Snow tires and no flares...

Received 2 in the mail from my Mom who picked them up at her local Walmart in Lodi, Ca. Don't tell Pat Garvey but one is due for a color change. I know it will decrease its value but I need to do it.

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Bragger! You're Mom rocks though.

I bought a couple of them on eBay

hope it works out fine, some guys in Europe would love them too

on both accounts

My brother works at the country club in Lodi. I'll put in my order.

Sandy and I were honored guests and stayed in the 914 room. That case isn't the half of it! Hey Buddy!

Just checked an hour or two ago at a Target and WalMart here in Memphis near Wolfchase Mall . No luck again. Matchbox cars are wiped out and no 914's .

Been trying since I saw it here on this website a week or two ago but no luck so far . Picke up a Matchbox Lotus Europa 70's model before Christmas so that was a good score .

GTP

Jackpot!!! after a week of looking

Andy, it looks like you cleaned out their entire stock. No shame there as I will do the same I am sure.

dont jump to conclusions now. These all have a home with my local 914 buds!!!

Looked again last night at Walmart, Kmart, Target. Very few Match box cars at Wallmart and Kmart, zero at target. Looks like Target is waiting for a shipment all over the US.

I looked last night at Target,Walmart and Toys R Us ..no luck.

Its amazing to me the legs this thread has....

Yeah I know - some people are freaks....

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I checked Target, Toy's R Us and Walmart at Fair Lakes yesterday. Nothing. I did see the Karmann Ghia cabriolet and the good Dr's Prius. There were 2010 models on the hooks.

I (actually my wife) struck gold this morning, at Walmart in Danvers, MA. They had none in stock two days ago when I last checked... only two though..

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Nothing at Target in College Park, Md. But I did find 2 orange Corvettes, a blue VW Thing, and a custom '53 Caddy with a Soap Box Derby racer in the back (all these are Hot Wheels).

Cool, now that I know Walmart somewhere has then, I'll have to find one near me to check.

If anyone in the local DC area finds some, buy them up and you'll have a buyer in me, for sure....seeing as it matches my car!

Is that a 914 toilet paper roll?


I am starting to think there are only 2 914's in a box.......

Must be nice to have a -6

What do you call a 83 911SC 3.0 K-jet then?

I have a good collection of P-cars, but not so many 914's

(i did check 2 walmarts today, no such luck)

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and don't forget this little guy..

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Dude,
every walmart or target I go to is cleaned out of Matchbox cars. I was in Washington, PA and stopped into their walmart and targets and Hot Wheels were in stock and full, but Matchbox were empty.

I did score a nice Hot wheels VW thing, though

The collectors (resellers) of Matchbox are grabbing everything in the first few rounds of shipments (probably for eBay) - the madness will settle down and we should get what we want - at least I am hoping.

It is bizarre - even my local grocery store is wiped out.

My local Walmart (San Jose, Tully rd) has about 100 Matchbox cars, but no 914. Checking to see if the lot they have are the same as the 914.

How can you tell, Brent?

From the release list on page 1. None of the other cars mentioned in this release were present either. I can go further to the matchbox site and see if these cars were from the previous release.

These were the cars in my Walmart. Looks like release A.

1. 08 Corvette ZR1 (ALL MARKETS)
2. 08 Lotus Evora (ALL MARKETS)
3. 68 Karmin Ghia Convertible (ALL MARKETS)
4. Volkswagen V GTI (ALL MARKETS)
5. Range Rover Sport (ALL MARKETS)
6. Tractor Plow (N/L) (US/ROW/CAN/AUS) - EXCLUDES LAAM
7. Power Lift (N/L) (US/ROW/CAN/AUS) - EXCLUDES LAAM
8. Utility Gas Tanker (N/L) (US/ROW/CAN/AUS) - EXCLUDES LAAM
9. 78 Dodge Monaco Police (US/CAN/AUS) - EXCLUDES LAAM/ROW
10. Austin Mini Van (US/CAN/AUS) - EXCLUDES LAAM/ROW
11. 1943 Jeep Willys (New for '10) (ALL MARKETS)

I didn't see the Karman Ghia.

Target is wiped out. Walmart is wiped out. Toys R Us.... not there.

BTW the Karman Ghia is blue....

I picked up a Hot Wheels TR6 that is set up as a windshield less racer!

Good luck!

they get really cheap on eBay ... 370316468272

The Karmann Ghia is also metallic purple i picked one up couple weeks ago .

Like this?

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Your're right. I'm actually color blind...

It also comes in brown and orange.

EDIT: here are the pics. from camera phone

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Yup, I got the blue one Consolation prize.

Ooo, I want an orange one!

And then there was Four....

After I get a few more, I'm gonna open up a dealership.

Another day, another EMPTY Target

Lol I hear Mike. I tried another today, and no dice. Out of cars too.

Not many at my Target, but none of the 914's there.

Victory is mine! I tried 1 Target (no cars), and 3 Walmarts, all of which had a lot of cars (60+ each), but only 1 914 at the last one. Vroooom!

I also got a ZR1, GTI, and RS6 Avant along the way...

-Steve

Damn it!

Brent,

Which target did you try? I went to the Milpitas Target. I can try the cupertino one also.

-- brett

Hey Brett,

I went to the one on McKee and White. My sons go to school in Cupertino and baby momma lives a few streets over from the DeAnza Target. I really like the new Target in Sunnyvale too, the improved one in the Mall. Well, there is no Mall there anymore, on Mathilda.

-Brent

actually, your both correct! I have both light blue and metallic purple.

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Here are a few from my VW / Porsche collection:
(It's an illness , I have about 3 - 5 of each car you see)

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Kmart had much more than any other place, but no 914. They had 2 ghias of which I bought one I am starting an aircooled collection.

So the only difference between the Hotwheels and the Matchbox is the wheels and which direction it faces?