And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, July 5, 2025
When I was a kid these things were huge. Every boy had a collection.
Bought a bunch "for my son" when he was little. He didn't care much about them but I've still got'em. Mostly other things much nicer and more accurate than Hot Wheels.
I remember Hot Wheels and Johnny Lightning die cast vehicles. Still have some of those ''red line' side wall tires. Mom gave a lot of them away to my younger cousins, about six years behind us. Had the orange plastic race tracks with purple connectors. Man, that was back in very late 60''s - early 70's.
I've got a "Custom Fleetside" on the sill of my porch windows. It was buried in dirt next to the house when I bought it.
ReplyDeleteThe bubble-top Silhouette was cool, but building a real-life Splittin' Image is still on my bucket list.
ReplyDeleteSomeone did: https://www.motortrend.com/features/hot-wheels-sweet-16-real-life-crazy-cars-pictures
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx5T--n7AME&t=2s
DeleteThey made a Silhouette. But none of those was a Splittin' Image.
DeleteFun stuff.
ReplyDeleteNo Tesla's?
ReplyDeleteBought a bunch "for my son" when he was little. He didn't care much about them but I've still got'em. Mostly other things much nicer and more accurate than Hot Wheels.
ReplyDeleteI remember Hot Wheels and Johnny Lightning die cast vehicles. Still have some of those ''red line' side wall tires. Mom gave a lot of them away to my younger cousins, about six years behind us. Had the orange plastic race tracks with purple connectors. Man, that was back in very late 60''s - early 70's.
ReplyDeleteMany look familiar. But rather than keeping them "mint in package," this silly kid had wonderful times playing with them.
ReplyDeleteI still have my Custom Fleetside. There is a whole community of people that restore Hot Wheels cars on YouTube.
ReplyDeleteHad many Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars, all gone
ReplyDeleteRed Baron!!!
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