Local Wally had them about two months ago, and I was hoping this was the start of something good. But, alas, nothing.

Anyone hear or know?

GL WILL be back in Canada WM in early 09 per Matt at GL. Read it in a post at UTHCC.

Any word if American Wallys will start carrying them, since Target has dropped GL?:(

Any word if American Wallys will start carrying them, since Target has dropped GL?:(

Let's all hope not. Don't need my local hoarders getting greenies. Green machines are too good for those guys.:dude:

Sure hope they do come back, and would be great if TRU started carrying them too. With all of the door-warmers at WM, it's next to impossible to get the castings you like -- let alone a shot at a GM. That said, it's great to see GL in Canada.

Still nothing new for 2009 in Canada from Greenlight as of yet, anyone know what might be the release to come in here?

You should probably star checking your Canadian Walmarts NOW! MCG9 is in route to OLDs as I type, the largest orders seem to get filled first, I would guess MCG9 is already at the WM distribution center. MCG8 was hanging at WM Canada at least a week before Milezone's had them. Good Luck!

You should probably star checking your Canadian Walmarts NOW! MCG9 is in route to OLDs as I type, the largest orders seem to get filled first, I would guess MCG9 is already at the WM distribution center. MCG8 was hanging at WM Canada at least a week before Milezone's had them. Good Luck!

yep, what he said!:woohoo:

Thanks for heads up Rattlehed, I will keep my eyes open especially because only Wal-Mart are distributors for the line in Canada. Second release ever! I can't wait...

MCG8 was hanging at WM Canada at least a week before Milezone's had them. Good Luck!
We still have some of them hanging on the pegs since the end of September 2008.
Notibly these:
http://www.glcollector.com/2008/mcg-sc-s8027.jpg
1964 Chevelle
http://www.glcollector.com/2008/mcg-sc-s8006.jpg
1970 Mustang.
Images courtesy of GLCollector.com. Thanks Wyatt.

I bought some of the castings from MCG8.
I hope that MCG9 is better.

Cheers. Cobra

Keep checking guys, should be ANY day now!

who got 1/64 shop tools? thanks fcb

Still nothing.
The wait continues.

Cheers. Cobra

Checked WM this past week. Nada.

how look the pegs at your local wal-mart ???? HOT WHEELS JOHNNY L.. GREENLIGHT !!!

Like Cobra says, the wait continues. We are still waiting on MCG9 to hit the Peg (that would be our second release only in Canada via Wally). As for JL, we are still having some Lightning Rod 2 and Road trip since the last Dec-Jan shipment. So until these sell, we are to wait I guess. As for Hot Wheels, Wally offers a lot in each store (usually 2 racks, for over 800 ind.packages) + all the color shifters and 5 pack. Let's hope Greenlight arrives soon, our pegs are empty and there will probably be only one case per store...never got any 2 packs as of yet. New out of Quebec, Canada

For the time-being, new GreenLight items will not be available at WM Canada. If/when this changes, we will post information on our website.

Thank you,

Russell Hughes
GreenLight Collectibles
Director of Sales & Marketing

Russell, thank you for the update. Would you be able to let the Canada's collector of Greenlight product line know how come it is so difficult to have some distributors over here? Has anyone between Zeller's, TRU or Wally interested at all in having those for sale? In my eyes opinion, it would be a great opportunity for Greenlight to extend their sales. The release we received like I said sold quite fast. If Wally was to accept to seal a deal, it is only 1 case per store, I am sure they can afford that. I am trying to understand here the situation. You have a wonderfull product but no distributors, that doesn't help selling...over here. Let us know

For the time-being, new GreenLight items will not be available at WM Canada. If/when this changes, we will post information on our website.

Thank you,

Russell Hughes
GreenLight Collectibles
Director of Sales & Marketing

Russell, thank you for the reply.
With the absense of Johnny Lightning castings in Canada, I was looking forward to buying GLs on a regular basis. Obviously, that isn't going to happen.
You have a wonderful product and I would love to buy it locally.
That would be a lot cheaper than being GL castings out of the US.
Oh well, I guess we can always dream.

Cheers. Cobra

For the time-being, new GreenLight items will not be available at WM Canada. If/when this changes, we will post information on our website.

Thank you,

Russell Hughes
GreenLight Collectibles
Director of Sales & Marketing


Man, I know its not your fault specifically and this is not a shoot the messenger rant.

But..since I read the post (as indicated earlier in this thread, citing a comment from UTH), that Greenlight would be on the pegs in early 2009,

I've been dragging my butt outta bed virtually every chance I could to hit the 0700 hrs Wal-Mart openings in hopes of getting some decent Greenlights and at least one very elusive Green Machine. I even tried trading for that orange Daytona GM (green body, orange caps) about 10 times, with no luck.

