I have a ton of Hot Wheels stuff...any of you guys want to trade for video games? I'm just not in to the Hot Wheels anymore and they are a pain to ebay. Have some decent stuff...PM me if you are interested.
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Hot Wheels?
Started by Mock, Nov 17 2003 9:24 PM
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Posted Mon Nov 17, 2003 9:35 PM
Do you have any pictures of what ya got?
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Posted Mon Nov 17, 2003 9:40 PM
Oh God, please don't start me down this road. It's bad enough that at 29 I have become completely re-obsessed with my 8-year-old obsession (Atari). Don't suck me back into my 5-year-old obsession!!!
Hey, I just remembered my parents have a box of my old Hot Wheels in the basement... maybe I'll check 'em out next week when I go home for Thanksgiving...
NOOOO!!!!!
Hey, I just remembered my parents have a box of my old Hot Wheels in the basement... maybe I'll check 'em out next week when I go home for Thanksgiving...
NOOOO!!!!!
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Posted Tue Nov 18, 2003 10:33 AM
Stay far away Room 34. Hot Wheels collectors are insane. At least the guys that are into the new stuff and getting the Treasure Hunt cars. Sitting outside Target early in the morning then pushing and shoving, stampeding their way to the toy section the instant the doors are unlocked. My brother-in-law (who is one of those insane Star Wars collectors) once saw a Hot Wheels collector reach out and crush the blister pack of a Treasure Hunt car some kid was holding so it would no longer be "mint on card."
I'm a retiring Die-Castaholic myself. I used to collect, but now I only pick something up if it looks cool or it's a really good price. I don't really go out of my way for it anymore. Of course it's just been replaced with Atari, but that's got nostalgia, the thrill of the hunt, the satisfaction of having something tangible, and entertainment all rolled into one.
Sorry Mock, not trying to hi-jack your thread. A year and a half ago I'd probably have been all over something like this. It's a cool hobby, I just ran out of room for more stuff.
I'm a retiring Die-Castaholic myself. I used to collect, but now I only pick something up if it looks cool or it's a really good price. I don't really go out of my way for it anymore. Of course it's just been replaced with Atari, but that's got nostalgia, the thrill of the hunt, the satisfaction of having something tangible, and entertainment all rolled into one.
Sorry Mock, not trying to hi-jack your thread. A year and a half ago I'd probably have been all over something like this. It's a cool hobby, I just ran out of room for more stuff.
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Posted Tue Nov 18, 2003 11:25 AM
pm sent
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Posted Tue Nov 18, 2003 11:30 AM
If they were matchbox cars, I'd be all over them 
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Posted Tue Nov 18, 2003 1:30 PM
sku_u said:
If they were matchbox cars, I'd be all over them
Yeah, that's what I play wi....collect is mostly matchbox. Does anybody have one of those carwashes?
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Posted Tue Nov 18, 2003 1:50 PM
I had the carwash as a kid... my parents MIGHT still have it.
What an idea... get these little hunks of metal wet as often as possible. Shrewd way to keep the kids buying replacement cars!
What an idea... get these little hunks of metal wet as often as possible. Shrewd way to keep the kids buying replacement cars!
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Posted Tue Nov 18, 2003 2:17 PM
Do you all remember the hotwheels wax car making kit from back in the day? I used to love making these cars then destroying them by crashing them into their diecast counterparts
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Posted Tue Nov 18, 2003 3:13 PM
i have some matchbox and like I said, I have a ton of this crap filling up my garage...gotta get rid of it...lol
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Posted Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:53 PM
Mock--can you tell me what kind of Matchbox stuff you have? I don't really care for the "hot rods" who's engines are sticking out of them with the big tires in the back. Any normal looking ones? I try to find the older "real" cars.
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Posted Tue Nov 18, 2003 6:36 PM
I'm maybe interested in any monster trucks or 59 Caddys you have...
But for trades, mostly I have some handhelds available, and nothing too interesting.
But for trades, mostly I have some handhelds available, and nothing too interesting.
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Posted Thu Nov 20, 2003 5:02 PM
I am interested if you have redlines. Do you have any???
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Posted Thu Nov 20, 2003 9:27 PM
yes i have some redlines, and a lot of "good" stuff, TH's and so on...limited runs, VW Buses, collector ed's and so on and so on.
I'll take some pics over the weekend and try to get them up by monday.
I'll take some pics over the weekend and try to get them up by monday.
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Posted Thu Nov 20, 2003 11:06 PM
Mock, let me know when you do.
My brother is big-time Hot Wheels collector but he doesn't push and shove little kids to get to them...he trades with other collectors around here.
He's got complete sets from several years. He might end up asking me to EBay them so I dunno.
What do you have anyway? A lot of older VW hot wheels?
My brother is big-time Hot Wheels collector but he doesn't push and shove little kids to get to them...he trades with other collectors around here.
He's got complete sets from several years. He might end up asking me to EBay them so I dunno.
What do you have anyway? A lot of older VW hot wheels?
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Posted Thu Nov 20, 2003 11:20 PM
I've got 2 Hotwheels cars, One is a '64 Ford Fairlane "Thunderbolt" It's up by my desk.
And another I just found recently when cleaning up, it's a McDonalds Toy from 1990, its a '57 T-Bird still in the wrapper. This one worth anything?
And another I just found recently when cleaning up, it's a McDonalds Toy from 1990, its a '57 T-Bird still in the wrapper. This one worth anything?
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Posted Thu Nov 20, 2003 11:28 PM
video game addict said:
And another I just found recently when cleaning up, it's a McDonalds Toy from 1990, its a '57 T-Bird still in the wrapper. This one worth anything?
Is it this one
http://cgi.ebay.com/...93&category=764
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Posted Thu Nov 20, 2003 11:32 PM
I hope my brother doesn't ask me to EBay his collection.
He's worked too hard to get those complete sets. He's entitled to have a collection of some sort. Eh well.
He's worked too hard to get those complete sets. He's entitled to have a collection of some sort. Eh well.
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Posted Thu Nov 20, 2003 11:33 PM
LOL Yeah there's always ebay!
It's this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/...79&category=224
Guess it's not worth too much.
It's this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/...79&category=224
Guess it's not worth too much.
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