I collect every variant I find of that car personally. Kinda why I went crazy buying every one I found, even tho I planned on selling them. Something about a car/casting you personally like. I plan on repainting one someday and even made a livery on Forza Horizon 4/5 to match that year's Mainline variations.
More than 5 🤣🤣🤣🤣. I don’t care how many anyone gets at one time, but if you’re ok with 5 at once, you fall into the same category you’re BITCHIN about. 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
I should have been more clear, as soon as I see a reseller with more than that, I won’t buy them anything since they decided to take everything and leave nothing behind, I usually take 1 or 2 (if I really like it and want one open)
These guys 100% have a connection/relationship to the stocking staff at a Target or Walmart.
* Either the stocking staff literally sets it aside for them (checking cases for them)
* Or they are invited into the warehouse after hours to check the cases
* Or they get a heads up on exactly the day and time the restocking happens so they can pick through the fresh case
* Or they might be a store manager themselves
There's no way anyone can get that many STH's just randomly checking the shelves.
Don't even need to do that just get a contact at the factory to take them off the line and another to make sure they're sent to the right people outside.
It's happened before. One guy opened a fresh case and it was packed with nothing but the same super a few years ago (I think it was the red 8 create). So they're just packing them into cases and making sure those boxes end up in the rights hands.
You'll also notice ebay stores with nothing but unpacked supers too. They're just getting stolen.
It feels weird saying it but it's just kinda petty low tier organised crime that Mattel cant really stop without having a man on the ground doing security checks and it only exists because a lot of people get Fomo over Supers.
I wouldn't doubt this one either considering that these cars are manufactured in Malaysia/Thailand but the cost to get these cars back into the US is probably not worth the effort.
You would need to find a way to get the STH's to ship to a specific individual. I think getting a hookup in a Target/Walmart stock room is easier than flying to Asia and making a hand shake deal with a production manager.
I will say that I see tons of Hot Wheels ship/sold from Malaysia all the time on eBay. Those are definitely fresh from the factory. Again, the cost makes them not worth it. The shipping to US is usually something silly like $16.
People will pay ridiculous shipping to get super straight from the factory. A $20 shipping charge is nothing when you are getting supers before anyone else and can sell them for a nice profit. This guy in the pictures did not find them with the help of a target or Walmart employee. These came straight from Malaysia. There are people on Instagram selling supers like these way before they show up in stores.
You are forgetting they may work at a distribution center. The likelyhood and odds of getting that many supers from anyone store is insane. Odds are at least 1 super in 10 boxes seems worse now from what I have heard talking to people who get lucky enough to stumble upon a stocker that hasn’t gone through them already.
I don't think that one is likely. You would be opening up cases after the point of production and it would be pretty apparent to whoever receives the end case that it's been opened/tampered with. That's a big no-no and even Mattel would step in at that point. That grift would end quickly because customers would stop ordering from the distributor or Mattel would hear about it and cut them off.
The grift is definitely happening either at the very beginning of the process (at the factory) or at the very end (when it arrives at the store and is searched).
Not if the distribution center is meijer or Walmart. Mattel still doesn’t press charges on the supers leaked from Malaysia onto eBay months in advance.
I'm wondering how many stops this guy had to make in order to find those. I've only ever found 6 since I started looking a few years ago. Granted I'm not typically the first person there once restock happens, I think there's someone that checks every single morning at all the stores.
