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I may have had Hot Wheels as a gift, a few Matchbox too.
My collection of choice was Mattel about everything.
Fanner 50 and Shooting Sixes with shooting shells, Greene Stickum Caps, I had the Baby Rolling Block, I recall a Davy Crockett "Betsy"
And Spttin-Image Winchesters, Derringer belt buckle.
Nickols, Marx and Hubley guns were also abundant. Man from Uncle sets, Paladin
Tommy & wind-up Grease gun's. Daisy & Marksman BB guns. ETC ETC...
All disappeared, when we moved to South Miami in 1960, I was entering Jr High and Mom gave (now countless $ @ todays collector value) away to the Salvation Army.
However, on a side and nostalgic note : this last Christmas my wife gave me this.
I am quite sure all those Mattel, Hubley, Marx, Nickols led me to be a Gunaholic.
My collection of choice was Mattel about everything.
Fanner 50 and Shooting Sixes with shooting shells, Greene Stickum Caps, I had the Baby Rolling Block, I recall a Davy Crockett "Betsy"
And Spttin-Image Winchesters, Derringer belt buckle.
Nickols, Marx and Hubley guns were also abundant. Man from Uncle sets, Paladin
Tommy & wind-up Grease gun's. Daisy & Marksman BB guns. ETC ETC...
All disappeared, when we moved to South Miami in 1960, I was entering Jr High and Mom gave (now countless $ @ todays collector value) away to the Salvation Army.
However, on a side and nostalgic note : this last Christmas my wife gave me this.
I am quite sure all those Mattel, Hubley, Marx, Nickols led me to be a Gunaholic.
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mckenney99
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When I was growing up Match Box and Hot wheels were a big thing. I got them for Christmas, and Birthdays. In 1966 we made a 3 week summer vacation trek out to California and back, hitting all the national parks along the way. There were 6 of us, all of our luggage and camp cooking gear in and on top of a Ford Country Squire Station Wagon with the obligatory fake wood side panels. My parents bribed me to behave by giving me a new Hot Wheels or Matchbox everyday that I behaved.
All of my cars/trucks were played with, none were put away as collectibles. By the time I had lost interest, I probably had close to or over 100. I also had quite a collection of the bigger Tonka Trucks and "Heavy Equipment" but those were all very well used.
None of the boys in my neighborhood would have been caught dead playing with dolls (action figures like GI Joe).
While I was away at college, all of the toys I had accumulated as a child were given to the son of one of my brother's wives (#2 or #3, I forget which one she was). The kid was a destroyer and could tear up a cement block so I'm sure by the time he got done with them there was nothing left.
All of my cars/trucks were played with, none were put away as collectibles. By the time I had lost interest, I probably had close to or over 100. I also had quite a collection of the bigger Tonka Trucks and "Heavy Equipment" but those were all very well used.
None of the boys in my neighborhood would have been caught dead playing with dolls (action figures like GI Joe).
While I was away at college, all of the toys I had accumulated as a child were given to the son of one of my brother's wives (#2 or #3, I forget which one she was). The kid was a destroyer and could tear up a cement block so I'm sure by the time he got done with them there was nothing left.
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bigggbbruce
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Mine didn't last long after firecrackers and bb guns. 
When a kid had the Mag Wheel case and most of the original Red Lines. Came home from school and my mom had let the boys she babysat play with them and they bent the wheels up . I was upset and mom feeling sorry replaced them with Matchboxes but wasn't as cool as Hot Wheels. The closest to Red Lines now is Neo Classics also have few Johnny Lightning Muscle Cars.
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My brother and I both had a pretty good collection of Hot Wheels and Match Box cars. We would get one in our stockings every Christmas. Sometimes we could talk mom into getting us one on our weekly trip to K-Mart. We had some of the orange track, but like some have said, it got used as a weapon more than racing. Man it would sting! We spent a lot of time on our knees playing with those cars. Fond memories.
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Here are some values for the vintage cars, and this is actually a few years old, so they are probably higher:
Larry
Larry
'79 Magnum GT
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I never had any interest in Hot Wheels or Tonka or the rest. Back then in the early 60's my main interest was in the Aurora plastic monster models and the Marx little plastic dinosaurs. I still have them all!!! Of course the models needed a little refurbishing that was in 1983...still haven't done it. Got all the paint and glue though. In the later 60's and early 70's I got into the 1/25 scale plastic model cars and HO cars.
My car models got given away and I took my HO cars and track over to my friends house to make a huge set-up by combining both our sets. That never happened and I never saw them again. But.... still have my dinosaurs and monsters! That's all that matters to me.
My car models got given away and I took my HO cars and track over to my friends house to make a huge set-up by combining both our sets. That never happened and I never saw them again. But.... still have my dinosaurs and monsters! That's all that matters to me.
