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mytdawg
07/03/09

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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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Novaload
07/03/09

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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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Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
07/03/09

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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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Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
07/03/09

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This is an awful art installation. They used cheapie 99-cent store cars.
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JDcarguy1
07/02/09

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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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vr6john
07/02/09

@JDcarguy1: not a hot wheel, matchbox or corgi among them...fail
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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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Dhillaz 2.0
07/02/09

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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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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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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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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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Maymar
07/02/09

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I judge people who judge my collection of toy cars.
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Triborough
07/02/09

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What good are they if you can't play with them?
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Jo Schmo
07/02/09

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

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Why pack them all together like that?

Missed opportunity to replicate a birds-eye view of gridlock traffic...
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smalleyxb122
07/02/09

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As hard as I squint, I still can't see the dolphin.
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Pessimippopotamus
07/03/09

@smalleyxb122:

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