by "Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
Published 02/20/2017 at 13:36
by "Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
Published 02/20/2017 at 13:36
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A few weeks ago he posted a picture on Instagram of an old Matchbox Dodge Caravan, and it sparked something inside of me... because I had one.
So off to eBay I went, and down the rabbit hole of old Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars I used to have as a child.
The Caravan, this Challenger...
Matt, you’re gonna cost me a bunch of money...
"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
02/20/2017 at 13:51, STARS: 0
holy carp. I had that same caravan!
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
02/20/2017 at 13:52, STARS: 1
Right?? I keep having flashbacks of all the shitty cars and vans I had... AND I WANT THEM ALL BACK >:(
"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
02/20/2017 at 13:55, STARS: 0
I um.... never got rid of them :D
my son has them (except for the hot pink 90s ferrari, my daughter has).
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
02/20/2017 at 13:59, STARS: 0
SAVE THEM!
My parents threw out so many of my toys when we moved, or had huge rummage sales.... I remember having several 5qt ice cream pails FULL of LEGO that my parents talked me into putting on the table of toys outside at our apartment-wide rummage.
Them and the cars. All gone.
"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
02/20/2017 at 14:02, STARS: 1
nah. him playing with them is the best place for them
I MAY have set aside a few of my favourites though :D
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
02/20/2017 at 14:09, STARS: 0
I let my kids play with new or otherwise cheap and non-memorable cars and trucks.... the good stuff I keep upstairs or boxed away in my closet.
Mostly because I had to spend several times over what they were new to re-purchase them as an adult.
"Matt Hardigree" (matthardigree)
02/20/2017 at 14:38, STARS: 3
My plan is working...
"crowmolly" (crowmolly)
02/20/2017 at 14:54, STARS: 0
I’ve got two of those Challengers.
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
02/20/2017 at 15:04, STARS: 1
I had this one, and one of these:
"crowmolly" (crowmolly)
02/20/2017 at 15:08, STARS: 0
Is that a piston popper? I had the Mustang PP. And a few Dixie Challengers.
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
02/20/2017 at 15:25, STARS: 0
Not sure what they were called. Just found it while looking through old Matchbox cars on eBay.
"SpeedSix" (speedsix)
02/20/2017 at 16:36, STARS: 0
In that case, this is a rabbit hole you don’t want to visit.
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
02/20/2017 at 16:46, STARS: 0
Well I WAS going to watch some youtube at work until 5, but this’ll do.
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
02/20/2017 at 16:49, STARS: 0
OMG THIS WAS MY FAVORITE CAR OF ALL TIME HOW DID I FORGET IT??????
"SpeedSix" (speedsix)
02/20/2017 at 17:39, STARS: 0
Similar casts were sold as the Red Rider (as pictured), Flame Out (white w/ red/orange flames), Big Banger (red, Big Banger labels), or Cosmic Blues (white, blue stars or blue, white stars).
None should be expensive to re-acquire since they’re all USA exclusives and common.
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
02/20/2017 at 17:46, STARS: 0
I might have had Cosmic Blues as well.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
02/20/2017 at 21:40, STARS: 0
I’ve still got it! That exact one too.
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
02/21/2017 at 09:48, STARS: 0
I painted the tail lights on mine, and have no idea where it went. I loved Matchbox of that era. The dished wheels, the suspension....
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
02/21/2017 at 11:48, STARS: 1
I loved that era of Matchbox as well, and the suspension was the primary reason. Hot Wheels axles of the day would bend if you looked at them funny, and then the cars would just ride on those stupid humps inside of the wheels on the chassis. Matchboxes had that nice sproingy suspension that could take a beating. I have a pretty nice chunk of my childhood cars, but hundreds of them got thrown away. I wouldn’t go crazy on the bay of e, but if you start looking at junk shops and resale shops, you’d be surprised how much of that stuff is out there for not that much money.
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
02/21/2017 at 12:02, STARS: 1
No good resale shops near me, and all the “antique” places that do have toys tend to price them out of the realm of reasonability.
I go to swap meets and whatnot during the warmer months, but most of the vendors sell larger scale, or ONLY Hot Wheels.
Besides, I don’t mind dropping five or six bucks if its mint and on a card, like the Challenger I bought yesterday.
"IDM3" (imoore3)
02/21/2017 at 16:11, STARS: 1
The Big Banger and Orange Peeler (orange) were available worldwide befor 1980. Red Rider and Cosmic Blues were USA exclusives and made in Hong Kong, being sold here in 1980 when Lesney split its US line from the rest of the world for whatever reasons. They were gone in 1981. For those of us who followed the situation closely, this was Lesney’s attempt to maximize profits in a sinking economy. It didn’t work, because Lesney went bankrupt in 1982.
"IDM3" (imoore3)
02/21/2017 at 16:12, STARS: 1
the Piston Popper was a Mustang and was blue.
"IDM3" (imoore3)
02/21/2017 at 16:15, STARS: 0
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole years before-44 years to be exact. I can’t get out of it-and really don’t want to.