HomerS

Hobby Store had a 20% off sale before Christmas (Nissan was excluded). I gave up years ago of telling the family what I want so I Secret Santa'd myself! I have the six choppers but grabbed an extra one of this one to play with some of the unique paint colors out now.....

Estate sale find....All F/S....$25/each There were others but the boss moved the weekly department meeting to the time the doors opened so missed out on many others (not that I 'needed' these or any more)

Both them are looking across the living room at me wanting me to get the other one out of their chair.

I'll settle for the die cast 1/64....for now

I love the folks that buy all healthy foods and then at check out pull out the reusable cloth bag that looks like it was in the high school gym locker all year and only seeing the light of day at the end of school year purge.

Local Hobby Lobby had one at this price and two at $47.99

Cincinnati area toy/collectible store had the ladies that portray the yellow and the pink Power Ranger in for an autograph session. For these prices I would expect the Robert Kraft experience!

Indy Hot Wheels Club had their annual get together/swap meet. Took the teenager with me as he's been getting into models and modifying die cast. Great show and we both found stuff we had been searching for. They also provide a free lunch for attendees! The plates on the other side were my son's (I'm not that much of a pig). Food come made it a long two hour drive pack home!

It reciprocates as well. I wear golf shirts for work and the last time the wife bought me one it looked like Judge Smails would wear in Caddyshack. We had been married over 15 years at that point so one would think they would know what the other one likes.....yeah nope!

My local store had about a dozen Jeeps......that was it. Another builder found the lone 56 Chevy in another part of the store

Breakout the AquaNet.....going back to the 80's Red sedan.....wheel change (more like the AMG wheels) Black wagon....fourth release of the MB wagon was black (gray base/bumpers) with brown interior. Left the gray around the headlights as the European lights were not DOT approved at that time.

Grabbed a couple items at Five Below this a.m. including four Hot Wheels and the total seemed kinda high. I checked the receipt and the Hot Wheels (mainlines) rang up $3.25 each! Uh HARD no!! I went back in and returned them. The manager commented she thought they were recent editions. They were not. I said they are three times what WalMart sells them for.

Couple more Matchbox's modified...

Showing my age but my first thought was they cut up the Partridge Family bus

Meh...... Depends on what you're looking for. Jason (great Matchbox connection) is two releases behind as Mattel is pushing out to big box retailers first. The guy that the Roadrunner kits had five kits and quickly sold his other three. The guy that had the Monte had about ten kits but all were overpriced. Overpriced POPS characters. Lots of higher end Hot Wheels that Mattel puts decent wheels on a $1 casting and nice card art for $8 a piece

Toy Show finds.....(all factory sealed) Wanted an MPC Roadrunner to do Superbird version and finally found one very reasonable.....ended up buying both kits the guy had Monte Carlo Aero Coupe.....missed it last time

Curious I was looking for tickets for the Trans Siberian Orchestra at the local arena. Decent seats were $49/each....times two was $98. Not bad! Moved on to the next page of TickerMaster and the total for electronic tickets jumped to $149??? Nope!! I would like to see them live but not that bad!

....and I don't mean Dad things that we shutter when we utter and realize we've morphed into that person. 1) There was a fight at my son's school and one of the other parents asked me if I knew who it was. I said I had no idea but she sent me a link to a Facebook video and asked her "who is the teacher with the man bun?" When I was looking for my first home, I looked outside the city I grew up in but ended up with a good deal less than a mile from where I grew up so my boys are in the same school system I went through. I had teachers that were much older than me (some were Vietnam or Korean vets), but no 'man buns' 2) Two of my dogs have joint issues/arthritis and they were put on CBD supplements (which really helps!) The store I go to, the owner has another business and I didn't know he owned a CBD store. He uses it for his pets as well and has always been able to keep me stocked. I told the wife one night, "our dogs have a weed man".

Recent additions....

Jo-Han Eldorado.....pre 76 body. Unbuilt with the best chrome I've seen AMG Mercedes...missing wheels/tires but for $15, I can find some Ronal Fujimi Testrossa......open/complete. Classic Mercedes F/S. This, the Classic Cadillac and the Fast Buck....not sure when or if they'll be back

The gem of the Dayton show/swap meet.....open and appears complete. I was shocked not one grabbed it from the bottom of the stack by the time I spotted it.....for $15. (pic plagiarized from eBay)

Playing on the web looking to see what's at SEMA.

Never heard of one until Matchbox did one a few years ago.

My first dog as an adult was a Greyhound.....Winston was from a litter of three, all named for Popeye characters. Winston (formerly Wimpy) was booted from the track as he wanted to play instead of racing. His brother Bluto didn't care to race and their sister Olive Oyl was a beautiful blue Greyhound that ran the wrong direction. His separation anxiety resulted in a roommate for him. His final day, his arthritis had progressed that he could no longer get up or stand. I called off work and laid behind him all day petting him and emptying the treat bag to him. He was too proud he wouldn't pee on the area rug. To TonyK's point, I was a flat out mess for three days. I lost my mom unexpectedly to a stroke and my dad to Dementia, but having to put Winston down tore my heart out.

Got a call this afternoon and the caller ID said it was our vet. One of the customers lost their dog and it was on the same med that one of mine recently started on for hypoplastic trachea and they wanted to donate it back to another user. It's rare my big mouth is at a loss for words but it hit me as I graciously accepted. I did the same thing when I lost one of mine earlier this year with anti-seizure medicine as I just had his refilled.