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>a few hand-me-down Hot Wheels made in England in the 70s That's interesting. I thought they were all Hong Kong or US manufacture. I wonder when that started
by autoliteInline 5y ago
>a few hand-me-down Hot Wheels made in England in the 70s
That's interesting. I thought they were all Hong Kong or US manufacture. I wonder when that started.
Looking back, the car culture was really something. Not just cartoonish new cars like Superbirds but George Barris models, racing windbreaker jackets, the entire universe of slot cars, cars in songs, on pinball machines, CARtoons magazine, STP stickers, Sting-Ray bicycles, etc.
Shame that it's mostly gone but then the whole industry based around draft-horse farming or treadle sewing machines is largely history too.
- ftio 5y agoWelp I stand corrected. I confused the names — these cars are, in fact, Matchbox cars, which were made in England. And they're awesome.
- autoliteInline 5y agoI don't doubt that a new Hot Wheels car is inferior to one from 1968, but then they cost about a dollar in 1968. Honestly I don't remember anyone having Matchbox cars. It's the kind of thing you'd own if you wanted a model of a dull green Austin saloon, plus you'd miss out on the whole orange track/racing angle.
- quartz 5y agoSurprisingly, they still only cost about $1.
- cardiffspaceman 5y agoI had a blue Lotus Europa from Matchbox, and then I saw one in action and never could think a dull thought of it.