I found a bunch of my old Hot Wheels

"VonBelmont" (jvonbelmont) 12/16/2014 at 19:11 • Filed to: Hotwheels, cars, enzo, porsche, bmw, corvette, bel air, firetruck, charger

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These were the shit back in the day. I used to make some of the craziest tracks with these. Hopping the foyer, traversing between my house and my best friend's (we were next door neighbors), looping staircases, replicating traffic jams, hell even circumnavigating our old house with the help of all of my friends (no mean feat at 3500 sqft!). My parents were never terribly happy with that last one, but hey, they bought me the damn things. My inner gear head and my inner physicist loved the kinetic insanity of these old things. Finding a bunch of these in a box made my inner child happy, although this is probably a fraction of the ones I had/have. A couple are crushed, some battered, one munched on by a dog, but each one holds memories galore. Also, a couple windback cars too. Those weren't as fun.

Any other opponauts have fond memories of these things?

carcrasher88 > VonBelmont 12/16/2014 at 19:13

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CORNY!!!

Justin Young > VonBelmont 12/16/2014 at 19:17

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Mmmm...911 GT1...

Shame you lost the wing, but being very young, it's quite normal to remove stuffs from diecasts. :P

Scary__goongala! > VonBelmont 12/16/2014 at 19:18

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I have this one in a darker blue and purple. As well as the blue porsche with the #3 stripe. Many of my old ones I actually played with are also battered and bruised. I used to setup my one track piece that had the rollers to shoot them around the track, only I would do it off the top of the stairs haha. My one neighbor and I also tried to strap bottle rockets to some at one point.

VonBelmont > carcrasher88 12/16/2014 at 19:20

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It came in a box of Cornflakes, but hey it fit. The ones that pissed me off were the ones that were too wide/narrow, like that Land Cruiser lookin' one...

jkm7680 > VonBelmont 12/16/2014 at 19:22

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BANDIT.

VonBelmont > Justin Young 12/16/2014 at 19:22

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I think it was lost in the Foyer Incident of 2003 :P

VonBelmont > Scary__goongala! 12/16/2014 at 19:25

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I had shitload of those motors. That's what let me do all that crazy shit.

Bottle rockets? How deliciously evil...

No Prius Needed > VonBelmont 12/16/2014 at 19:32

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I have this!

VonBelmont > No Prius Needed 12/16/2014 at 19:36

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Which one?

No Prius Needed > VonBelmont 12/16/2014 at 19:38

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Kinja pls. Its the C3 vette.

VonBelmont > No Prius Needed 12/16/2014 at 19:42

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Probably my favorite Vette design. It's the dead opposite of everything else of it's time.

Scary__goongala! > VonBelmont 12/16/2014 at 19:53

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I can't remember if it actually worked or not haha.

VonBelmont > Scary__goongala! 12/16/2014 at 20:18

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Probably not. The power:weight ratio's just too high.

James Gallagher > VonBelmont 12/16/2014 at 20:22

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I still buy these on eBay sometimes. My girlfriend has happily accepted that fact. I still think it's an amazing way to get in touch with a lot of cool cars I'll never actually own. Plus, toys are fun.

James Gallagher > VonBelmont 12/16/2014 at 20:23

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The mostly Matchbox models that were realistic models of real cars rather than fantasy garage type things were always my favorite, especially the trucks.

Scary__goongala! > VonBelmont 12/16/2014 at 20:24

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That wasn't on my mind at that age.

VonBelmont > James Gallagher 12/16/2014 at 20:46

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Ditto. I think the XJ and the E30 got more use than the fake ones.

itranthelasttimeiparkedit > VonBelmont 12/16/2014 at 21:47

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OH GOD I HAVE THIS ONE TOO (along with 7 or 8 other firebirds...)

navyeagleeye86 > VonBelmont 12/16/2014 at 22:13

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Seems like you and I shared that Mc Toy/Maisto big pack, it had the blue 930 Turbo, the red/white LeSabre (and police version) and the '82 Firebird (probably a copy of Matchbox's casting). Really love that E30 323i Cabrio by Soma/Summer, I too share tons of memories with these cars as a child!

navyeagleeye86 > navyeagleeye86 12/16/2014 at 22:14

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Edit: MC Toy and Soma/Real Toy.. Mega brain fart...

spicybanana > VonBelmont 12/17/2014 at 12:06

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My mother recently dug these out for my 40th bday. I still lust for a real X-11