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BEST MATCHBOX FIND OF THE YEAR (For Me)
Topic Started: Sep 16 2012, 04:39 PM (1,570 Views)
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Well, I finally started feeling better yesterday. So after I went out to K Mart I stopped in at one of my Targets. I get to the Matchbox section and see its STOCKED FULL! The newest case was on the outer pegs so it looked like they were all new cars. I grabbed the jeep Willys and the BMW Z 4 and started digging....OH MAN what I found packed in the middle of all those pegs!! Well enough of me talking let me show you!

First the new ones:
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Then I found this:
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So I kept going and found these:
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Saw more old bottoms up high and grabbed these:
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Then This one:
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But Finally Best of all (at least in my opinion) The Holy Grail of them all:
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Dean, eat your heart out :) and Crafty too :)
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:surprise: That Target must be absolute heaven........ :surprise:

EDIT: In all of my drooling, I didn't pay attention to what store yo actually got them from! :wacko:
Edited by mbx64, Sep 17 2012, 01:51 PM.
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Sep 16 2012, 05:13 PM
:surprise: That K Mart must be absolute heaven........ :surprise:
Got these at Target! After I went to K Mart
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Wow!! Those LTD's came out in what... 1998?? Do the barcode numbers on the card match today's numbers? That is amazing!
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Excellent finds! I've never seen that LTD before.

Something similar happened at my Kmart around 2007...someone returned a bunch of 1998-99 cars, including a few Chevy buses.
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Sep 16 2012, 08:49 PM
Wow!! Those LTD's came out in what... 1998?? Do the barcode numbers on the card match today's numbers? That is amazing!
the LTD, Excursion, and Crown Vics all came out in 1999. I guess the bar code did match up cause they rang up with the others @ .97
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great finds!!! i love the LTD's and the Expedition!!...the Z4 is ginormous!! ...i picked that one up too the other week and it's so big... it's like the same size as the Solstice that MB made a few years back...
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Wow. That is something else to find these on the pegs after so long. I do have them from back in 99, when they were new releases, but they still look great after all these years!
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Nice haul! Once in a great while I find older cars returned at the WalMart nearest me. I just wish it was cars like that instead of a bunch of fantasy cars...lol I have to look for the BMW for sure. I am glad MB decided to go back to stock looking cars for 2013.
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AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hoooooooooooooooooooooooooly cow!
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Sep 16 2012, 10:03 PM
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hoooooooooooooooooooooooooly cow!
this is basically what I did when I found them. Then I sprinted to grab a basket several aisles over
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Support your local demo derby.

The white LTD is a keeper. Looks like ya got one or two buble top Vics to use for derby bait now. MB and HWs have been using the same bar code for years so on occasion you'll find really old stock back on the shelves from collectors who wanted some $ or new stock.
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HOLY! :surprise: Those are some GREAT finds! I especially like the BMW z4 and all the cop cars! They're not the newest, so those are pretty rare. Once again, great finds!
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Sep 16 2012, 10:25 PM
The white LTD is a keeper. Looks like ya got one or two buble top Vics to use for derby bait now. MB and HWs have been using the same bar code for years so on occasion you'll find really old stock back on the shelves from collectors who wanted some $ or new stock.
yeah I never saw the white LTD before when it was out. as for derby bait we'll see...I cant even bring myself to open any of them yet haha :lol:
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Love the return of the Z4, but the old cards are fantastic!
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I wonder if Matchbox recently discovered some older stuff in warehouses, I found some 99-00 Matchbox at Wal-Mart recently.
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Sep 17 2012, 02:53 PM
I wonder if Matchbox recently discovered some older stuff in warehouses, I found some 99-00 Matchbox at Wal-Mart recently.
im pretty sure its collectors returning stuff. One of the Crown vics had writing on the box that said "Merry Christmas! I Love you, Lisa" so this car was clearly owned before
Edited by Derby Driver 60, Sep 17 2012, 03:25 PM.
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Sep 17 2012, 03:25 PM
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Sep 17 2012, 02:53 PM
I wonder if Matchbox recently discovered some older stuff in warehouses, I found some 99-00 Matchbox at Wal-Mart recently.
im pretty sure its collectors returning stuff. One of the Crown vics had writing on the box that said "Merry Christmas! I Love you, Lisa" so this car was clearly owned before
LOL! You have a pic you can post of that? I'd enjoy it.
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Sep 17 2012, 06:35 PM
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Sep 17 2012, 03:25 PM
funeralxempire
Sep 17 2012, 02:53 PM
I wonder if Matchbox recently discovered some older stuff in warehouses, I found some 99-00 Matchbox at Wal-Mart recently.
im pretty sure its collectors returning stuff. One of the Crown vics had writing on the box that said "Merry Christmas! I Love you, Lisa" so this car was clearly owned before
LOL! You have a pic you can post of that? I'd enjoy it.
yeah Ill get one ASAP
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jpi37087
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More then likely they are returns, the bar codes have not changed since 98, still nice finds!
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
Great finds. You know what they say- one person's return is another person's treasure.
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Sep 17 2012, 03:25 PM
funeralxempire
Sep 17 2012, 02:53 PM
I wonder if Matchbox recently discovered some older stuff in warehouses, I found some 99-00 Matchbox at Wal-Mart recently.
im pretty sure its collectors returning stuff. One of the Crown vics had writing on the box that said "Merry Christmas! I Love you, Lisa" so this car was clearly owned before
Because nothing says "I love you" better than a $.97 police car. ;)
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i wonder if he dropped lisa before or after he dropped off her car.
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Hopefully I'll get a few of those later!
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Whoa! Great scores on the police car front. Did you do the Snoopy dance in the isles?
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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Sep 17 2012, 03:25 PM
I'm pretty sure its collectors returning stuff. One of the Crown vics had writing on the box that said "Merry Christmas! I Love you, Lisa" so this car was clearly owned before
Now, I've seen many OLD cars returned to Targets and Walmarts.... but that is hilarious!! :toofunny:
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