Another Friday the 13th is upon us. Friends of mine, have all types of “rituals” they do for fun on this supposively “cursed” day. From getting $13 tattoos to watching horror movies, my friends seem to embrace this floating holiday. This Friday the 13th happens to land in September meaning retail stores are in full-force Halloween mode. I decided to wander out to my local Fry’s Food Store, a Kroger brand store, and look for the new Halloween cars that were exclusive to Kroger stores this year.
While this years batch has great graphics and even have a zombie washing the Hot Wheels Bone Shaker on the blister card, 4 of the 5 castings chosen were some of the same old Halloween castings–Gangster Grin, Fangula, Evil Twin & Rigor Motor. While I normally grab a set of the Halloween cars every year, I passed this year because they are priced at $2.50 each at my local Fry’s. The 5th Casting, I went ahead and purchased since it was a new casting with an excellent paint job and a cool feature.
The Hiway Hauler 2 shown above was the one Halloween casting I opted to purchase. It has only been released once before as a 2012 New Model which was one of the few 2012 New Models I never found on the pegs of any of my local retailers. Besides being a casting that had previously eluded me, the colors on this hauler look great and I like the “Halloween Horror Show” graphics on the side of the box. The box itself does look a little weird being an off-white on a black and orange vehicle, BUT this is the kicker; the box GLOWS-IN-THE-DARK! Certainly not the first Hot Wheel to glow in the dark, but a very cool feature to say the least. Put on your 8-year-old set of eyes and imagine a glow-in-the-dark vehicle going around a Hot Wheels track with the lights off! That would be a sight to see.
While the Hiway Hauler 2 won’t work with most Hot Wheels tracks, the others in this 5-car series will all work quite well. The 2013 Halloween Hot Wheels Series is currently available at Kroger stores so venture out, avoid black cats, and pick up this set including the Hiway Hauler 2.
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