My Experience with Hot Wheels Exchange

"Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna" (lukielauxd)
03/09/2014 at 22:17 • Filed to: HOT WHEELS EXCHANGE

When I was a kid, I loved toy cars, I'd spend days playing with them, but by the time I got into middle school, my dad told me to put them into a box underneath my bed and I never took them out again unless it was for a school project and I just needed to bring in something to share.

Fast forward to the day I leave for college and I quickly grab two cars with me as a way for me to remember home, a Tomica Crown (LS kind of car) and one of the four F40s I have at home. When I went home for Winter Break, I also brought back with me one of my 911s. Whenever I went grocery shopping with my friends, I also started looking for cars and my 4 car collection quickly grew into one with 27 on my desk and almost another 40 in two boxes (that I kept from the KMart Collector's Day since me and my friend got to open a brand new box.)

I've completed three or four trades which resulted in getting another F40, the M3 to finish my collection and three of my favorite Porsche model ever made.

I don't know how I'm going to explain to my parents that an online community of mostly adults got me back into Hot Wheels, but that's the story they're going to have to get. ^-^

Freaking glad to be an Opponaut.

DISCUSSION (8)

jkm7680 > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna
03/09/2014 at 22:21

Same, I've got hundreds that have been sitting in a box for years at my parents house, but now I'm seriously thinking about digging then up.

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > jkm7680
03/09/2014 at 22:23

I can't wait to go home and have a proper look at every single toy car I have although if I remember correctly, most of the ones I have at home are Matchbox.

jkm7680 > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna
03/09/2014 at 22:25

Same here, I've got my Lesney car collection at my house, because I'm not that old haha, but I want to find my childhood cars.

Team6.1 > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna
03/09/2014 at 23:28

I'm just getting a present ready for my eventual son - At least that is the latest excuse I've come up with to justify myself

Volvosaurus-Rex > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna
03/10/2014 at 07:17

My mom saved my old cars waiting for that day to come when I would want them again. You got some of the rewards from that :)

Dingers Ghost, Champion Jockey > Team6.1
03/10/2014 at 08:14

That's my excuse too haha

JetZ > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna
03/10/2014 at 13:36

I have maybe 40 that my kid can look at but not touch - generally all Mustangs, or Baja Bugs, in differing colors and cards.

Whenever we go to a store and see some he and I will look through the stock and see if any need to come home.

philipilihp > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna
03/11/2014 at 10:23

My wife thinks I'm crazy, but it's an unfortunate reality she will have to live with. The other day she looked at our bank statement and asked, "You went to Walmart??" (we are not walmart shoppers in the LEAST) So I had to explain that I went through a giant bin and had to restrain myself immensely to only buy 8 cars, and that I was trading back and forth with people on Oppo.

Go OHWEP!