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Hot Wheels Turns 50
My favorite toys as a child were Hot Wheels. I also had a few Matchbox cars and even got a "Johnny Lightning" car for Christmas one year.
Hot Wheels were always my favorites. Earlier this week, I saw an article on the toys turning 50 this year.
I dug out of the 20 or so cars that I've saved all of these years.
If you've got a Hot Wheels '68 VW without a sunroof, it's apparently quite valuable. The green car on the right is a "Beatnik Bandit". Those are also valuable, but mine is too beat up to be worth anything. I seem to recall my neighbor, Tigger Faylor and I playing a lot of "Smash Up Derby" with our cars.
Now, I'm off to watch YouTube videos on how to paint your Hot Wheels.
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