1:87 scale automobiles at Wal-Mart for $1.67

[Anonymous]

Just wanted to let everyone know my local Wal-Mart is selling 1:87 scale automobiles for $1.67 each. There about 8-10 different makes available, most of which are late model. They are made by malibu international. I think they are the cars model power used to market.

Anyway, I had heard about these cars in the past, but was never able to locate any of them. Now my local Wal-mart has 3-4 flats (about 40 cars per flat give or take) of them.

I am modeling new auto distributing/transfer facility for my autoracks and have been looking for a deal just like this. I have been able to buy enough to fill that parking lot I've got next to the unloading ramps. This is something I dreaded about this industry, I thought I would go broke filling the lot with cars. Not now!


Hope you will find this info useful. [:)]

Mike in Tulsa
BNSF Cherokee Sub

[tstage]

Mike,

Let me know if they have any vintage HO scale cars from the 30's and early 40's. I assume it's mostly modern vehicles.

Tom

[joeyegarner]

Yep, I picked up a few myself a while back, there a real good deal. Great looking priced right.

Soo Line fan ;
I seen the same thing as you.

[Soo Line fan]

I was wondering if everyone is seeing the same selections in different parts of the country. So far in Michigan I have found the following cars at Wal-Mart:

VW Beattle
VW Bus
VW Karmann Ghia
Ford Thunderbird
Shelby Cobra
Porsche Cabrio
Porsche Carrerra GT
Porsche Cayenne
Chevy Camaro
Chevy Belair
Pontiac Firebird
BMW 5 Series
Dodge Viper
Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing

Has anyone found different models from this list?

Jim

[Anonymous]

I found the same ones in a nearby Maine Wal-Mart. The Chevy Belair is a 1956 model, I got one in red white, one in blue & white. The VWs are the older ones, but most of the rest of the models are recent cars. The same models are offered by Model Power, at a higher price of course!

Bob Boudreau

[fiatfan]

So far, I have seen exactly two of these in my local Walmart and only one was appropriate for my layout. Of course, it was broken while still in the package!

To make matters worse, my daughter is manager of the toy department! I still can't get the @#%$#@#$%@ things!

Tom

[ac4400fan]

Yep myself found some of these but i have to get back there it sounds like they might have more avi now but this is one i picked up about 3 months ago



Carl..

[Anonymous]

Hi Gang,

Fundynorthern:
The Chevy is a 1955 belair. Easy mistake.

Everybody:
I've picked up about 60 models so far, trying to stick with the 60's and older. During my first trip I was so excited to find them, that I bought out the whole first tray of them from my local store.

They also sell "Atearn, John Deere Tractors," in HO scale as well. I'm up to nine of them, broken up into four different models. A friend of mine sent some of them to me, after he found them at his local store. They are under three dollars each.

At "K-Mart," I just found two pieces of "Case Equipment." One Grader, and one Bull Dozer. They were a little more expensive, at just under seven dolors each. I looked in the ad's of my latest issue of "Model Railroader" and found a comparable one for $35.00.

Hope I was helpful,
Bill North[:D]

[GAPPLEG]

YEEEOOOOWWW, The magnum looks good, That's my car, was that from Wal mart ?

[Anonymous]

SSSHHHHH How am I supposed to get more of these, if you keep blabbering your mouth about them!!!

I've gotten some of them, haven't seen the following in my Walmarts though:
VW Beattle
VW Bus
VW Karmann Ghia
Shelby Cobra
Mini
Sprinter

I haven't seen the John Deere tractors either. Only the 1:64 scale ones.

Tom, How is your daughter the manager of the toy department yet still can't get you any of these? Doesn't she do the ordering? Or... (not to get your hopes up)... do I smell Christmas present? If not, tell her that you'l disown her for not hooking you up with these!! What's the point of an insider if they can't hook you up at all!!!!

Kevin

[fiatfan]

QUOTE: Originally posted by chewie8han

Tom, How is your daughter the manager of the toy department yet still can't get you any of these? Doesn't she do the ordering? Or... (not to get your hopes up)... do I smell Christmas present? If not, tell her that you'l disown her for not hooking you up with these!! What's the point of an insider if they can't hook you up at all!!!!

Kevin

If I'm getting them for Christmas, I must be getting the entire shipment, because other than the two I saw on the shelf, I haven't seen any of the others. [%-)] We do live in a small town so maybe the store did not receive any. or it was a small shipment that sold out right away.

Tom

[tmcc man]

QUOTE: Originally posted by ac4400fan

Yep myself found some of these but i have to get back there it sounds like they might have more avi now but this is one i picked up about 3 months ago



Carl..

You got yourself the Dodge Magnum. Great car in real life, especially with the HEMI.

[icmr]

I picked up two of them a few weeks ago and I also picked up one of the Athearn tractors. I hope I can get a lot more of both. I have only seen 6 different cars at my Wal-Mart.



ICMR

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[loathar]

I bought a whole case of them about 3 months ago. Got a bunch of the tractors too.
Aren't the cars a little heavy to filling auto racks with?

[mustanggt]

QUOTE: Yep myself found some of these but i have to get back there it sounds like they might have more avi now but this is one i picked up about 3 months ago

All I we now are some Neons, Rams, newer Caravans, and my favorite, classic Mopar muscle!

[GAPPLEG]

Stop in Wal-Mart this morning, they have really been picked over, did get the 55 chevy, the viper and the camero, man I want that Magnum bad, I have owned one for over a year now, bought the first one my local dealer sold, great car, need an HO model really bad.

