WDIBT? Japan Fresh!

Yeeees! Fresh from Japan! I never thought our order will come this early but who's complaining? :D

Last saturday was just accidental to have...

One

...and now...

Plus

Equals

So, what did you buy today?

Thanks for lookin'. ;)

WDIBT? Weekend Hauls

Another weekend with collector friends for a small swapmeet and toy car hunt gathering. I was approached by Michelle (Eric aka Decker Store assistant) to have a look at her bag of Tomica goodies and what did I found? The match awaited Mitsubishi Pajero Toy's Dream Project! Another fine piece to add to my Mitsubishi Pajero line. I will do a detail photo shoot of this line within the week. ;)

Woooooot! I can proudly say I'm one of the first two who have this fine item. ;)

Then I visited our local toy store Toy Kingdom and what do you know...I got a pair of Matchbox Toyota Land Cruiser Anaconda which was a rare find dangling on the peg this days.

So, what did you buy today?

Thanks for lookin'. ;)

DCPH @ PIMS3

The 3rd Philippine International Motor Show (PIMS) was held Aug. 19 - 22, 2010. And our club Diecast-car Collectors Philippines (DCPH) was invited to put up an exhibit.

Photo lifted from Web

You may view the event photos here on our club forum thread1, thread2 & thread3.

Thanks for lookin'. ;)

WDIOT? Assorted Matchbox

From my tiny toy car stash, I picked randomly to open some Matchbox. :)

Before...

After...

Toyota Land Cruiser Anaconda

Land Rover Defender 110 Anaconda

Ford F-150 SVT Lightning

Quick Sander

...all together now.

So, what did you open today?

Thanks for lookin'. ;)

WDIBT? Ferrari Weekend Hauls

I got some new additions for my Ferrari F40, Ferrari 288 GTO, Ford F-150 SVT Lightning and Quick Sander lines. Still hunting a few more with this pieces for me to complete them. ;)

So, what did you buy today?

Thanks for lookin'. ;)

WDIBT? Swapmeet Hauls

Yesterday was our club's bi-monthly swapmeet held at Honda Cars Kaloocan (HCKI). It was fun time bonding with friends and to see/buy tons of beautiful tiny cars know as diecast.

My pre-ordered items (from the US and club premium sellers) was distributed. I got some assorted Hot Wheels that will complete my Ford GT LM & VW Golf GTi and some other cars. Just take a close look at that rare to find Ecto-1! Very nice indeed! The recently released Datsun Bluebird 510 really looks nice in liveried white stock car. The Ferrari 599xx (slowly becoming hard-to-find) and Ferrari California both Speed Machines looks terribly awesome.

Then some assorted Matchbox...Land Rover Defender 110 Anaconda new addition/release, a pair of immaculate white classic Austin Mini Coopers (my mainline and will be posted here soon), additional Ford Explorer Sport Trac (another side collect) and the cute Cliff Hanger. I had never thought I ordered so many of Toyota Land Cruiser Anacondas. You might think that I'm hoarding but no! Those will end up to friends collections. I just helped in the acquisition. ;)

Then some assorted loose-but-mint items...a pair of Land Rover Defender 110 white & green, trio of Chevy Tahoe, additional Ford Expedition, red Brit flag roof BMW Mini Cooper also know as "BINI", a blue Ford Explorer, a VW Samba Van and lastly a very mint dark blue Tomica-esque-but-no-brand Toyota Hilux 4x4.

And finally, I got an army of the most anticipated Tomica Limited Mitsubishi Lancer EX Turbo popularly known here as "Lancer Box Type". ;)

Do you have swapmeets too?

You may view the swapmeet photos on our club forum thread1 & thread2.

Thanks for lookin'. ;)

WDIBT? Lucky Find

In the 70s, the Brazilian market was closed for imports. The only sports car officially made there was the aging (and by then retired) Karmann Ghia, and its failed successor, the Karmann Ghia TC. Only independent car makers were able to fill the gap, notably Puma, Santa Matilde and Miura.

