hot wheels experts

[tommynos]

:biggrin: ....heres a pic of a gn a friend found at a toy store for me,some very important information they put on the back...i mean FACTS about the car...lol...im guesing you good people knopw what is not a fact .....but i love how they made the hood to lift just like the gn does...oops i mean just like a vette does....
for those that cant read small print it says.....fun facts #10 of 180!...did you know that only 547 1987 buick grand nationals were made,and that it was one of the fastest production vehicles ever produced,making it very desirable to colectors?
i dont know guys,but this hot wheels car may be more value than other collectable toys,just for that fun fact they dont know what the hell they are talking about!

 

[SVORay]

You should see the motor they used instead of the Turbocharged 3.8 buick

Anyhow, here is a link about this subject...

http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/buick-diecast-collectables/209758-hot-wheels-gn-new-2007-a.html

 

[vader87]

They are cool. I been collecting for a long time. Yea the back is way wrong, as you know. The #10 of 180 means it is the #10 model out of 180 different models this year for 2007.

 

[at7we2]

hahaha!! I've got one of them hanging right here at my desk at work and I haven't even read the back until now! Oh well, some poor guy probably did about 90 seconds of research and came up with those "facts".

As for the hood and engine, I believe the designers always use an actual car as a reference. My theory is, someone at the Hot Wheels design house had a friend, who had a friend, who had a friend who's uncle had a GN that he races and they went a took a few pictures and measurements and came up with the mold designs. The reference car was probably a track-only car with the twin-turbo setup and a removable fiberglass front-end represented by the toy.

What I like best about it is, I've got '85 GN wheels on my '87 so the wheels on the Hot Wheels GN look *VERY* similar to the ones on my car - if you don't believe me, ask my 4-year old son!

 

[MeanBuicks]

I'd like to know how it's possible that every WalMart,Target and Walgreens I've checked for the last 4-5 weeks has absolutely NO Hot Wheels GNs! Not a one! What are the chances that multiple well stocked stores have 1-9 in multiples and no #10s?

Perhaps someone ran around to all the stores ahead of me and bought them out to sell on ebay?

Oh, well. At least I scored a nice Johnny Lightning GN in one of the Walgreens. It looks much nicer than the Hot Wheels version.

 

[vader87]

Scalpers!

 

[SVORay]

I've been crusing all the stores looking for a Johnny Lightning GN with no luck...I was able to find one HW GN. That was like 5 stores in the DWF area

 

[vader87]

Here is the European variation:

 

[SVORay]

I sure wouldn't mind having some Euro GNs...hint hint

 

[SVORay]

Hey people, I scored a hand full of these HW GNs tonight while looking for some JL GNs. I'm just charging what I got in the cars plus reasonable shipping. So let me know if your interrested.

Ray