k-mart has large sale tags on the greenlights and jada diecasts. sale for $2.99 each, as opposed to $4.29 and $3.99. till february. wonder if they are discontinuing the lines.

From what I've read, they are dropping both of those lines.

can't blame them. they have loads of each to get rid of. plus i know the manager is disgusted with trying to sell greenlight at the price it is, since the cars have been in such poor quality. he sent one entire 12 count case of vettes back to corp. in michigan. paint was chipped, wheels falling off. they were pathetic.
i wonder what they will do with the other stuff. they reduced the speed racer stuff and it's selling, but they just keep putting more out.
here, as opposed to every other response i've gotten, there are literally tons of pixar cars stuff. chases hanging still, cars frorm the k-day event sill there, some pixar items i saw tonight are now reduced 40 percent. there's just so much of it, and so many different things. it is just collecting dust. the manager says they have lots more pixar stuff, they had no where to put out for christmas, in the back in storage. talked to him tonight.

plus i know the manager is disgusted with trying to sell greenlight at the price it is, since the cars have been in such poor quality. he sent one entire 12 count case of vettes back to corp. in michigan. paint was chipped, wheels falling off. they were pathetic.

Is this a common finding for those who buy GLs? I haven't opened any of mine yet, but of over a dozen I've bought, I don't see a single flaw. :confused:

Is this a common finding for those who buy GLs? I haven't opened any of mine yet, but of over a dozen I've bought, I don't see a single flaw. :confused:

I haven't had any quality issues with any of my gl's.

the case he sent back, you could see every problem without opening them. paint chips and flakes off the cars and inside the bubble. wheels off the cars. actually pretty funny since they are a quality product. like the manager said, if it were a buck and a hot wheels no big deal. but over 4 dollars.....
i've talked to him since i'm so close to the store. he wants to stop carrying them all together. they already had one blow out of them at 2.00 each last fall to get rid of greenlight cars from 2005-06 still hanging. there's still 4 of the 5 packs from a 6 pack case they got back in august, all beat up now. and about 7......... 2 packs.

In the defense of GL...I've honestly have bought over 1,000 pieces sight unseen over the years throught my distributor and haven't seen any issues with their product. Honestly if they had quality issues I would recongize them. Maybe I've been lucky...but I do like their track record. As far as the product selling in Kmart...well...IMHO the demographics of a Kmart shopper is not the target market of GL. Yes the GL replicas are more than a buck Matchbox...you they are adult collectables and not 'toys'.

The local K-Mart is closing it's doors by me, so I guess that's another place I can't shop!

I've honestly have bought over 1,000 pieces sight unseen over the years throught my distributor and haven't seen any issues with their product. Honestly if they had quality issues I would recongize them. Maybe I've been lucky...

That's quite a stroke of luck.

That's quite a stroke of luck.

I've not had any issues with those I have bought either. I do realize that KMart has many peg hangers. I also realize that they have the Hotwheels black box Nova and Old Caddy convertible peg hangers that they have just recently marked down to $6 from $9.99. I've also noticed that KMart has a unique marketing plan for diecast. They marked UP the peg hangers! Go figure. As far as a report of a case of GLs having to be sent back I think that would be highly unusual as I've not noticed this even with the cars left on the pegs anywhere.

I have well over 500 GLs in my collection, have only seen a couple of flaws. Wheel and tire issues in the early days are about the only problems I have heard of with any frequency.Kmart sucks anyway. Their employess are terrible and around here they are also collectors. I no longer shop there for diecast, it is a waste of time. Their toy department looks like family dollar, it's trashed. Restockings are rare and when they do occur the adult collectible stuff is old. Maybe that is the reason cars are gathering dust. That is the nature of adult diecast, it is bought by collectors who don't need doubles. Kmart is better off selling HW and Players Limos. Their "clientel" seems to go for that low end stuff. Possibly the most mis-managed store chain in the country. I predict 2009 will be the last year for this chain's existence. I can hear the HW guys crying already.

I visited our Km tonight. They were closing out only the "Old Skool" Jada and only the Corvette line of GL. All of the other lines of both brands were still regular price, although most of the pegs have been nearly empty for well over six months. I agree, Km is the worst for trying to find any new diecast other than mainline HW.

