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    Blowin' Up Toy Cars In Slow Motion!

    Toy Car Wall Art

    Life Imitates Art, 80s Style: Shot Wheels Cars

    Buick Grand National Hot Wheels Pretty Rad

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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/15/09

    In reply to Blowin' Up Toy Cars In Slow Motion!
    Nice teaser. When's it going to be in the theaters? #toycars
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/14/09

    In reply to Blowin' Up Toy Cars In Slow Motion!
    That makes me sick. It's like a snuff war footage. #toycars
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    Image of superveloce superveloce
    11/15/09

    @Pessimippopotamus: I agree...Completely pointless and idiotic #toycars
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    07/03/09

    In reply to Toy Car Wall Art
    No thread about toy cars would be complete without pictures. Most of these I bought as an adult. My childhood collection still safely ensconced in the vintage collection case.



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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    07/03/09

    In reply to Toy Car Wall Art
    Loser. Be a big boy and get the 1/18s. I have one that even has leather upholstery. I try to go for less common ones. People always like to touch them/pick them up, which is ok, I guess, but what I find interesting is that even admittedly "non car" people are really intrigued by old models--cool design is cool design even if you don't "care" about cars.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    07/03/09

    In reply to Toy Car Wall Art
    They say in the article that the cars are plastic, but from the fact that all the details including the windows are printed and the way some of them are dented, I'd bet money they're stamped metal. Attempt to be "artsy" = FAIL.
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    07/03/09

    In reply to Toy Car Wall Art
    This is an awful art installation. They used cheapie 99-cent store cars.
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    Image of JDcarguy1 JDcarguy1
    07/02/09

    In reply to Toy Car Wall Art
    Tsk, tsk, tsk ... a faux-aficionado. I'm more than mildly disappointed. He/she hopefully will remain forever nameless, in shame. There are way too many duplicates for this to be a converted collection. Probably went to the local 5 and dime and bought whatever was in the discount bin. I can just hear them now "Oh, darn it, I need more red ones and they've only got 15 at this store. My entire color scheme will just be horrid! What time does Wal-Mart close?"
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    Image of vr6john vr6john
    07/02/09

    @JDcarguy1: not a hot wheel, matchbox or corgi among them...fail
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    Image of PatFromGundo PatFromGundo
    07/02/09

    @vr6john: I have a nice little collection of quality die-cast (all Le Mans veterans) that I display in my office. It bums me out that, to the average person, this is exactly the same.
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    Image of Dhillaz 2.0 Dhillaz 2.0
    07/02/09

    In reply to Toy Car Wall Art
    I received most of my Matchbox/Hot Wheels collection from a much older friend, I gave my collection to a (then) 5-year old kid, assuming he would enjoy them as much as we did.


    But then of course, the Playstation came along...

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    Image of Tossed Accord taco salad over Malibu face Tossed Accord taco salad over Malibu face
    07/02/09

    @Dhillaz drives a Chevrolet Taco:


    Matchbox cars.. v Playstation...


    Id rather imagine than be stuck in front of a tube..

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    Image of Dhillaz 2.0 Dhillaz 2.0
    07/02/09

    @Tossed Accordtaco salad over Malibu: You can't really blame the kids of today: video games are just so advanced and amazing.


    Though it does make you wonder if our creativity is going down the drain. Even Lego has been dumbed down to the point you have 5 prefabricated pieces that you just stick together.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    07/02/09

    @Dhillaz drives a Chevrolet Taco: Lego geeks call those POOP: Piece Out of Other Pieces. I suspect part of it's laziness, and part of it's so it's less of a choking hazard. I was never dumb enough to choke on a fucking Lego, and I was known to take some of the tougher stuck bricks apart with my teeth. You tell me.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    07/02/09

    In reply to Toy Car Wall Art
    I judge people who judge my collection of toy cars.
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    Image of Triborough Triborough
    07/02/09

    In reply to Toy Car Wall Art
    What good are they if you can't play with them?
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    07/02/09

    @Triborough: That's what she said?
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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    07/02/09

    In reply to Toy Car Wall Art
    Why pack them all together like that?


    Missed opportunity to replicate a birds-eye view of gridlock traffic...

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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    07/02/09

    In reply to Toy Car Wall Art
    As hard as I squint, I still can't see the dolphin.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    07/03/09

    @smalleyxb122:


    [englishrussia.com]

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    Image of joneez wants the clunkers he paid for joneez wants the clunkers he paid for
    04/26/09

    In reply to Life Imitates Art, 80s Style: Shot Wheels Cars
    Hmmm... where have I seen the Lemlin before?