I've been there for store opening more times than not, hoping it was that day I could finally score one. Especially some of the Mopar ones, which are generally my favorite.

not a total loss, as I get to work 45 minutes early every day and it looks good. But...suffice to say, I'm seriously disappointed. This is a bit of a kick to the groin for a Canadian collector.

Is this a Wal-Mart issue, or a Greenlight issue?

Is this a Wal-Mart issue, or a Greenlight issue?

Probably a Walmart issue. Autocratic with price dictatorship.

Cheers. Cobra

Please realize that I cannot expand on this topic any further. We're continuing to look for opportunities to expand our domestic and international distribution and will update the collector community (via our website) when new opportunities are confirmed.

Thank you,

Russell Hughes
GreenLight Collectibles
Director of Sales & Marketing

Thanks for the update. At the very least, it's nice to know officially what's going on.

And I don't have to give WM my business any more! :thumbsup:

Joined HobbyTalk today after reading this post. Just an FYI that might shed some light on this situation. Two weeks ago, I purchased a GreenLight Muscle Car garage street & strip series 9 (1967 Chevrolet Corvette 427) at a 'Toys R Us' in Altoona, PA. The writing on the back of the package is both English and French and states 'Imported by/ Importe par Wal-Mart Canada, Mississauga, Ontario L5N 1P9'. Possible distribution problem?

Almost sounds like everything was set for the return and something happened, the deal fell through and the stock was sent to U.S. stores. A blow to Canadian collectors for sure.

Almost sounds like everything was set for the return and something happened, the deal fell through and the stock was sent to U.S. stores. A blow to Canadian collectors for sure.

Obviously Greenlight was prepared to sell GL product in Canada because of the bilingual issues but unfortunately that didn't happen.
We can blame that on Wally's World again.
It's not the first time that they screwed over a company.
I guess it's back to paying $50 US plus $30 US shipping plus $12 CDN customs fees for a box of really nice GL castings.
It's a shame and a tragedy that that we did not get GL castings in Canada.
Muscle Car Garage Series 9 is a wonderful release.

Cheers. Cobra

MCG9 was definitely heading in Canada and I am afraid that we may have to wait once more. Like Cobra says, the shipping and customs are very high. On top of that, the recent exchange being close to 30%, I am making the assumption that Wal Mart is not able to carry the line with a "reasonable" mark up. I see a lot more of "cheap quality" die cast that they sell in a range of 10-15 and probaly pay close to nothing so it's high profit at no risk. If they don't sell, they do a "rollback sale" at 50% and they still make money on it. They would't be able to do that with GL.

We, as canadian collector, have to keep in mind that very few release could hit Canada from Greenlight. It has to be a massive production so every store get at least a case, so forget about all of the "limited series" of less than 2500, they go to their "official distributors" and especially because they have to come up with a special bilingual packaging doesn't help us.

So bottom line, that leaves us with 2 options: buying from US retailer/ditributors or TTP/Bay or give your business to competitors like JL (that we still see here commonly)or HW. Very disappointing...do I need to recall we had only 1 release ever up here.

Joined HobbyTalk today after reading this post. Just an FYI that might shed some light on this situation. Two weeks ago, I purchased a GreenLight Muscle Car garage street & strip series 9 (1967 Chevrolet Corvette 427) at a 'Toys R Us' in Altoona, PA. The writing on the back of the package is both English and French and states 'Imported by/ Importe par Wal-Mart Canada, Mississauga, Ontario L5N 1P9'. Possible distribution problem?

I just joined today also, as I'm trying to find a GL 2004 Mercury Marauder to match the one in the driveway. Several Americans have them and they also mentioned the 'Imported by Wal-Mart Canada' label. :mad:

My local WM in Oakville,ON has GL muscle car garage series products such as the '64 Chevelle but all enquiries to WM Canada have got me nowhere.

I would like to find out when we may see more of Greenlight collectibles on the shelf in Canada area? Looks like a distribution problem and I don't get it. JL and M2 were are able to sell in Canada, why would it be impossible for Greenlight? They could work an agreement with WM, TRU or Zeller's or any major Grocery store. For a company that is trying to launch is product line, I have to say I am not impress. 1 Release so far, that's it. I am challenging Russell/Greenlight to solve this before the end of this year. I feel Canadian collectors have been more than patient. I bought the one I wanted over TTP/here but I would love to find some on the peg on a regular basis. We missed out MCG9 and I feel more efforts should be done in order to offer your product up North. If that cannot happen, at least explain us so we know where to stand towards the situation. Thank you in the mean time.

