Welcome to the Diecast General. A community built for collectors, by collectors.No matter what brand you collect or what scale you prefer, you are welcome here. Hot Wheels, Jada, Matchbox, Auto World, Maisto, Tomica and more. From classic cars and lifted trucks to trains, planes, and detailed statues, we celebrate it all. If it is diecast, it has a home here.Show us what you have, talk shop, and enjoy the hobby.>Hot Wheels:https://hotwheelscollectors.mattel.com/shop>M2:https://www.m2machines.com>Bburago:https://www.bburago.com/>Auto World:https://www.autoworldstore.com/default.asp>Johnny Lightning:https://johnnylightning.com>Majorette:https://www.majorette.com/majorette_en/home/>Tomica/Mini GT/Ignition Model etc:https://www.amiami.com/eng/c/carmodels/>Archived Threads:https://archive.palanq.win/toy/search/subject/Diecast/Previously:>>11866450
This was my haul. I know there's another Albertsons truck variety that's closer to scale. The Matchbox one wasn't for the car, it's for the nostalgia as what it's what they used to look like.
Would any of you know if they're doing Halloween Hot Wheels this year?
>>11895825Yes, and it will include NASCAR Dodge.
2000's castings were indestructible
>>11895825I can confirm they do and I have actually manged to get a complete set, first time finding a Halloween hot wheels cars, some of them are pretty cool, Think the pumkin delivery one is my favorite in this set,
>>11895825yep
scalpers are turning this into the new pokemon
>>11896385What store did you find them?
>>11896906i saw them at fred meyers
>>11884975want to do this to, i've got some good markers and started by adding some details to this maisto 250 (pic related).To get a crisp and clean line along the entire profiles is pretty hard. Visually, however, the result is satisfying, even though it is far from good.I have an old '68 chevy nova that need to be restored and it'll be my first project, hope don't fuck up the paint and i'll try to make my decals too. Anxiety is holding me back>>11896297have a dodge copperhead first edition (metal/metal) that could really hurt if i threw it at someone>>11896851mfs already did it. Even normies are flipping mainlines nowaday, it's not even "people in the hobby" anymore. Goddamn socials are a plague in this regard
How much could I get for these? They're still in good condition and all but one are from multipacks with cars I actually do care about.>>11896385Nice. I only found the Alpha Pursuit last store I looked.
>>11896906Krogers, Theres been a few people looking for them from what i have seen it was by accident I found them.
>>11897295Just keep them, nigger. They're cool.
>>11897295>That subaru and beetleKeep em
>"man, that hot wheels movie, amirite?"
>>11897563>>11897620You're right, I'd probably regret getting rid of them.
I think I made some good finds today. They're from 2025 and I haven't seen them before.
I found a Lamborghini Countach. That's all I want in life.>>11898093That Audi has a really loud turbo flutter on the real car. It sounds like a giant bird chiping.
I CAN'T FUCKING FIND FERRARIS NOWHERE
>>11898093i've got the black one of that escort because of the Vatanen's v-rally escort>>11898169good, now find and slap some 5dots on it>filenamewhat game?>>11898198>NOWHEREthere's your problem. Should have looked SOMEWHERE.anyway i can't find spaghetti cars anywhere either, moreover lately has become difficult to find hw/mbx in the stores
>>11896297They look cooler too.
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Old Street Shaker vs. New Street Shaker. I like the new one's sparkly paint but the old one has shiny chrome plastic. After checking the wiki I wish I'd bought the black one instead of the blue one.
>>11898381Oh my god
>>11898596Yeah they were good
>>11899281My fav 24/Seven edition. Clear windows, open spoiler. I remember there was also green variant of this edition.
Posting more cool old hotwheels so zoomers know what we have lost.
The best part? You don't have to compete with jobless Mexican just for a $1 car.
The next release of the X-Cceleron looks pretty sick.
>>11899526Clyp looking ass.
>>11899332wish i could get way2fast, turbine time and hot seat>>11899281was really that expensive to leave the open spoiler? Now they're retooling models to include the spoiler in the cast itself but that open slot was too much?>>11899531you have a point. Just like k.i.t.t. concept reminds of the mass production evas. Also >>11899526 would fit as one of the "devil"s from ridge racer serie>>11899335are you indonesian?
>>11899526The artwork sold me on the first one.
>>11899595I'm not a pajeet, what's wrong with you?
>>11899939>don't have to compete with jobless Mexican just for a $1 carmy bad, assumed you were getting them straight from the factory
>bought an expensive Tonkin Replicas tractor trailer at a gift shop>one of the mirrors (held on by a stiff, tiny wire) is already brokenDamn.
