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1:43 diecast vehicles from Menards

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1:43 diecast vehicles from Menards
Posted by dmestan on Friday, January 2, 2009 8:18 PM

I picked these up at Menards today - MotorMax American Graffiti series.  On sale for $4.99 each.

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Posted by Seaboard on Friday, January 2, 2009 8:44 PM

Pretty nice.  And the price is right.  Menards is up in New England, right?  Sweet Bay is their equivalent in Florida.  I wonder if they carry them here.  I'll have to check them out.

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Posted by dwiemer on Friday, January 2, 2009 9:04 PM

WalMart carries them too.  I also picked up a maroon '32 Ford Coupe and a '41 Ford Pick Up.

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Posted by dmestan on Friday, January 2, 2009 10:25 PM

Not sure about NE, but I'm in IL.  I've never been able to find 1:43 vehicles at Walmart near me.  Guess it depends on the store - I'll check some other locations.

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Posted by dwiemer on Saturday, January 3, 2009 7:17 AM

Don, not sure if it makes a difference, but we have a "super Wal Mart" hear in south Georgia.  I have found them several times in the "toy" section under vehicles isle.  Have picked up some Ertl construction equipment as well as a number of cars and some military pieces.  Usual price is between 4-6 dollars.  I have also picked up a bunch of mid 50's convertibles for less than $2.

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Posted by Ohman on Saturday, January 3, 2009 10:23 PM

At the store in my area the cars were 50% off ($2.50 ea) and they also had a selection of 1:43 nicely detailed fire trucks of various old vintages.   High level of detail on the trucks and I think I paid $6 or $7 ea. 

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Posted by laz 57 on Saturday, January 3, 2009 11:32 PM

Got mine in PA for 6.97, little high but they looked cool.  At WalMart.

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Posted by johnjay2 on Sunday, January 4, 2009 5:28 PM

In Connecticut  you can find them in Big Lots stores .

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Posted by nplate on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 7:25 PM

I was able to buy a couple of fire trucks on sale at Menards and now need to find a decent firehouse kit. I like the laser cut kit but it only has room for a single truck.

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Posted by SNO VON CYPRESS on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 1:19 AM

those are great

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Posted by cnw1995 on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 10:47 AM

Don, I haven't found these lovely items in Menards nor Super (or regular) Walmart in our part of Illinois north of you. Menards this season had larger cars (like 1:18) that were not cheap - and Walmart still doesn't have any of the nifty vehicles that Dennis and others mentioned finding.  I have found some interesting 'farm' and construction vehicles in a 'Farm and Fleet' which is like a rural super-store (near Woodstock) but again they weren't inexpensive.

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