I can say most certainly that this is about Walmart not wanting to spend what GL is asking for the cars. We do not get JL at Wallys anymore in the US (select stores get 1:24).
I am 100% sure that cheapo mart is behind the 40th anniversary Johnnies.
I always wondered why TRU in Canada doesn't carry GL as they do here, never really got a straight answer for that question either.
Walmart would carry them forever if they were 2$ apiece
Let's hope there is another solution.

Well....Canada has had some JL dumps previously and recently again. Now, M2 has dumped some our way. I hope maybe we will get a Greenlight dump!

Any update on when Greenlight is going to have their product line available into the retail store in Canada (Wal-Mart, TRU or Zeller's or grocery stores)? What is taking them so long to introduce them on the Canadian market, I still wonder. With the exchange close to parity, should not be that tough for Greenlight :confused:

Good question!
I have wondered about this situation many times.
Thanks for bringing this topic back to the top.

Cheers. Cobra

I would hope you guys to the north get GL again. I'm pretty sure an impass has been reached with Wally's(I knew it would) over price point. Wally's wants to buy by the trainload and GL does not produce enough within each run to do it that way. I am sure that WM wants a big FAT discount as well.
GLs are most likely too expensive to produce to give WM the price they want.
I hope for the sake of our Canadian brothers a deal can be struck with TRU.
Good luck guys.

I would hope you guys to the north get GL again. I'm pretty sure an impass has been reached with Wally's(I knew it would) over price point. Wally's wants to buy by the trainload and GL does not produce enough within each run to do it that way. I am sure that WM wants a big FAT discount as well.
GLs are most likely too expensive to produce to give WM the price they want.
I hope for the sake of our Canadian brothers a deal can be struck with TRU.
Good luck guys.

Agreed, this is a very sad thread, there's money to be made, people to make happy, yet its not enough for a greedy company to do the right thing, I only patronize that place when I absolutely have to. I hope Canadians get every opportunity to receive the same goods at equal prices that we south of the border enjoy!

Fair trade laws, my rear end :(

I am sure that WM wants a big FAT discount as well.
GLs are most likely too expensive to produce to give WM the price they want.


I have long been convinced this is the problem, and it's not Greenlight's doing. Walmart wants to make a certain margin on everything they carry and if suppliers don't meet their demands, they don't get any of their product in the store. Walmart is the biggest retail bully around. It wouldn't doubt if a big reason why JL went to plastic bases was to lower costs so they could afford to get back into Walmart.

Not being able to find Greenlight in retail stores doesn't really bother me that much. The only plus would be the chance to find a Green Machine, and it's not like any would ever get hung around here anyways. I would be much more interested in reasonable shipping rates.

TRU seems a fair option. They could carry MCG or Motor World line so there are larger quantities. If we are to see 2-3 release a year, I am pretty sure they would sell them all since there are none around. In the mean time I turn to online store and the S & S board here. I still remember that deal that failed with the MCG "red stripes" I believe, that was disappointing. We only ask for 2 cases per store once in a while. Maybe one day, after months of patience, who knows...

I saw this thread come back up and I got all excited. My only source for Greenlights in stores has been the local Hobby Store. They don't get many and at $8 each....I am very selective.

Hopefully, they will find a way!

Maybe that one Walmart fiasco with Greenlight castings from two or three years ago was the main reason that turned off Walmart Canada to dealing with Greenlight.
Muscle Car Garage release 8 that we got at Walmart stores in Canada was a dud in my opinion. The price point may not have helped either.
Some of those castings from that release hung on the pegs for a year or two such as this one:

http://www.glcollector.com/2008/mcg-sc-s8027.jpg
Image courtesy of GLCollector.com. Thanks Wyatt.

I think that we got about two boxes of the same release.
I bought some of the castings but wasn't interested in the others.
Probably a situation of wrong product at the wrong time.
It's a shame that we hadn't got some of the Black Bandit releases here as I believe that they would have been a big hit.
Consequently, I am forced to make my purchases from the U.S.
With the cost of shipping to Canada, it is an expensive adventure.
I would like to see GL castings sold in Canada on a regular basis at reasonable prices at a large retailer.
Will it happens, who knows?

Cheers. Cobra

Local hobby store had/has a bin of GL for a $1.00 they still can not sell them not the popular castings..
some WM stil have this one hanging for full price. 1964 Plymouth Sport Fury Drag Car MCG8

ITS UNBELIVABLE CANT SELL FOPR $1.00 ..WHICH SERIES IS IT ???? :wave: