lanatrzczka Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 I was grocery shopping, and noticed an Atari symbol on a display. I was like "what?"... and then I noticed Atari 2600 game boxes and I was like "WHAT?"... got a little closer and saw that it was an Atari 2600-themed Hot Wheels display. True, it's actually an 2600/arcade mash-up, but one of the cars is actually done up to look like a 2600 woodgrain console. Apparently there are 6 versions; my store only had four, so I got those. I'll upload some pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 My wife picked up 4 for christmas for me, Did not get Tempest but did get centipede. and the other 3 you have . She will always pickup something that says atari LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowCoder Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Cool find! Honestly, I don't find a particular connection between the car models they chose, vs. the games they painted to them ... EXCEPT for the 2600 wood grain motor home. That one is actually very cool, and I may see if I can pick it up. Would have been much cooler if they'd, for instance, used a car that actually looks like a centipede for the game Centipede, rather than some random model that's probably been recycled with 5 other paint jobs over the last 10 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqoon Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Saw them at Kroger store by me, but $3.99 each is too strong for my taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Leach Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 there were 6...I picked them up. clerk thought I was nuts when I ran back to replace a damaged looking centipede, I will not pay u $4 for a $0.99 hot wheel if its gonna look like spit! pretty cool though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanatrzczka Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 (edited) Cool find! Honestly, I don't find a particular connection between the car models they chose, vs. the games they painted to them ... Agreed. And it would have been awesome if they got the box colors right as well... Breakout yellow, Missle Command orange.. oh well. I did take a few minutes to make some comparisons though. The blue Hot Wheels Missile Command is pretty close in color to Video Pinball (but not Defender), the brown Hot Wheels Breakout is almost dead-on in color with Asteroids, the purple Hotwheels Tempest is nearly a match with Video Chess, and the yellow/orange of Hot Wheels Pong is Yar's Revenge. I very well might be reading too much into it, but it does seem like someone somewhere had a list of "Atari colors" to choose from. Edited December 30, 2012 by lanatrzczka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowCoder Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I decided that, of the 6 cars, I am interested in getting the PONG and 2600 cars. Will probably open them and display them at work. I know some of you might think it sacrilege to say something so crass. The 2600 GMC camper is about the right timeframe. The PONG doesn't look too far off, either. The others, just meh. I'm out of town visiting family this week. I stopped at a Walmart and a ToysRUs, neither of them hinted of having any special cars. As we go through the week, I'll look other places, and hopefully get lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwh Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 I had to get them via Amazon since I live way out there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqoon Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 I ended up getting all 6 at after Christmas sale for $2 a piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcprs1 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 I HAVE TO GET THIS!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 What's the deal with these? I've looked in TRU, Target, Wal-mart & K-mart, haven't found the first one yet, and then I see here from the grocery store?! Doesn't make sense! These should be in TOY STORES! Oh well I have seen them on ebay, I will probably buy them if I ever see them out somewhere. But I usually don't pay hotwheels prices at the grocery store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HatefulGravey Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I wont go the store just to look for them, but I will certainly look for them if I happen to be somewhere that sells hotwheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krytol Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I had to buy the Tempest one. Pretty neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartsfam Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 If anyone needs some, my local grocery store has them for $1.25 per on clearance. Let me know..... PM me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwackery Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 If anyone needs some, my local grocery store has them for $1.25 per on clearance. Let me know..... PM me. For that price I'd clean them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible kid Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Mildly surprised when I saw the kiosk at my local ShopRite: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wood_jl Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 I had to get a set of all 6 to hang on the game room wall. Game memorabilia hanging on the wall makes the game room a very cheery place. I like what I see, in some of your pics (i.e. "Show Us Your Collection" thread) and my setup sucks, but I'm working on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 I snagged the whole set off eBay awhile ago. They are really cool beans! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Leach Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Mildly surprised when I saw the kiosk at my local ShopRite: I was so shocked to hear these were out. Sure I picked up one of each, but then thanks to my boy Jboypacman....I even got to take home the display. This display is so cool.. I saw another guy put boxed carts in it, but I just put my overflow of loose carts them...holds two tight side by side and about 10 or 12 tall...two rows deep..pretty nice add to the ol atari collection! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snstay Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I was so shocked to hear these were out. Sure I picked up one of each, but then thanks to my boy Jboypacman....I even got to take home the display. This display is so cool.. I saw another guy put boxed carts in it, but I just put my overflow of loose carts them...holds two tight side by side and about 10 or 12 tall...two rows deep..pretty nice add to the ol atari collection! AWWWW thats awesome could you post a pic of your display i sure would like to see it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purduecrum Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Saw them at Kroger store by me, but $3.99 each is too strong for my taste. Local Kroger-owned stores was clearing them out at 99 cents each. Only had Breakout and Pong left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Haven't seen these here in Canada at all. Granted, I'm not really looking but I've checked out the toy sections in Walmart and a couple other stores when I'm in them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Kofoed Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Weird, why didn't they use a car model from the same year as the game??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhd Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Haven't seen these here in Canada at all. Granted, I'm not really looking but I've checked out the toy sections in Walmart and a couple other stores when I'm in them. I checked Zellers (well, the one remaining store ) and Toys-R-Us. I have not seen them in any grocery store either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Dogs Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I have seen them at my Krogers and Kmart. They did not have the 2600 van. From what I have seen this is the rare one. Making one rare, especially the 2600 is really stupid. I would have bought the whole set if I have that one. Without it, I don't need to spend the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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