>>11900578nothing unfixable at least hopefully
>>11899335Spoiler broke off mine's :-(
New Matchbox R35 is dope. Stays in true 1/64 along with Supra and Mitsubishi 3000GT.
>>11900780They need to make more of shitboxes
>>11900713nothing a drop of superglue can't fix>>11900781what do you have in mind?About matchbox, i remember seeing a diablo casting among others in a preview from early '26. Yet i'm not aware of any new release
I both am sad and thankful that there are no diecast specialty stores around me. On one hand it's really hard to find good stuff around me unless you really scrounge at the local flea market. On the other it's definitely saving my wallet.
>>11898246>slap some 5dots on itThe closest I can find are Chika 1/64 Rotiform Dias and they cost 20 times the car itself. I'll pass.>what gameNFS Unbound. Legitimately the worst experience I've had with a racing game. Not even the car selection could make up for it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J25lB3pX9FYthese new tomicas are neat
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>>11901653Is Tomica muscling in on Kaido House?
>>11901677apparently these are affordable version, tomica premium quality wise, but they do look good apart from the wheels
>>11900780Nice. Majorette "1/64" are all a little off, but conveniently labeled with their actual scale. GTR is 1:62, Supra 1:56, Z 1:58.
Came back from the store with no new cars but I grabbed the Countach I'd been eyeing for a while and finally caved on the spring Veloce since it was the last one they had. Yes, it's purple and blue-green, but I kind of love it.
Another angle. I don't think I'll be placing the cars with plastic wheels on concrete anymore because it scratched the plastic more than I thought it would.
>>11899526>metal flake paintMe gusta!>captchas are now 2/2Nice.
>>11902413>>11902414Man, that purple is intense in the sun.
>>11900831I lost it 15 years ago :-(
got this little guy today, not a fan of HW casts, but i do like the decals
Metalflake purple chads, rise up!
>>11900472I mean, at Walmart, they wait there for an entire day to wait for new cases to arrive and just snatch every cool care right from boxes before they hit the pegs. I stopped collecting hotwheels because of that.
>>11902917Scalpers ruin the hobby for everyone else. It's almost impossible to find Skylines on the pegs because of faggots like that.
>>11902931The big toy stores both irl and online, over here in Dutschland are still stuck at 2025 mainline for single card cars. Unironically the only 2026s I have bought came from waiting in line at Aldi. If it is not pure hoarding for pricegauge scalping I do not even mind irl or online resellers that much tough, I just ordered a MoonEyes SpeedWaze with the Powerboat, that came in a premium set with two other cars I don't need, ofcourse I found two other cars I liked so including shipping I did spend the same, but for 3 cars and Powerboat that I like. Maybe a smoll upcharge because one of them is a mainline but it has a MoonEyes livrey so that makes up tje diverence for me.That said, don't buy from the guy who has boxes and boxes off all of the cool cars and wants x times the retail price. The toystores here are stuck but ofcourse the internet has them all, some even have moq to meet before you are allowed to order. Fuck those guys, the cars will show up in a bin on a fleamarket eventually.
>>11903063Eh, pardon me. Have a pic of this excellent little forrage harvester I picked up yesterday to make up for that wordmess. Hakselaar (chopper) we call them overhere, such cool machines. This one is a Siku in 1/87 or H0 scale. The Plymouth coupe is Matchbox.
Better pic of the harvester. The Curtis sport car is MatchBox.
The Kurtis has paint/tampo taillights, a numberplate and and metallic sparkle in the paint. Cool car and a cool cast.
And some detailing on the Matchbox '41 Plymouths with a Hot Wheels '40 Ford for comparison. I am not a fan of how their wheels look but Matchbox does some nice cars.
>>11903526my two favorite matchbox castings as of recent
>>11903542Yeah, the Kurtis is real nice. I also like how it is just called 'Sport car' with older cars it becomes more opaque and my own car has been called all kind of models it is not, if I had that Kurtis the I could just say I got a Kurtis Sport Car, kek.Anyhow, one more pic. The running boards on the Plymouth are seperate parts, the wheels on that Ford also suck but overall it has a better stance and a cooler look with them. That's the diverence between HW en MBX I guess.
