Some Purchases From Kuala Lumpur

Last month I headed down to KL for a holiday. I went hunting around most major malls and these are what I managed to get:

The MBX was from Cold Storage, while the Mustang and Buick was from Carrefour; all of which are from Mid Valley. Both Infiniti was from Aeon 1 Utama, and the BMW Z4 was a trade. I was even lucky enough to find myself a copy of the 2012 HW Collector booklet at Metrojaya Mid Valley!

 Besides 1/64s, I also went around looking for cars I liked in Maisto's Power Racer line up. I got the green Beetle from Tesco Mutiara Damansara and at the first sight of it, I was amazed. The other 3 are from MJ Mid Valley, priced at RM 22.90 each. It was more expensive I thought, but the items were on 20% discount, so the prices were more or less similar after discounted.

When I arrived back home in KK, a parcel had arrived. I opened it up to find these-

These two models which I found from Lowyat forum was bought from Thailand by the seller. Each came with a rather heavy price tag! But they look fantastic, especially the VW Golf!

More Hotwheels Restocks And Haul (E09 and E13)

This week, I was informed that the only Toys R Us in my city had restocked with the E13 wave, weeks after it restocked with the E09 wave. It was a shocker for me as restocks at this rate never occurred before. True enough, the distant sight of some BMW Z4s, Ferrari Californias and blue Porsche 911 GT2 greeted me as I walked toward the Hotwheels section:

I also managed to find one VW Brasilia with the heat fleet tampo; it looked awesome. There were also 2 Honda S2000s. On a side note, the white Infiniti G37 is released in this wave, but I hardly ever see collectors buying it. Maybe its 'pizza rims' gave it away.

Unfortunately (and as expected), there were no treasure hunts (Ferrari 430 Scuderia) and supers spotted here. There were also no Reventon, Mad Manga and Amazoom and Scion xB at this particular Toys R Us.

Luck was on my side when I found one Reventon left aside at the cashier. So I walked away with 4 new E13 vehicles. Plus the treasure hunt I ordered online with two other basic cars, this is what I have from the E13 wave:

Since there is a Giant just nearby Toys R Us in 1 Borneo, I thought there would be no harm to stop by to check what's hanging on the pegs at the toys section there:

Yet another E09 restock. Plenty of Aston Martins, Subarus, Dodge Viper and C6 Corvettes. Someone helped themselves to the t-hunt Malibu in this wave few days ago, or so I heard. The pegs are loaded with great cars these few days!

Hotwheels E09 Sighting & Haul

This week, my hometown finally got the latest wave of Hotwheels to hit Malaysia. Its the E09 wave - which can be identified easily with the presence of the blue Subaru WRX STI, red Aston Martin One-77, C6 Corvette and Dodge Viper GTS-R. This wave also came with loads more of the silver Aventador and green Aston Martin DBS.

When I was informed of the restock, I immediately rushed over to 1 Borneo Hypermall. Parkson received those new cars first. When I got there, there was a slight despair as the Subaru and Mazda RX-7 has been taken already!

So I just took one of the code cars Shelby and both the Aston Martin One-77. I love the striking red paint!

 However, on the next day, I was informed again that the Toys R Us at the very same mall has restocked the very same case or wave too. I had to make yet another 10 km journey just to get the Subaru!

I also got to see a wide array of new cars, they were great:

Lots of the Subaru I wanted too:

8 pieces altogether, I just grabbed one:

Here's a glimpse on the pegs at that TRU:

It was a great week hunting Hotwheels, and now it's time to take a short break once again till the next wave arrives!!

Bburago 1:32 Street Fire Haul, MISC

I went to Servay Penampang to do some household shopping. It is habitual for me that I stop by the toys section to see whether there were any new die cast vehicle models up for takes. There was a small restock for Bburago's 1:32 Street Fire collection. All are 2012 models.

The 2012 vehicles have their 'name tags' inside the box, and the 'stage' is no longer black plastic but made of cardboard. Most of these cars I've seen it a couple of times, but I found two new models I've never come across before.

