3rdgenparts

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Found 8 of the '85 IROC's along with a Hunt Ford GT early January at a Walgreens

Probably one of the earliest finds of these cars. lol

Dave

my82roc

iTrader: (101)

I found 5 of the new KITT Hot wheels today at walmart

tuske427

Lucky you! I am jealous. I highly doubt I'll find any in the stores, and I designed it...

subroc

iTrader: (2)

I keep looking everytime im in walmart (to my gf's dismay lmao) and i have come up empty handed so far.

3rdgenparts

iTrader: (8)

WTF ?? So they don't even give you some "Freebies" ???


And I would think they have boxes of these at HQ in El Segundo ??



Dave

SpeedDemon91

Your lucky!! I can't find them anywhere except Ebay! Did you get them??

You should be able to get first dibs!!

my82roc

iTrader: (101)

Of course I bought all 5 of them

tuske427

I did receive one, and it's at work. If I want more (which I do) I have to go to the stores and get them myself.

No, no boxes full, no stockpiles of every product. If we did, we wouldn't have room to get in the building and do our work. It's manufactured elsewhere and sent directly to warehouses, stores, etc.. Not as much product comes in as you might think. A few samples come in for evaluation, and they typically give the designers one production sample when done as a courtesy, but that's about it.

Besides, it would get very costly if every person involved got a free sample, as there are a lot of employees and a lot of product developed. We'd probably go out of business if we did

71nova

Even though I felt like I won the lottery I didn't realize how lucky I was when I found 6 Irocs at the first store I checked (Toys r Us). I've checked in multiple stores multiple times since and have only found one more Iroc at the same store. My Third gen luck has been very good to me recently. My son came home one day in 2009 and said that he new someone who had a red camaro they wanted to get rid of. It was part of an estate that needed settled. $1200 dollars later I was the proud lucky owner of a 79,000 mile one owner all original 1990 5.7 g92 Iroc. I was not a Third gen enthusiast at the time and new nothing about them. I had pondered the thought of using one as a replacement body for my Nova as a street/strip car and figured for 1200 I could not go wrong. Knowing more now I plan to keep it original. Forza 3 was another lucky moment. In the early 90's I owned an iron duke camaro very unlucky times. My ten speed felt like it made more power. Very embarrassing to own a car that you can run faster than. I should have killed myself and I'm glad I didn't. Never wanted a Chevy product after that. Times change and luck changes. Good luck to everyone trying to find the Hot Wheels sometimes you need it.

Caveman305

iTrader: (8)

I've bought 17 of the Iroc's so far, will be hoarding the KITT when I find them

my82roc

iTrader: (101)

7 irocs and 5 kitts so far for my collection

Project-RS

iTrader: (1)

i have 8 kitts

tonys91rs

iTrader: (17)

looky what just hit the shelf...


project, did you get one of the red irocs yet?

Project-RS

iTrader: (1)

i have the red, but not the black

my82roc

iTrader: (101)

I wonder what case assortment that is in?The red Iroc is in D case and the KITT is in G case.
***EDIT***Just looked it up on ebay and the Black Iroc is available in the H case

Caveman305

iTrader: (8)

And now I will be hunting those

Project-RS

iTrader: (1)

i found 1 red iroc in the last 3 months of countless stores. this ones going to be harder to find

1983Chimaera

KITT is officially in South Texas, found 7 of them at a San Antonio Wal-Mart today. Grabbed 4 to share between myself and friends, left the rest for others. Have found 4 red IROC's so far, now just to look for the black version.

1983Chimaera

Curious as to why KITT didn't get smoothie wheel covers tho?

Project-RS

iTrader: (1)

this is hot wheels 1st production line of kitt. im sure there will be 3 or 4 more versions this year. im even going with his rival "karr" will make an appearence

Jason444

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It is clear that there are more than a few Hot Wheels collectors on this site. Without getting off of the original purpose of this post, I wonder if anyone would be interested in a thread that would provide sort of a "trading post" for swapping cars that we may have extras of for some we don't. For example, I try, but don't always succeed at getting a full set of Treasure Hunts every year. Usually, I end up with over 12 TH's, but I may be doubles or triples in some of the cars and none in others. I'm sure others have the same problem.

I probably left 8 KITTs in a bin last week at Wal Mart because I didn't need them, but still have not seen an IROC. If this "trading post" was available, in the future I would probably pick up a few more for others who could not find them.

Would there any interest in doing this?

Moderators, is there even a section on TGO that is considered appropriate for it?

Jason

two-if-by-sea

iTrader: (22)

Still have not found the red IROC. Looked in 7 stores yesterday. I did find this one, though. A little different. The car says simply "'80s PONTIAC FIREBIRD", with no specific year. I could do without the the hood graphics, but the car does have t-tops.