>>11903550I had always preferred matchbox more realistic/generic looking wheels to hotwheels, but a good way to improve them is to just draw a white wall on it using a thin white marker or pen on the classic cars, it improves the look
>>11902931>Scalpers ruin the hobby for everyone elseThat's silly and shows a misunderstanding of basic supply and demand economics. Companies like Mattel choose the amount of product to create and then the customers choose whatever the product is worth to them. Scalpers couldn't buy Marvel Eternals toys and sell for profit because there was more than enough made to satisfy demand. Many Hot Wheels fans would complain if they stopped making treasure hunts and Pokemon fans would complain if all cards were commons. People in these hobbies want some rarity and when that happens market value for those items goes up. Scalpers become the scapegoat when it's the fanboys driving the markets.
>>11903560I just get the casts I like and dont care that much about who made them. They are €1,-/€2,- cars, both new and on the fleamarket, can't expect 1:43 scale quality for that price. The white wall tip is a good one and I also have some wheels on order from china, going to to try some 1:64 customizing.
My brother got me this for my birthday. Neither of us have played a Tomb Raider game. He watched the live action film a long time ago and said it was really disappointing.
>>11904039lolWho thought this was a good photo for a decal?
>>11904039nipple :P
I should've bought this back in 2016 when it came in a multipack but I wasn't back into diecasts again back then, instead I paid for it online. Still, it's a good addition to my collection. One of these days I'm going to consolidate everything I own.
>>11903611Problem with flea markets is it's not a great environment for them. A few years ago I bought one of the racecar ones with logos on them and it doesn't roll very well because one of the wheels was damaged...a result of heat likely. I've always wondered if I could easily get some replacement wheels for it, or just spend money on an identical model.
>>11904191Replacement wheels are cheap from China but it is 5 sets minimum so you have to have a few cars you want to change to make it worthwhile to order. Damage to the decals is a bigger drawback for me, I got a few MoonEyes cars year but they all had scuffed markings. They were cheap so I do not care to much but I won't put those cars on display.
My reseller order arrived today! The boat was still in its vacuvorm and they all mintey. I looked it up, the Cruella car also comes from a pack with other cars I don't want and I did never even see the Moon Long Bloc for sale over here, so for stuff like this resell bro can make some money off me.That brings me to another question; how much are you guys willing to spend on a 1/64? I have been eyeing the Hot Wheels Moon streamliner for a long time now but it is old and I have to import it so that's going to be some €40,- (including shipping)
>>11904935>how much are you guys willing to spend on a 1/64?Depends on the brand. For Hot Wheels/Matchbox, the most I've ever paid was $10 for a premium and even that felt like I was overpaying.
>>11904936Thing is, I want stuff we don't get over here. We have Pendine Beach and those wack Scandinavians use frozen lakes, but there is no real landspeed racing culture in Europe so streamliners and salt flats are rare over here. I can get an M2 machines belly tanker for about €20,- including shipping from inside Europe but of course not the SoCal version. Even the HW silver line salt flats series is not sold in toy stores. Pic, such a Glorious machine!
did I find anything good?
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>>11905179A-Team van is cool!
Or did you mean 'good' as in valuable? The Donald Duck car can be worth some €10,-/20,- but afaik most 1/64 is worth fifty cent to two Euro second hand. Where'd you found them?
And maybe the yellow car with the sunroof bit I need a better pic. The light blue and purple hot rods are tootsie toys, not super valuable but there's collectors for those.>Three posts in a row.I just woke up, I'm not fully booted yet.
Kill yourself manchildren
>>11905177I'd say you hit a motherload of diecasts. I have that desert Humvee and the desert version of the Bradley as hand-me-downs from when I was a kid. I didn't know for years that the Humvee was supposed to have a TOW launcher because it was already broken off. Most of the paint on them had already flaked off so at some point I tried to 'restore' them with acrylic paint, but it looks like I got the color too dark. I'll have to do a proper restoration one day-maybe I'll fabricate a new TOW or a .50 MG for the Humvee. I've been wondering if I should try to make an armored turret if I try the MG.
My most recent haul
>>11905810Japanese. Black 350z is Realtoy, the rest all Matchbox
>>11905813American classics.Blue Plymouth wagon Greenlight, Police Plymouth is an old Matchbox Superfast.Red Mustang is RMZ City.Ford pickup is High Speed which is basically rebranded Greenlight as well.The rest all HW.
>>11905817Hot wheels designs Beautiful Deora II with plastic surfboards and old windows cast.Orange Super Tsunami totally not trying to be FnF Supra.Finally got red custom race Camaro
>>11905820Finally 2 vintage Matchbox from 60s and 70s.1969 Lotus Superfast, old thin wheels from 60s. And Alfa Romeo also old 1970 Superfast but wider wheels.
>>11905810Nice haul! I also found that Alfa this summer but mine is quite rough.Today at one of my regular stops I got this MatchBox transporter, says on the bottom it is 1/90 scale but the sand shaker being sorta non scale I think I can make a cool racing team combo with them.
