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The 30th Annual Hot Wheels Convention (Cont’d)

We would like to thank Mattel for supporting us appreciate your passion and commitment! Also a
with great castings and allowing the Mattel staff, special Thanks to the staff who work hard to make
designers and artists to be involved with the the convention experience special for all who
convention activities. We really want to thank you attend! I feel honored to be a part of this group!
for working closely with Collectors Events Unlim- And finally, we would like to THANK YOU, the col-
ited. Thank you for listening to the collectors and lector, for choosing to spend time with us. We un-
understanding the value of that input and how it derstand you have choices on how to spend your
affects the brand. time with the daily demands that we all battle.
We truly appreciate you choosing to spend time
We would like to thank Collectors Events Unlim- with us! Hopefully the convention experience
ited, Mark & Jennifer Millhollin and their team is rewarding and fun for you! We do appreciate
for their hard work and dedication! Thank you YOU! Hope to see you in Pennsylvania! Travel
for bringing together this large crazy fun family!! safely! Yours in collecting…..
We know it takes months of planning and truly

$$ 30th Annual Collectors Convention:
Charity Event Review

By Paul Di Angi

The 30th Annual Collectors Convention has continue our history of goodwill. As we all know 2013 Super Treasure Hunt set which included all 15
become another part of our Hot Wheels history! the cars received for playing our Charity games are supers presented in an accompanying display case.
I hope you all had as much fun in Los Angeles as very limited low run pieces. This not only enhances Raffle ticket sales contributed $5330.00 toward the
I did. It was great seeing the familiar faces of the their collectability but is your only opportunity to charity total.
die-hard collectors and renewing old friendships. It attain them at the Convention.
was also a pleasure to meet so many new collec- Another one of our events is the Charity Auction
tors and to assist them with their first Convention. Our Charity fundraising car for this event was which was held on Friday evening. If you missed
It appears that most everyone had a great time and the School Busted, produced by Chris Walker aka it, you regrettably missed an exciting time. The
is making plans for the next event. Night Stalker. The car was well received. All 500 auction is live with no reserve and your bidder card
pieces were sold out! The car came in “spectra is your ticket to securing a rare or unusual piece
Our staff had the honor of donating time and effort frost” pink sporting a Make-A-Wish of Greater Los while helping raise funds for charity. This year’s
to raise money for the 30th Annual Collectors Con- Angeles and a Convention logo. It was packaged donations enabled us to present an unprecedent-
vention charity, which benefited the Make-A-Wish in a numbered acrylic case. This car was “hot” and ed 105 lots for auction throughout the evening.
Foundation of Greater Los Angeles. We had the in demand. To assure yours at future events you The auction alone raised $39,290.00 which is a
privilege of hearing a presentation from a wish re- might want to consider pre-ordering. Those that substantial portion of this year’s total donation. I
cipient who received the benefits of the donations waited until the end of the Convention came up would like to thank the Mattel Design Team for
that the Make-A-Wish Foundation receives. This empty handed. This is a great way to own a Night donating the many unique, very rare and highly
was a very interesting presentation from a thankful Stalker creation! Sales of the Charity car generated desired FEP’s and EP’s which accounted for 20 of
family for the financial assistance that they received $15,000.00. We also added another $1,790.00 our auction lots and consequently contributed the
for their child from the Make-A-Wish Foundation of from the sale of past event Charity cars. lion’s share of the auction dollars to the bottom
Greater Los Angeles. line. Thanks to Collectors Events Unlimited for the
Raffle ticket sales were brisk with the hope of complete set of this Convention’s code 3 Charity
There are seven main functions that generate winning one of the six awesome prizes that were event cars which included all of the alternate color
money for our charity and reflecting on the faces drawn during the Grand Finale. Three of the prizes dinner ’70 Challengers as well as all of the Volk-
that came through the sales room, I would have to were donated by Collectors Events Unlimited. swagen Drag Truck trophy cars and their alternate
say that almost everyone participated in at least They were complete sets of Button Bingo/charity color variations as well as a 1 of 30 laser etched
one of these activities. I know these are economi- code three cars from the 29th Annual Convention, Volkswagen Drag Bus. Only two of these models
cally challenging times but we must remember that the 16th Nationals as well as a set of this year’s were given out at the Convention. This package
the dollars we collect from these events go directly Button Bingo and Charity event cars. The other was our high bid item and brought $4000.00 at the
to the charity and nowhere else. Please continue three prizes were graciously donated by Mattel’s auction. Thanks again to Mattel and our top of the
to support the Charity events through your par- Hot Wheels Design team. These prizes were a line customizers for the Designer Challenge cars
ticipation so we as a community of collectors can 2015 and a 2016 Factory Sealed Master Set and a that were so graciously crafted and donated to our
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