A GOOD FRIEND HAS PASSED AWAY

A good friend of ours has passed away today. It is with a sad heart that I have to tell all club members that Bob “Bob A” Anderson has passed away after a 2 week illness. You will be missed my friend. Our condolences to the family and all his friends.

Vegas - February 18th-21st

DOES THIS JAVELIN LOOK FAMILIAR????

JUN IMAI WHO ATTENDED SUMMER SMASH MADE HIMSELF A RACE CAR WHICH WE OFFERED AT THE CHARITY AUCTION. JUN WHO IS A FRIEND OF THE RHODE ISLAND HOT WHEELS CLUB HAND PAINTED THIS BEAUTY FOR THE RACE AT SUMMER SMASH. CHECK OUT THE MAINLINE CAR WHICH RECENTLY CAME OUT AT K MART DAYS. I WOULD SAY WE HAD A SNEAK PEAK BACK IN AUGUST.

EVERYONE WILL LOVE THIS MONTHS RAFFLE

CAMARO TREASURE HUNT CASE CODE.

February Race Winners!

KIDS RACE- DJ SPAULDING ULTRA HOT SOL AIRE
FUNNY CAR- ROLAND LAPORTE TATOO SERIES
RED LINE- MARK SCOPELLITI S COOL BUS
STOCK- RUSS LEMA #43 PETTY NASCAR
ANYTHING GOES- STEVE SCOPELLITI... VW GOLF
FEATURE RACE MYSTERY CAR WON BY ROLAND LAPORTE "DUAL FUELER"



FEATURE CAR RACE FOR MARCH WILL BE THE "SLOWEST CAR RACE

We have plenty of new cars in the kids box.
Please make the kids have fun.
We all know whats fast but lets let them have fun.
We have a lot of great kids
Competing every month,
I think it’s time to step up the competition.


FASTEST CAR OF YEARS PAST

2006 Chip Loens Mega Graphics Funny Car..... 3.777

2007 Jim Lombari S cool Bus Redline................. 3.800

2008 Mark Scopelliti Noodlehead Redline..........3.738

2009 Jim Lombari Sidekick Redline ...................3.736

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE FOR YOUR 2010 CLUB CAR

WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE CAR YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR YOUR NEXT CLUB CAR. PLEASE POST TO THIS THREAD AND LET US KNOW. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS A LADIES CAR FOR OUR CHARITY DINNER AT SUMMER SMASH 3. LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS HERE.

Special Hot Wheels® Cases Offered At Kmart.com Starting 2/20

One more chance to get special colors and first-to-market releases!

by HWC Eve

02-02-10

The Kmart Collector Day event is a favorite with collectors everywhere, and Saturday, February 20th is the first one for 2010. But if you can’t make it, or don’t have a Kmart in your area, no worries – once again, Kmart.com has you covered!

Our friends at Kmart.com are offering the chance to buy the cases we packed with special colors and first-to-market releases just for the event. The cases go on sale starting February 20th:

Special Colors:

• ’70 Plymouth Superbird (Hot Wheels® Muscle Mania®) white with MC5 wheels
• ’57 Chevy® Bel Air® (HW Performance™) red
• Mustang Funny Car (HW Racing™) red
• Ford Thunderbolt (Hot Auction™) beige

First-to-Market:

• ’70 Plymouth AAR Cuda (Muscle Mania®) MC5 wheels
• GMC® Motorhome (HW City Works™)
• Custom V-8 Vega™ (Faster Than Ever™)

This is a limited-time offer, so click on over to Kmart.com while these special cases are still available!

REMEMBER THIS IS VALENTINES SEASON SO BRING IN YOUR CUSTOM HOT WHEEL CAR OR DIARAMA AND WIN A PRIZE. KIDS AND ADULTS ARE WELCOME.

A Letter from Jim - February

First let me apologize for not getting the newsletter out for January.
The expense of Summer Smash has caused the club to re-think the way
we handle the newsletter. The newsletters will now be posted on our new
online site! We hope to give you a more desirable looking newsletter
and save the club hundreds of dollars.

We had our elections at the January meeting and the elected
officers now include Ron Keech as treasurer and Dan Spaulding as
Vice President and I as President. Congratulations to the entire
membership of the Rhode Island Hot Wheels Club for another great year.

Summer Smash Is being planned and as of now the date at the Crowne
is officially August 19th thru the 22nd. We are getting ideas and
cars designed by Liberty, M&S and others and will keep you posted
through this media and the soon to be launched 2010 SummerSmash website.

2009 for sure was a year of plenty of cars to collect and choose from
and 2010 should not be any different. You will see Delivery cars
which I love, Garage Cars, plenty of exciting new mainline cars, as
well as Drag Strip Demons and more. Get ready to max out that credit
card or get a second job, there will be plenty to look for in 2010.

Me and a bunch of members will be leaving for Vegas to attend the
Super Convention put on by Diecast space.com. I want to thank
everyone who supported the trip and helped raise money to let me
and my son attend. I will not let our membership down, this was a great
thing you did for me and my family and I will never forget it.
A special thanks from me goes out to Ron Keech, Ken Cwikla and
Joe Small and their respected club members for everything.

With the newsletter taking on a new look and design, I would encourage
everyone to please submit pictures, articles of Hot Wheel interest and
any info that we can share. Remember this is your club get involved.

As everyone knows we here in Rhode Island love to race,
unfortunately we had an opportunity taken away from us do to a snow
storm to race the guys from CVD. All in good fun I’d like to challenge
those members to race their trophy winners on our track any time during
the year. Again all in good fun.

We are taking prize donations for Summer Smash anyone who would like
to donate up to the event prizes for the raffles would be greatly
appreciated. This months big donator was Kevin Clarke, big thanks to
him and his generosity.

In closing let me say it has been a great 14 years of being a part of
this club, and the 15th year will be no different.
Happy hunting , come join the fun.

SNEAK PEEKS

To the victor go the spoils of Mix F! Keep your eyes
peeled starting mid-February for one of these two versions
of the Chevy® Camaro® Concept.

• Treasure Hunts Chevy® Camaro® Concept (“regular”)
• Trea$ure Hunt$ Chevy® Camaro® Concept (“super”)

It would be a real “drag” if you didn't catch this classic
'65 Mustang when it hits the shelves in mid-February.
You snooze, you lose!

• '65 Mustang

Drum roll, please! The 2010 Mystery Car hiding in Mix F
is… the Formul8™! This ridiculously red-hot racer
arrives mid-February.

• Formul8r™

Do you relish HW Racing™? Prefer HW Performance™?
Anxiously await HW Auction™? There's something for
everyone in Mix F of the 2010 Collector Series.

• '08 Dodge Challenger SRT8
• Ferrari F430 Challenge
• '56 Merc

Six sizzling Speed Machines™ slide onto shelves in

Mix C, including the slick Saleen S7.
Snap 'em up starting mid-February!

• '09 Nissan GT-R Spec V
• Ferrari 333SP
• Jaguar XJ220
• Porsche 911 GT3 Road
• Saleen S7
• Tesla Roadster

Nice, very nice...

Nice, very nice...

1957, 1958 & 1959
All Rolled Into One!
This little Chevy is just too cool!
This car was built by N2A motors
(No Two? alike). Unbelievable!
The company is planning a production run of about 100 vehicles.
It sits on a Corvette C6 chassis, front styled like a
57 Chevy, side like 58, rear like a 59.
Hence the designation