It has been growing gradually and whenever I get a chance, I will buy him one while hunting
He also enjoys watching the Cars Toons series so I'm planning on looking for the characters in that series.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Disney Cars
My son loves watching the Cars movies and when I saw these while we were buying his Hot Wheels cars, I jumped at the chance to buy him one.
It has been growing gradually and whenever I get a chance, I will buy him one while hunting
He also enjoys watching the Cars Toons series so I'm planning on looking for the characters in that series.
It has been growing gradually and whenever I get a chance, I will buy him one while hunting
He also enjoys watching the Cars Toons series so I'm planning on looking for the characters in that series.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Hot Wheels Collector App for Iphone/Android
I am making this article to answer one of the most common questions ever asked to me about our collection. "How do you keep track of your collection?".
I'm sure every collector has their own way of organizing their stuff and cataloging their collection. Some use excel, a simple list, photos, facebook albums, hieroglyphics :), etc.
Fortunately, Sort It Apps has an answer. Let me clear something up first, this is not a free app, it costs $5.99 and you need to pay extra to have an offline image viewing (last time I checked). A bit pricey? Well think about this, how much are you spending on your collection? Have you bought a $10 item lately for your collection? For diecast collectors, this is like a price of 6 regular hot wheels cars or a Treasure Hunt from a specialty store. So if you can spare that much amount, why not spend something to help you organize those expensive item ;)
Enough of the introductions, guys and gals, let me introduce to you Sort It App's Hot Wheels Collectors app for Iphone, Ipad, & Android. Note that even if this is called Hot Wheels Collectors, you can also store your other diecast brands in it like Matchbox and Tomica.
Let us start with the interface, you can choose from three types of views. The List view, Library view and the Cascade view. Down below the lists is the navigation bar. A few noteworthy buttons are: first button on the left is for the list of cars you currently have (the number is how many you have on your list), second is Wishlist where you put the cars you are currently looking for or cars you would like to have. Up above on the left is the button where you change the view types. The Filter button is exactly what it says, to filter the list. The + button is what you click to add cars to the list (more on adding cars later). The search text field is used when you want to search something on your list.
1. List View - The most informative of all the views, it shows the image of the item, the name and some information about the item.
2. Library View - If you want eye candy, this would be it, it basically gives you a bookshelf type screen where all the images of the car can be seen. You can click on the image for more information about the car.
2. Cascade View - This opens up when you change the orientation of your screen into landscape. It won't matter if you are currently on list or library view, once you tilt your screen this opens up. Just like the library view, you can click on the images for more information.
Adding cars is easy, first you click the + button above and you are presented with a blank screen with a text field above. You enter the name of the item you are looking for and the app will suggest items matching from the entries of other users, this lessens the time you have to enter information for the item you are adding. If you found that it's already there, you can use it by clicking the name. If you can't find your item on the suggested list, you can create a new entry instead. Below is a sample screenshot of how this happens
Once you click on something, you can check if this is the correct item. You can click the Save button above to add this to your list or Cancel to return to the search list.
In case you need to correct some information, you can click the Edit button and enter information yourself.
You can also replace the image either by searching Google using the app, taking a photo or selecting from your device's album.
So that's it guys, this is what I use to catalog our collection :) Happy Collecting!!!!
I'm sure every collector has their own way of organizing their stuff and cataloging their collection. Some use excel, a simple list, photos, facebook albums, hieroglyphics :), etc.
Fortunately, Sort It Apps has an answer. Let me clear something up first, this is not a free app, it costs $5.99 and you need to pay extra to have an offline image viewing (last time I checked). A bit pricey? Well think about this, how much are you spending on your collection? Have you bought a $10 item lately for your collection? For diecast collectors, this is like a price of 6 regular hot wheels cars or a Treasure Hunt from a specialty store. So if you can spare that much amount, why not spend something to help you organize those expensive item ;)
Enough of the introductions, guys and gals, let me introduce to you Sort It App's Hot Wheels Collectors app for Iphone, Ipad, & Android. Note that even if this is called Hot Wheels Collectors, you can also store your other diecast brands in it like Matchbox and Tomica.
Let us start with the interface, you can choose from three types of views. The List view, Library view and the Cascade view. Down below the lists is the navigation bar. A few noteworthy buttons are: first button on the left is for the list of cars you currently have (the number is how many you have on your list), second is Wishlist where you put the cars you are currently looking for or cars you would like to have. Up above on the left is the button where you change the view types. The Filter button is exactly what it says, to filter the list. The + button is what you click to add cars to the list (more on adding cars later). The search text field is used when you want to search something on your list.
1. List View - The most informative of all the views, it shows the image of the item, the name and some information about the item.
2. Library View - If you want eye candy, this would be it, it basically gives you a bookshelf type screen where all the images of the car can be seen. You can click on the image for more information about the car.