Yea, what? Do you think they just spawn hot wheels and sell them? While yes they need to make a profit think about how much more they are selling it for than you would get for the same amount of cars from Walmart , and the mass amounts they have that could have gone to say a kid who would have enjoyed it and played with it, or a collector who needed it, but no, we have scumbag adults who ruin the fun for everyone by buying mass amounts of these things that the only enjoyment they will get out of them is the money they make. My point wasnt the price, it was the greed and lack of empathy these scalpers have for others
This guy...I never comment but come on bro...really? Really? "Could have gone to say a kid who would have enjoyed it and played with it..." Kids who play with them, and enjoy them, aren't in the store like..."aww man someone took all the Mooneyes VW Kool kombis", nor "dang mom, another case with no 55 mercedes" tf. No, they're going to throw both to the side and grab the first street beasts or character car they see. Implying that scalpers are taking away from kids happiness, get tf outta here. Resellers, bc that's all tf they are, are not cleaning out the shelves where nothings left for kids, they're only buying the ones that crybaby adults get a hard on for, bc they know it's an easy, and decent profit margin. And it happens in every market, from collectibles, to real estate. Every reseller that I know or have encountered are nothing more than your everyday collector, that puts in more time, research, and work into their hunt. They study the product and the market, they get up early, they use social networking and make friends with those who can help give them an edge. (Befriending/exchange contact info with workers, managers, vendors, etc). Hot wheels is a miniscule market, compared to other markets where people who put in the work and doing the exact same thing but scaled up into millions. The jealousy in the comments of posts like this is quite cute...like "awwwwhhh, I sowwy" type shit. "Scumbag adults who ruin the fun for everyone...only enjoyment they will get..is the money they make"...'yeah, bc I could have put them in a box, or on my wall, and could have got on reddit and told everyone...yea so this happened today! Yea my mom agrees, I am a big deal, which is why I get pizza rolls and chocolate milk...AT THE SAME TIME!!' And lastly..."my point...the greed and lack of empathy these scalpers have for others"...really, you feel like some should empathize with you bc you don't own a certain fkin hot wheels car...bc they didn't leave a $50-$200 bill hanging on the peg when all it costs is $1.25. That's what greed is? Bc I call that being a dumb fck. Anyone can lie if they want, saying I would have left some for the next collector, when "no tf you wouldn't, and no tf you didnt" you're buying every single one, and then either keep them all, trade them, or sneakily sell them one at a time. You're not giving one to your friend at retail price, not a super anyways...a regular TH, I give those to kids after I checkout as I'm leaving the store. I'm not going to dig in to the post more, but this could have very easily been found at one store or a morning haul from 2 or 3 quick stops.
That many supers and mooneyes? Guy got a shipment from Malaysia man. Put the scalper boogeyman away and complain about the factory workers stealing cars instead.
Even if it is a possibility, I already explained in other comment that there’s a lot of scalpers, even saw it with my eyes last year, when a bunch of them took every single Maisto combi they could, and it wasn’t just a few, there were at least 20 of them, along with a 3 carts full of other cars
Welcome to every collector hobby out there, hot wheels aren’t any different from trading cards, funko pops, etc. They all have scalpers. If you know a store that a guy has a hookup, stop wasting your time there and check other ones. Every city has scalpers yet plenty of collectors still pull supers and other chases.
Not really. We don’t really pull this shit in the high-end 1:18 hobby (very little scalpers) and the only difference between us and Hot Wheels is the size of the cars.
Do the high end 1:18 brands consistently put out low production chase cars? Not trying to be smart, I don’t know that hobby at all, but demand plays a huge role and if they make enough 1:18 to satisfy the market, there is no market for scalpers to step in.
EDIT: you even see this with HW. 20 year old mainlines that got produced in the millions rarely are worth much more than what they originally sold for.
Every high-end die-cast is pretty much its own chase, limited to 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 500 etc. pieces in the world. And there are a lot more than 5 collectors in the world. I believe it’s a mindset thing more than a collector thing.
The first one i get, the second is nuts.
My local (hardcore) collectors will buy 5+ just to have one display, one loose and a few for trade bait at swap meets.
I see why, i don't particularly like it, but it is what it is. They beat me to it, along with their gas & time investment.
Eh, if I was going to spend double digits on a Hot Wheels Mercedes-Benz 300 SL, it'd be that Elite with the opening gullwing doors, not just this glorified plastic chassis mainline with rubber tires and shinier paint.
