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    Hotwheels were the best racing cars you could get your hands on when I was younger. Or that's what I thought at the time. I'm sure if I had to asses different die cast cars these days I would find them all pretty much of the same standard. But you're a lot more prone to advertising as a child, and these cars were ON FIRE!.You see it was just the idea of "Hot wheels" and the flame-licked logo that made me imagine the car went even faster!I still think that my car would go faster if it had flames painted on it's side - though I'm quite certain it would go slower if the flames were real.The other type of car growing up was Matchbox, which were slightly cheaper, and Corgi that were cheaper still and which weren't as well made and would fall apart. Perhaps that's another reason I preferred Hotwheels, in the land of the child, exclusivity is king, and if my parents couldn't afford it, I would want it!The first Hotwheels cars were made in 1968, and are still made today. In fact Hotwheels totally won the competition with matchbox - taking them over in 1996 (there's no winning like taking your rival company over)These days, Hotwheels cars they are quite hot property (see what I did there?) as they are highly collectable. I knew someone who treated his hotwheels with reverence. For me, the week I got it I treated it with kid-gloves. A month later I was trailing it by string through ponds declaring it a new "Aqua Car" saving the newt race from their inevitable destruction at the hand of "Captain Frog"But they can earn you a pretty penny these days if you weren't as reckless with them in your youth, and there's quite a market for them too.

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    Re: Hot Wheels

    i got some for my son he loves them go lot faster on tracks than the other cars he makes up tracks from one end room to other and they seem to go under the sofa cause they that fast great cars wish i had these when i was young
    THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE TRUST NO ONE

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      Re: Hot Wheels

      I had a few Hot Wheels cars in my collection. They seemed to be made from a slightly heavier metal than Matchbox cars. Hot Wheels also made a line of construction vehicles called Workhorses and I had a good few of these as I was fascinated by Caterpillar machinery at the time.

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        Re: Hot Wheels

        I had some of the early 1968-72 models when I was a kid. Now I'm trying to reacquire them. My vintage collection thus far. The camper at the left is from the '80s.

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