One thing is that they recently received a set of the new "Flamed" GLs, and they look like they are going to be there for a long, long, time.

Im kinda suprised. GL and Jada doesnt stick around at our kmart. I considered myself lucky to have first crack at a case of Jada high profile last week, even though I only grabbed 3. Greenlights always move fast, too. The only thing that sticks around at ours is CARS stuff.

O well, guess I'll just loose another good source for diecast in town.

I haven't bought many Greenlights, but I did end up with one that had a fairly large chunk of paint just fall off as soon as I opened the hood. I almost bought a 2-pack with a Crovette that had a messed up wheel, but fortunately I noticed this before checking out. I went back and found an identicle 2-pack that was flawless.

So their quality hasn't been perfect in my experience, but it has been way better than JL!

According to a post by Matt at UTH, Kmart will still be stocking the usual lines in 09. That doesn't say they won't stop with JL but GL appears to be safe for the moment. This should ease the minds of those of you that have the opportunity to score at Kmart. Good luck!

here every greenlight and jada is on sale. all scales.
and i personally helped the manager pack the 12 pack of vettes back up including seeing him label and send the box out to the out box for ups. never saw them again. i knew the guy. i know he sent them back. he could see as i. they were crap, and he wouldn't sell them..
they've had greenlights as low as 2.00 and some are in the clearance isle now for 2.00 going back to 2006 cars. nothing wrong with those on the outside anyway. except no one wants them. as he once said, they will never sell till they get to about a buck like hot wheels.
i don't know now what they are doing. he was transferred. but i went in there every day, as it's a mile away. and we both knew diecast. the greenlight doesn't sell unless it's a green machine.
hot wheels are the best selling item in the store. have the green sticker on the peg. that's what i was told by the new manager. he also collects. and also has no use for the high dollar cars. they got in 2 cases of 8 johnny lightning. have sold 4 of them since thanksgiving. they are trashed now from hanging so long., and surely also headed for liquidation.

k-mart may suck, but they can't do any better trying to sell a product that sucks when greenlight sends them crap..as far as johnny lightnings, jada, and muscle machines, they are god quality,.....but people just won't pay that kind've money here, when you can get a hot wheels for a dollar.

green kmart tags mean "top 400" top 400 items that must be in stock 24/7. DIDYAKNOWTHAT!

That sounds more like it was damaged in shipping that from the factory.... I have MNAY GL cars and have a few, but very few defects. heck I was happy to see they had them on sale today and bought 4 (3 up in flames which i would normally have not bought, but they had the 69 Charger, 70 Cuda, and the 06 Camaro concept and then got the Plymouth Sport Fury for MCG 8. I actually go to 2 KMarts, this one which is an hour away, and the closer one which is 30 minutes away. The one an hour away is just a much better store, usually the isles are actually kept looking decent and never see the same GLs on the pegs twice, the other one though is a total mess, always messed up, half the product in the floor. At this one the GLs were such peg warmers they quit carrying them months ago, but I am seeing a pattern. IMHO, there probably isn't much they can sale in one kept like that since it always such a mess who wnats to shop there???? No wonder KMart was nearly bankrupt a couple years ago, too bad they didn't learn anything (well most, the one an hour away is pretty good and hey, got some new shirts there at 1/2 off today too LOL). As for comparing them to Hot Wheels, just take a look at them. There is no way a greenlight would ever be able to sell that cheap and keep their level of detail. i mean, seriously, the GLs are a collectors car, the $1 HotWheels are non detailed, mostly plastic toys. You have to pay 9.99 for a HotWheels with the detail of a 4.99 Greeenlight. Heck, I actually bought my first M2 at KMart yesterday, for 5.99...... Anywho, i hope it is true that all KMarts are not going to stop stocking GLs, but I relaly like them.

