Red Line Club? Leo Club India?

It is a well known fact for years that Mattel has only been focusing US and Canada by having an exclusive Club.

In mid 1990s, Mattel partnered up with Leo Toys India to start manufacturing in India. Rumors out there say Leo was not able to produce and meet the standards that was expected by Mattel.

You know what? We Indian collectors atleast had Leo as an indigenous makers of car models that we could collect. But not any more.

Will we see a comeback of Leo Mattel? Atleast for India? I sure do hope so!

How do you keep track of your collection?

I have been wondering about this for quite a while, and have asked some of collectors with whom I talk to. How do you effectively and efficiently keep track of my collection?

I would love to find out ways that are easy and quick that you people have been using to keep track of your collection. Let me share the way I have kept track of my collection so far. I enter each models details on to an excel sheet along with details such as card condition, car condition and also the price I paid for buying it.

So far this process has been painstakingly slow and tedious. Even though there are online solutions that offer to let you keep track of your collection, it just is not convenient enough to the extent that I would like it to be.

I have put together a questionnaire which I think would help us collectors to understand the mistakes that we are doing in our hobby. Please follow this link and give your answers. I have enabled results sharing, which will let you see what others have posted as well.

Do post your comments below to let me know if anything in my questionnaire can be improved!

Beware of Kuretake from Malaysia!!

I just came across this video and it is of paramount importance that collectors across the world learn about it. These guys Kuretake are very shady. Stay away from them even if it means waiting for a long time to get your case of Hot Wheels! Please watch this video to learn about their fraudster ways.