I GOT ME SOME HOT WHEELS

[Rat Rod]

Back in the 80s and 90s my Grandfather bought tons of these cars. He'd got to the store 3-4 times a week for groceries and every time he'd go he'd buy several cars and then bring them home and stick them in brown paper grocery bags.

Every few months we'd come over to visit and he's hand me a bug bag full and say....there ya go.

I've had these up in my attic for over 15 years now and for some crazy reason I thought it would be a good idea to pull them down this evening. I think there are a few more boxes full up there, but this is what I could pull down before I burst into flames.

I have no idea if any of them are worth anything, but I would suspect not. Seems like that era for toys was all about people collecting them so there are probably tons of them out there in the packages still.

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[outskirtscustoms]

Cool! Some good ones in there. If you decide to let one of the Hot Wheels mini coopers go let me know. :wink:

 

[Rat Rod]

I think I might like to get rid of them in one big sale actually. :lol:

 

[Rat Rod]

I could probably be tempted to trade these off for something cool.

 

[Toeslider]

You're pretty much dead on about those. By the 90's everyone remotely interested in diecast started seeing what 60's cars were going for and started snapping up everything, thinking they'd have that one variation that was worth something. If it wasn't limited to begin with, most of that stuff won't be worth more than you paid for it for a while. There are still some HotWheels collectors that look for variations in wheels and paint, but even that craze has died down quite a bit I think.

 

[outskirtscustoms]

Yeah mainly the only thing really collectable from the 90's are the "Treasure Hunt" series.

 

[Rat Rod]

My 3 kidos have been eyeballing them since yesterday so I grabbed a few handfuls and said...have fun.

You'd have thought it was Christmas morning at my place. :lol:

 

[aka_locojoe]

Put them back in the attic for now. Later put them in brown paper bags and take them with you when you go to visit your Grand-kids. When they reach adulthood maybe they'll be worth something.

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

Not worth too much, but still wicked cool! :wink: Those go for about $1 carded and 50 cents loose at my diecast club I'd like to trade some bike parts for some of those redlines you got, but I don't think I have anything to special :|

 

[dragnusa]

Like they said Id put them back up in the attic for a while longer

 

[Willg]

Thats quite the haul. If you did decide to sell them individually, I would be interested in buying some or trading for bike stuff. But I totally understand why you would want to sell them as a lot. Try them on ebay maybe.

 

[kngtmat]

That is a nice collection.

 

[A.S.BOLTNUT]

I was one of those guys in the 90's grabbing all i could of these things , always still fascinated by all the detail they can put in one little car
and how they keep commin up with new designs every year !, i have totes upon totes of these little Treasures .

 

[Rat Rod]

And the fact that they are still priced at under a buck!!! :shock:

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

Not worth too much, but still wicked cool! :wink: Those go for about $1 carded and 50 cents loose at my diecast club I'd like to trade some bike parts for some of those redlines you got, but I don't think I have anything to special :|

Hey, did you get that pick-up truck finished?

I finished it the other day :wink: I'll post a thread of my customs in a little bit