Lamley Daily: Hot Wheels Kmart Mail-in Exclusive ’76 Ford Gran Torino

6 responses to “Lamley Daily: Hot Wheels Kmart Mail-in Exclusive ’76 Ford Gran Torino”

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   Samuel Ace

   September 25, 2017

   Awesome Kmart mail-in 1976 Ford Gran Torino you reviewed congrats thumbs up. I already sent my stuff in to get one thumbs up.

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   Randall Carlisle

   September 25, 2017

   Looks nice, but as has been posted here before, would look much better with more appropriately sized tires. I know the S&H had big/littles, but those rears are too cartoonish. Nice deco though. Even with the light bubble.

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   Don

   September 25, 2017

   No KMart here. But dang. This makes the other Torino look like bloated Pinto. This is cool. Rerelease the Retro Ent. Starsky & Hutch to big box stores. Never knew it existed and Ive followed this hobby for 50 years.
   Then shave the light and release it to the mainline.

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   Ben Addie

   September 25, 2017

   I don’t doubt the casting is great, but I actively dislike this deco that they do on the mail-ins. Ugly color and grainy graphics. I’d love to see this released in a more widely-available form though. I can think of any number of Car Culture themes this could fit into. They should totally do a Malaise Era car culture assortment…they could put this in it, maybe the one-and-done Mustang II from Boulevard, etc. etc.

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   John Nilsson

   September 25, 2017

   This is really nice and I have the RE version. For this they should of lost the light. It’s out of place and it makes no sense. As for the sentiment of releasing it to the mainlines. Should of been done! This is an iconic car but Mattel has always held great castings from the masses. Just by promoting the resale of anything on ebay is proof Mattel is in the corner of the secondary market. And yes I know it wasn’t Mattel’s statement in the MBX thread but fact is Mattel knows these are being (let’s call it what it is) scalped! I stopped seeing concerts for this same reason. It’s a dam shame dedicated collectors have to be screwed dry if they want them! Sorry if the truth offends but this is one thing that pisses me off most about the hobby. Same as the snatching of certain models from some series just to make the model more sought after. Then posting the model on the web to capitalize on the fraud they created in the first place.

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6. 

   BOZ

   September 29, 2017

   I bought over 20 cars from K-mart and none of the codes match what is listed in the rules? what am I doing wrong. I figured that there was some mainline car in the bunch. Anyone else have this issue or know which cars qualify?

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