What are your favorite Hot Wheels or Matchbox cars?

[Phatmiata]

What are your favorite Hot Wheels or Matchbox cars?

Collecting model die-cast vehicles is one of the most popular, and most under-publicized hobbies in America. More than 200 million die-cast vehicles are purchased each year! Within the past decade the die-cast car collecting phenomenon has become a world wide passion, reaching Japan, Brazil, Germany, and Australia. Most people don't start to love cars as soon as they are old enough to drive though, it starts when we are young children playing with these great little toy Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars. Do you remember what your FIRST Hot Wheels or Matchbox car was? What is your all time favorite die-cast Hot Wheels or matchbox car?? It's okay, you can come out of hiding now, we know you are out there!

Chances are eBay probably has that car listed you played with as a kid.

Here is my top 10 favorite castings (go to ebay like me and grab some photos & post your own favorites!)


1. VW Drag Bus 5054

2. Tail Dragger 5055

3. 1969 VW Fastback 5056

4. Mini Cooper 5057

5. Mazda MX-5 Miata 5058

6. Mazda RX7 5059

7. Pikes Peak Toyota Celica 5061

8. Toyota MR2 5062

9. Datsun 510 5060

10. Datsun 240Z 5063

[Demon I Am]

The RX-7
5066
The Furai
5064
The Arkham Assylum Batmobile
5068
Ferrari 250 gto
5067

[WASABI]

The Drag Buss is cool, but I really like the old school RedLines era. I would say,

Bye-Focal / Show Off

Evil Weevil

Mighty Maverick

Torino Stocker

Heavy Chevy

Show Hoss II

Pictures later.

-Jim

[wannafbody]

I have a beat Evil Weevil from my childhood. I also like the 68 Camaro, Hotbird and Roger Dodger.

[Demon I Am]

my kid found got a roger dodger from somewhere (probably from my mom's house) with an old date on the bottom. it's too clean to not be a re-issue though.

[Phatmiata]

:TTIWWP:

[AHHthatsJDMyo]

really had to think about which ones i liked to play with the most as a little kid and even now as a 20 year old kid.


i remember this car very well. was probably my favorite to play with as a kid and is probably why i like alfa's so much.
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQfZ6j8Kw7rSSwb88VaVsW4bPVhRHtK0 JUODNHPGkFSHcCDy3oIPg&t=1

obviously i had a police car
http://cdn100.iofferphoto.com/img/1083308400/_i/2905295/l_1.jpg

cant think of what else i played with a lot. i had hundreds of hotwheels, still do but they are across the country with my parents now. had quite a few ferrari 308's.

[NAautoxer]

i have a LOT. but how is the Hako racing skyline not on anyones' list?? or the Ken/Mary skyline?! :) Jun Imai is the best designer! he brought the 510, ae86, skylines, etc to market. :)

matchbox is great. i mean, yeah, they do make a prius, but at least they are realistic. :D they make a baller FJ40.

[modernbeat]

For a very short time I possessed a pink rear-boarded beach bomb.

5113

[AHHthatsJDMyo]

^^i had that car too!!!

anyone have a bunch of these?
http://www.odinartcollectables.com/images/loosetowTruck.jpg
i think i had this thing in 4 or 5 different colors

[Demon I Am]

My son has a florescent orange one of those

[modernbeat]

^^i had that car too!!!

Bet you didn't. They were prototypes that never even made it into retail packaging. A version with the board in pockets on the SIDES of the van was sold, but the rear-load boards never did.

[AHHthatsJDMyo]

Bet you didn't. They were prototypes that never even made it into retail packaging. A version with the board in pockets on the SIDES of the van was sold, but the rear-load boards never did.

Whatever. I had a pinch bus with surf boards on it. I know that!

[WASABI]

Bet you didn't. They were prototypes that never even made it into retail packaging. A version with the board in pockets on the SIDES of the van was sold, but the rear-load boards never did.