Its the blue Hummer H3 and also a silver Mercedes Benz E Class Coupe. I couldn't resist the E class as it was a beautifully done model! I took no chances and immediately took these two off the shelf.

You may notice that the cars are priced at RM 10 above retail price; but that is nothing new for Servay. I'd rather sacrifice RM 20 than to never get the chance to see these on for sale in stores anymore.


I also got these two great looking Maisto models from their Custom Shop series. Check out that matte black Audi R8!! Servay also overpriced these..

G Case/ E07 Wave Haul, Bburago Aventador

I dropped by Metrojaya Suria Sabah last week, and I see that they have restocked for Hotwheels. I finally managed to find an orange Evo X and also the Cadillac Cien. This is the G case or E07 wave.

I turned to the back of the cards, and guess what. There is a price increase! Maybe this is the case just for Metrojaya Suria Sabah.

On a side note, I finally managed to buy all 3 variants for the Bburago Street Tuners series' Lamborghini Aventador. There are 3 colour variants to collect, and it just look great! This is the newest models in Bburago's 2012 catalog.

I'll try my best to take these cars out to the outdoors for some photography sessions.

Latest Buys

Hey there fellow bloggers, I finally got this exclusive Kmart variant of Hotwheels 2010 Camaro SS. The colour is stunning satin blue, and I really like it. And upon opening my parcel, I found out that one of them has an error. Obviously a tampo misalignment there, due to low quality control from Hotwheels. But some collectors can agree that this is what makes HW so fun to collect. Here's photos of the must-get variant!

Normal one on the left, error car on the right.

For comparison:

Also, KK finally received new waves for Hotwheels and Matchbox again last week. Its the silver Aventador wave (E07) for HW and E07/E08 for MBX. KK Toys had a fair pick of the new cars.

But no sign of the orange Evo X or blue Cadillac Cien! I wonder were it could have gotten to..

For Matchbox, this wave isn't that interesting, but the Baja Bullet and Triton/L200 are my favourite castings, so I decided to get one each. Along with this MBX wave is the white Dodge Viper with the palm tree tampo, and the white-tyred red Corvette ZR1.

For sure, the Lamborghini Aventador is one of the most hot and popular castings in this G case. Thankfully, Hotwheels made plenty so all collectors had their chance to grab the silver variant. Unlike the more hard to find orange variant, which came in the D44 wave. I heard that some parts of the Klang Valley did not get this wave. I was lucky to stumble on one few months back! :)

In each box of 72 cars, one might be able to find 3-4 silver Aventadors. I found 3 in two seperate places. So don't worry, hopefully there will be many more silver Aventador on the way to KK.

^ A casting too good to resist!!

Hunting Report & Extra Haul

Hi all, today I dropped by City Mall in the morning to see what new cars are up for grabs, since I saw some cases (boxes) were being transported to the store room last Friday. I arrived there with a fresh and nice sight of  newly restocked cars. Its the E03 wave for Hotwheels, and E05 wave for Matchbox.

Hotwheels' E03 wave comes with some hot cars, such as the T-hunt Chevy, Knight Industries Two Thousand (KITT), Ferrari 458 Italia, black BMW M3 GT2, Mustang Boss Laguna Seca in silver, white Dodge Challenger Drift Car and there is also a chance of spotting the blue Camaro ZL1, white Ford Falcon Race Car and purple Megane Trophy in this case. A fellow collector informed me that the particular case carrying these cars had been filtered by staff there, and he could not find any t-hunts.

Matchbox's E05 wave is the 2nd 2012 wave to hit the country. In this wave, one can find the blue Mini Cooper Cabrio, silver Aston Martin DBS Volante, red SWAT truck, silver Dodge Monaco Police car, green Toyota 4 Runner, as well as the gray Volkswagen Saveiro.

Meanwhile, I just decided to take the KITT and a few extras..