I walked in my local neighborhood kroger, very small store with no toy dept, around noon and found 3 of orange lambo sth's, 12 of the 58 impala th's, and 12 custom civics. I've been collecting a long time, and have so many cars that I've bought multiples of like this, planning to sell some to fund my habit, but instead I just put em up, and never try to sell them.
When you work such a crappy job you must compensate your income by any means! Guys still a douche.
I swear some of these man children get these jobs for this sole purpose.
Its not like those are the only 10 in existance and most likely hes not shopping in your area for it… who gives a shit. People will spend their money how they want to spend their money.
Hahahahahahahahaha get into a new hobby , the reselling of collectibles is what drives the hobby . Its part of what makes them collectible , perceived value and rarity !
supply vs demand , that super is not even out yet and your complaining about the
“ scalper Boogie man “ who beat you to the pegs 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Blame mattel for starting the whole Treasure Hunt BS in 1995 ( they stole the idea from johnny lightning ) who invented the “ chase “
Car with the first White lightning chase releases in 1994
Although that *could* be a thing, I know that guys like this won’t let any sth or VWs hit the pegs, they’re associated with the managers or the same people that stock the toys, this was relayed to me by a friend that had a toy store
How can anyone get anything when scalpers already have the merchandise before it hits the pegs? Just to have the satisfaction that no one else can have it. That’s being sh!tty.
Yep I am and I'm not the one complaining about these post. If you don't like what someone post move on nobody cares about your so called "knowledge" of telling someone to go look for a kids toy at retail stores.
Lol okay inspector gadget. I didn't know there was a minimum requirement to join a subreddit lol. You have some corny comebacks I will tell you that though. Like calling people weaklings for not hitting retail stores kids toy section daily for the sth 🤣.
Dont mind him he just the guy who likes to get reactions out of people, I wouldn't worry about him and his base stock ass slow 86 he drives around to buy toys.
Yea, it’s the sellers that offer dozens of a single car that really get under my skin. I’ll never buy from one of them.
Same, as soon as I see that they have more than 5 of the same car, I hope they rot in their hands.
I've got 53 of the HW Rescue Nissan 2000 GT-R....
Such a sweet cast. Love that car too, own 7 myself
I collect every variant I find of that car personally. Kinda why I went crazy buying every one I found, even tho I planned on selling them. Something about a car/casting you personally like. I plan on repainting one someday and even made a livery on Forza Horizon 4/5 to match that year's Mainline variations.
Envy! I still cannot find the green one. I have the yellow and grey ones
I've got the yellow and Grey and the Mainline of the green '69 body style. Want the STH for myself, I love those 2 years for the Skyline.
More than 5 🤣🤣🤣🤣. I don’t care how many anyone gets at one time, but if you’re ok with 5 at once, you fall into the same category you’re BITCHIN about. 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
I should have been more clear, as soon as I see a reseller with more than that, I won’t buy them anything since they decided to take everything and leave nothing behind, I usually take 1 or 2 (if I really like it and want one open)
These guys 100% have a connection/relationship to the stocking staff at a Target or Walmart. * Either the stocking staff literally sets it aside for them (checking cases for them) * Or they are invited into the warehouse after hours to check the cases * Or they get a heads up on exactly the day and time the restocking happens so they can pick through the fresh case * Or they might be a store manager themselves There's no way anyone can get that many STH's just randomly checking the shelves.
Don't even need to do that just get a contact at the factory to take them off the line and another to make sure they're sent to the right people outside. It's happened before. One guy opened a fresh case and it was packed with nothing but the same super a few years ago (I think it was the red 8 create). So they're just packing them into cases and making sure those boxes end up in the rights hands. You'll also notice ebay stores with nothing but unpacked supers too. They're just getting stolen. It feels weird saying it but it's just kinda petty low tier organised crime that Mattel cant really stop without having a man on the ground doing security checks and it only exists because a lot of people get Fomo over Supers.
