From: wecooks@ix.netcom.com
Subject: Re: Hot Wheels
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 14:58:51 -0500 (CDT)
Dear Ed et al, I have a couple of students who work at Target and Walmart. I'll ask them if they can keep an eye out for them. I'll just have them buy a bunch if they show up and I'll let you know. No promises, of course, 'cause they are no better than Toys 'R Us at having a dependable inventory, but they did get us the only talking Darth Vader piggy bank in Denver, so it's worth a try! janet > > This is a request to all you Mars Maniacs out there to see how lucky you were >at finding the Hot Wheels action pac's of Sojorner. > >I also would like to know if there are any plastic models that you could >construct. >I am a teacher and want to follow up on the Live from Mars project from last >year >with my new students this school year. > >I am not a collector I just want a model for students to look at. I may even >try to >build my own. > >Can anyone help> >> >>Dear Mars Educators-- >> >>It sounds to me like Lori Darter's student was VERY lucky >>that he found the Mars spacecraft in his Toys R Us store. >> >>I did some research this morning (i.e., I *want* these toys). >> >>Here is what I learned: >> >>There are 2 Mars toy sets and they are just now hitting the market--- >> >>(a) Action Pac containing several spacecraft (MGS, MPF): no. 16145 >> >>(b) 24-carat gold-plated Sojourner rover: no. 17897 >> >>They are being sold as Hot Wheels models, according to the Matell >>Consumer Information Office. (I didn't see them on the >>HotWheels web page, yet -- http://www.hotwheels.com/). >> >>Both items sell for around $5 to $6 (but I bet they will rapidly become >>collectors items, selling for much more than that-- you would do well >>to keep them inside their original packaging). >> >>I called Toys-R-Us here in the Phoenix, Arizona area. They told me >>that their stores on the east coast usually get stuff in earlier than >>the west coast-- so these toys probably aren't in the stores int >>the west, yet. >> >>I asked Toys-R-Us if they could keep an eye out and set these items >>aside for me, and they said no. They get random shipments of stuff >>almost every day. With luck, one of the shipments sometime in the next >>few days will contain some of these Mars toys. I was told that I'd have >>to phone every morning to see if they came in. Worse, the particular >>store that I called said that they have about 10 hard-core Hot Wheels >>collectors that come in to the store every morning when it opens, to >>pick through all the new stuff. >> >>This is like trying to get a Tickle-Me-Elmo or something! It's nuts! >> >>Matell told me that they are not allowed to sell these products >>directly (i.e., I wanted to just call and order them with a credit card). >>They are bound by contract with the various stores that carry their >>product--- these include Toys R Us, Kay Bee Toys, K-mart, Wallmart, and I >>think Target. >> >>Grrrrrr. >> >>In addition to the Mars spacecraft, I found an article on the Web that >>said Matell is going to do a Cassini (saturn) spacecraft, and I think it >>also said they would do the Stardust spacecraft (of which Challenger Center >>is involved in their K-12 outreach). >> >>If anyone finds a huge stash of these somewhere- I'd love to buy them. >> >>Ken Edgett >>Arizona State University >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~ """""" dcox@sound.net ~ > ~ <o><o> dacox@kckps.k12.ks.us ~ > ~ > Argentine Middle School ~ > ~ {--} Science Teacher (8th) ~ > ~ ~~ Kansas City, Kansas 66101 ~ > ~ ~ > ~ "One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its ~ > ~ original dimensions." Oliver Wendell Holmes ~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >