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Pictures of the Suntoys from the Dollar Tree store
Topic Started: May 11 2010, 11:35 PM (2,988 Views)
Dean-o-mite
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Suntoys has six castings currently being offered at Dollar Tree stores. The castings have been around for a couple of years, most commonly available at the time, in the US at Dollar General stores. Compared to the Dollar General offerings from back then, two models are re-colors, two have lost their tampos, and two remain the same.

BMW X-3 is now painted blue:
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BMW Z-4 is now offered in red:
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Lexus IS300 and Toyota Celica lost their tampo designs on the sides, and look quite nice plain
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Lincoln Navigator and Ford F-150 are in the same colors as before, but both F-150s I bought at Dollar General had a casting flaw where the lower-rear rectangle of the rear fender was missing on one side. That error has been fixed and the metal extends to the bottom of the bumper on both sides.

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Here's the packaging:
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And a scale reference pic for anyone not familiar with the castings, with Matchbox Volvo C30's for comparison:
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I hope the pics were informative!

Dean
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dragonhead00
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I picked up this set of cars. I like them and did have some concerns about the Ford and Lincoln. Still a nice group of cars for a buck each.
Edited by dragonhead00, May 12 2010, 02:13 AM.
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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
I'll have to grab the BMWs and Toyotas. I may pick up a few of the Lincoln for customs.
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JustDavid
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I like the Lexus...is it red or orange?
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craftymore
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Support your local demo derby.

JustDavid
May 12 2010, 09:50 PM
I like the Lexus...is it red or orange?
The version I have with side tampos was more of a red than orange David.


The Z-4, Celica and F-150 are nice enough.

Major props to you for these great pics and information Dean. :wave:
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Dean-o-mite
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Its a little bit of both. More red than orange, but not a true red. The BMW Z4 is a true, rich red. You can see the difference between the two in the group picture.

Dean
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
No complaints!! I'll look for all of them!
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WoloMan
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Thanks for the heads-up...Dollar Trees by me usually don't have anything good, so I'll have to hunt there again. ^_^
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Yeah, if I see 'em.
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AQUA XK8
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I found all of these on the pegs today at a DT in Hamden, CT. I picked out a bunch of them and headed to the register. Only one register was open and it had a long line waiting. I just left the cars on a shelf and walked out. I hate waiting, especially when the cashier is soooo slow. I'll pick them up another time. Of all of them, I like the yellow Toyota the best.
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Dean-o-mite
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I'm glad to read I'm not the only one. My significant other tells me I'm too impatient, but I feel that if a store wants my hard-earned money, they better not appear to be lazy about collecting it. I'm patient if the store is just busy, but they are working hard with several registers open.

Dean
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AQUA XK8
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I bought all of them, they seem pretty common now at DT stores in my area. These cars are very light. One would almost think they were made out of plastic.
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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
Dean-o
May 26 2010, 12:48 AM
I'm glad to read I'm not the only one. My significant other tells me I'm too impatient, but I feel that if a store wants my hard-earned money, they better not appear to be lazy about collecting it. I'm patient if the store is just busy, but they are working hard with several registers open.
Makes three of us. I tend to shop in the off hours (middle of the night) and/or check out through outlying registers (electronics, garden, etc.) to avoid the lines. Self checkouts are nice but annoy me- I feel like they should pay me if they want me to do all the work!
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DaWeber
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Hate to cause more frustration, but Kimmo recently advised Suntoys has recently issued a 56 T-Bird ( without the Continental spare tire ?) and 65 Mustang Fastback. Both were found at Dollar Tree in Calif- but none have been spotted on the East Coast yet!
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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
From the pictures I've seen, I think the Mustang is a '67-'68 Shelby, not a '65 fastback. And I went looking for the classic Fords this past weekend but had no luck. But I did find all of the cars shown in the first post, including an extra Navigator for custom purposes. :thumbup:
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Atencio
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I have one boxed somewhere in the garage and I think it is a 67-68 Shelby.
Jeff and I picked up some of these last year on the trip to MCCH Gathering. They were packaged in boxes under Express Wheels name.
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