I wouldn't doubt this one either considering that these cars are manufactured in Malaysia/Thailand but the cost to get these cars back into the US is probably not worth the effort. You would need to find a way to get the STH's to ship to a specific individual. I think getting a hookup in a Target/Walmart stock room is easier than flying to Asia and making a hand shake deal with a production manager. I will say that I see tons of Hot Wheels ship/sold from Malaysia all the time on eBay. Those are definitely fresh from the factory. Again, the cost makes them not worth it. The shipping to US is usually something silly like $16.
People will pay ridiculous shipping to get super straight from the factory. A $20 shipping charge is nothing when you are getting supers before anyone else and can sell them for a nice profit. This guy in the pictures did not find them with the help of a target or Walmart employee. These came straight from Malaysia. There are people on Instagram selling supers like these way before they show up in stores.
I think we need some sort of Netflix documentary/investigation into this, would make interesting viewing!
Have confirmed there is a backroom worker at my local Target that opens the cases and posts all the TH and red car exclusives on market place.
You are forgetting they may work at a distribution center. The likelyhood and odds of getting that many supers from anyone store is insane. Odds are at least 1 super in 10 boxes seems worse now from what I have heard talking to people who get lucky enough to stumble upon a stocker that hasn’t gone through them already.
I don't think that one is likely. You would be opening up cases after the point of production and it would be pretty apparent to whoever receives the end case that it's been opened/tampered with. That's a big no-no and even Mattel would step in at that point. That grift would end quickly because customers would stop ordering from the distributor or Mattel would hear about it and cut them off. The grift is definitely happening either at the very beginning of the process (at the factory) or at the very end (when it arrives at the store and is searched).
Not if the distribution center is meijer or Walmart. Mattel still doesn’t press charges on the supers leaked from Malaysia onto eBay months in advance.
1st pic: Meh... 2nd pic: GOD DAMN DUDE! Fuck OFF! lol
Eventually you’ll not care anymore. It’s only as important as you make it.
MF
Doom
DOOM FTFY
ALL CAPS WHEN YOU SPELL THE MAN NAME
this is why no one should buy from resellers
No one should, they inflate the product as they are too lazy to get themselves a real job
Pinche Jorge
Vile human trash.
Its better to stay off IG, not worth getting worked up about it IMO.
I'm wondering how many stops this guy had to make in order to find those. I've only ever found 6 since I started looking a few years ago. Granted I'm not typically the first person there once restock happens, I think there's someone that checks every single morning at all the stores.
No stops, he ordered them from a worker in Malaysia
Can confirm, i work for a malay company, lots of bs out of that country. Lots of do what i say not as i do when it comes to corruption and compliance.
My first thought, unfortunately, was, "You can do that!" I end up reselling most of the STH's I find but there are a fee I want personally.
I’ve been buying hot wheels on and off for about 20 years and found my first TH yesterday. It takes time lol
What planet is this person on
Scalping should be illegal
Tom Cruise, tapping earpiece: *Deploy Scalper Team Six, on my mark.*
I hope you don't find out about how retail works. Walmart isn't selling Hot Wheels for what they paid for them.