2. Cascade View - This opens up when you change the orientation of your screen into landscape. It won't matter if you are currently on list or library view, once you tilt your screen this opens up. Just like the library view, you can click on the images for more information.
Adding cars is easy, first you click the + button above and you are presented with a blank screen with a text field above. You enter the name of the item you are looking for and the app will suggest items matching from the entries of other users, this lessens the time you have to enter information for the item you are adding. If you found that it's already there, you can use it by clicking the name. If you can't find your item on the suggested list, you can create a new entry instead. Below is a sample screenshot of how this happens
Once you click on something, you can check if this is the correct item. You can click the Save button above to add this to your list or Cancel to return to the search list.
In case you need to correct some information, you can click the Edit button and enter information yourself.
You can also replace the image either by searching Google using the app, taking a photo or selecting from your device's album.
So that's it guys, this is what I use to catalog our collection :) Happy Collecting!!!!
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Hot Wheels Whips Hummer H2
One of the our most favorite items in our collection is this Whips Hummer H2 casting. We are huge fans of the West Coast Customs show and have loved their work on the custom cars scene, I actually saw this on the bidding section of HWCP and I had to outbid several bidders who wanted this item. Luckily, I won :)
What's good about this you might ask? Let me enumerate: Rubber tires, chrome wheels, very detailed casting, chrome detailing, a resealable package and the West Coast Customs logo at the back :) It is a little bit bigger than the regular mainline Hot Wheels cars but if you have seen the actual Hummer H2 in the streets, it easily dwarfs the other cars in the streets. I have included a photo of the H2 side by side with a Chevy Camaro HW Mainline car so you can see the difference. As I was writing this, I was thinking this would probably not fit on the 4 lane raceway I posted earlier. Come to think of it, this might stay on the shelf for display only instead of having it's share of playtime with my son :)
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Hot Wheels Club Philippines Swapmeet
These photos were taken last HWCP swapmeet a few months ago. As you can see in one of the photos, he went from table to table looking at the goods for sale :) after getting tired, he sat on our table and looked at the items we got for that day. A tiring and but enjoyable day nevertheless. Hoping to attend the next swapmeet if the schedule clears up. By the way, his Hot Wheels shirt was made by PhotoShare
Monday, March 25, 2013
Hot Wheels 4 Lane Raceway
After hearing mass last Sunday, we decided to drop by the nearby mall and saw this raceway. My son loves racing his cars and his old raceway (a Tonka Chuck & Friends raceway) can't satisfy his need for speed :) I grabbed this as soon as I saw it :) more photos coming.
How it started?
How to start?... hmmmm.. This might be a long intro but just bare with me for a minute or two. Basically, Zeon's Toy Chest is me and my son's toy collecting/buying adventures :)
It started out when he was about a year old (he just started walking) and we were at the toy section of our local mall. He grabbed something out of a shelf and didn't want to let it go so I decided to buy it for him. What was the toy you might ask? It was a red Hot Wheels diecast car. From then on, whenever we go to the mall, I would buy one car for him.
We hadn't opened any cars yet at first since he doesn't know how to play with cars at that time and would just throw everything he gets his hands on :). We didn't actually keep count until one day we decided to put everything in a box and it occupied a whole box. That was when we dedided to keep on collecting for him and eventually give him all the cars we had collected on his 3rd birthday. He also started noticing the cars more so I would buy some extras/doubles of cars whenever we have a chance so he can open it. We've decided to get extras instead for "practice" playing :D. That way, when he opens it on his 3rd birthday, all will look brand new :)
So the goal was a 100 cars for each year (300 for 3 years old) and I have just reached that mark last week but we are still collecting as this was both enjoying for us and at the same time something I can do with my son when he grows up.
So with this in mind, I will be posting some of our adventures here and some photos and reviews of his toys to document our adventures together :)
It started out when he was about a year old (he just started walking) and we were at the toy section of our local mall. He grabbed something out of a shelf and didn't want to let it go so I decided to buy it for him. What was the toy you might ask? It was a red Hot Wheels diecast car. From then on, whenever we go to the mall, I would buy one car for him.
We hadn't opened any cars yet at first since he doesn't know how to play with cars at that time and would just throw everything he gets his hands on :). We didn't actually keep count until one day we decided to put everything in a box and it occupied a whole box. That was when we dedided to keep on collecting for him and eventually give him all the cars we had collected on his 3rd birthday. He also started noticing the cars more so I would buy some extras/doubles of cars whenever we have a chance so he can open it. We've decided to get extras instead for "practice" playing :D. That way, when he opens it on his 3rd birthday, all will look brand new :)
So the goal was a 100 cars for each year (300 for 3 years old) and I have just reached that mark last week but we are still collecting as this was both enjoying for us and at the same time something I can do with my son when he grows up.
So with this in mind, I will be posting some of our adventures here and some photos and reviews of his toys to document our adventures together :)
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