Re: [BaadAssGremlins] CROOKED MOTHER F#CKERS
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Re: [BaadAssGremlins] CROOKED MOTHER F#CKERS



Bart, one of the things I mentioned earlier is that the JL's do not appear in all parts of the country, much less north America, and especially overseas. They originate in China, are shipped thru Seattle, but then onto JL distribution in IL and onto their destinations like Wally World, Hobby Lobby, Ames, K-Mart and other places. But when you have a "limited run" of a toy, they are simply not enough to go around to all the stores.
 
Each case of JL's has only THREE Gremlins in it also I may add, it is not like some of the cases I have which are all one model like Javelin. So while these might be all over stores in say, North Carolina, Georgia might never see any at all.
 
That is why you see people putting them on fee-bait, evilbay, feebay, e-bait for instance. I did the same with several cases I had. They were not in stores and I simply elected to 'strike first' (ok, it is greed!) and put them out there for those who either wanted a first, or wanted to get one in case they never showed up in their region, of which again, not all of them will.
 
Houston is the 4th largest city in the US. I can count a number of JL's that never appeared on the shelves here including most Bond Hornets (and from Corgi also) as I check many toy stores, and other places one commonly finds them for sale. Nothing. So I had to buy off a AMCer, a hobby or toy store place, or evilbay. But at least I got one, even though in some cases, paid 2X-5X what I would have paid if the darned thing would have ever been on any of the dozens of stores that commonly sell Playing Mantis stuff in the Houston Metro.
 
Just like the real 68-70 AMX, limited production and well, limited space. This is a original ad from AMC, note the tongue in cheek slogan in 1968:
http://www.planethoustonamx.com/Photo_Gallery_Nascar/amc%20ads/amx_ittakesmorethanmoney.jpg
Eddie Stakes'
Planet Houston AMX
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.planethoustonamx.com
 


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