>>11905820Man you lucked out. I keep running across loose original mold Deora IIs missing the boards whenever I go to thrift stores or flea markets. Those things just do not like to stay in.
>>11905860Ye, I was really surprised. Deora II before all these nonsense retools, with 2 detachable surfboards, and in almost perfect condition.
>>11904186I saw one of those food trucks as a cheesy melt truck in a city 5-pack today. The pack also had an LA tour bus, El Segundo news van, and a police helicopter, perfect vehicles for recreating a diorama of the Los Angeles hellscape
>>11904957>>11905893Love those old giant cars. Cruella's car looks awesome, but in the book it was supposed to be striped like a zebra. That'd be a wild recolor.
>>11907161From what I know of Zebras, they are nasty cantankerous animals so it would suit the car. I would totally buy it if Mattel did a recolor. Imagine having to animate that in 1961 though, especially with how expressive that car is.
I recently got an XL AE86. They've labeled it a 1987 model even though the front-end resembles an 83-85 model. They've also removed the 'Trueno' and Hot Wheels logo from the side that were originally present on the 2022 mainline livery.
>>11908736What a garbage, just get some detailed 1:43 from other brand
Shelby gt500
>>11908736It does now have a detailed plate with the HW logo on it. The tailights are 83-85 model, though.
>>11897227Tried to paint in the details on the front like this too. It's easier on the 1:43 models than the 1:64.
>>11908736I don't understand who XLs are for. They're just big mainlines with the same limited detailing and soft sculpting. There are far better 1:43 lines out there.
>>11908850I never paid close attention to their prices and do not have any interest in getting them but are they cheap? maybe they are just bigger hot wheels for kids who wanna crash their cars around
>>11908774Looking good, now you just need to outline the window trims, always makes a model look more realistic, along with a wheelswap if possible
>>11908887Brands like Bburago and Solido make pretty decent cars for reasonable prices. 1/43 also has a lot of more boutique brands like Automodllo were a car can cost 100's of dollars
>>11908774>It's easier on the 1:43 models than the 1:64.Don't be a wimp.Get a magnifying glass and some really tiny brushes.
>>11896906So some Targets around here have been getting these. They're stuffing them in the Halloween section, and with a bunch of other Halloween related toys, typically just setting them all on the shelf.
Anyone have this one?
Just felt like showing off my Real Riders and what I remember about them. The Automobili Pininfarina Battista was my very first because I wanted to get a premium and it just looked so sexy, followed by the Chevelle I found for cheap at Ross, the Lancia whose front wheels don't work from another Ross, a used '84 Mustang SVO that came in an eBay re-pack (the seller lied that they were new), the Mazda 323 GTR from Ross, the silver '84 Mustang SVO and orange 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T, and the Firebird I found yesterday in the mainline bin.
>>11913649That Trans Am is super cool
>>11910975I..I think I don't need onewaiting for the works gtr r33 lm tho
>>11913888Collecting Skylines feels like an exercise in frustration. It feels like they get scalped more than any other JDM car, especially R32s and R34s.
>>11914110none of those are HW or were bought IRL, just pre-order whenever possible and buy from large specialty stores. If you are late to the game tho...
Speaking of Skylines, what is Adventure Force? I've been seeing a lot of listings for a blue R34 from the brand lately.
>>11915325Retooled budget Majorette with features removed.
Hey what was the name of that like, it was like parade floats of monsters so they all had a hotwheels like base but it was Jason of a skeleton with a sword riding on it?
>incoming mini gt and stuffSuki s2000 for sure
>>11913888it's so good. Too bad wheels don't roll.Trends hobby is doing the road going one and will release the racing versions on 2027
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol8Cg8RLFSI
POV you are an insta kid that just turned 15 and have to pick a personality.
>>11920556I was at a toy store yesterday and some kind whent 'whoa that's a supra!!!' a few to times, lol.I got another MoonEyes long bloc and they had a random Salt Flats '41 willies! (Pic of that will follow) I guess I need to find the independent toy stores to get something else than mainline popular stuff.
>>11920706ERTL and Hot Wheels Batmobiles. I dont care for DC/Marvel stuff but that black Batmobile is just a cool car. The purple one came with some random track parts I got off MP.
>>11920711And these came with the black Batmobile, I noticed the racing truck first and then the guy said, take all cars for €1,-. The orange one is a Corgi junior whizzwheels, never heard of that line before.
>>11920715The rain stopped so final pic taken outside. A nice wifebeater combo if you don't want Dodge. The Cadillac is Matchbox, the other three cars in pic above also btw, the Mustang is HW.