Correct, and only a very few of the rear loading Beach Bombs were ever made...pink being the "Holy Grail"... One sold for a reported $72,000 dollars.:shock:

[Phatmiata]

Hot Wheels Sneek Peek for you guys, here is a release for 2013, it's a 1970 Toyota Celica!

My older sister used to race hers back in the day, LOL

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[Phatmiata]

i have a LOT. but how is the Hako racing skyline not on anyones' list?? or the Ken/Mary skyline?! :) Jun Imai is the best designer! he brought the 510, ae86, skylines, etc to market. :)
............

get to posting in this thread so we can get more Japanese Inspired Hot Wheels please!

http://forums.hotwheelscollectors.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/55210875/m/3131092477/p/1

[WASABI]

Must be a registered user to see the link...and it won't take my registration. I'll keep trying.

[Demon I Am]

oh sexy

[Phatmiata]

Bet you didn't. They were prototypes that never even made it into retail packaging. A version with the board in pockets on the SIDES of the van was sold, but the rear-load boards never did.

You sir know too much for an average peg picker, therefore I want to see your collection too! hahhaha

[modernbeat]

You sir know too much for an average peg picker, therefore I want to see your collection too! hahhaha

I have been an antique dealer on the side for 20+ years. I've owned less than three dozen HotWheels in that time. But, I brokered a deal for the BeachBomb where all three of us were aware of it's real value. Most of the others I've had have been first and second year cars. Nothing modern.

I did have a batch of pre '76 cars as a kid. Played with them and tore them up just like most kids.

I do have a collection of vintage COX Chaparral slot cars. Those will most likely hit the market this fall. I already sold the perfect J2 to a collector.

[Demon I Am]

I Picked up 3 more blue Rx7s, and a White Mazda Furai at lunch break.

[AHHthatsJDMyo]

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My torn and tattered miata hot wheels.

[Phatmiata]

the red one with no tampos is pretty old and rare these days!

[Demon I Am]

Today, I scored a Curiosity Rover, for myself. For the boy-child I snagged the Angry Bird Pig, Police Continental, Police Silverado, Police Vette, and a couple others from the new box

[Phatmiata]

Today, I scored a Curiosity Rover, for myself. For the boy-child I snagged the Angry Bird Pig, Police Continental, Police Silverado, Police Vette, and a couple others from the new box

Yeah, my son was pretty excited when I got him the Angry Birds Minion Pig too, LOL

51975198

[Demon I Am]

The only way I could get the bird was in the track pack.

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/dragonballzcentral_2228_203763823

[Phatmiata]

you can get the bird on the card, just need to watch for the scalpers to stop flipping them on eBay for $10 each lol, once they are no longer hot im sure you will find them on the pegs

[drv2fst]

240Z
5395

[Phatmiata]

240Z
5395

Love that one, I have the Yellow one too, wish I had grabbed more!!

Ill raise you two of my old 240's ! LOL



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8050/8078686304_8dc4fcf3ac_c.jpg

[drv2fst]

2002
5396

Sunracer and No Fear indycar
5397

[drv2fst]

D-Type Jag, Testa Rossa, Chaparal, GT40
5398

[JTninja]

Corvette C6R
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VFegHj__xrI/S3ZGVApPH9I/AAAAAAAAAIc/h6iNIl1xOb0/s400/CorvetteSM1.jpg
Porsche 911 GT1 Champion Racing
http://cdn100.iofferphoto.com/img/1084518000/_i/2984805/1.jpg
Panoz LMP
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zCl46BlT4_I/R3whk_7tlLI/AAAAAAAAEjI/g6wATqOHF4k/s400/PanozLMP1RoadsterS-2000-HW.jpg

[treeafodo]

I'll have to find my box of cars and see if I remember which ones I liked the best. Most of them are in poor condition though. We used to put them at the bottom of this tiny dirt mount at school and kick them. This would launch them in the air, bombing the kids at the playground.