Hot Wheels anyone?

[Jason Musgrave]

Anyone here collect Hot Wheels? Up until_very_recently I was content with just a handful hanging in the garage. Don't know what changed but something broke loose somewhere (yesterday my kids and I went to 6 stores around town looking for them).

When it comes to cars - and maybe it's cause I grew up in Asia - what gets me all worked up is vintage Japanese iron. Don't get me wrong I think a '69 Camaro is cool and all, but I would take a Datsun 510 (especially a wagon), Nissan GT-R (Hakosuka), etc over one every time. Clearly my changes of actually owning a Hakosuka are less than zero, but given $1-$5, and a whole lotta patience I can have a pretty cool mini version, or a 510, AE-86, Datsun 620, RX-7, 240Z, BMW 2002, etc.








And finally the one that eludes me (and probably will forever considering the prices they're going for:



Anyone else have the Hot Wheels bug (for whatever cars your into)?

[stnphoto]

I was always more of a Matchbox guy, but these are cool.

[Nierman]

Dad worked for Chevrolet and got us kids hooked on bow ties. He's got a 70 Nova and a 70 Chevelle SS 454... older bro now owns my dads former 58 Fleetside... little sis has a 68 firebird... little bro a 53 gmc flatbed, 48 chev flatbed and a V8 (283) Fiero...and I have a 1955 210 2dr post in the shop, but nowadays I'd go black sheep in a heartbeat (pun intended) for a 510 wagon. Not sure what changed me.

[bbattle]

When I was a kid, I must've had a half-mile of that orange track and the loop-the-loops. Start the cars at the top of the bunk beds, down the hall, down the stairs, out the door, down the porch, down the driveway and then off the ramp into the kiddy pool.

Never knew when Catzilla would spring out and knock the cars off the track.

[coolberto hipsterdor]

I still have a box full of various toy cars from when I was a kid (I was obsessed with cars as a kid). Now I only buy them if it's a car I've had or am particularly fond of. I'm pretty sure I have a hot wheels Datsun 510 toy if ya gotta have it. But I won't part with the 2nd gen rx7 lol... I too am a big fan of Japanese cars having grown up on initial d, but these days I'm more of a BMW fan, biding my time until I find a titanium silver e36 m3 toy to match my car...

[Roman]

Norev!