Were there specific toys that got you into cars when you were a kid?

"My citroen won't start" (lucasboechat) 01/20/2015 at 22:05 • Filed to: None

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I think this is the first time I show my face on Oppo (5 year old me at least), and this little pedal SL was something special for me, I drove around everywhere in it (once into a pool), how about you?

Conan > My citroen won't start 01/20/2015 at 22:09

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Hot Wheels "Vetty Funny" Mongoose that my Dad got before I was even born.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > My citroen won't start 01/20/2015 at 22:09

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this was a major thing for me, there was even a place near me that you could just drive these things all day.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > My citroen won't start 01/20/2015 at 22:13

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According to my parents, it wasn't anything particular, I was just kinda born that way.

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > My citroen won't start 01/20/2015 at 22:15

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VW beetle pedal car. I wore out the holes around the axles, so much horse(me) power!

TheHondaBro > My citroen won't start 01/20/2015 at 22:16

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Hot Wheels.

Matchbox.

Nikko.

I also had a Dodge Ram Power Wheels when I was little.

I own dead car brands only > My citroen won't start 01/20/2015 at 22:19

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so, is it armored as well?

KirkyV > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 01/20/2015 at 22:21

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YUUUUUUUP. I can't find a picture of my exact electric 4x4 thing, but that fucker was awesome. There's a park right behind my house, and the only thing that could get me to come back in was the battery running low—and keep in mind that, as a child, I was very much the indoorsy video-game-obsessed type.

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Okay, I'm still the indoorsy video-game-obsessed type.

aturtlecommented > My citroen won't start 01/20/2015 at 22:21

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Hot Wheels and tons of racing video games

Slant6 > My citroen won't start 01/20/2015 at 22:22

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New Jersey bell trucks.

mazda616 > My citroen won't start 01/20/2015 at 22:25

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Matchbox cars. They were so cool and so detailed and I wanted them all. I'd make tiny little cities with buildings and tons and tons of cars.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > My citroen won't start 01/20/2015 at 22:31

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Matchbox and Hot Wheels and Dub die casts. Always wanted a power wheel but never got them.

Justin Hughes > mazda616 01/20/2015 at 22:35

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Me too! That was totally it for me.

Scary__goongala! > My citroen won't start 01/20/2015 at 23:08

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Electric RC cars that I beat the ever loving piss out of.

wafflesnfalafel > My citroen won't start 01/20/2015 at 23:17

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Matchbox - 1978 911 Turbo. It took me about 20 minutes to pick it out and my mother was pissed. Also had the Pantera, VW Rabbit and Countach, but that silver 911 was my favorite.

Gizmo - The Only Good Gremlin, but don't feed me after Midnight > My citroen won't start 01/20/2015 at 23:17

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Aurora AF/X Slo t cars

Five or six of us would get our parents to buy the biggest track they could afford and then we'd all gather at one guy's house and assemble them all together.

Imagine six or seven of these all strung together.

We'd end up with a 60'x40' room covered with racetrack and assorted buildings, tressels, bridges, spare parts, tires, motors, etc.

I was always tuning the motors to go just a little bit faster, shaving tires and dropping the suspension for a little more grip. We raced in teams of three cause you needed three or four people strategically placed to recover your car if it came off track. Alone, you could easily lose 30 seconds running across the whole basement to pick up your car. Everybody either wanted to be on my team or wanted one of my cars for their team.

MY favorite and fastest car, no not the Porsche 962, it was my classic Camaro Z/28 (I think I still have it in a box long lost at my moms house now 40 years later). That car(actually the chassis) was banned by the neighborhood for its freakish adhesion and speed - I don't think I ever knew just what I did to it because it was never duplicated by me or anyone else that I knew.

This is why I race. This is why I mod all my cars... just a little more (addicted since 9yrs old).

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > My citroen won't start 01/20/2015 at 23:18

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Sure did. It was this little Tonka car. You push it back and forth and wind up a little fly wheel inside and when you press the yellow button on top, it engages and takes off across the floor. More you wind it up, faster it goes.

And this is the exact one I still have. Its right next to me in fact.

desertdog5051 > My citroen won't start 01/20/2015 at 23:54

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Slot cars, high school guys doing burnouts in front of the school, free, month old, Hot Rod magazines from the vendor... yeah... a lot of stuff.

orcim > My citroen won't start 01/21/2015 at 01:57

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Matchbox, Hotwheels, 1/27 scale slot cars, HO gauge trains (go figure) but my first memories were of this toy in Germany when I was there. My brother and I ran them into the ground, into the walls, into our Lego creations, into our lives...

Came with spares, tools, jack, friction/windup motor, operable steering, lug nuts. Fuck, I'm tearing up thinking about the damn things. (schuco studio mercedes benz)

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > My citroen won't start 01/21/2015 at 02:32

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I had one of these:

I drove that thing until I could barely fit in it. I have always loved driving, even when it was foot powered. Actually now that I look back, its kinda funny that I now drive this:

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > KirkyV 01/21/2015 at 06:12

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So am I, sadly. especially in this frigid cold.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > Conan 01/21/2015 at 06:13

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"Drag strippers"

Not sure if they thought what that name really means...

Conan > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 01/21/2015 at 07:07

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Probably a reason mine isn't in the package like the photo I found!

Redd, the RX-7 that could > My citroen won't start 01/21/2015 at 09:49

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Not toys, but my dad would take me out on our land in his 1st gen Pathfinder where I learned to drive a car (a manual nonetheless) by the time I was 9.

Redd, the RX-7 that could > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/21/2015 at 09:53

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I had one of those too! I'd fill it up with gravel and transport it to other areas, my parents did not like this, as the gravel came from our road.

briannutter1 > My citroen won't start 01/21/2015 at 10:40

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I had a 3 wheeled pedal car called the Blue Max...similar to the Green Machine. Pedal as fast as you can and jam the levers opposite of each other and you go for a spin. http://www.skooldays.com/categories/toy…

My citroen won't start > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 01/21/2015 at 16:42

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Never had an electric one, really wanted one.

My citroen won't start > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/21/2015 at 16:42

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Huh it sorta adds up

My citroen won't start > Gizmo - The Only Good Gremlin, but don't feed me after Midnight 01/21/2015 at 16:43

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I did the same thing, but dad was even more fanatic than I was

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Redd, the RX-7 that could 01/21/2015 at 18:30

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I used to do the same thing. My parents didn't like it either

wkiernan > My citroen won't start 01/23/2015 at 11:19

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It all started here, I wanted to be that guy, driving on the wrong side.