Wal-Mart # 2 0 HW's , 0 Matchbox

Target 3 mainline Q case HW's , 0 Matchbox

Wal-Mart # 3 15 pegs worth of HW's B case = 2 , 0 Matchbox

So got to a point on way home to either go right towards house or go straight towards Smyths. Needless to say I decided to go straight 🤣 and when I got into the aisle the pegs were bursting at the seams with premiums!! 

It was crazy can't ever remember seeing the pegs like that in here EVER!! 

So the first thing I grabbed was another Ferrari Testarossa (for a collecting friend) then shortly afterwards I spotted what I've been hunting for for ages now, the metallic red Mazda RX7 from F&F. Looks great, glad to have found it.

Carried on going through the pegs and spotted  something and went past it then thought wait a minute, what was that!

Is that what I think it was... so went back a couple of cars pulled it out.

And there it was, a golden chase!! Its the mercedes one.

Never ever ever thought I'd find one of these golden chase pieces, it is so so nice in hand as well.

Then when I went to the checkout to pay for my 3 items I was given a free 5 pack because I had spent over £25 (promotion just started in store today for that)

I got the new Ferrari 5 pack.

Walked out with a huge grin on my face mostly due to disbelief!! 🤣

Didn't take a pic of the Testarossa.

Nothing new at Smyths so went 2 mins down the road to look at Tesco and B&M. 

Found a tampo error civic type R in Tesco, so went to B&M as my last stop and found the best piece for my collection, that I must admit I NEVER thought I'd ever see since these have come and gone from 2024ish I think they were here. 

Just goes to show, yiu just never know what your going to find.

• the red mb Porsche is especially nice. I have multiples of this casting and this one may be my favorite so far.
• is this 510 a chase? I see it listed as a chase on eBay but I also see the vw bus in this set listed as a chase? Which one is the chase? Maybe neither one? In any case it is a nice 510.
• the tooned Deora is especially cute.

I even managed to grab the Skyline, Porsche 356 Outlaw (x2) and a Testarossa before the nameless people got their grubby hands on them... 😁

The Ferrari was the only one on the pegs amongst a few FULL pegs of all the rest of this series, so assume the local reseller must have missed this one when they took the rest. So glad I found this piece as I never did find the F50 from a while back.

The carded "Hot Ones" Porsche 928 was a lucky $10 score at a local antiques store!

Firebird Raceway Flame Dragger [Tail Dragger variant]

Then I stopped at Dollar Tree and got a few more. The Toyota Celica is a good casting with some nice detailing for a mainline car.

Not really into collecting Matchboxes, but they’ve occasionally added some new ones in the meantime. I did find the ‘40 Dodge V-Series Pickup a couple weeks ago, which I kind of wanted if I found one out and about (figured I probably missed them as I hadn’t seen them last year in the stores, only on eBay). There were two, I left one and it was gone by the next time I stopped in. Kinda wished they’d have cut the rear window out (the windshield piece extends under the roof and down the back of the cab, so it could’ve been done), and if they’d have done without the fender extensions into the bed, but other than that, it’s a nice casting of an older Dodge. 

Notice the Mustang has no description on the base as to what it is, first casting I think I've ever seen that did not have the vehicles name on the base? 

I love BigFoot and cast resist adding new pieces when I find them.

The Prius also has wheels of a type I’ve not seen before. So, new wheels? I like them! The Skyline has some nice detailing on the rear.