    Oh yea, Bucky Fuller's Dymaxion!


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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/26/09

    @Awww fer f*cks sake joneez!: I would kill for a Fuller Dymaxion. No shit.
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    Image of joneez wants the clunkers he paid for joneez wants the clunkers he paid for
    04/26/09

    @Strooooolling the Jalopplayer: Also reminds me of the Stout Scarab.



    [jalopnik.com]

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/26/09

    @Awww fer f*cks sake joneez!: Shit yeah! I had a book as a kid that featured the Scarab in some way. I always thought that was awesome. Now think 911 turbo transplant. Mmm.
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    04/26/09

    @Strooooolling the Jalopplayer:
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    Image of SmaartAasSaabr SmaartAasSaabr
    04/26/09

    @Awww fer f*cks sake joneez!: or even better[upload.wikimedia.org]
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    Image of joneez wants the clunkers he paid for joneez wants the clunkers he paid for
    04/26/09

    @SmaartAasSaabr: Nice! How about one of these?


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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/27/09

    @Awww fer f*cks sake joneez!: I'd take a real one first, but sure wouldn't turn that down!
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    04/26/09

    In reply to Life Imitates Art, 80s Style: Shot Wheels Cars
    This reminds me of the guy selling model car wrecks in bonsai arrangements. It was pretty fantastic stuff; just check out some of his work!










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    Image of .357 .357
    04/26/09

    @Leeeeena the Jalopchick: So, drinking and driving doesn't work in miniature scale either?
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    04/26/09

    @Leeeeena the Jalopchick: Awesome- I guess I'd have to supply my own scale ambulance and/or coroner, huh?


    A sort-of related idea, 1:18-scale PCHs:


    [junkyardjewels.com]
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/26/09

    @Ash225/6: I saw a mass-produced half-finished project Golden Hawk once. I wanted it pretty badly.
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    04/26/09

    @Ash225/6: Didn't Murilee do something like that too? The level of detail on these is really magnificent!


    BTW, the bonsai crash guy does custom orders, so you could almost certainly get an ambulance (at the same scale) through him. I bet it wouldn't even cost too much if you don't ask him to crashify it :)

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/26/09

    @FuzzyPlushroomanyte: You find that for me, and buy that for me, and I will personally fly you down for Laissez les Crapheaps Roulez*.


    * maybe not

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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    04/26/09

    @Leeeeena the Jalopchick: Yup, that would be this:
    [jalopnik.com]



    An awe-inspiring job. I've got an AMT Duster I plan on doing in a similiar PCH style, with a scale 340 on a scratchbuilt tripod chainfall, a pair of scale cinderblocks for the front, etc... but with my skills, I know I'll be disappointed. If I could find a scale-model slant6 to throw in the "weeds" nearby, so much the better, but I suspect I'd have to pay collector price for an old Johan Valiant kit- in which case, I'd just build that.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/27/09

    @Strooooolling the Jalopplayer: It was this one, with a little diorama around it. Except cheaper, in stock, and through a catalog.


    Beautiful, ain't it?

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/27/09

    @FuzzyPlushroomanyte: </a>...
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/27/09

    @FuzzyPlushroomanyte: Squeal!
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    04/27/09

    @Strooooolling the Jalopplayer: <i> </i>...
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    Image of coupeZ600 coupeZ600
    04/26/09

    In reply to Life Imitates Art, 80s Style: Shot Wheels Cars
    So was the original Red Baron a Hot Wheels or a Matchbox car? Or was it a slot-car? A Corgi? All I can remember is I had to have one, and eventually got one (I think..). Shoot, Murilee, you wouldn't believe the wall of memories that come flooding back (albeit dimly) at these weekend posts. Thank You!
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    04/26/09

    @coupeZ600: That was one of the original 1970 Hot Wheels "Red Lines" series:

    Pretty pricey now, I imagine.
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    Image of PatFromGundo PatFromGundo
    04/26/09

    @Ash225/6: Not as much as you might think. They made a gazillion of them, and there weren't many variations. They're worth less than the Custom Camaro and Custom Mustang that were issued at the same time, for example. Someone who's more active in the Hot Wheels game than I am these days is welcome to correct me, but I'd say a mint, first-run redline Red Baron is probably worth $150-200 today.
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