42 - Completion
Sometime earlier on in this year -- I THINK it was around February or March or so -- I began to get things for The Buddy to reward him for good days in school, and in such made a bit of a monster in myself.
I noticed that Mattel releases the 1/64 hotwheels collections in sets, and that this year's "New Models" collection would include 42 of them. At that point, I made it a GOAL that I would have all 42 of them. As some of you may recall, during that maelstrom of posts from August, I explained which I had to that point, complete with pictures.
Well, since Wal Mart is such the evil empire that they have good prices and abundant availability, compared to regular grocery stores, I have been able to swing by during my normal trips and pick up the few that I did not yet have at that time.
On my way to work this morning, I found myself on pace to arrive to work damn near 35 minutes early this morning, and even though I needed to send a fax before getting down to it, I stopped in Wal Mart to see if they had that last one for me...
Alas, I was NOT in luck this morning in particular, BUT it seemed that someone was planning for a shipment of some sort, as all of the "collections" were properly blocked and arranged on the hooks, actually with like-for-like models TOGETHER (one peg containing several of the same particular car) for a change. In this presentation, SEVERAL pegs were empty, which filled me with the feeling that maybe, just maybe, I would be able to hit paydirt at some point during today. I would make a point of swinging by on lunch today, since I am now back to an hour for lunch. Hell, while I am at it, I will stop by KMart as well, since it is about 3 minutes in on the 5 it would take me to get to Wal Mart from work.
Damn, I think about a lot of shit in short periods of time.
Back to the task at hand...
Lunch rolls around and I hop in the car and head over, stopping at KMart first.
Jackpot.
This brings me to that point in this story where I show you 42 images of hotwheels cars. As I stated, I am only going in on the "2009 New Models Collection," and not branching to any of the other series that came out around it.
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#1 - 2009 Nissan GT-R
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#02 - Circle Tracker
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#03 - Corvette C6
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#04 - Brit Speed
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#05 Ferrari 250 GTO
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#06 - 4 Alarm
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#07 - '70 Buick GSX
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#08 - '69 Mercury Cougar Eliminator
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#09 - OCC Splitback
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#10 - Bye Focal II
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#11 - 2009 Ford F-150
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#12 - Mid Mill
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#13 - '71 Dodge Demon
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#14 - Fast Gassin'
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#15 - Custom '53 Cadillac
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#16 - AMC Javelin AMX
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#17 - Volkswagen Type 181 "The Thing"
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#18 - Avante Garde
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#19 - '70 Chevelle SS Wagon
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#20 - Dune It Up
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#21 - Lamborghini Reventon
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#22 - Tri & Stop Me
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#23 - Custom V-8 Vega
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#24 - La Fasta
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#25 - Custom '41 Willys Coupe
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#26 - '10 Camaro SS
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#27 - Custom '42 Jeep CJ-2A
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#28 - Barbaric
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#29 - '70 Plymouth AAR 'Cuda
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#30 - F1 Racer
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#31 - '66 Ford Fairlane GT
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#32 - Tread Air
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#33 - Triumph TR6
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#34 - Fast FeLion
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#35 - Four-1
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#36 - Gearonimo
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#37 - Datsun Bluebird 510
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#38 - Ferrari California
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#39 - Ford GT LM
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#40 - Draggin' Tail
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#41 - 2010 Ford Mustang GT
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#42 - Pedal De Metal
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At the end of this all, sometime in the not too distant future, I will be mounting these guys up to a piece of board for display somewhere around, I will incorporate that into a blog whenever I get around to it.
So here I am now, and already I am noticing in the stores that the 2010 New Models collection is 44 cars deep and I am getting that little itch I happen to begin to feel at the onset of one of my new obsessions/undertakings.
Fuck my life.
I noticed that Mattel releases the 1/64 hotwheels collections in sets, and that this year's "New Models" collection would include 42 of them. At that point, I made it a GOAL that I would have all 42 of them. As some of you may recall, during that maelstrom of posts from August, I explained which I had to that point, complete with pictures.
Well, since Wal Mart is such the evil empire that they have good prices and abundant availability, compared to regular grocery stores, I have been able to swing by during my normal trips and pick up the few that I did not yet have at that time.
On my way to work this morning, I found myself on pace to arrive to work damn near 35 minutes early this morning, and even though I needed to send a fax before getting down to it, I stopped in Wal Mart to see if they had that last one for me...
Alas, I was NOT in luck this morning in particular, BUT it seemed that someone was planning for a shipment of some sort, as all of the "collections" were properly blocked and arranged on the hooks, actually with like-for-like models TOGETHER (one peg containing several of the same particular car) for a change. In this presentation, SEVERAL pegs were empty, which filled me with the feeling that maybe, just maybe, I would be able to hit paydirt at some point during today. I would make a point of swinging by on lunch today, since I am now back to an hour for lunch. Hell, while I am at it, I will stop by KMart as well, since it is about 3 minutes in on the 5 it would take me to get to Wal Mart from work.
Damn, I think about a lot of shit in short periods of time.
Back to the task at hand...
Lunch rolls around and I hop in the car and head over, stopping at KMart first.
Jackpot.
This brings me to that point in this story where I show you 42 images of hotwheels cars. As I stated, I am only going in on the "2009 New Models Collection," and not branching to any of the other series that came out around it.
#1 - 2009 Nissan GT-R
#02 - Circle Tracker
#03 - Corvette C6
#04 - Brit Speed
#05 Ferrari 250 GTO
#06 - 4 Alarm
#07 - '70 Buick GSX
#08 - '69 Mercury Cougar Eliminator
#09 - OCC Splitback
#10 - Bye Focal II
#11 - 2009 Ford F-150
#12 - Mid Mill
#13 - '71 Dodge Demon
#14 - Fast Gassin'
#15 - Custom '53 Cadillac
#16 - AMC Javelin AMX
#17 - Volkswagen Type 181 "The Thing"
#18 - Avante Garde
#19 - '70 Chevelle SS Wagon
#20 - Dune It Up
#21 - Lamborghini Reventon
#22 - Tri & Stop Me
#23 - Custom V-8 Vega
#24 - La Fasta
#25 - Custom '41 Willys Coupe
#26 - '10 Camaro SS
#27 - Custom '42 Jeep CJ-2A
#28 - Barbaric
#29 - '70 Plymouth AAR 'Cuda
#30 - F1 Racer
#31 - '66 Ford Fairlane GT
#32 - Tread Air
#33 - Triumph TR6
#34 - Fast FeLion
#35 - Four-1
#36 - Gearonimo
#37 - Datsun Bluebird 510
#38 - Ferrari California
#39 - Ford GT LM
#40 - Draggin' Tail
#41 - 2010 Ford Mustang GT
#42 - Pedal De Metal
Then I lay them all out in the living room floor to show just how damned many of these things I have in my possession...
At the end of this all, sometime in the not too distant future, I will be mounting these guys up to a piece of board for display somewhere around, I will incorporate that into a blog whenever I get around to it.
So here I am now, and already I am noticing in the stores that the 2010 New Models collection is 44 cars deep and I am getting that little itch I happen to begin to feel at the onset of one of my new obsessions/undertakings.
Fuck my life.
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