I bought a bunch of Hot Wheels cars and I feel kind of bad.

[guy gadbois]

I too have a sickness, or an addiction. I managed to wean myself off after I had amassed almost 8,000 cars since 2002. Most are sitting in cartons for now....but some adorn my garage walls. I love the muscle cars and got all crazy buying every new Mopar that was issued.
Picked up some rare cars along the way.

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Just a minute selection.

Now I hafta go search for a Matchbox 70 RoadRunner... didnt know it existed.

 

[kiwigtx]

Now I hafta go search for a Matchbox 70 RoadRunner... didnt know it existed.

I picked mine up at retail about 2005 ish......you might get lucky on ebay...or The Toy Peddler.

 

[skicker]

My addiction has also gotten out of hand...

It's not as bad as Kiwi's though...

About 2K total...

What gets worse is if you start building custom Hotwheels...

The last 2 are before and after of a 54 Chevy I picked up to build of a friends Gasser...

 

[Islandkent]

Now I hafta go search for a Matchbox 70 RoadRunner... didnt know it existed.

Yes they are out there. Wife is great at picking them out for me. And I do have a very understanding wife. I took over the whole place! lol

 

[SteveSS]

That $1 or !.25 now, is enough of a splurge for me. At least I'm not buying too many real cars. Wait, I am buying too many real cars.

 

[myfeather626]

I was at a garage sale and I bought two big ziplock bags of Hot Wheels cars, trucks, and military and construction vehicles. They have definitely been played with but that just adds to their charm for me. I just feel like their son someday is going to ask, "Hey Mom, where are all my Hot Wheels cars?" My mother tossed my cars and huge football card collection from when I was young. Maybe that's why I have too much stuff as an adult. It worked out to about $.10/car.

The only one your guys would care about is the '74 Charger. Were any of you able to keep your HW cars from when you were a kid?



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[Skytrooper]

When I came home on leave after basic training, you would think that I had never existed. Everything that I had, except for 2 each, shirts, pants, socks, and skivvies...was gone. I have no idea what my mother did with them.
It was very surreal, and more than a tad uncomfortable. My room was now just a guest room. There was nothing in the house to suggest that I had ever lived there.
Over the years, I went back 2 or 3 times, but stayed with friends. I would spend an afternoon with my mother and stepfather. My boyhood home, while looking the same from outside, was cold inside.

 

[YY1]

Just picked up one of these.

Matchbox has had a licensing deal with FCA/Jeep for a few years but just now got around to tooling a Renegade.

Now I have to drill out the rivets, brush up on my masking skills, and paint it silver to match my real one.

...and maybe fabricate a splitter since mine is a 2WD.

It does look good in Petty blue. I bought a second one in that color to keep original.

Speaking of Petty- the OEM tires on mine were General Altimax RT 43.

 

[Justasgood]

I was at a garage sale and I bought two big ziplock bags of Hot Wheels cars, trucks, and military and construction vehicles. They have definitely been played with but that just adds to their charm for me. I just feel like their son someday is going to ask, "Hey Mom, where are all my Hot Wheels cars?" My mother tossed my cars and huge football card collection from when I was young. Maybe that's why I have too much stuff as an adult. It worked out to about $.10/car.

The only one your guys would care about is the '74 Charger. Were any of you able to keep your HW cars from when you were a kid?



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[Richard Cranium]

I smashe of all my Hot Wheels cars with an hammer around age 12 or 13 to make a scale demo derby.

 

[Nxcoupe]

When I came home on leave after basic training, you would think that I had never existed. Everything that I had, except for 2 each, shirts, pants, socks, and skivvies...was gone. I have no idea what my mother did with them.
It was very surreal, and more than a tad uncomfortable. My room was now just a guest room. There was nothing in the house to suggest that I had ever lived there.
Over the years, I went back 2 or 3 times, but stayed with friends. I would spend an afternoon with my mother and stepfather. My boyhood home, while looking the same from outside, was cold inside.

I had a similar experience. I will NEVER do this to my daughter. Her stuff will be here when she is sorting through her inheritance.

 

[YY1]

I've never understood the "blow up models" or smash hot wheels mentality.

You (or someone) pays for them, and possibly you spend time building them, only to destroy them?

I knew kids that did, and I always hated to see it.

I did it once and immediately regretted it.

 

[1968rt]

I saved about 50 of my childhood redlines. I got hooked and now have almost 1000. Love the Mopars best!!

 

[440+6]

My mom gave everything of mine and my brothers to our younger cousins, including but not limited to, hot wheels and tracks, matchbox, slot cars, bicycles including my grey ghost and my bros orange crate, the list is endless.
Oh well such is life with a big family.