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Hot Wheels Collecting
By Wheeler | May 5, 2008
The 1:64 scale world of Twinmills, VW Beach Bomb Bus, VW Drag Bus and Splittin’ Image has long been invaded by full scale humans. Since 1968, Hot Wheels have been a toy of choice for boys and girls alike. If you are anything like me, you had tons of Hot Wheels, Matchbox, Johnny Lightning and some cheap knock off drugstore cars. I’ve still got nearly every one of these die cast cars somewhere in my collection. I’ve got everything from a 1974 Redline Tow Truck to the original General Lee to Daisy’s CJ7 Jeep. I’ve also got a small collection of Hot Wheels that we my mom’s when she was little. While most all of these have seen many hours of hardcore carpet racing, substantial track time and several trips through the auto wash on my Hot Wheels City, they can still fetch a decent market price.
The most precious of all Hot Wheels are the Hot Wheels Red Line series. The Red Line Series began in 1968 and was phased out in 1977 due to the decreasing popularity of muscle cars in popular culture. Any muscle car enthusiast will tell you that the late 70’s were really poor years for muscle cars, anyway! Many Red Line collection Hot Wheels featured Spectraflame paint jobs and could reach scale speeds up to 200mph. That is pretty amazing for a tiny car!
The collecting craze has not stopped and shows no signs of slowing. Maybe you’ve got some of these babies stashed in the attic or garage? It is time to make back some of that investment! On a side note, most Hot Wheels cars sell for about one dollar new. Amazingly, this has been the price for over 30 years!
Check out a few of the auctions available right now!
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HOT WHEELS LOT OF 5-1:64-MUSCLE TONE CARS--------NICE!! US $3.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Jul-23-2008 17:01:11 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
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1998 CARTOON FRIENDS SERIES ROCKY & BULLWINKLE MOC US $9.99 End Date: Wednesday Jul-23-2008 17:01:16 PDT Buy it now | Add to watch list |
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HOT WHEELS NESQUIK #10 1:24 SCALE CAR SCOTT RIGGS 2000 US $9.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Jul-23-2008 17:01:26 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
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MAD FAST HOT WHEELS SINGLE/TWIN DOONA COVER SET NEW US $53.42 (0 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Jul-23-2008 17:01:45 PDT Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list |
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Mattel 2000 "Hot Wheels" Pavement Pounder NIB US $0.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Jul-23-2008 17:01:50 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
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