Tag: Kroger Exclusives
These releases are exclusive to Kroger its subsidiaries: Fred Meyer, Fry’s, Food 4 Less, Baker’s, City Market, Harris Teeter, Dillons, Ralphs, Smith’s, Owen’s, Foods Co., Jay C, QFC, Gerbes, Pay Less and King Soopers.
Adding a #Toy Fair model is often the crowning achievement in any Hot Wheels casting collection. There is typically only one Hot Wheels Toy Fair release per year and, since this is an internal event at Mattel for vendors & employees, these can sell for quite a lot […]
Released just last year, the #’91 GMC Syclone now has seven variants. In this family are a #Walmart Exclusive #ZAMAC, a #Target Exclusive premium, and a fresh #Kroger Exclusive in yellow. Suffice to say this little buttkicker from the ’90s may be destined for quite an epic collection […]
10/17/2021 — Collectors have been finding the #Kroger Exclusive, 2021 Hot Wheels “N” cases for the last couple weeks at their Kroger affiliate stores here in the U.S. — for example, here in Arizona, our grocery affiliate is Fry’s Food Stores. Kroger has also offered these exclusive cases […]
Like many of you, the majority of my casting collections don’t start with the #First Edition release. I mean, it’s not much of a collection to begin with unless multiple variants are released right off the bat. My affinity for the Hot Wheels #Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 began […]
9/24/2020 — Talk about a stellar grouping of buzzworthy Hot Wheels cars. The #2020 Hot Wheels “P” case exclusives are starting to show up at Kroger stores (and their affiliates) nationwide. The four exclusive cars for this mix are the #’71 Datsun Bluebird 510 Wagon in yellow, the […]
The #Bone Shaker has been a staple of the Hot Wheels brand since it was introduced in 2006. The #Peanuts comic strip ran in newspapers across the United States for 50 years. Both meet here as the latest release of the Hot Wheels Bone Shaker features the famous […]
Welcome to October Hot Wheels world! The month of October typically plays host to the Hot Wheels Collectors Convention in Los Angeles, another new year of Hot Wheels with the “A” cases hitting stores, and some sort of Halloween series appearing in shippers. With the convention this week and […]
The last couple years, Hot Wheels has been releasing Scavenger Hunt Special Editions as #Kroger Exclusives. Not to be confused with #Treasure Hunts, these Scavenger Hunt vehicles are usually tied into a promotion at Kroger stores and its subsidiaries. Packaged in the normal mainline cases, these cars are not tied […]
The Hot Wheels #Fandango is back and with a metal body to boot! Representing the Spider-Man super villain, Electro, this #Unlicensed Hot Wheels car is showing up as part of the #Kroger Exclusive Ultimate Spider-Man vs. The Sinister 6 Series. As a collector of this Phil Riehlman designed […]
Another Halloween is upon us. Friends of mine, have all types of “rituals” they do. Those rituals used to consist of going to costume parties and drinking, but have now transitioned into taking the kids trick or treating and watching scary movies. Back in September my local Fry’s Food Store, a Kroger brand store, released […]