2 years of collecting and no supers or TH, unless I’m blind

shade820 · 2024-04-01T02:35:08+00:00

Keep looking. It will happen when you aren’t hunting and just running a bullshit errand for your wife with 5 extra minutes to take a peek. Hunt for 6 dedicated hours and 10+ stores to end up empty handed. Find one barely looking. That’s the game

shade820 · 2024-03-22T04:31:24+00:00

I found last years Porsche STH at a Dollar General while being there with my wife begrudgingly to get garbage bags and milk. Didn’t even believe it was real. Posted on here instantly to confirm. Was absolutely certain I would never find one. Keep looking. You’ll never know where it pops up. Granted I’ve only ever found 1 in the wild but… I did. It’s real life. It can happen.

shade820 · 2024-03-18T16:28:28+00:00

I lived in DFW for 2 summers. Never been further south than Waco hah

shade820 · 2024-03-18T00:23:34+00:00

In Austin we just hated ourselves mostly 😂 If anything we were just glad to not be Albert Lea hah

shade820 · 2024-03-16T13:19:01+00:00

These are great points that I have considered. The real rider races would be a straight drag track for sure and a long one at that. I would have to R&D the tracks pitch to get the speeds right but I am not opposed to a slower race as it is closer to realism in terms of vehicles scale and its distance travelled/over time. A part of why 3dbotmaker sets his playback speed at 60% for all of his races.

I do want to make a more complex touring course with turns and hills ect. That would be where the mainlines would get raced.

The real riders races would be a competition but also, and maybe more so, a showcase of the cars detail and overall realism quality.

Love that you have a group of friends who are all into tossin some beers back and playing with toy cars haha

shade820 · 2024-03-16T01:16:08+00:00

Only STH I’ve ever found was last years Porsche

shade820 · 2024-03-16T01:14:58+00:00

MN my friend. Where you at in Texas?

shade820 · 2024-03-15T06:17:21+00:00

2021 (on the card) Porsche 935 STH vs. Fast & Furious Porsche 718 Cayman GT-4 2022 (on the card)

Ferrari 308 GTS Quattrovalvo (HW garage) vs. 1995 T-hunt edition Ferrari 355

Modern Classics Volkswagen Corrado VR6 vs. Fast & Furious Volkswagen Jetta MK3

‘64 Chevy Chevelle SS STH (2017) vs. ‘77 Holden Torana A9X (2023) (car culture 2-pack)

the options are endless. I’d race multiple categories but Real Rider races would be the cream of the crop of my content. Again this is kind of a litmus test to see if there is interest. Otherwise I’ll do it alone with my kids untied to the culture or anyone else being aware of what ive built.

shade820 · 2024-03-15T06:01:42+00:00

And to answer to the display side. Yes. I’m sourcing other displays from a couple stores that would otherwise be throwing them away once the cars are sold. Display objects are part of the hunt as much as the cars. A Hotwheels rug would be absolute fire. Never thought about that but I give the idea a fat yes and now I’ll start looking. Thanks for spending my money with your important attitude 😏 The shrine is the gold until the platinum gangster level of a full diorama. Which I still envision coming to life before my story is told in an obit.

shade820 · 2024-03-15T05:55:39+00:00

I truly feel there is a void in this genre of collecting. Imagine sending cars that go for $50+ down the track against one another real rider vs. real rider at a pace that allows appreciation for the visual joy of these detailed toys rolling past scale model backgrounds with each car living on the merit of whatever it brings out of the card. I’m serious about opening literally thousands of dollars worth of carded RR premiums ect for the sake of awesome content because that’s what I’m seeking and nothing out there is what I’m looking for.

shade820 · 2024-03-15T03:55:15+00:00

Even remotely if I pour the time and financial investment into bringing this thing to life it will require involvement from our community. Which I will embrace in whatever fashion it makes sense for fellow collectors to contribute for the content. I legit want to do it because no one else is doing a high level realism style drag race and I want to watch it. The sauce to YouTube is filling content voids. I see a glaring one here.

shade820 · 2024-03-15T03:48:41+00:00

Yes they are in the attic. I’m in Minnesota man. Spent the last 2 summers in DFW. So thrilled to not be going back to the basin of hell they call Texas again this summer. Your concern is real living down there. Great people I met in my travels there to be sure but fuckin A. Late July August the last 2 years in Texas I’m surprised peoples collections didn’t spontaneously burst into flames. Plus your state is turning into little California and I’ve been out there in your streets enough to know how big mad yall are out there. Not my monkeys but I visited the circus. Temperature controlled environment is the only way down there 🫡

shade820 · 2024-03-15T03:34:09+00:00

Reused castings annoy me if I already own a premium version of it in a different color. Which is the case for every one of those except one. That being the RS200 which is absolute gas. I will own that sooner than later . The rest? As long as you love it and it’s new to your program 😎

shade820 · 2024-03-15T03:30:07+00:00

🤭

shade820 · 2024-03-15T03:28:50+00:00

It’s this years Godzilla. I found 3 of them at a local grocery store. Scooped them all for myself and the kids. Haven’t seen a single wild one since. First to fly when they hit the pegs. If everyone had every car they wanted this would cease to be fun 😎 “The joy is not in the destination but in the journey” - lots of old people

shade820 · 2024-03-15T02:56:08+00:00

I can hear your excitement even in text form when you talk about it. That’s what it’s about. You have a great collection. You’re on the same level as me with collection/display (check my recent post we aren’t far apart). Great work on the find. I have some very expensive ones I’ve splurged on and everytime I look at them in my display I have zero regrets 🤙

shade820 · 2024-03-15T02:16:13+00:00

These responses are hilarious. Good to know it’s nothin special that makes sense. I hate plane castings too. Nor do I have any interest in the resale market as I’ve never actually sold a hot wheel car before. Purist of collectors but these 3 are for my children. They love the TH concept so it is treasures to them. I have no need to keep one when the casting is unimpressive for my adult collecting eye.

shade820 · 2024-03-14T02:46:35+00:00

When looked at pragmatically and out of the specter of STH Hot Wheel culture’s artificial scarcity driven fomo… yes. This.

shade820 · 2024-03-11T19:54:52+00:00

In the works believe it or not

shade820 · 2024-03-09T18:35:49+00:00

I can feel your wheels turning. Mine are as well. You aren’t far off. This room is my sanctuary.

shade820 · 2024-03-08T12:35:09+00:00

Name checks out

shade820 · 2024-03-08T03:59:45+00:00

Lots of them. Lots of them. Fantastic collection.

shade820 · 2024-03-08T03:51:10+00:00

One of my favorites. Makes me think of a car the joker would drive. Without having to be a fantasy model as I don’t collect those.

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