just a quick question, how rare is it to find the hot wheels ecto 1? i found and bought one today at the target near where i live and thought it was a shock since ive been looking for one EVERYWHERE since i heard they released it
You just basically answered your own question 
I do believe there is only 1 in every box of Hotwheels cars (or is it every other box?). Either way, grats on being able to obtain one!
1 per box. They are not “rare” as in Treasure Hunt cars , but they are hard to find.
They’re not too hard to find, I have 8 as of right now…
I think most people on this board would disagree with you. The ONLY reason I have one is that I bought it from a scalper at a flea market (beat the ebay price, and no shipping). Hated to do it, but like many people here, I haven’t found one of these in stores to save my life.
On the plus side, I did find a T-hunt Shelby Coupe at Walmart last night. Gave me hope that there might be an Ecto on the pegs - but no such luck.
took about 3 months for it to show up @ my local wal-mart
You can read about the lament of many, and the occassional successes of the few in finding them here: Hot Wheels Ecto-1 Available Jan 2010. - Collectibles - GBFans.com
They’re getting easier to find them here where I’m at. A few Sundays back I checked while at Wal-Mart and found 4 on the pegs. I’m starting find atleast one every 2 weeks now.
since i started looking i might disagree i have found and bought 4 and found four treasure hunt hot wheels in the process, or maybe i was just very lucky.
It depends a lot on where you are and how fast the stores sell through Hot Wheels.I have yet to see a single Ecto-1 in any store near me.Went the Ebay route awhile ago to get mine.
I bet I could find one if I hit up every Wal-Mart, Target, and Toys R Us in town.
But it would be the first and only one I would find.
Well, of course I spout off my 2 cents, then low-and-behold I actually find 2 on the shelves of the local TRU. Went on Friday evening to pick up an extra Slime blower Ray Minimate set, and figured I would check the Hot Wheels since I was there. They had apparently just restocked - shevles were completely filled. I found 1 back in the regular section (It was actually laying down under the pegs behind the multicar sets - so I don’t know if someone was trying to hide it or not) and then I found a second one at the pegs close to the cash register. Very excited. Now I’ve got an extra to customize.
Isn’t there a thread already here about this? 
But yeah, in my neck of the woods, they are very hard to find
I found one like 5 months ago @ Target which I customized,
and one 2 days ago at Wal-mart
My Custom Hotwheels Ecto 1:
That’s how hard they are to find down here in South Florida!
Nice job on the custom!!
Thanks!
I am proud of it
Gonna do another custom once I find my paints -
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I have yet to even see one.
I checked 2 targets and a toys r us. Then when I was at kmart getting a cabinet hinge.. I happened downt he toy aisle and BAM, front row, one Ecto.
Tikirabbit - Nice find!
I had to dig to find mine, LOL!!
i found 2 at freds a while back, now jason cash has taken over the luck of finding them around town
I found one at the Super Target by my house today 