User blog:1steditionman/Japan Historics 2

Sometimes patience pays off. After a little waiting during early 2018, I finally found these at retail. Like last year with the JH-1 cars, these were at the time the most sought-after Car Culture Hot Wheels and, based on the prices they were fetching on the secondary e-markets and their rarity, I thought prices would stay high be for the rest of the year. But after a year, it seems Mattel flooded the market a bit and prices have stabilized. These cars can be had for a fair price (can't say the same for JS-1 cars!). Mattel only repeated the RX-3 and I don’t mind a bit. It is by far my favorite car of both series. The Laurel 2000 SGX and the Skyline C210 are new castings and are totally exquisite with minimal tampo and metallic paints. I wasted no time cracking some blisters and taking some pics of the bunch. Enjoy!