The hunt begins… again.
(Image from eBay)
Just got mine, Did the previous versions have the proton packs in the back of the vehicle?
Not sure about the Ecto-1A but the Ecto-1 did. Did you find it in store or buy it online?
As a general update on my hunt, my local Walmarts started carrying them again. Still haven’t spotted the new case yet, may still be a bit early, but I picked up the entire previous set that had the Taxi and the Top Gun bike. Hopefully the K case will pop up soon, but just in case I can’t find them I did order a set online to ensure that I at least had one of each.
bought 2 of them online. tired of always searching not being able to find em.
why cant they be found anywhere except on ebay for scalper prices?
Because the moment a store employee puts them on the peg, someone is right there to grab it. That or someone asks the employees to bring the box out from the back. Of course there are also employees that get to them before they hit the floor.
that blows. well I just bought one for $15 on escalp with free shipping from florida. would be nice to have one in packaging and one loose, but this will have to do for now.
$15 with free shipping isn’t too bad. You’re still paying the shipping which will be about $5, so really you got it for $10. Still probably cheaper than driving all over town trying to track one down. I just bought a whole case for $80. I’ll keep a set plus the extra ecto and sell the remaining two sets.
These won’t show up to Walmart’s, these are Hobby only. Spoke to a hot wheel collector said he’s not ever sure what that means as far as where the are sold and also said he just resorts to eBay when he sees that. Some of these lines never go to Walmart. Speaking to many Walmart employees working in the the toy section the 1A was never in Walmart either…at least here in PHX from what I’ve seen and been told. This is what I have seen hope it helps, I resorted to eBay and I hate it!
Two Walmarts near me in north PHX still carry them. They stopped for a while but picked back up recently. Just last week I picked up a complete set from the J case, and a month before that I picked up the Close Encounters truck and the Christine. Some stores get them, some don’t it seems.
Just got mine this past week, and I love it. I was blown away by the amount of detail that was packed in, including the four Proton Packs in the back seat area. I think that I might pick up a second one to display outside the package down the road.
its really nice, wish I had another to open
So just out of interest, what would these retail for in store? I’ve managed to pick a few up for £9 each (about $13) including the postage to the UK. Think I’ve done quite well.
Just over $5 each after tax here in Arizona. I believe the last one I bought a month ago was like $5.16 or so.
I was under the impression they couldnt be found in retail environments. of course I only looked at my local sh*tty walmart. I bought mine on ebay for $14. would be nice to find another ‘in the wild’, but closest toy store is over an hour away…
It’s been my experience that not all stores carry them. For a while I would have agreed that none of the Retro Entertainment line could be found in retail stores, but a few months ago two of my local Walmarts began carrying them again. Picked up the Christine and the Close Encounters truck back in early October and the K case in late October. Still haven’t found this newest assortment in the wild, but I also haven’t been looking too hard as hard since I already bought a case. Typically they are picked off within 24 hours of hitting the pegs.
there are also Hot Wheels people looking out for these specifically…probably either their daily ritual or someone in the know helps them so we as GB fans generally just have to be lucky…
I bit the bullet and paid a bit more to get the GB2 car online but refuse to with this one. I can do without it.
Cool idea, but damnit. The GB2 version was hard enough to find.
I caved, as I did with the Ecto-1A, and spent eBay prices…
they look mighty fine though I must admit… this is something I’ve wanted since I was a little kid (I had tonnes of die-cast dinkies, but never had an Ecto), now I have 3!
I just picked mine up for $6 at a hot wheels show. Seems they are going for $6-10 or $25 for all the cars in that series/case.
Also bought the 1A from last year with the Scaleri brothers on it for $10. Those were going for $10-20.
Might be easier to look for a hot wheel collector show in your area instead of hitting the stores. Also seen some other hot wheel ghostbusters variations; like a limited edition one from Mexico convention for $50.