It's a mad, mad .... Mad Magazine

It's a mad, MAD Magazine..

Introducing the newly release 2017 Pop Culture Series, Mad Magazine.

Mad (very often stylized as MAD) is an American humor magazine founded in 1952 by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines,^[3] launched as a comic book before it became a magazine. It was widely imitated and influential, affecting satirical media, as well as the cultural landscape of the 20th century, with editor Al Feldstein increasing readership to more than two million during its 1974 circulation peak.^[4] As of January 2017, Mad has published 544 regular issues, as well as hundreds of reprint "Specials", original material paperbacks, compilation books and other print projects.
- Info taken from Wikipedia


Read the magazine when I was young but couldn't really understand the humor back then..
And now Mattel is bringing some of the humor into Hot Wheels..

The Cases Code # DLB45-934K

Unboxing video of the case.

12 casting per cases. And the gave 2 crappy extras.

Why can't the give more of the Dodge A100.. 

Definitely better then the wiener looking casting and a sealed Chevy Panel.

The Mad Magazine set.

MAD Trademark.. on a '64 Chevy Nova Panel

The Mad Famous Agent Black

'66 Dodge A100

The Mad Famous Agent White

'66 Dodge A100

'55 Chevy Panel

I absolutely adore the casting but was totally put off when Mattel decided to put crappy colors and design with the sealed rear door which they previously had on its predecessors..

Haulin gas

Was never a fan of this casting. 

And now with that color, this gonna be peg warmers, until someone decided to get them just for the realriders.

Hoping that in 2018, Mattel decided to do much interesting series like the old Garage Series..

Miss the good old days..

Enjoy the pics.

Beautiful finds.. Case Q surprised..

What a beautiful finds..

Had an extra 2017 International Case Q which I put on sale for a couple of weeks, but no one seems to be wanting them as all are eyeing on the 2018 Case A..

During yesterday booth sale in Amcorp Mall flea market, I decided to open that case and sell the cards individually instead..

And to my surprised, a gift.. A Super Treasure Hunts Nissan Fairlady Z...

Suddenly all the other cars doesn't seem to be interesting...

What a beauty...

Good thing nobody purchased that case..

Enjoy the pics.

2017 Car Culture Modern Classic

Recently Hot Wheels released their new Car Culture series for 2017..
Modern Classic. Code #DJF77-956K
Quite good selection of cars especially the First Edition Mercedes 190e.
Simple design with decent tampo and fine lines..
One of the worth keeping set IMHO..

Manage to secure some cases/sets for my buyers..

Hard to come by nowadays.

Check out the unboxing boxset video below..

The complete set of 5.

Awesome card design.

#1/5 - '92 BMW M3.

Decent design, hate those wheels thou..
Should have use the previous wheels from the Road Race Series instead.

#2/5 - '85 Honda CR-X

Its kinda hard to get a nice design/tampo for this car..
From the whole CRX variation, only a piece or 2 looks worthy..

#3/5 - Porsche 964..
Simple yet elegant.. Goin bonkers for demm wheels..

Good job Mattel

#4/5 - Renault 5 Turbo

The most underated car in the series.

But this time I think Mattel hit a spot for this among collectors.

#5/5 - Mercedes Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II

The most awaited casting after so many sneak preview goin on the internet.

Simple design, nice detailing and those wheels hit the spot.

This surprisingly comes in a short wave in Malaysia market..

Sold out quite fast among collectors.

 Enjoy the pics.. and feel free to comment.
Cheers...

Weekends Activity - 10th Sept Hauled.

Just some stuff I acquired during last weekend
Haul some, trade some..

These are the other brands I am venturing out.. Greenlight and Tarmac

Awesome detailing done on both brands, especially the Tarmac.

The 2 Hot Wheels cars are trade stuff with a forumer in Lowyat.Net.

For any interest of getting these Tarmac or Greenlight can contact these guys on FB.

KDB Miniatures & Diecast Zone 

Below are some closeups on the the GL and Tarmac..

Enjoy the pics..

mushr00m

Hot Wheels 2018 Case A revealed.

One of the most awaited cases after several sneak peek posted around the internet..
Purchased myself a case last week and decided to do an unboxing video which I always posted on my FB page.

Here is the International 2018 Case A revealed.




The assortments are pretty decent  as there are multiple cars I can keep with several new entries to brighten up 2018 series.

Above are the 72 pcs  from my case # 99AAFL. 

The are some nice graphics on the 2018 cards.. 

The above JDMs are gonna be a hit among collectors. Even on multiple pieces per cases these would fly pass the pegs so fast it might not even be hang.

Several new variants for 2018.

The tampo on the Fiat 500 and the Chevelle Wagon is awesome..

New color for Bone Shaker and VG Golf

New colors for some of these casting. 

Nice tampo on the Bump around and Dodge RAM.

Enjoy the pics..

A new beginning...

It's been while since I blogged.

Things just got in a way which and Facebook arrived hence everything seems to be easier uploading and posting stuff there..

Well, here it goes again.. 

For a start, here are some updates of myself..

Created a page on Facebook - mushroom hobby garage (renamed a couple of times)
Expanded my hobbies out from Hot Wheels and matchbox, into other brands and scales.
Involved  in events  such as Art of Speed (AOS), roadshows with Mattel and several others with Hot Wheels Collectors Malaysia (HWCM), 

Registered under ROC.

Trying to update my blog as possible.