HotWheels History

[Mr70]

Imagine waking up,& seeing this under your tree Christmas morning!
I'd buy it if I could. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
1968 HotWheels Store Display (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1172&item=69390410 02&rd=1)

[427TJ]

Very cool. Suddenly I'm 8 years old again.

This is my favorite line from the auction: "IF YOU PLACE A BID OVER 15K ON THIS ITEM eBAY MAY ASK YOU TO VERIFY YOUR CREDIT CARD INFORMATION."

Yes, he said 15,000 dollars. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

[Mr70]

His "Buy it Now" price of $25,000.00 is to steep for me,but my memories of those days @ age 5 are FREE!

[DarrenX33]

Absolutely incredible! I think I can only afford the shipping insurance charge. That would be so cool to have. Someone buy it so I can just come and look at it. I'll even pay. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif

[Steve_Hoog]

Memories of Hot Wheels from 68...

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[firstgenaddict]

I remember the Orange track and the little white "Garages" tthat had foam wheels and shot the cars down the tracks. I think all of that stuff is still at my grandmothers house...hmmmmm.

[DarrenX33]

GET OVER THERE AND START DIGGING!! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Canucklehead]

I was watching Ultimate Cars on discovery channel last night and they were doing Ultimate Power Cars, the #1 car was the 68 440 Charger and a guy they were interviewing that had one said he always wanted one and he sold his Hotwheel collection to get it!!. Yes i know what your thinking "a 68 charger is #1???", well the way they were thinking is that they were the best bang for your buck.

[All American Racer]

Keep us posted on Grandma's house FirstGen. I own my grandmother's house now and all I have found is one of my old Tonka scrapers. I used to have a Barber-Greene loading machine made by Doepke buy it is long gone. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[njsteve]

Being the packrat that I am, I still have all of my original redline hotwheels from 1968 to 1972 (about 75 or so cars). I also have all of brother's hotwheels. His were much nicer as he used to just look at them and then put them back in their case without smashing them into each other like normal boys did. (he went on to become a corporate lawyer - i guess that explains it) http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[musclcar]

remember the hot wheels "sizzlers" those battery powerd cars like the boss 302 or the 70 camaro.man i had many hours of fun racing those cars around the track i set up in my bedroom as a kid. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif

[DarrenX33]

Get em and post pics Steve.

[djunod]

Sizzlers!!! Man I loved those things!! A friend of mine when I was a kid had a Sizzler train also. I guess you can find such things on e-bay if you are dilligent enough about searching...

[Mr70]

I had this set when I was a kid too. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif
HOTLINE TRAIN (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1172&item=69382208 29&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW)

[musclcar]

here is a boss 302 sizzler on ebay right now in it's original packaginghttp://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1172&item=69388765 09&rd=1

[MosportGreen66]

I too collect Hotwheels, Matchbox and Johnny Lightning cars. I do not have too many original cars though. But the few vintage cars I have, have come from www.thetoypeddler.com (http://www.thetoypeddler.com) . The sellers on this site have great stuff. There is a small fee to join the website ($5 I think) but it is well worth it for the collector!

[njsteve]

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Get em and post pics Steve.

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Here they are! There are some random Johnny Lightnings on top too. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif

[Mr70]

Nice Steve.
I see the Python & Pitcrew in there.
Those were some of my first I ever got,thus my Favorites. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Belair62]

When hot wheels came out I pretty much abandoned my Matchbox cars...we used to set up the track and dead end it into a wall at the bottom of the stairway !!! The Eldo lasted the longest !!! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

[hvychev]

NJSteve be prepared for the hotwheels nuts to start e-mailing you! Last time there was a thread like this I got a ton of e-mails and ended up selling a couple of my old redlines for like $500.00! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

[musclcar]

i wonder what these will be in a couple of years.i've got a trophy from a local car show that has 4 collector hot wheels cars mounted on it.they're all mother waxes & polishes cars and they are a fat boy harley,32 chevy coupe,racing go-kart and a twin engine school bus funny car http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif

[njsteve]

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NJSteve be prepared for the hotwheels nuts to start e-mailing you! Last time there was a thread like this I got a ton of e-mails and ended up selling a couple of my old redlines for like $500.00! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

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The stopwatch was ticking and the first email was within 10 minutes! They aren't for sale though, as these were the exact cars I have owned since age 6. These are "Original Owner Hot Wheels" What does that add to the value??? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

[Mr70]

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Last time there was a thread like this I got a ton of e-mails and ended up selling a couple of my old redlines for like $500.00! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

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They were worth $1000.00 http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif

[Pantera]

What is a redlines? I see some hotwheels for sale at fleamarkets almost every weekend. I have no idea what they are worth. There was about 100 of them (still new in the boxes) a few weeks ago. Guy asked $1 to 3 each for them.

Sounds like I need to learn about them?

Pantera

[DarrenX33]

Cool collection Steve. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif

[Steve_Hoog]

Larry I don't know how you've missed out on all this????

[djunod]

Pantera, buy them from the flea market and sell them on e-bay http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

There is a new breed of yard salers out there, they go to all the yard sales (and flea markets) and then sell stuff on e-bay.

[Steve_Hoog]

Not all redlines, I like some of the new stuff too.

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

http://www.azalea.net/~steved/redlines.jpg

[mike s]

my dad has a ton of those old hotwheels and matchbox and some sizzlers as well (the biggest pack rat i know) would prolly sell some email me if you like [email protected]

regards mike

[Pantera]

My luck but I was too old to collect ano or play with these when I was a kid. I was lucky to get the models off the display wall down at "Fred Jones Ford" at the end of the model year. Daddy was drinking buddys with all the salesmen down there.

He died in '61 when I was 15. I also had a few of the original AMT models kits that I had built, but by then I had outgrown them. (Girls you know) So when we moved my mother gave all my collection to my second cousin on daddys side of the family and he gave them to his kids to play with and they destroyed them. She told me later that she didn't think I wanted them anymore. It was about a year before I discoverd that they were not at the new house. Man was I pissed when I found out. I had the Ford factory models of the '54 ford with the first V-8 and best of all the '55, '56 & '57 t-bird and others that are worth a ton nowadays.


Pantera