Caveman305

iTrader: (8)

Double post

Caveman305

iTrader: (8)

Jason, I would love for the moderators or JT to add a "collectible trading" section to the classifieds board, that way people can start their own thread on what they have to offer and what they want,

I fear that if we were only given one thread as a "trading post" it would get extremely crowded and confusing


There is a miscellaneous thirdgen classified section i believe so maybe post it in that section is what we will be told?

tonys91rs

iTrader: (17)

interesting idea. however, i am willing to trade a two red irocs for 2 kitts....

rarebmx

iTrader: (6)

GREAT! Now I have to hunt this one down too. Cool that they made a black.....

There might be more third gen Camaros then we know about. I just found a Johnny Lightning Green Monopoly one yesterday at a garage sale, still in blister for a whole $3.00. I would buy ALL that I could for that price.



http://www.ebay.com/itm/JOHNNY-LIGHT...item2c638fa057

Project-RS

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im still working on getting the older camaros (blown and z28)

3rdgenparts

iTrader: (8)

I have 5 Red '85 IROC's to trade for some KITT's


Dave

3rdgenparts

iTrader: (8)

VERY good idea Jason To bad you left those KITT at "ChinaMART" I would have traded you most of my red '85 IROCS for those KITT's


Dave

Jason444

iTrader: (6)

Dave,

Yeah, I know I should have gotten them all, but about the time I saw the first two KITTS, I found a Treasure Hunt and bring a brand new bin, I knew there would be others so I went into TH search mode. By the time I found all the Hunts, I didn't think about grabbing more KITTS because by then I was late getting to the office! Hindsight is always 20/20.

I did go back the next day and all the KITTS were gone, but I did find a Maverick Grabber secret Treasure Hunt with Real Ryder tires I missed the day before.

Jason

Project-RS

iTrader: (1)

ill trade a kitt for 5 irocs.......

my82roc

iTrader: (101)

Found 2 more KITT`s and another Red Iroc this morning.No sightings of the Black Iroc yet

Project-RS

iTrader: (1)

i have the black iroc now....woohoo

subroc

iTrader: (2)

Where are you guys having the most luck finding these? I hunt for them everytime im in walmart or Stop and shop to my GF's dismay and still have come up empty on all of them.

my82roc

iTrader: (101)

All my irocs came from toys r us and all my kitts were from walmart

subroc

iTrader: (2)

Cant even remember the last time i went into let alone SAW a toys R Us.

3rdgenparts

iTrader: (8)

pass.......I will trade 1 for 1

And the red irocs are done,Only the black ones are out.


Dave

3rdgenparts

iTrader: (8)

lucky !!! Nothing but Targets around me with no or old stock.And nearest Wal-Mart is 35 miles away and a hot wheels scalper works in the stock room.


Dave

two-if-by-sea

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I found my first red IROC on Wednesday, and found three more yesterday at K-marts. I had searched each of these K-marts multiple times during the past 2 months.

Caveman305

iTrader: (8)

I Think He means production is done, when the store recieved or stocked them may still happen

The the target near me just now put out their first box of 2012's and only had 1 red Iroc on the shelf

I'm sure we will still find the reds here and there, I just can't wait to find a black or KITT

SylusMk2

why grab like 10 of each car? that kinda pisses me off i found the kitt last night and some older dude had all of em in his cart (like 9)

Caveman305

iTrader: (8)

When I find a thirdgen toy I tend to buy every one I find, for the simple fact I'm selfish, i do hand them out to friends too though

I know it pisses people off, but I would be pissed at myself if I didn't buy them, I have left about 20 red Iroc's because I figured I have enough

88blackiroc

iTrader: (1)

Ill be looking for the black iroc now for sure! gotta get one to match my car
Also i went to a local wal-mart the other day and found a kitt. However, on the car it has a piece of metal which prevents the passenger side rear wheel from spinning on its own. its a defect. Rare find? Its kinda hard to see in the pics. Its in the front of the wheel.

1983Chimaera

Hot Wheels left the parking brake on? Lol

subroc

iTrader: (2)

Just went to toys r us and target on my hunt for a kitt or one of the two irocs and came up empty again. Either all of you are clearing them out buying 10-20 at a time or my area still has not gotten them .

Caveman305

iTrader: (8)

Just left 3 red Iroc's at the toys r us in southern MD and another 8 red ones at the target right next to it

Still short on finding Kitt and the black Roc

SanAntonio3

I sometimes look for third gen hotwheels, but this is all i've found at the stores.

Jason444

iTrader: (6)

Went to K-Mart yesterday looking for IROCs or KITTS. Still no IROCS in my area but I did find two Corvette TH's. Total this year so far: 11 Treasure Hunts, 2 '71 Challenger Secret Treasure Hunts, and 0 IROCS. I'm glad to find TH's and not complaining, but whats wrong with this picture?

Caveman305

iTrader: (8)

Hopefully this will show that us thirdgenners are serious about collectables and more die cast companies(maybe even Danbury mint?) will get more involved in making accurate diecasts for us to enjoy

my82roc

iTrader: (101)

Here is one I picked up awhile back.