nobody go hunting today?

it's not wrong to go thru boxes! those boxes will b displayed in t end. let me give u some stories about boxes.

LAST WEEK: elgee made a trip to TRU subang. he found tat the DC packs had just arrived. the boxes weren't opened! so he ASKED PERMISSION from t staff to go thru t boxes.. he found 3 regular plymouths n 1 super. he took t super n gave me a call. i requested 2 regulars.. then another collector called up t staff n asked t staff to reserve for him a thunt! 30 mins later, raymond went there n didn't see a single thunt. then he got upset lah.. jus missed it by 30mins. while he was there, he noticed a young couple also goin thru t boxes lookin for thunt. t gurl kept takin one by one out n askin t guy 'is it this one?' n t guy kept saying no no no no.
CONCLUSION: either we take for OUR FRENS, or we loose out to tat couple or staff? try go look for plymouth now lah! was it wrong for elgee to go thru t boxes? i dun think so...

got many more stories. will get bc to u later

You must get the idea that TKT is not the only one doing it. He's done it only because scalpers would/will eventually make their way to stores (and its usually pretty quickly) after they have been restocked and it would have been gone anyway. I'm trying to say that, in this race, it isn't just TKT against the kids. There are a lot of players around in this collectible business that are rather invisible or unknown to those who have not seen this side of the market. Its a bit disheartening, but true. Hot Wheels is no longer a kids toy, there are a lot of adults collecting them too.

The thing that ticks people off in here is IMHO, there are scalpers who have done what he did so many times and have been doing for a long time, but yet have not been accused by you. Rather, like I said previously, you needed a face and name to direct this blame to. On the other hand, TKT comes in, does it once with the a good intention, and then gets stoned for it from you and the other guys in the blog comments just because he was doing what is right. Justice is subjective. Even if TKT stopped today the game will not change.

Scalpers almost always gets first view and then will swipe the good stuff in the cases. Once those are gone there is nothing you, me, TKT or anyone else can do about it. TKT has just simply gone and beaten them because he can do something about it before that happens. Its a bit cruel, but IMHO, younger kids can't do anything about it anyway. The market is like that because of the way Mattel sets it.
There are a lot of people you have to tell before changes to that level happens. What I think is right may not be what you think is right. We do what is right in our own eyes. There is no set standard for righteousness.

dun care lah... TKT called me n said let them say wat they wanna say. as long as we know who he is.

this wat happens when ppl dun come n join us in here n our gatheings,,, most of us have blu... umm........ nice cars already but others will say we scalp mattel or we go hijack t mattel truck... those that dun really have agood understanding of t hotwheels market shud jus shut t f*** up n stop blabbering  nonsense.. there r those ppl tat really hunt for stuff. then there r those tat jus wait for phone calls. also there r those tat dun do both like pydrummerboy... worse r t ppl tat dun realise t existance of ppl tat buy on behalf!

I'm going to Melaka tomorrow... any good places for me to hunt?

FUiyoh!!! I mau ini... chantiquenye...

wow... 2nd colour for Broco & based variation

picture courtesy frm k_nouthrup

try department stores lah!
oso 7-11 there~