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Anyone remember these? wasn't that long ago.. they came in singles and multi-packs...
all came in nice 'acrylic' boxes, I think the multi-packs actually being called 'acrylics' because of the box... kinda the equivelant of those new 'tubes' they want so much for....
I actually have a few of the multi-car sets in acrylic boxes...I'm pretty sure mattel gave up on these nice big plastic case sets cuz haven't seem anything like them around lately. I remember some of these were quite sought after, and even when u found them in the store they were at least 20 or even 30 bucks!.. towards the end the original Lead Sledz set was sometimes going for like 50 bucks.
One reason for the post is ... decided to see what these are still going for on the auction site. dissappointing... like do a search for the Bugs and Buses set and I saw either no bids or like 10 bucks on this probably 29.99 set.
The cars from these sets were really nice. Check the pic below... the Mercaholic from the Lowboyz set.. decided to open up this set just cuz the cars looked so interesting...and found out this car has the color change paint on it! Cant see in the pic, but turn it one way in the light and it's purple, the other way and it's blue!
So just goes to show, guess I'm just noting one of the collecting changes... these are quality die cast for more money (way nicer than any Classics , Ultra Hots, or 'Holiday'
issue) but I guess now people, or "collectors" would rather spend the same amount as these sets went for, on buying 99 cent castings in bulk. (picking up maybe 4 different cars, 6 or 8 of each one, spending the same amount):tongue:
all came in nice 'acrylic' boxes, I think the multi-packs actually being called 'acrylics' because of the box... kinda the equivelant of those new 'tubes' they want so much for....
I actually have a few of the multi-car sets in acrylic boxes...I'm pretty sure mattel gave up on these nice big plastic case sets cuz haven't seem anything like them around lately. I remember some of these were quite sought after, and even when u found them in the store they were at least 20 or even 30 bucks!.. towards the end the original Lead Sledz set was sometimes going for like 50 bucks.
One reason for the post is ... decided to see what these are still going for on the auction site. dissappointing... like do a search for the Bugs and Buses set and I saw either no bids or like 10 bucks on this probably 29.99 set.
The cars from these sets were really nice. Check the pic below... the Mercaholic from the Lowboyz set.. decided to open up this set just cuz the cars looked so interesting...and found out this car has the color change paint on it! Cant see in the pic, but turn it one way in the light and it's purple, the other way and it's blue!
So just goes to show, guess I'm just noting one of the collecting changes... these are quality die cast for more money (way nicer than any Classics , Ultra Hots, or 'Holiday'