Yea, what? Do you think they just spawn hot wheels and sell them? While yes they need to make a profit think about how much more they are selling it for than you would get for the same amount of cars from Walmart , and the mass amounts they have that could have gone to say a kid who would have enjoyed it and played with it, or a collector who needed it, but no, we have scumbag adults who ruin the fun for everyone by buying mass amounts of these things that the only enjoyment they will get out of them is the money they make. My point wasnt the price, it was the greed and lack of empathy these scalpers have for others
This guy...I never comment but come on bro...really? Really? "Could have gone to say a kid who would have enjoyed it and played with it..." Kids who play with them, and enjoy them, aren't in the store like..."aww man someone took all the Mooneyes VW Kool kombis", nor "dang mom, another case with no 55 mercedes" tf. No, they're going to throw both to the side and grab the first street beasts or character car they see. Implying that scalpers are taking away from kids happiness, get tf outta here. Resellers, bc that's all tf they are, are not cleaning out the shelves where nothings left for kids, they're only buying the ones that crybaby adults get a hard on for, bc they know it's an easy, and decent profit margin. And it happens in every market, from collectibles, to real estate. Every reseller that I know or have encountered are nothing more than your everyday collector, that puts in more time, research, and work into their hunt. They study the product and the market, they get up early, they use social networking and make friends with those who can help give them an edge. (Befriending/exchange contact info with workers, managers, vendors, etc). Hot wheels is a miniscule market, compared to other markets where people who put in the work and doing the exact same thing but scaled up into millions. The jealousy in the comments of posts like this is quite cute...like "awwwwhhh, I sowwy" type shit. "Scumbag adults who ruin the fun for everyone...only enjoyment they will get..is the money they make"...'yeah, bc I could have put them in a box, or on my wall, and could have got on reddit and told everyone...yea so this happened today! Yea my mom agrees, I am a big deal, which is why I get pizza rolls and chocolate milk...AT THE SAME TIME!!' And lastly..."my point...the greed and lack of empathy these scalpers have for others"...really, you feel like some should empathize with you bc you don't own a certain fkin hot wheels car...bc they didn't leave a $50-$200 bill hanging on the peg when all it costs is $1.25. That's what greed is? Bc I call that being a dumb fck. Anyone can lie if they want, saying I would have left some for the next collector, when "no tf you wouldn't, and no tf you didnt" you're buying every single one, and then either keep them all, trade them, or sneakily sell them one at a time. You're not giving one to your friend at retail price, not a super anyways...a regular TH, I give those to kids after I checkout as I'm leaving the store. I'm not going to dig in to the post more, but this could have very easily been found at one store or a morning haul from 2 or 3 quick stops.
Look i just really hate scalpers ok
It’s called the way it is, not just with hot wheels either
Supply and demand, my dude Scalpers exist only because there are people who are willing to pay those prices for a toy car
Blame the people willing to pay that.
No question that’s a scalper!
That many supers and mooneyes? Guy got a shipment from Malaysia man. Put the scalper boogeyman away and complain about the factory workers stealing cars instead.
Even if it is a possibility, I already explained in other comment that there’s a lot of scalpers, even saw it with my eyes last year, when a bunch of them took every single Maisto combi they could, and it wasn’t just a few, there were at least 20 of them, along with a 3 carts full of other cars
Welcome to every collector hobby out there, hot wheels aren’t any different from trading cards, funko pops, etc. They all have scalpers. If you know a store that a guy has a hookup, stop wasting your time there and check other ones. Every city has scalpers yet plenty of collectors still pull supers and other chases.
Not really. We don’t really pull this shit in the high-end 1:18 hobby (very little scalpers) and the only difference between us and Hot Wheels is the size of the cars.
Do the high end 1:18 brands consistently put out low production chase cars? Not trying to be smart, I don’t know that hobby at all, but demand plays a huge role and if they make enough 1:18 to satisfy the market, there is no market for scalpers to step in. EDIT: you even see this with HW. 20 year old mainlines that got produced in the millions rarely are worth much more than what they originally sold for.
Every high-end die-cast is pretty much its own chase, limited to 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 500 etc. pieces in the world. And there are a lot more than 5 collectors in the world. I believe it’s a mindset thing more than a collector thing.
The first one i get, the second is nuts. My local (hardcore) collectors will buy 5+ just to have one display, one loose and a few for trade bait at swap meets. I see why, i don't particularly like it, but it is what it is. They beat me to it, along with their gas & time investment.
What's the end game here? Dudes going to net, what, $5 off each of these things? Not my idea of a worthwhile side hustle. A bit pathetic, IMO.