here every greenlight and jada is on sale. all scales.
and i personally helped the manager pack the 12 pack of vettes back up including seeing him label and send the box out to the out box for ups. never saw them again. i knew the guy. i know he sent them back. he could see as i. they were crap, and he wouldn't sell them..
they've had greenlights as low as 2.00 and some are in the clearance isle now for 2.00 going back to 2006 cars. nothing wrong with those on the outside anyway. except no one wants them. as he once said, they will never sell till they get to about a buck like hot wheels.
i don't know now what they are doing. he was transferred. but i went in there every day, as it's a mile away. and we both knew diecast. the greenlight doesn't sell unless it's a green machine.
hot wheels are the best selling item in the store. have the green sticker on the peg. that's what i was told by the new manager. he also collects. and also has no use for the high dollar cars. they got in 2 cases of 8 johnny lightning. have sold 4 of them since thanksgiving. they are trashed now from hanging so long., and surely also headed for liquidation.

k-mart may suck, but they can't do any better trying to sell a product that sucks when greenlight sends them crap..as far as johnny lightnings, jada, and muscle machines, they are god quality,.....but people just won't pay that kind've money here, when you can get a hot wheels for a dollar.

Apparently the Kmart shoppers in your store have been brainwashed by Mattel into thinking that HW makes collectable diecast. It would also seem you have some personal vendetta against GL. It's your opinion and that's fine. I have been collecting a LONG time, GL is BY FAR the best thing going in the $5-$10 price range. Personally, if I could not afford $5 for a toy, I would spend it on food or gas. MOST HW are sold to soccer moms, not collectors. Anywho, GL will be back soon. If your KM does not currently have MCG Flames look out, they are coming! Good Luck all!

GL has a reputation for quality. There will always be some exceptions to every rule, but the claims of general poor quality are not supported by comments and posts in this thread, on this and other forums, or by what I have seen with my own eyes.

On the other hand, in the very short time I have been collecting, I have bought a small number of Jada and Maisto cars and seen quite a number of quality control problems. (I often have to straighten the tires.) They are beautiful cars and are comparable to GLs in price, but are not in the same league.

And then there are the HW errors. This forum and others see weekly threads with photo evidence of wheel, tampo, and paint errors, missing pieces, body and chassis not attached, chassis on backwards... you name it. There are collectors who specialize in errors. Where are all the GL error posts and photos?

GL has a reputation for quality. There will always be some exceptions to every rule, but the claims of general poor quality are not supported by comments and posts in this thread, on this and other forums, or by what I have seen with my own eyes.

On the other hand, in the very short time I have been collecting, I have bought a small number of Jada and Maisto cars and seen quite a number of quality control problems. (I often have to straighten the tires.) They are beautiful cars and are comparable to GLs in price, but are not in the same league.

And then there are the HW errors. This forum and others see weekly threads with photo evidence of wheel, tampo, and paint errors, missing pieces, body and chassis not attached, chassis on backwards... you name it. There are collectors who specialize in errors. Where are all the GL error posts and photos?

All good points. Jada and Maisto castings are not true to form or scale in most cases and generally not realistic. Yea, you do see a VW drag car in real life every once in a great while, but I see tons on the pegs! Same could be said for the full blown mod cars they offer. The Jada seems a notch above the Maisto in quality of detail.(details are nicely done) Maisto seems in some cases to spend more money on paint and less on overall quality. They always seemed like pegwarmers to me, they all look the same so it seems they never move. In my Targets the Pegs are always full of Jada. Either they do a better job of stocking the Jada or they just don't sell. The GL pegs sat empty for months, no wonder they didn't sell, hard to sell what's in the DC. Same at Kmart, little to no stock of GL, lots of other garbage. One of these days, one of the big box stores will get it right. Until then we can talk about how problems with distribution continue to kill us. :(

There are collectors who specialize in errors. Where are all the GL error posts and photos?

I think the true GL collector sees it for what it is, a mistake, not a thing to be proud of and collected!:rolleyes:

My Kmart only has the Corvette Greenlights on sale , none of the others . The only regular cars they have should be marked down... there are 4 '63 Chryslers from R4 , Everything else sold out fairly quickly . They did restock he 5 car sets .. It seems the worst selling GL's are the Vettes & Black Bandits . They are the only ones collect dust around here .. Other brands VW's do too - theres just too many of them on the market...