Lamley Daily: 2013 Hot Wheels RLC M&M’s VW Kool Kombi

#lamleydaily – January 2, 2018

Model: Hot Wheels VW Kool Kombi

Line: Redline Club Exclusive

Where to get it: Only 4000 made, and they pop up occasionally on ebay

Why it’s in the collection: This one is easy.  I think I have made it known over my time doing the blog that any time Hot Wheels releases a Kool Kombi, it is going into my collection.  And knowing how popular the Kool Kombi is, that is not always easy.

So far we have seen the Kool Kombi as a Toy Fair model, a Super Treasure Hunt, a Convention exclusive, and here as a low-production RLC model.  (Reg TH coming too.)  I am an RLC member, and it was my intention to buy this one when it went on sale in 2013.  That was until a meeting kept me away from my computer and I missed what turned out to be a very quick sale.  But thanks to a generous friend – who I think had 8 accounts at the time – I was able to acquire one.

I am glad I did, because if you followed that ebay link above, you saw the prices these are going for.  I didn’t expect that, but it is also not surprising.  This is one of the cooler – or kooler – Kool Kombis to be released so far.  Kind of an upgraded Pop Culture model, looking swell in gold with M&M’s deco.  And kool mismatched deco to boot.