Liberated!! Many rare Hot Wheels were freed from their imprisoned fates at the Lamley DLM Party.

Ok, that was fun.  Last Saturday at the Hot Wheels Convention in Los Angeles, a rowdy group of collectors gathered for the First Ever #lamleydlmparty.  It was a hoot.

The carnage was epic.  Cars were liberated left and right.  And not just any random Hot Wheels.  Every one of them was a premium or rare model of some sort.

There was Hot Wheels Designer Brendon Vetuskey opening an RLC Boss Hoss with his mouth, or Hot Wheels Packaging Designer Julian Koiles signing a Japan Historics card with a valid question, Marketing Manager Jimmy Liu opening a Datsun 510 Wagon Super, followed by a massacre of valuable model cards, from an original Redline to a signed Larry Wood card to a Gold Convention Batmobile.

It culminated in one of the cooler things I’ve seen.  Brad Bannach of Orange Track Diecast closed the show by opening a Candy Striper Gasser, and Brendon promptly signed his card and drew a new Gasser on the card.

After that, we gave away a case of Sterling Protectors (the irony, right?), a Nationals Gasser, and RLC 510, donated by Mattel.  And the winners opened them.  Bliss, bro.

I compiled some highlights in the video above.  Sadly, three of the most epic openings – a Leo Model, a Editor’s Choice Hauler, and 1 of 5 known carded Special Olympics Camaros – got lost on video.  My Facebook feed gave out.  But those openings happened.

It was an epic day.  A huge thanks to the RTE, @jestersgarage, and the RCR, @hw_jay, for helping me organize the event, and to all of you who came for truly bringing it.  Hopefully you had as much fun as I did.  And we will do it again.  Dallas in April?  LA in October?  Get some models ready.