How Gottoyz4u got Started

Thursday, May 6, 2020
Cloud with rain
10 C  50 F

How Gottoyz4u got Started

When I sent a message to  Gottoyz4u to inform them that their post was up, I received a reply. How would I like to see some of the Mattel Hot Wheels  that Tim, the owner of Gottoyz4u had. That most certainly was exciting. I decided of course to say yes, but I asked Tim if he could tell me how he got started on ebay with a store that only sells Mattel Hot Wheels.

Below is what Tim had to say:

"I've been selling toys since 2008. I bought my first case of hot wheels 

redlines at an auction and was hooked. I got to know a lot of the 

collectors from going to events. I am good friends with the 3 guys that originally bought Larry's collection. They only sell at the big conventions

 and only took prototypes. They knew I had a great reputation selling 

on eBay so they asked me if I would be interested in selling some of the collection for them. That was in 2018, I sold for a year and in April of 2019 

I bought the rest of the collection from them. People don't realize how large Larry's collection actually was. After 3 years of selling at conventions 

and a full year selling 5 days a week on ebay. I still purchased at least 2500 prototypes and 8000 production cars that were still left. Its been a fun ride to say the least. 

Here are 5 more prototypes that Tim likes, and has in his personal collection

If you read the previous post about Tim and Gottoyz4u, you will have read that Larry Wood who works for Mattel (Hot Wheels) makes these prototypes.

Below:

"A hand-painted grid prototype of a Ramblin wrecker.

They used the grid pattern ot figure out

*tampo placement."

*Tampo printing, pad printing, and tampography are all names for the 

same basic process whereby a silicon pad is used to transfer ink 

from an etched printing plate onto a substrate.

"The third car is a 31 doozie with Cher* on the side. 

This was going to be called the Hollywood series 

but they did not produce them. 

There was 6 cars in the series. 

I only have this one."

*Cher is a Hollywood actress and singer

"The fourth is a resin hand painted jaguar with redlines. 

This car was never produced with redlines, 

they went with blackwalls (all black tires)"

"This car is a green resin, hand-painted 

custom Dodge Charger."

"And the fifth car is my absolute favourite I have.  It is a twin-mill that is hand-painted,

and has the man's face character from Masters of the Universe painted on the front. I'm

not sure why they didn't produce it, because

it is my favourite."

Tim's narrative was certainly very entertaining.

 What I found most interesting is

to realize just how many prototypes of model cars 

Mattel  made that were never produced.

Thanks for visiting, and as always

have a great part of the day or evening.

Up here in Montreal, and the Province of Quebec,

Our government is giving orders or instructions that children 

should go back to school, and that larger stores will be opening soon.

Our province leads (not something to be proud of) the rest of Canada

in terms of the largest number of Corona Virus patients 

and the highest number of deaths.I hope that this decision is safe,

 and that the government will make sure that it is doing 

all it can for the people of our province!

I can always be reached anytime by e-mailing me at

toysearcher@gmail.com

Stacey Bindman

A toy that never made it to production

Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Sunny with clouds
9 C  48 F

A Toy That Never Made

it to the Production Line

During this week, I came across an interesting seller on ebay who was selling Mattel®  

Hot Wheels ® toys for $ 1000.00 plus U.S. dollars. Whoa, that's a fair amount of money, so naturally I had to investigate! I looked at the toys being presented on a signed certificate, and the name for each certificate was a Mr. Larry Wood. I didn't know who  Larry Wood was, so more investigation was necessary.

And when you visit the store Gottoyz4u where today's "special" car came from, 

you won't believe just

how many Mattel® Hot Wheels® that this store is selling.

So if you're a collector of these toys, or are curious like I was to check 

out this unique store, then by all means please go there. 

It turned out that Larry Wood is actually very famous. Initially he worked for 

GM (General Motors®), and later for Mattel® Hot Wheels®. He's been working for Mattel® since 1969, and he's famous. He designs Hot Wheels®  toys, and he's designed many, many of these toys.

For his having been with Hot Wheels® for 50 years, the company just honoured him by coming out with a special series of toy cars.

"The Larry Wood 50th Anniversary Series ("Larry Wood 50 Years of Design", or "Larry Wood 50") is the second mix of the 2019 Walmart-exclusive Premium Series. This commemorates Larry Wood's 50 years (1969-2019) at Hot Wheels. All cards have Base Code: M10 stamped on them and are made in Thailand." (Courtesy  Hot Wheels® Wiki)

Returning to that Hot Wheels® toy that I saw on  Gottoyz4u, there are many toys that have Larry Wood certificates. All of them have never been produced, but were prototypes that were presented to higher management for approval or rejection.

Please click here to visit this most amazing store 

And so now I understand why this toy and the others, with 

Larry Wood's signature on them are so valuable!

Please click here to visit this most amazing store

You might even have one of the toys that are not certified (the prototypes), 

and may be surprised at just how much your toys may be worth.

Now if my brother had saved those Mattel® Hot Wheels®!!!!!!!!

Thanks for dropping by,

and as always,

Have a great part of the 

day or night, wherever

you may be.

I can always be reached at my g-mail address below:

toysearcher@gmail.com

Stacey Bindman