Matchbox Rivian R1T is Released!

[sillygoose]

Try eBay, just picked up three for $16.71 shipped (total, not each).

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[CharonPDX]

I didn't realize that. They should make a Hot Wheels version of the R1T too then, and up my odds of seeing one.

I saw an interview with a Mattel person on it a while ago - they target slightly different markets. That's why Matchbox are almost universally "plain real vehicles", while Hot Wheels are more "aspirational" or even fully made-up / silly vehicles.

The Ford Mustang Mach-E for example. The Matchbox is a "plain Mach-E," while the Hot Wheels is a race prototype "Mach-E 1400":

 

[R1Tom]

I saw an interview with a Mattel person on it a while ago - they target slightly different markets. That's why Matchbox are almost universally "plain real vehicles", while Hot Wheels are more "aspirational" or even fully made-up / silly vehicles.

The Ford Mustang Mach-E for example. The Matchbox is a "plain Mach-E," while the Hot Wheels is a race prototype "Mach-E 1400":

Very interesting! Thanks for that. Makes sense!

 

[Animalhouse]

I found one of the Rivian matchbox turned into a key chain on eBay for twelve bucks and on on Etsy t turned into a refrigerator magnet.

 

[SASSquatch]

I'm not paying $32.

I'm clearing the shelf when I find them to Matchbox other trucks.

Kalispell MT Dollar Tree was a bust too. Who keeps taking all the Rivians?!

At some point you have to put a price tag on the value of your time. How much time have you spent looking for the Matchbox R1T and what does that pan out in terms of your hourly rate?

That's the way I thought about it. Instead of spending hours searching high and low, I decided 2 minutes to click through the Amazon order was a better use of my time.

 

[Acoustic71]

I may have been taken on my $12. I ordered this yesterday with the same description of #38/100 and it said qty 1 was left. And here it is again with qty 4 remaining now! Oh well, supposed to deliver tomorrow and I'll see what comes.

I was going to comment how about 7 different "companies" (and counting) have used the exact same wording - to the letter - in advertising the exact same thing. Of course, the pricing varies tremendously (mutters something about Free Market) as well as the shipping costs (Free with prime, all over the place if not). I have learned over the years that Sold By XYZ company, and shipped by Amazon, has a very different rate of success than Sold and Shipped by Amazon.

Now, on the bright side?
Well.
I'll.
Be.
Damned.

I cannot say how long ago this would have been true, but the wife unit and I scored at the Lincoln City OR Dollar Store this afternoon. Two at $1.25 each! Holy Moly! And the details are much clearer than the one that suspected might have been a "second" from the third party at Amazon.

C’est la vie indeed.

 

[Riviot]

At some point you have to put a price tag on the value of your time. How much time have you spent looking for the Matchbox R1T and what does that pan out in terms of your hourly rate

PRIN. CI. PLE.

It takes us like 3 minutes to look during other pit stops, I haven't gone out of my way yet.

 

[kewlasu]

I'm not paying $32.

I'm clearing the shelf when I find them to Matchbox other trucks.

Kalispell MT Dollar Tree was a bust too. Who keeps taking all the Rivians?!

Sorry my friend. I got 7 of them that I found in dollar stores around my area in Maine including 1 at 5 below. Gave 2 to 2 Rivian owners I met here. Will give away the others to our next Rivian event in Maine.

 

[R1TruKaLa]

This is configured with the ICE. It has an exhaust system.

 

[s4wrxttcs]

At some point you have to put a price tag on the value of your time. How much time have you spent looking for the Matchbox R1T and what does that pan out in terms of your hourly rate?

That's the way I thought about it. Instead of spending hours searching high and low, I decided 2 minutes to click through the Amazon order was a better use of my time.

That's solid logic, but I can't bring myself to buy the one on Amazon.

Somehow in my little brain the only correct way to buy a Matchbox R1T is when I'm walking through a store when getting something else.

I'm not allowed to buy it on Amazon
I'm not allowed to venture to a dollar store purposely to get one

It has to be something I stumble upon during a pit stop or gifted to me.

I told my GF about my desire for one so if she really loves me like she says she does then she'll get it for me.

 

[Riviot]

It has to be something I stumble upon during a pit stop or gifted to me.

Visit Hoodsport or the Staircase area of the Olympic Peninsula on any given weekend... After I stumble on a pile of them during this trip

 

[Blueassassin]

I have still been searching and no luck at all around south Chicago area.

 

[AltaTruck]

I was fortunate enough to find this one at a dollar store.

 

[AltaTruck]

It was stuck open.

 

[Riviot]

Who the F cleared all the shelves on the Kitsap and Olympic peninsulas? Not a single one out here.

I'm checking eastern Montana next week. There's got to be one.

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