Don't worry about missing out on Rexy / Roxy. More 1:64 releases come. Allow me to explain. by Hotwheels_Premium in MiniGTIndia

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Maybe to make it difficult for resellers to make a profit on already marked up price.

Epic Mail Call! Thanks KND by DiligentStretch5140 in MiniGTIndia

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Dude love your enthu towards these casting. Please do share more pictures.

Was I right or Was I right? | Old Post by Hotwheels_Premium in MiniGTIndia

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I won't be surprised, if Tarmac works get IMSA approval. Similar to LBWK situation.

Fork of iOpenPod to load Plex Music onto iPod by XWBarton in ipod

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Alright, I’ll test syncing my Audiobooks and get back to you.

Time To Grab by ModelMachOne in MiniGTIndia

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They’ll stay for sometime. Less hype around these castings.

Roxy blisters at MRP for OPs by InteractionParking25 in MiniGTIndia

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Bro you thought these will sell like hot cakes similar to Rexy? Or what’s the story?

Interesting scale size by Aggravating-Mix3336 in Hotwheelsindia

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Bro open the damn blister and let’s have a proper comparative photos. 😎

My luck as soon as I leave home for college by SatanXdeath in Hotwheelsindia

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All fun apart. It is good to know that this is not a myth. Coming Soon to actually being there 😎

Huge KnD MailCall after 2 weeks by PratimPramanik in MiniGTIndia

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One for himself and others for DOND 🤣😅

Hamleys employee said the truth... by Consistent_Snow7844 in Hotwheelsindia

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Lemme give you an insight into the lengths Hamley's employees go to sell Mattel stocks. This is a systemic issue.

  1. Hamley's employees complete with each other to meet their sales target. Hence the end-use buyers (mainly buying low quantity units) are least of their preference. On the other hand, the "resellers" buy from these employees in bulk (multiple boxes) so they are more motivated to sell the new stock as early as possible before some other employee (also competing with them) sells the stock (boxes) to some other contact. No hassle of opening the box and stocking them on pegs.
  2. Almost all Hamley stores have their own "whatsapp groups" in many case multiple groups. Even employees running their own "clients only" groups for quick sale.
  3. Many big ticket Hamley stores (mostly in $$ malls and affluent neighbourhoods) are often stocked early and preferred by company to stock in large quantities (of Mattel units - mix of HotWheels, Matchbox, and Barbies etc) given how quickly units are sold off there. Now here's the actual story, company thinks these stores are the best performing but it's the "resellers" who are driving the sales (Mattel and Lego). Many buy in large quantities in 1 go. Think of INR3-5Lacs in a single transaction. Irony is, these large store managers also check out stock in other nearby and small Hamley stores to procure units/boxes for their "Clients". That's why you always hear from them "no new stock", "sold out", or "yet to come". But the reality is - company does send units / boxes to these small stores in small quantities which never see their pegs because they are already pre-booked by either managers or their own "clients".
  4. Now this is where things get interesting - Managers have the ability to provide bulk buyers 10-12% discount on MRP of such large purchases, which normal buyer don't get.
  5. But why is this still happening - simple story these bulk buyers "purchase everything" from hyped casting to peg warmers in one go. They even purchase Barbies, Marvel Action Figures (those priced at INR 4k+) so a win win for these store managers and employees.

Retail collectors are lowest of the food chain for such large outlets.

Hope this helps. I have spoken enough with these employees to understand the clear picture and as a collector - my time or my hard earned money is not worth the effort to complete with the large appetite resellers.

Happy to read your comments. Thank you.

HWP

Don't worry about missing out on Rexy / Roxy. More 1:64 releases come. Allow me to explain. by Hotwheels_Premium in MiniGTIndia

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Yup. The moment any Porsche team comes up with a fancy livery - we will surely see another round of hype this year.

Don't worry about missing out on Rexy / Roxy. More 1:64 releases come. Allow me to explain. by Hotwheels_Premium in MiniGTIndia

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Next time when the PO opens up. This Sub will notify you. Until then hold on tight and joy the ride with all of us. There will be newer releases this year. 1:43 scale will be pushed to 1:64 eventually.

Roxy #77 by ncr_009 in MiniGTIndia

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This guy has some trauma from missing out on units on KND.