Glad to hear that. You stayin on campus?

Hope you can go back soon and open it up.   

i've been told that actual profit margin for hotwheels retailers is very small.. and given current economic situation i could understand mattel has no choice but to increase the price, not locally but it seems worldwide. Hotwheels product is well known to do whatever it cost to maintain the rm5-6 range for very long time until they greatly tone down diecast, details etc but they're still somehow looks cool (although we could argue past releases much better and solid). I think they are trying their best to make up for the increase like having much better models lineup for this year and particular model printed on individual card. Me too not behind the price increase but i believe they really have no choice. What they really have to focus now is not to screw up local distribution so that wave rotation is steady throughout the year, don't do things like sending 100 cases (i exaggerate number of course) to particular store entirely same wave.. or maybe they can assign different wave to different stores Giant Parkson etc. Mainline will definitely sell faster and mattel will be motivated to bring more and more other stuff. Maybe ppl will say we ask this just because of t-hunts, but same thing goes for everyone as well.. which 6 year old want to buy that many blimps and that's only model warming peg for rest of year. And if they expect sales to go down with price increase this year's the time to slowly bring out collector like hotwheels. That i leave it to you guys real collectors what to suggest mattel!

Hehe, not opening it?   

I mean taking it out of the card.   

I think the promotions buy 2 free 1 is the store's promotion and not mattel's. The store may have bought in bulk and maybe get some boxes free. They will use this to offset the promotion cost and the promotion may be a loss-leader to get people to the store where they will buy something else too.

However, I believe the store has to get approval from mattel before conducting such promo.

@ sanlino, any colour. haha. i need one to put uncarded so that i can take pic with the rest of my evos and scooby. only have one at the moment.

@ cham, no worries. will help to look out for you tomorrow. dunno whether the selling price offered there will be reasonable

or not. btw, do u still have your evo blue iswara? i was from SIOC if you still remember and used to hang out at AW sometime. hehe

TRU get 50 boxes, so now ONE-U TRU will be graveyard of hotwheels..Same cars + RM6.50 = No Buyer.

OMG!!! I want this car... trade with my ultra hot 55 chevy panel.

dude, u know what's a definition of scalper?

hye hye...
daniel_lai96 its back hahaha...
wow!
v17 liao
i miss 14 topic a year....

why u call him cheater? just kidding rite?

btw, nice haul everybody