Hot Wheels anyone?

[thesnake87]

I assume this is really the only place to post this... so I might as well (I apologize for any issues regarding where this is posted)

 

I have quite a few Hot Wheels cars I'm selling. I know, you guys are probably iffy with me because of my lost post count here. I can link you to my Sportscardforum.com feedback page as well as my eBay if you would like. I've been around forums for 3+ years so I know how it is sometimes with a newer member/someone with fewer posts, posts something like this. I want to assure you I'm 100% real and not a scam artist.

 

Anyway, if anyone is interested in a list, I will PM them one once you post below, or PM me asking for one. I have lots of cars from 2005 to 2009 as well as some Matchbox and 5/10 packs. All cars (except a few) are still in pack. I can provide pictures upon request once you have reviewed the list and told me what you're interested in. Cars are from $0.50 to $3, so it's very affordable and shipping won't be a lot either.

 

For shipping reasons, I'll only sell within United States only though. I will be using USPS Priority flat rate.

[antonkr]

Problem is the fact that it is not a scam but more of a spam. Doubt it is allowed here.

[thesnake87]

I couldn't find anything in the rules but it's understandable. No biggy

[ub3rman123]

People buy those things? I always thought of them as being just cheap kid's toys.. Good fun rolling them down stairs, but not much for collectibles.

[thesnake87]

You should check out hotwheelscollectors.com then XD my goodness the small variations (like rim colors or window tint) make those guys go mad searching for every variation and what not.

 

Die cast car collecting is like a new culture lol

[Thor.]

Hot wheels where great fun, especially the tracks you could create, lol i friend of mine back when i was a kid filled his entire basement full of hot wheels track.

 

example.

 

http://www.dubdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Epic-Hot-Wheels-Track.jpg

 

 

Some pieces of track actualy came with motors to push the hot wheel up hill or around a loop.

 

If you have a enough motors it'll run for hours.

Edited May 9, 2011 by Thor.

[thesnake87]

That is insane... haha wow!

[Vindekarr]

Thing is Uber, some of them were only built in small numbers-just like real cars, if only a few were made, then someone, somewhere, will want to snap them up simply because they're rare.

 

Speaking for myself I was a big fan as a kid, I loved those things, I remember as a kid you had a few similar toy cars of that size available but even though they were like... 5$ more expensive, you could only buy genuine Hotwheels because they were heavier(and thus faster) and built like tanks. I never managed to break a single one of them, and I did some crazy ass stuff as a kid. Anywho, the old ones are worth a surprising amount, and they're very collectable, in that a lot of people collect them.

 

Finaly, they did the paintwork in model runs, and each car had a catalogue of like... five or six paint schemes, some rare as all hell, lastly, some of the really cool cars were rare in their own right, it was pure luck of the draw what was on the shelf at the toyshop, but some where much much rarer than others, eg the plastic bodied ones, or those with tribal paint.

 

The other thing I'll give a shout out to was the video games. Velocity X kept me happy for tens of hours as a young kid(11, and still holds a special place in my collection of retired games. Hugely entertaining PC open world racer dating back to 2003. Graphics were stellar for the era, with full specular, real-time reflections, and optional dynamic lighting, it also had what was for the era, a massive catalogue of cars-all of which looked fabulous-and the worlds were just brilliant. I remember one of them where there was this amazing verticle hairpin that you would struggle to get up to, but when you came back down, you'd hit 300 mph and giggle like a maniac. They looked just like what you'd image a world of hotwheels would look like: mostly normal roads, but with constant chances for big air, and skatepark like devices built in all along the sides, like driving up buildings or doing barrel-rolls.

 

Lastly it had depth: two campaigns, one unlocked worlds, the other, a series of special driver chalengs, unlocking special (the best and prettiest) cars, new guns and gadgets, and giving bragging rights. Because god dammit some of those challenges were hard! Lastly, each of the(pretty freakin' big for the era... about as big as one of the islands in the current GTA) had ten hidden gears and a hidden key. To get the gears you had to explore like mad, since they were very very well hidden, and the key was almost impossible to reach on the first try, since to get that, not only did you have to find the damn thing, you had to get to it; it was always sat at the end of the worldspace' hardest stunt. I remember one where you had to do this crazy blind jump onto the top of a skyscraper, jump across to a second skyscraper(and calculate the jump perfectly or back to step one) then another, and another, and then land on a tiny target-and get the key.

 

I havent played it since I was 13, but I still remember ity vividly, and with nothing but fondness; one of the best games I've ever seen.

[Thor.]

My fav racer back when i was a kid was top gear 3000.

 

for the snes

 

It was a classic

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU_8oqPYXgg

 

[Thor.]

oops double post. One to many clicks. Edited May 9, 2011 by Thor.