Hot Wheels Exchange Program, Muscle Relaxant Ed.

"area man" (hurrburgring)
04/08/2014 at 19:59 • Filed to: Hot Wheels, HWEP

(Evening repost) Boy howdy these pills are fun. All are available for trade unless otherwise noted. On to the show!

First up is this awesome Cyclone, and sorry, she's staying with me. I got it from Frosted a while back but I never got around to thanking him properly. So, thanks!

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! it's the A-Team! I haven't watched it since I was a little kid, but I couldn't pass up this incredibly detailed casting. I personally love how they used the standard Hot Wheels 5-star wheels but just colored them red.

These are two more that are staying with me - got them for an old Conti from resident 1/64 photography expert Jeff Simmons.

This is an old Minitrek that I stumbled upon during my quest for the elusive !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! It's a little beat up, but just look at it! What style! What presence! What panache!

Well hello there. This "Mercedes C-Class" is obviously a bit more special than your average bear, what with the front lip, awesome wing, and stripped/caged interior (seriously, there's only a driver's seat). I'd really hate to part with this one, but I'm open to interesting offers. Philipilihp is already angling for it, so move with haste if you're serious.

I honestly didn't know what Van de Kamp's was before looking it up to write an interesting blurb about it. Maybe it's an awesome racing team I've never heard of! Nope. It's a line of pastries and frozen foods, and this must have been a promotional tie in or something. It looks huge, but it's actually just a tiny bit larger than your average Hot Wheel, and still classified as 1/64. And steelies.

I can't imagine the conversation at Mattel that led to them producing a Lumina van casting, but I'm glad it happened. I imagine these did not sell like hotcakes, and it seems to be the only straight stock minivan they ever made? Someone correct me if I'm wrong. This is another one that would require a great trade.

I rescued these two from my parents' attic a while back and forgot to say something. So, here's "Custom Dodge Charger" and "Custom Eldorado." If they look beat up, it's because they both date from the Hot Wheels brand's launch year in 1968. Seriously. They both pull to the left but the torsion bar suspension systems are still in great shape.

Stunt Van! I bought it in my quest for more vans. It's in pristine condition, which means the little mechanism on the bottom that makes it flip has likely never been used (well, OK, I used it once). If you're not familiar, there's a paddle mounted on what would be the driveshaft that you rotate and lock to the other side of the undercarriage, and when it hits a wall or another car or whatever the force causes the paddle to unlatch and it springs back to the other side, hitting the ground on the way and causing the van to flip.

Another no-trade shoutout. Sent Dusty a couple rally cars a whiiiiiile back and got this sweet Camaro cop car and a more beat-up Caprice in exchange.

This is another oldie-but-goodie. I think it's a D50?

A Peugeot 405! Another one that I can't believe they actually made - although I'm pretty sure it's a Corgi casting that they gained when they bought out the company in the late 80s. Unfortunately for interested parties, this has alreadybeen claimed by mr_benjamin_rolland.

The windows are a little screwy as you can see (though that quarter-glass is no accident), but other than that this Golf GTI is absolutely mint.

Last but certainly not least is this Renault 5 Turbo. It's a little skinnier than the real deal, but again, I'm not complaining about Hot Wheels making a Renault 5 Turbo.

So that's that! I bought all these on Ebay and thus spent a lil more than one would at a big-box store selling new models, so any trades should be figured accordingly. I'm generally not willing to trade an older casting for a much newer one, and obviously I have a thing for stock-looking cars. Thanks for looking!

DISCUSSION (32)

SteyrTMP > area man
04/08/2014 at 13:43

I'll take the c class and the Renault5

SteyrTMP > SteyrTMP
04/08/2014 at 13:45

might be interested in the lumina vanotoo.

lonestranger > area man
04/08/2014 at 13:59

Not interested in trading, but I love the Mintrek & Lumina APV. I forgot that the Sunagon even existed! I remember being jealous of one that a friend had when I was a kid in the '80s.

P.S. The lede pic says a lot. Smokes, beer, keyboard, video games, Hot Wheels, & Crayolas. Never grow up!