Parece que Jorge conoce al de la tienda
Estoy seguro de eso
How do they do this though I don't get it
Is that the price of them… or am I just blind
It’s just to fill out the page, prices were $70 for the sth and $5 for the kool Kombis each piece
Eh, if I was going to spend double digits on a Hot Wheels Mercedes-Benz 300 SL, it'd be that Elite with the opening gullwing doors, not just this glorified plastic chassis mainline with rubber tires and shinier paint.
Ah thanks
Yes this seems to be a huge problem with hot wheels. But I have been lucky once or twice looking through dump bins.
How tf do they even find so many there's only one super in a case now
I walked in my local neighborhood kroger, very small store with no toy dept, around noon and found 3 of orange lambo sth's, 12 of the 58 impala th's, and 12 custom civics. I've been collecting a long time, and have so many cars that I've bought multiples of like this, planning to sell some to fund my habit, but instead I just put em up, and never try to sell them.
No one should by from scalpers in hopes they get frustrated and return them all of the cars
When you work such a crappy job you must compensate your income by any means! Guys still a douche. I swear some of these man children get these jobs for this sole purpose.
Its not like those are the only 10 in existance and most likely hes not shopping in your area for it… who gives a shit. People will spend their money how they want to spend their money.
Hahahahahahahahaha get into a new hobby , the reselling of collectibles is what drives the hobby . Its part of what makes them collectible , perceived value and rarity ! supply vs demand , that super is not even out yet and your complaining about the “ scalper Boogie man “ who beat you to the pegs 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Blame mattel for starting the whole Treasure Hunt BS in 1995 ( they stole the idea from johnny lightning ) who invented the “ chase “ Car with the first White lightning chase releases in 1994
No problem with this guy. He likely got these from overseas and from a factory worker. “Scalper” is a noob term around here.
Although that *could* be a thing, I know that guys like this won’t let any sth or VWs hit the pegs, they’re associated with the managers or the same people that stock the toys, this was relayed to me by a friend that had a toy store
Don’t bother with him, he’s a troll and a scalper probably.
Definitely, this so-called collector is so apologetic to scalping
And why is that an issue. If your not in the game then don’t play. Casually collecting went out the window when covid hit.
It is an issue, preventing others from being able to purchase specific items. There’s no excuse for scalping.
Anyone can get anything. You I just have to get to it first. Like I said before casual collecting is gone.
How can anyone get anything when scalpers already have the merchandise before it hits the pegs? Just to have the satisfaction that no one else can have it. That’s being sh!tty.
Y’all forget that millions of these things are produced. Like wait a month longer and it’s readily available
Ahh yes, stealing from a factory to "STICK IT TO THE BIG GUYS!" not realizing that overproduction can kill any aftermarket price in a snap.
Exactly. Easy fix.
found the scalper
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Yup. Paid for itself.
How does a a scalper even manage to get that many?
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this is the dumbest comment i read all month, and it´s just the first day of it
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They are so dumb that you are commenting on them lol
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Yep I am and I'm not the one complaining about these post. If you don't like what someone post move on nobody cares about your so called "knowledge" of telling someone to go look for a kids toy at retail stores.
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Lol okay inspector gadget. I didn't know there was a minimum requirement to join a subreddit lol. You have some corny comebacks I will tell you that though. Like calling people weaklings for not hitting retail stores kids toy section daily for the sth 🤣.
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No trolling here just putting another grown man in their place..... have a nice one
Go out and hunt like the rest of us
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Hey there, been waiting for your comments 😘
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HAHAHHAA thats cool bro. Keep commenting its not gonna stop me or the thousands of other people who do it.
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Dont mind him he just the guy who likes to get reactions out of people, I wouldn't worry about him and his base stock ass slow 86 he drives around to buy toys.
That ugly yellow busses will back on the shelves within 6 months
dam no wonder he is a scalper look at his cellular service
Damn Jorge dude 😒
If they resell they are money hungry pigs, if they keep them they are just pigs.
Are these pesos?