red that most FE Ferraris have more though :P

some brands like hotwheels, tomica and even fastlanes have really good and accurate castings but sometimes the lack of details put me off from buying..customizing keeps the hobby alive and fun.
the only things hindering me from starting this new venture are the lack of time and tools.
hopefully soon i'll be able to join the fun too :)

HW 2010 Lamborghini Gallardo 2nd color

Just a short post to show the second color of the 2010 premiere Gallardo
The best thing about it is the paint is also in matte..
wonder what would be the third color?




Really looking good together!

Aston Martin DBS

Often being bragged about by TGear as the best and most practical sports car,
this beauty is now out in 2010 HW Premiere! Definitely a must get!
this car is released together with Ford GTX TH wave.
Good news is, there are plenty in each case so you wont find any problem in getting one!






As much as Clarkson likes it, i wonder if he has this HW in his keep? LOL

Speed Machines : Evo X Second Color

Though the latest 7-11 sales only restocked with repeating waves of Ratbombs and below,
at least the Speed Machines got some new stuff to counter it.
One of it is the second color Evo X! lovely!







which one do you like better? Red for me still :)

Speed Machines: McLaren F1 GTR

HotWheels Speed Machines is getting more and more interesting with each wave.
this time featuring yet another new casting which is the Mclaren F1 GTR.
Used to be the fastest and the most expensive road car before the Bugatti Veyron comes into production. The one thing unique about this car is of course the driving position which is in the middle, imitating the F1 concept.



While the tampo of this version isn't really to my liking, it still looks pretty enough and the casting itself is really good. Anyway one good news for sure is, now not only Mr. Bean can own it, we can too!! LOL XD

HW 2010 : Dodge SRT8

As u guys probably notice by now, I'm not really a muscle car fan.
but i fancy cars with heavy tampo/decals on it.
I've been eyeing this SRT8 because of its K&N tampo,
so i could match it with my Jada VW K&N Pickup.
and they really look good together. :)

And lastly, a wallpaper! click for the original size in 1280x960 resolution
Enjoy! :)