[ac4400fan]

QUOTE: Originally posted by GAPPLEG

Stop in Wal-Mart this morning, they have really been picked over, did get the 55 chevy, the viper and the camero, man I want that Magnum bad, I have owned one for over a year now, bought the first one my local dealer sold, great car, need an HO model really bad.

Try looking at differnt wal marts .sometimes there in differnt isles thats where i found that one .on a differnt isle then i found the cars lol i did pick up 8 yesterday thow

Carl..

[GAPPLEG]

The Magnum is a Malibu international 1/87th , right ?

[metalfrog]

here in my neck of the woods(kansas) wm just got them in about three to four weeks ago.they're selling real well.at this price i have been able to pick up abour seven of them so far.wish wm had ho scale rr cars...just train sets so far.

[metalfrog]

here in my neck of the woods(kansas) wm just got them in about three to four weeks ago.they're selling real well.at this price i have been able to pick up abour seven of them so far.wish wm had ho scale rr cars...just train sets so far.

[ac4400fan]

I threw the package away ,but need to get back there today so ill let you know
Carl..

[Anonymous]

I have seen everything SOO LINE FAN had listed. I have not seen the Dodges others are speaking of. They are selling some 1:72 scale cars as well (even some of the same models) that were on the same shelf and right next to the 1:87, and at first I thought they were 1:87 scale, until I held it next to the 1:87. Once I did that it was easy to tell it was way to big.

Can anyone confirm that the dodge's are 1:87?

I did a google on the website listed on the box, but didn't come up with any thing, also did a google on malibu international and got nothing. Was hoping to see what else they had. Wal-Marts website doesn't list them either.

One other note........some folks are selling them on Ebay for 3.99-5.99 plus S&H.

Mike in Tulsa
BNSF Cherokee Sub

[GAPPLEG]

Well after three different Wal-Marts I found the Magnum, they are 1/72 but close enough to use on the HO layout. $1.44 at my Wal-mart here. Not bad looking for such a low price.

[railroadyoshi]

Question: Where can one find sets of average (not famous-not racing-not government) vehicles for populating a model road? It always seems to me that even the single cars are some 75% police and fire dep vehicles.

[GAPPLEG]

These cars at Wal-mart are nice, and for 1.44 not bad looking. I think cast metal minatures is another brand of really nice looking cars although limited in types. Some sites like www.truckstopmodels.com have listings of cars and trucks by brand, pricier than Wal-mart. Busch and Trident do have alot of American cars also. Look at Walthers for a listing buy somewhere else for price.

[Soo Line fan]

Mike Rehling, I too have seen the larger cars but have not seen the Dodges in the 1/87 scale. I saw the Epay cars as well and if you go to completed items it seems like not too many of them are actually selling. Here is something interesting although some what dated, which explains the situation a little bit: http://87thscale.proboards23.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1127000025 Thanks for starting this topic.

Everyone, here is a link to the Model Power Cars: http://www.modelpower.com/site/519087/page/276435 or http://www.87thscale.info/modelpower.htm One of the reasons I wanted to know if anyone had found some different models from what I have seen are the Model Power Cars. I wanted to see if all the Model Power cars were available under the Malibu / Wal-Mart line as well. Based on what you guys are seeing this does not seem to be the case. Lately I have been buying some Model Power Cars at the LHS, which I could not find at Wal-Mart. I paid the outrageous price of 3.98. Just kidding, even at that price they are still the best bargain to come along in HO vehicles. I have found the Mini Cooper and The Ford Street Kia at the LHS. Some of the Model Power cars at the LHS are in different colors than the Wal-Mart cars also.

Jim

[cwclark]

it was too good to be true..i was initially thinking "yeah right" "not at the walmart i shop at"..so i took a drive over there out of curiosity and sure enough..there they were...1:87 scale cars for $1.69..i picked up about twenty of them..even got the ford cobra..that was one fast car in it's day...they even had a volkswagon van that i got hold of...all of them were really nicely detailed...thanks for the tip Mike!....chuck

[dharmon]

The Malibu cars at Walmart are 1/87, the others are 1/72. And measuring them out..they are real darn close to dead on. The story as it was told by someone in the know on Atlas, is that Model Power had some issues with it's supplier. They have changed supplies for the next run including the new issues. What Malibu has, and the the ones you see now are what you will get...no new models, and is the balance of the inventory from the old supplier. They are identical to the ones that Model Power has at the LHS for 3.98. But not all of the MP line was picked up by Malibu, so the Dodge Sprinter van and many of the others will not appear at Walmart.

MP is going with a new supplier and adding to the line so more stuff will be coming. But even at $4 a pop, they are still a pretty good deal.

Get the Malibu cars while they last. I bought an extra 20 or so that I will probably nver use, but at the price I couldn't resist.

** Johnny Lightning makes some 1/72 cars at Walmart....great looking and can be used on layouts.....just not right next to a 1/87. I got one of the 1/72 and 1/87 BMWs ...side by side it's a big difference**

Dan

[loathar]

WOW! I posted this info about 6 months ago and got snubbed for it.[B)] I have noticed this time around some of the cars are painted different colors so I bought 1/2 a case of the new ones today.It's gonna kill me to weather these things cause they look so nice.

[fiatfan]

I FINALLY got some in at the local Walmart! I picked up about 10 of them along with some John Deere tractors. They are really nice for the price.

Tom