Ollie's strike again

[TarheelRick]

The Ollie's in Winston-Salem, NC had a good selection of the Coke Generals, a few Chevy II wagons, some Big-Rig Semi trailers, and some other assorted stuff. There was one 72 Chevy pickup, it had been opened; I took a quick peek inside, saw it was molded in red and put it back on the shelf. One of the Coke Generals and a Chevy II wagon left the store in my protective care.

[RSchnell]

3 hours ago, Tabbysdaddy said:

The store near Hiawassee and Colonial (Orlando Fl) had the Rat Fink trucks and trailers, the mail trucks and a couple D50s today. 

It would be great if they kept getting restocks for a while of the kits they do get so the resellers wouldn't have as much of a market. 

I think we're already seeing that. Usually Ollie's kits get wiped out pretty quick, but seems like these have been lingering on the shelf. Be interesting to see how many Ollie's kits show up at Modelpalooza in Kissimmee in 3 weeks!

[RSchnell]

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[Tabbysdaddy]

42 minutes ago, RSchnell said:

I think we're already seeing that. Usually Ollie's kits get wiped out pretty quick, but seems like these have been lingering on the shelf. Be interesting to see how many Ollie's kits show up at Modelpalooza in Kissimmee in 3 weeks!

I would check this store again in a week or so but I think I've only got a couple of days left at this job where I pass the store. From my last post it's been almost a month since I last stopped there.

[bandit1]

9 hours ago, TarheelRick said:

The Ollie's in Winston-Salem, NC had a good selection of the Coke Generals, a few Chevy II wagons, some Big-Rig Semi trailers, and some other assorted stuff. There was one 72 Chevy pickup, it had been opened; I took a quick peek inside, saw it was molded in red and put it back on the shelf. One of the Coke Generals and a Chevy II wagon left the store in my protective care.

WAIT A MINUTE! The Coke pickup trucks some of which are molded in red?... Ill have to check both my new kits then

[Mark]

The Coca-Cola version of the Chevy pickup is molded in red.  The Racer's Wedge version is all white.

Ironically, the original MPC '71 Wedge kit was molded in red except for the ramp body which was white.  So, by combining the two current issues you could piece one together with the same combination of red and white parts as the original.

[ewetwo]

18 hours ago, TarheelRick said:

The Ollie's in Winston-Salem, NC had a good selection of the Coke Generals, a few Chevy II wagons, some Big-Rig Semi trailers, and some other assorted stuff. There was one 72 Chevy pickup, it had been opened; I took a quick peek inside, saw it was molded in red and put it back on the shelf. One of the Coke Generals and a Chevy II wagon left the store in my protective care.

I bought the Coke Plymouth yesterday. Should have read the contents as it is molded in yellow. Ugh! Trade it off somewhere. 

[Dave Van]

Some stores are getting some Bandi SiFi figure kits in too if that is of interest. SW and GIJoe 1/12 scale

[slusher]

On 9/23/2023 at 7:20 PM, RSchnell said:

Merritt Island, FL Ollie's did a restock. I grabbed a few of the Nova Wagons and a '72 Chev pickup. 

Good selection I was drooling for a second!

[slusher]

On 9/27/2023 at 2:27 PM, ewetwo said:

I bought the Coke Plymouth yesterday. Should have read the contents as it is molded in yellow. Ugh! Trade it off somewhere. 

Yellow is not hard to deal with but AMT should stick to whit or gray..

[ewetwo]

3 minutes ago, slusher said:

Yellow is not hard to deal with but AMT should stick to whit or gray..

I agree with sticking to white or gray Carl. Hate yellow, orange, red and pink. LOL

[RSchnell]

The Merritt Island, FL Ollie's kit selection looked like it was frozen in time from the photos I took last week. Nothing new and not much sold of existing stock. Where's all the resellers? LOL I even walked out of there empty handed!

[Tabbysdaddy]

Checked the Hiawassee store again, most of the Rat Fink stuff was gone. They got some other stuff in but still no vans.

[RocketFoot]

I got to get my ass to Ollie's!  LOL!  There is one about 12 miles from me but I haven't been there in years!

[ranma]

11 hours ago, Tabbysdaddy said:

most of the Rat Fink stuff was gone.

Lot of them showing up on ebay now, and some sellers didn't bother removing the Ollies price stickers!

[Mr. Metallic]

7 hours ago, ranma said:

Lot of them showing up on ebay now, and some sellers didn't bother removing the Ollies price stickers!

And then the starting bid is way higher than the label on the box. Capitalism I guess. ?

[slusher]

Went by Ollie’s today semi trailers and snap kits only….

[Oldriginal86]

Finally found the models at my local store. Plenty of Coke Generals, Freuhauf trailers and 72 Chevy pickups. No Nova wagons. That’s what I was hoping to find. 

[Slotto]

I popped into the Ollie's by the office after work yesterday. They had a few Caddy Ambulances, a few Semis, Chrysler Sebring slammers, 72 Chevy pickups, Black Beautys, Hot Wheels Camaros and Fifty Anniversary Camaros. I grabbed a Chevy Pickup

[Dave Van]

Went to Matthews NC and picked 64 Ford which I had yet to find. Norm stuff otherwise

[Robberbaron]

Merrillville, IN store is down to the dregs: about a half dozen Model T Depot Hacks, couple of the Revell snap kits, and some silly non-automotive junk.

Actually, come to think of it, they did also have some semis/trailers on the bottom shelf too.

[atomicholiday]

Fort Wayne store.  Nothing I can’t live without.

[OldNYJim]

16 hours ago, Robberbaron said:

Merrillville, IN store is down to the dregs: about a half dozen Model T Depot Hacks, couple of the Revell snap kits, and some silly non-automotive junk.

Actually, come to think of it, they did also have some semis/trailers on the bottom shelf too.

Thanks for the update - I was going to be somewhat nearby tomorrow and considered stopping in…but I’ll give it a few weeks and see if they get a restock

[BlackSheep214]

22 hours ago, atomicholiday said:

Fort Wayne store.  Nothing I can’t live without.

Yup... basically the exact same stock at my local Ollie's store. Nothing caught my eye to buy.

[THarrison351]

I'm so jealous. Wichita barely gets anything