Hot wheels love

Found this on ikea hacker today.

hot wheels display

Oh! Why did he open the packages?

Now all of the value is gone! lol.

(I am a collector nerd, I have a few thousand...)

You are not helping me resist the urge to buy the oddball Matchbox cars that have randomly started showing up in my local ghetto grocery store. P1800! XK120FHC!

Maroon92 wrote: Oh! Why did he open the packages? Now all of the value is gone! lol. (I am a collector nerd, I have a few thousand...)

I have a friend that collects and has thousands.

I also think he's nuts. Hot wheels are to be played with. I can't wait to get him drunk on wine and play with his collection.

I know a guy (me, actually) who came across a box of unopened Hot Wheels. I sent them to my cousins. They all have kids.

Nice find. I have quite a few redlines and this would be a nice way to display them.

alex wrote: You are not helping me resist the urge to buy the oddball Matchbox cars that have randomly started showing up in my local ghetto grocery store. P1800! XK120FHC!

I look through the HotWheels section when I'm in Target. I'm not a collector, but it's to the point where if my wife is with me, she'll ask "are you going to look at Hotwheels?" lol

I just grabbed the 2 versions of the Tyrell P34 6-wheeler (in blue and in white). I tend to just buy what I like--I don't care about getting entire series.

That said--I still keep them in the packages...

gamby wrote:

alex wrote: You are not helping me resist the urge to buy the oddball Matchbox cars that have randomly started showing up in my local ghetto grocery store. P1800! XK120FHC!

I look through the HotWheels section when I'm in Target. I'm not a collector, but it's to the point where if my wife is with me, she'll ask "are you going to look at Hotwheels?" lol I just grabbed the 2 versions of the Tyrell P34 6-wheeler (in blue and in white). I tend to just buy what I like--I don't care about getting entire series. That said--I still keep them in the packages...

Your name may be gamby, or it may be joey48442. I just bought both tyrells myself!

Joey

I collect Hot Wheels (and Matchbox, and Johnny Lightning...) but I open the packages. There's a line-up on my window sill at work.

Check out what I found at Big Lots the other day and snapped pix of just for you guys!

I've got the Black, Gold and Silver Deloreans. :)

Very cool. I hear that a Hot Wheels BRE Datsun 510 is in the works, too.

My new collection is up to 6. A white pro stock Neon, green Tesla, silver DMC, white Tyrell, white 510, and a blue V8 Vega.

I might ad my hot wheels under reader rides. Some people do that with model cars.

And I have considered getting duplicates, so I can have one to play with and one to "collect".

How do you play with them if you keep them in packages?

I have a collection of Hotwheels and Matchbox Minis. Not opened. Sitting in a dresser drawer. I can't resist them when I see one that I don't have and they are only a buck.

I have a new found love for hot wheels lately. My two year old loves them and I don't have to feel bad spending $1 whenever we go somewhere that has them. Also, I can pick out all of the cool cars for him.

I also stop by the Hot wheels / Matchbox section whenever we go into a store that has them, my 8 year old has @ 500 easy. I also open them as soon as i get home.

I will have to get a pic of my office and post it up, my kids love coming to work with dad.

I stocking up on hot wheels now for the newbie. He's only 7 months now, but gosh-darnit, he IS gonna at least now a good car from an appliance!

Cool. Im going over to my parents house later to grab all my old Hot Wheels and baseball cards. I seriously need my truck for this!

yep, I have a few as well, I have the 510, the silver DeLorean 9the way God intended it ), a TR6, a Regal GNX, an R32 and An R37 GTR, and a Shelby Cobra still in packages, as well as dozens and dozens it a shoebox in the playroom we have for my Niece and Nephew. What I really want, and have not yet been able to determine if it exists, is an AE86 or similar vintage Celica.

just a sample:

I have the best Hot Wheels-'nuff said :)

I need to build some display cases like that for the home office.

I too have a hot wheels problem, and value be damned I open every one.

I've begun giving my collection to my nieces on birthdays, etc. They get a normal gift plus a car. They do not get "little girl" things from me. Hey, even Barbie needs a car right? The oldest will be 11 in April. Too early for a tool kit??

Somehow preserved from my youth is a fold-out carrier for Hot Wheels that becomes a race track grandstand plus about 30 mid 70's cars. It sits behind my desk at work plus the various Miata and now Lotus versions that I have picked up. Not interested in value; just memories.