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lewbud
lewbud Reader
3/13/11 3:37 p.m.
vwcorvette wrote: 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??

Nope. Future car guy boyfriend will thank you.

93EXCivic
93EXCivic SuperDork
3/13/11 4:04 p.m.

I just bought a 510 and TR6.

vwcorvette
vwcorvette GRM+ Memberand Reader
3/13/11 4:05 p.m.

As will my bro. (Their dad)

redrabbit
redrabbit New Reader
3/13/11 5:43 p.m.

In reply to Conquest351:

I have the 510 in black. Sits on my desk at work.

slantvaliant
slantvaliant Dork
3/13/11 8:21 p.m.

I just got the silver DeLoreans - regular and BTTF.

TRoglodyte
TRoglodyte Reader
3/13/11 8:32 p.m.
loosecannon wrote: I have the best Hot Wheels-'nuff said :)

Looks like you play with it too!

neon4891
neon4891 SuperDork
3/13/11 10:13 p.m.
slantvaliant wrote: I just got the silver DeLoreans - regular and BTTF.

MUST. FIND. BTTF.

Appleseed
Appleseed SuperDork
3/14/11 2:04 p.m.

These are cool and hard as berkley to find:

HunterJP
HunterJP GRM+ Memberand Reader
3/14/11 3:43 p.m.

This is above my desk at work.

Javelin
Javelin GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
3/14/11 3:58 p.m.
HunterJP wrote: This is above my desk at work.

Amateur...

(Just playing with you man, mad props to anybody brave enough to put up cars in their office ).

Javelin
Javelin GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
3/14/11 3:59 p.m.

Bonus points if you can name them all!

HunterJP
HunterJP GRM+ Memberand Reader
3/14/11 4:30 p.m.

Those are just the ones at work. ;) And don't worry, it will grow. :D

And.... Testerossa, GTR, Saleen S7, Mustang Shelby GT500, Lotus Esprit, Boxter, Corvette ZR1, Enzo, Evora, Gallardo, Challenger, Ferrari 599, GTO, Murcielago, Javelin, and... Diablo?

Javelin
Javelin GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
3/14/11 4:39 p.m.

Close, but no cigar. You missed the far left one, the far right one, and the blue convertible.

Left to right (ROYGBIV because I couldn't come up with a better way to sort them):

  • VW W12 Concept (Bugatti prototype)
  • 71 AMC Javelin AMX
  • Lambo Murielago
  • 70 Pontiac GTO Judge
  • Ferrari 599GTB
  • 70 Dodge Challenger R/T
  • Lambo Gallardo Superleggera
  • Lotus Evora
  • Ferrari Enzo
  • Corvette ZR1
  • Porsche 911 Carrera
  • Lotus Esprit V8
  • Shelby Mustang GT500
  • Saleen S7
  • Nissan GT-R (R34)
  • Ferrari 512M

I have about a zillion more I need to bring over here from storage at home. The home office is surrounded by 1/18th scale ones.

Yours definitely have a GRM vibe though (Datsun 240Z, Mazda Miata, Lotus 7, Datsun 510). You should pick up the Triumph Spitfire, Lotus Elan, and Porsche 914 to go with them!

HunterJP
HunterJP GRM+ Memberand Reader
3/14/11 4:44 p.m.

Ok, I had a feeling I was off on the VW, but a 512 is nothing but a newer Testarossa and you know it!

The GRM theme will be continued. Need to get the E30 Hot Wheels. Yes, one was actually made. :D

Javelin
Javelin GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
3/14/11 5:04 p.m.

I knew the VW would kill anybody

Look to Matchbox (owned by Mattel/HotWheels for at least 15 years now) for other GRM-type cars as well (such as the aforementioned 914 and Elan). The E30 sounds cool! Tomica made an FB RX-7 that would also fit in.

Maroon92
Maroon92 SuperDork
3/14/11 6:14 p.m.

THIS is a 512M...

Rusted_Busted_Spit
Rusted_Busted_Spit GRM+ Memberand Dork
3/15/11 9:32 a.m.

In reply to Javelin:

Who makes the Spitfire?

wlkelley3
wlkelley3 Dork
3/15/11 11:47 a.m.

Now don't be upset but I still have my hotwheels & matchbox cars from when I was a kid. Keep them in the same big lunchbox I did back then. Easier to play with that way.

egnorant
egnorant Dork
3/15/11 12:20 p.m.

I still have a few from my youth as I was 8 years old when they came out. Then about 1986 I found a suitcase full at a garage sale for 5 bucks.

Did some checking and found that some of these were bringing real money from folks like me.

At a flea market I found some originals still in the package for (what I thought) was outrageous money. But I had to have that Braham Repco for $15.

I went crazy then and was a trading fool along with my brother...we ended up with over 30,000 hotwheels.

Down to my favorites and a bunch of cheapies that I usually give to kids at car shows and swap meets. Mustangs are my favorites as my first Hotwheel was a chrome Boss Hoss.

Bruce

Javelin
Javelin GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
3/15/11 12:50 p.m.
Rusted_Busted_Spit wrote: In reply to Javelin: Who makes the Spitfire?

I saw again today while I was buying some more Hot Wheels, it's a GT6 not a Spitfire. Regular Hot Wheels, they had a blue one and I know I've seen other colors. Open-topped w/rollbar.

Appleseed
Appleseed SuperDork
3/15/11 3:16 p.m.

Spied one of these the other day:

captainzib
captainzib HalfDork
3/15/11 3:36 p.m.
Javelin wrote:
HunterJP wrote: This is above my desk at work.
Amateur... (Just playing with you man, mad props to anybody brave enough to put up cars in their office ).

I used to have hotwheels in my cubicle till someone stole my 240Z like the one in your pic. I'm not sure if I ever found a replacement in the same color. I found a yellow one, but I really liked the white one.

MA$$hole
MA$$hole New Reader
3/15/11 7:00 p.m.

That Holden UTE is badass. I got that & a blue/white GT3 the other day at Wal-mart, oddly they had zero Hot Wheels in stock. Every peg was empty, very strange?

Osterkraut
Osterkraut SuperDork
3/15/11 7:08 p.m.
neon4891 wrote: I might ad my hot wheels under reader rides. Some people do that with model cars.

RAGE against people like that. Especially before a few of the people on here that do that labelled them "models." I was always like "oooh, nice collection! Wait... that's some bullE36 M3!"

Reader's Rides. So unless you make some sort of skateboard out of a bunch of them glued to a 2x4...

HunterJP
HunterJP GRM+ Memberand Reader
3/16/11 8:38 a.m.
captainzib wrote: I used to have hotwheels in my cubicle till someone stole my 240Z like the one in your pic. I'm not sure if I ever found a replacement in the same color. I found a yellow one, but I really liked the white one.

I have the yellow one as well. But nobody better lay a finger on my... hotwheels.

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