First Look: Hot Wheels Zamac Nissan Skyline H/T 2000GT-X, '70 Chevy Chevelle, and '67 Custom Mustang...

Happy to have these.

The Walmart Zamacs are a little more exclusive than maybe we think.  Of course they are only exclusive to Walmart.  But even then, many Walmarts get the batch that is supposed to contain the Zamacs, but they aren't there.  We have already seen many people reporting N case Walmart finds, but with no Zamacs at all.

That has happened to us before.  The final batch of last year's Zamacs never hit stores around here, and only one store got the batch containing the AE86 Corolla and Special Edition Camaro.  We aren't complaining, because it is nice when the Zamacs are a little hard to get.

But it does make us nervous when we are anticipating a Zamac batch as much as Batch N.  Of course that is no secret.  There is a Skyline, and that is all that has to be said.  But the Chevelle is a casting I am VERY fond of, and the Mustang is also a real looker.

Well, we are good, as I found the batch today, and all three Zamacs were there, along with a handful of green Kenmeri's.  All is well here, and we hope all of you out there who hope to find them are successful as well.

Not much else to say about these, other than posting the pics.  We love the Zamacs, and hope they return to Walmart in 2015.  There is an enormous list of models we would love to see get the Zamac treatment, just like the Hako, a casting that gets to really show off its details in unpainted form.


Hot Wheels Nissan Skyline H/T 2000GT-X, '70 Chevy Chevelle, and '67 Custom Mustang (2014 Walmart Zamac Exclusives):

Just Unveiled: Hot Wheels Zamac Exclusives for 2014 Batch N...

Wait, aren't we waiting for the Batch L Zamacs to arrive?

We are, and they should arrive very soon.  The Chevelle Wagon, Lincoln Continental, and '69 Chevy Pickup should be in stores in the next couple of weeks.  But in the world of Hot Wheels they are already old news.

Some interesting eBay listings popped up from Texas this weekend, showcasing what the specific three Zamacs would be for Batch N, and they do not disappoint.  We knew these were coming eventually, we just didn't know when.  A little Ford, a little Chevy, and a little JDM never hurt anyone:

Nice trio, eh?  Mustang fans will love the '67 Custom, but we here at Lamley can't wait to get our hands on the Hakosuka Skyline and Chevelle SS.  In fact, we might have to get an extra, or 10.

Nonetheless, the Zamacs continue to be a very strong line in 2014, with three more to be unveiled.  At the pace we are going, we might know what they are tomorrow...

The Great Super Treasure Hunt Experiment of 2014: Two stores, two Supers...

The experiment to see if I can find all 15 2014 Supers by only visiting stores during normal daytime hours hasn't been going so well.

I got off to a good start by finding the Opala SS, Sandblaster, Camaro Special Edition, and '71 Mustang.  I haven't been so lucky since, until yesterday.

I had a minute to spare in the morning on my way to a meeting, so I stopped off at a nearby Walmart just before 9am.  The pegs were a bit disheveled, as someone had clearly been through them a little earlier.  I went looking for anything interesting, and at first went right by this:

I went back after a minute thinking it might be the MC5 vari, and was more than surprised to see the Summit logo on the roof:

There were no regular Hunts, so my guess is this one was missed.  I have to think that previous visitors had their mind on the H and J Supers, and the Chevelle is VERY easy to miss.  If you aren't looking for it, there is a good chance you would pass it off as the standard version.  You practically miss it with the two versions sitting right next to each other:

Nonetheless, I was very happy to take it with me.

Fast forward to the afternoon.  I just finished an appointment around 4 pm, and decided I had a minute to hit a nearby Walmart, hoping to find the Zamac J cases.  Once again, picked over pegs, but this was waiting on the top left-hand corner:

Who woulda thunk?  My second Chevelle, only this time an afternoon find.

Not 15 seconds later another collector arrived, roughly looking through the pegs.  I asked what he was looking for, and he said Hunts only, and told me they were impossible to find, and not to worry about looking.  I might have played a little dumb, and asked him what to look for.  He said Hot Wheels does 250 Supers a year, one for each model, and that I would never find one.  I finally told him it was 15, one for each batch, but I didn't mention the one in my hand.  He was nice enough and went on his merry way.  Another collector arrived, gave the pegs a quick gander, and left just as quickly.  Based on that frequency I witnessed in only a couple of minutes, I have to think this Chevelle went unnoticed by earlier visitors as well.

Plus, I don't think standard collectors know what to make of the bearded guy wearing a bow tie and orange-souled wingtips looking through the pegs.  The looks are always a little amusing.

A lucky day to say the least, but I am still a bit behind in my quest to find all 15 on the pegs.  I have to hope that, like this Chevelle batch, older batches will hit some stores and will find the '07 Mustang, Chevy Gasser, and Twin Mill.  And maybe the J cases will arrive at a nearby Walmart one of these days and I can get lucky and find the Nova Wagon.  Finding all 15 on the pegs in 2014 is starting to look a little bleak...

For now, I will just enjoy these two finds:

Just Unveiled: New color for the Hot Wheels Gran Torino Sport, and a Zamac Chevelle SS Wagon...

Just wanted to share a couple of images that appeared late last week that got us here at Lamley excited.

There are certain models that we are always happy to see in the mainline, and the two we are previewing today are high on that list, in fact both are in our top 5 American car castings done by Hot Wheels.

Both have already been released in the 2014 mainline, both with licensed logos on the doors, and now both are getting recolors.

Starting with the Gran Torino Sport in white:

The Milodon logo remains, and it looks sharp in white.  Interesting that last year's K&N version came in blue and was recolored white.  Same this year.

Now while the Gran Torino Sport is our favorite of the two castings, the latest version of the Hurst Chevelle Wagon takes the cake.  We have already seen this on our favorite Brazilian website, but we wanted to share.  This model was a GREAT choice for a Walmart exclusive Zamac:

Zamacs look best when the design is simple, that is why we were such fans of the 240Z, Ferrari F12, and Lamborghini Aventador J last year.  This model may be the best Zamac so far in the two years Hot Wheels has been doing them via Walmart.  But we will reserve judgement until we have it in hand.