Olds Guy

Picked up this years Hallmark ornaments this weekend... The Classic American Cars Series was a T-bird. The All American Trucks Series was a yellow SSR. And... a no series ornament this year is the Corvette Stingray Concept (also known as Sideswipe). There is no Transformers tie-in with this, so this may be the first semi-realistic rendering of this car.

Yes, the most obvious is the change in location of the gas filler door and the addition of the OnStar antenna. Also, they added door handles and reworked the lower front fascia.

First several repaints, and notice they removed the blown engine from the bed of the El Camino, and replaced with a tonneau. The blue Camaro is from the mystery car packs, so good luck with that one.

Well, after tooling about for a little over a year in the Buick, I see my GMAC coupons are telling me that I have 8 payments left..... So, considering that I have seen some rumblings about lease pull aheads, and assuming they will still be in effect in the next few months.... What ever shall I purchase this time?? My wish list before looking at the $$ deals, is a Camaro or pick up a G8 before they are gone. I wish the orange was still available on the G8. So, orange Camaro, with orange interior trim and black SS stripes, aqua blue Camaro with white SS stripes, stryker blue G8 or either car in the Sport Red tricoat. Thoughts? Other suggestions?

Well, the two JLs here were found at TRU. Toys R Us can always seem picked over just because of the mess the aisle always seems to be in. But, when they get stuff in they usually only put out a box at a time, so like these come in a series of 4 cars, and maybe they'll have 2 of each pegged. So, its never overflowing by any means, but if you keep your eyes open they are there. I hit Target and TRU mostly, with an occasional Wal Mart here and there, although they have been stocking HW like crazy lately. I dont normally like to buy at WM and wont buy music from them, but they do have the occasional series of die cast that you cant get anywhere else, so I cave and go for those. M2 is usually a Target thing, but I also have a local store that carries them now, so I go there now to make it easy. Greenlight is a Meijers find around here. And I have bought a couple things online, from 1Stop mostly. Hope that helps.... PS. worst case, let me know... I am happy to pick up an extra as I find them if its something you just gotta have.

Yep, that be the one.

Good music. Dont get too deep into the lyrics. Also, allegedly a new album by VH next year, after Reverend Al marries Eddie and his GF this summer.

Hey, I'm glad to see you guys still are interested in my die-cast posts..... I know I havent been around much, but life has been busy. I just ordered a HW El Camino (1980) to be delivered next month. BTW, the Monte has an orange color detailing the rear defrost grid.

I havent seen a good piece of info on the show yet, but so far I agree with GT5 and how about Rock Band - Van Halen?

The next release of the Vega is yellow with black stripe.

Ah, they have arrived!! 2 of these little beauties are now mine.

Uh, are there two in Ypsi now? I know the new one is open, but did the old one in downtown Ypsi stay open too? Also, there is one in downtown A^2. And the Novi location. Hmm, maybe I've been to too many. I remember when the Lake Orion one was the only one in SE MI, and we used to drive there from the Clem to eat wings during "Dime Time" Tuesday nights. EDIT: now you got me curious... there are 35 shown on the BW3 website in the state (although they didnt list the one under construction in Port Huron/Fort Gratiot I saw the other day)... and I have been to 15 out of the 35 in the state. Not to mention locations in Ohio (many of the originals), Missouri, and other places I have travelled. But I also love Quaker Steak & Lube. Get me some Suicide sauce... yes... (oh yeah, some PC fool demanded they rename it, so now its called Supercharged)

And, of course, I would be interested in Olds pieces that I dont already have and hell, if they arent too expensive, maybe dupes of ones I do have. Depends on how the money flows.

I have yet to see the Holiday cars on the pegs. Either they went fast or they will show up by Easter. And of course, this was the year they had a 442 in the Holiday cars. Might have to ebay a couple to be safe. This car came from Target. They are doing their reset now and restocking. Its a good time to be out and about in the diecast aisle.

Mine is in my hot little hand, yes.

Now that book is in hand.... what do you think?

I thought that pic might elicit a response from you! I had to figure out some way to justify the pic being here

OK, here's some recent finds... The Avanti isnt technically GM, but under the skin she is.....