The SP, the final name of the car, was built on the frame of a Variant, with the same Volkswagen air cooled engine, but upgraded to 1700 cc, it developed 75 hp (56 kW), 160 km/h (100 mph) and made 10 km/L (28 mpg_-imp; 24 mpg_-US).

When the car was presented, it quickly drew media attention, with its many improvements over the local "air cooled" VW line, an impressive interior, its many extra features and its superb finishing.

A car named SP1 was also built, but due to its very poor performance (only 65 hp (48 kW) with a 1600 cc engine), it was soon discontinued. The same problem plagued the SP2. In fact, a malicious joke at that time was to relate the "SP2" name with "Sem Potência" ("Without Power", in Portuguese).

Despite its revolutionary look, the car failed to beat the Puma in performance. Although they used similar engines, the fiberglass Puma was much lighter. This resulted in low sales, and the SP was discontinued in February 1976.

With a total of 10,205 units made (670 of them exported, the majority 155 went to Nigeria with only one going to Europe, Portugal), the car is now sought-after as a valuable collector's item. One of them, in white, is in the VW museum on public display. While prices during the production time frame were roughly the same as the Beetle, the price of a well-preserved example today is considerably higher than contemporary VW models.

Text and Photo lifted from Web

I was browsing the peg on the toy section and saw this Hot Wheels Volkswagen SP2 dangling. It caught me by surprise because it just appear on the US market and would not be available here anytime soon. Nice catch? ;)

So, what's your lucky find?

Thanks for lookin'.

WDIOT? Volkswagen Golf GTi II

Photo lifted from Web

Here's the part two of my Volkswagen Golf GTi.

Before...

After...

...all together now.

So, what did you open today?

You may view the complete album here. Thanks for lookin'. ;)

WDIOT? Ford Expedition

The Ford Expedition is a full-size SUV built by the Ford Motor Company. Introduced in 1997 as a replacement to the Ford Bronco, it was previously slotted between the smaller Ford Explorer and the larger Ford Excursion, but as of the 2005 model year, it is Ford's largest SUV. Ford currently offers the standard regular-sized model and the larger EL/Max model, succeeding the Excursion which was discontinued in 2005. It is the second Ford vehicle to use the Expedition name, as it was part of the Explorer Sport's trim models during the 1995 model year.

All Expeditions were originally built in Wayne, Michigan. In 2009, Ford shifted its current third generation model production to Louisville, Kentucky as Ford has begun converting the Wayne assembly plant to start building the future production of the Focus.

The Expedition offers up to nine passenger seating (in the XLT trim with front bench seat option) and a V8 engine. It is similar to the Lincoln Navigator, especially for the 2007–present model in Limited or King Ranch high end trims; both of which were introduced for the 2005 model year. Over 1,500,000 Expeditions have been sold since its introduction. A specially modified Special Service Vehicle version is also available from Ford for law enforcement agencies, fire departments, and EMS agencies.

Text and Photo lifted from Web

My small tribute to the "Blue Oval" part one. :)

Before...

After...

...all together now.

So, what did you open today?

You may view the complete album here. Thanks for lookin'. ;)

WDIOT? Land Rover Defender 110

The Land Rover Defender (initially called the Land Rover Ninety and Land Rover One Ten) is a British four wheel drive off-road utility vehicle.

The product of continued development of the original Land Rover Series I launched in 1948, it uses the basic yet robust underpinnings of a ladder frame chassis and aluminium body and is available in a huge variety of body types from the manufacturer, plus many more specialist versions such as fire engines.

While perhaps best associated with expeditions, Defenders are also used variously in agriculture, industry and the military. However, in recent years the model has been increasingly utilised as a private car.

Text and Photo lifted from Web

Before...

After...

...all together now.

So, what did you open today?

You may view the complete album here. Thanks for lookin'. ;)

WDIBT? Assorted Hot Wheels

Yeeeeesssss! Finally, the order came in yesterday and my Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X variations is now complete! Then I got myself the Citroen C4 Rally (in red, short and long card) which is becoming a hard to find item nowadays. Another Mini Cooper clowns to add to my growing army. ;)