WDIBT? Assorted Items

Just got a few hauls from Toy Kingdom...Hot Wheels Garage Ferrari 308GTS QV, Matchboxes Audi R8, Ford F-150SVT Raptor and a Cliff Hanger. :)

 

Thanks for lookin'. ;)

WDIOT? Ford GT LM

Haven't posted for quite awhile since the holidays.  So, I decided to open a few and here they are...Ford GT LMs!  

It's a relatively new casting from Hot Wheels. I believe it is the complete lineup for now. :)

 

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You may view the complete album here.

Thanks for lookin'. ;)

WDIBT? Expeditions Galore

Here's what I got last saturday. New additions to my Matchbox Ford Expedition line, RAOK Chevy K-1500 big thanks to my friend Andy (fresh from Canada!), Hot Wheel Speed Machine Mclaren F1 and a lone Tomica Toyota Land Cruiser. ;)

Thanks for lookin' . ;)

WDIBT? Unexpected Finds

Just want to share, I was at the mall today and visit a small toy shop and unexpectedly found these items. ;)

So, what did you buy today?

Thanks for lookin'. ;)

WDIOT? "Car Town" Car

The Ford GT began as a concept car designed in anticipation of the automaker's centennial year and as part of its drive to showcase and revive its "heritage" names such as Mustang and Thunderbird. At the 1995 Detroit Auto Show, the Ford GT90 concept was shown. At the 2002 auto show, Ford unveiled a new GT40 Concept car. Camilo Pardo, the head of Ford's "Living Legends" studio, is credited as the chief designer of the GT and worked under the guidance of J Mays.

The GT is similar in outward appearance to the original Ford GT40 cars, but bigger, wider, and 3 in (76 mm) taller than the original 40 in (100 cm); as a result, a potential name for the car was the GT43. Although the cars are visually related, structurally, there is no similarity between the modern GT and the 1960s GT40 that inspired it. Three production prototype cars were shown in 2003 as part of Ford's centenary, and delivery of the production Ford GT began in the fall of 2004.

A British company, Safir Engineering, who built continuation GT40s in the 1980s, owned the "GT40" trademark at that time. When they completed production, they sold the excess parts, tooling, design, and trademark to a small Ohio company called Safir GT40 Spares. This company licensed the use of the "GT40" trademark to Ford for the initial 2002 show car. When Ford decided to make the production vehicle, negotiations between the two firms failed. The production cars do not wear the GT40 badge. Early cars from the 1960s were also simply named "Ford GT".

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I was playing "Car Town" on Facebook and have reached the level where I can buy the coveted Ford GT. :D

I really like the Ford GT (aka Ford GT40 in the 60's) known to be a Ferrari killer in its day. Quite contradicting since I love Ferrari. Hehehehe. ;)

And so, I decided to free some from its blisters and here they are. ;)

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So, what did you open today? Do you play "Car Town" too?

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

WDIBT? Assorted Weekend Hauls

Yeeees! Last saturday, I got the new Speed Machine Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Rally white, a bit difficult to source and I thought it was the only piece I need to complete line. But there's another one to hunt the green version of the "ELONE". As our fellow collector said with a heave of sigh "Never ending collections!" :D

And then a bunch of loose cars. There's a little story to some of these cars and I'll share them soon. ;)

So, what did you buy today?

Thanks for lookin'. ;)

WDIOT? Assorted Matchbox

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

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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'. ;)

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.

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

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...all together now.

So, what did you open today?

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