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#1
12-25-2006, 08:46 PM
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Re: Try to ID what year Christmas this is...
My best Hot Wheel (I'm 46) was a red Heavy Chevy. That was the best for actually being able to do the loop. The other good one was a teal green T-Bird. My purple 57 Chevy convertible was simply horrible. It would get to the top of the loop and.........plop on its back.
I also had the Snake and Mongoose funny car drag set.
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12-25-2006, 09:05 PM
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Re: Try to ID what year Christmas this is...
You had me there for a minute then I noticed the Rubbermaid basket.
Does the pooch want to play or chew up some good tasting plastic?
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12-25-2006, 09:57 PM
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Re: Try to ID what year Christmas this is...
Steve I just recently noticed that they released some "Hot Wheels Classic" sets. I have only seen them on eBay though. What store do I go to? Speaking of Hot Wheels, I'm in the same boat. Bought my son Sizzlers. Target has the re-issue. We've been racing all morning. Honestly the best gift this year...
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12-25-2006, 10:35 PM
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Re: Try to ID what year Christmas this is...
Target sells the Sizzlers. I saw some of the track sets at Sears but I ended up buying the whole collection on ebay for about $200. Here's a link to the a typical set: http://cgi.ebay.com/HOT-WHEELS-CLASSIC-T...1QQcmdZViewItem
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12-25-2006, 10:39 PM
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Re: Try to ID what year Christmas this is...
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Does the pooch want to play or chew up some good tasting plastic? [/ QUOTE ] There's three of them and she is probably the best behaved. It's the little one that wants to chew. I have never seen a dog that wanted to eat metal cars as much as she does but hey, we try to work her into the scenario..."Look out, it's Dog-Ma coming to crush Tokyo. Oh Godzilla where are you when we need you..." 
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12-26-2006, 12:04 AM
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Re: Try to ID what year Christmas this is...
My Daughter just gave this to my Son. I didn't know they re-released it. Cool.
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12-26-2006, 01:19 AM
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Re: Try to ID what year Christmas this is...
I can't believe that they reissued the original superchargers, I had been looking at them on ebay last year.
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12-26-2006, 01:46 AM
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Re: Try to ID what year Christmas this is...
They use 3 D-cells now instead of two. Everything else is the exact same: color, decals, shift lever, even the feel of the lever as it adjusts. It took us a while to get the loop set up so the cars would go full circle, stay on the track and then re-enter the super charger. Remember how hard it was back then to not set the thing on "11" and launch them off the track? There are certain sounds that really bring back memories and the whine of those rubber wheels spiining is one of them...and of course the sounds of hotwheels crashing across the room into a pile of other hotwheels is another one. Maybe I'll even let the kids play with the track later after I go to bed.
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