Post your collection anons.
>>11920727Bonus pic! El Segundo! The Ground FX is my chase for that series, till I give in and just order one but a cool find this, I like the cast, the T-Bird ford from that same line is also something I would like. Just as cool, random thrift store find 1979 Matchbox Firebird. The wheels are done but this is a nice survivor overall.
I wish I could find a decent 1/64 peugeot 205 t16 and mg metro 6r4 besides the hot wheels ones. I hope spark or tarmac works makes them.
>>11920800I've been wanting to get into rally for a long time but it's kind of hard to find a good entry point, plus it feels like the sport's best days are behind it.
>>11920826That's why I like the older rally cars, like group b legends such as the lancia delta s4 and the lancia rally 037.
>>11920800Not sure of this helps, who knows if such a model is still available somewhere and for a reasonable price. The other one will be spoiled in the algoritme by HW marketing I'm afraid.You both have excellent collections, nice cars and way more organized than over here. I posted my shelf last thread, with the yellow Countach in the middle.
>>11920919Thanks anon. I had seen that CM's model before and they're tough to find due to its age. Last one I saw on ebay was around $50 and it's no longer available. I'm just hoping tarmac works actually puts this one out.
>>11920798Love that firebird.
>>11920794Great collection. I’d display mine too, but it’s a matter of the space required and displaying them properly. >>11920800Love this! I wanted that mini gt impreza and the tarmac 131 but missed the timing and now they go for double and more.About the pug 205, you're all set! Tarmac Works will release it next year, so keep an eye on the market! Works Models has released a pretty good Evo VI.>>11920826I'm EU and a newsstand collection of 1:64 scale rally cars has recently launched in my cuntry. There's a nice list of models and quality for the models is pretty good for the money (the Fiat 131 is quite the same as the Tarmac one). You can look into that or if something similar is available for you. Just start searching for what you like more and then build up your garage, shrimple as
>>11920948>Love this! I wanted that mini gt impreza and the tarmac 131 but missed the timing and now they go for double and more.That stinks, in the US both of them are readily available and can be found all over ebay. I'm sure if you search around you can find them in the EU for cheaper than what you're currently seeing. >About the pug 205, you're all set! Tarmac Works will release it next yearNice! They announced it in 2025 but there was never any news about it ever again. I like that peugeot 206 on the upper right corner, is that made by CM's?
>>11920940Yeah that's a cool car. the pics I posted is finds from about two weeks, I have been busy so I did not have time to take a real good look them. The Axles are good and the tires are not crunchy, I can refurb those rims with some paint, put some love in the interior and maybe some weathering on the chips on the car itself.>Barnfined Pontiac Firebird, RARE, some obscure engine/trim package combo produced on a full moon in springtime when the frost was still there,Smokey and the Bandit car!!! No tire kickers, 'know wat I have! 35k cash will take part part trade for Guns/Cross motors/Dodge fleet side truck. Call, number, ask for billybob>Pee,es: The Dogs are cool, they'll let you in and you can pet, just don't try to leave.Lol, I cannot afford the real thing so I imagine how some cars are trough models like that. I'm going to do the survivor thing, it deserves it now.
I'm still going to do up the salt shaker to go with the transport, but how about this? The Batmobile was the only good condition from that lot but all are cool cars to do some tinkering , a spoiler is easy to make and the model A rear wheels will look nice on the race truck.It's getting colder and wetter outside so I need to get my indoor photo setup setup already. Sad, I like full natural light even if I put up some more lights myself.
Mini gt got kind of lazy with their new carrera gt. They basically skipped the side intakes. Guess I'll go for the time micro one.
>>11919187It was Mondo Blitzers
Toystores has a Promotion, buy €20,- worth of Hot Wheels and get a free 'golden truck' I could not find €20,- of stuff I wanted. It will still run for a while so maybe I go back in a week orso to see if they restocked the Team Transport packs.
>>11920180that's one of the excellent tarmac Le Man models, I meant works (xcars/mini-gt sub brand?) road version "the unicorn".
Visited my local mall for the first time in forever and they had a HW vending machine near one of the entrances. Six dollars for dump bin quality mainlines from like two years ago. What the hell kind of insanity is that?
>>11922704People are addicted to chacha and blind boxes these days. My local stores have a vending and a claw machine for single Pokemon cards. Ofcourse with big stickers of the rare cards you can get.
:3
>>11922890Is that deep gray/black considered the R32's signature color or something? I rarely see it in anything else except maybe white.
>>11923018Yes, just like Ferrari is red and lambos are green and black.
