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Old 07-26-2011, 10:35 AM   #1 (permalink)
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When I was a kid, one of my favorite things to do was make long lines across my bedroom floor of hot wheels and matchbox cars. Loved them.
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That is sad. I still collect 1:18 scale die cast model cars. Quite a few of my Ferraris are hot-wheels.
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When I was a kid, one of my favorite things to do was make long lines of crack across my bedroom floor. Loved them.
lol, yup, I get Shado now
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You saying you don't like White Lightning?
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You saying you don't like White Lightning?
white lightning makes me go
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dang, he lived a long life. RIP.

i have a couple of cars from them in my garage.
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The tracks, the ones with the constant spinning wheels to make them go faster and faster! And then building custom tracks to make them jump over stuff!
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That is sad. I still collect 1:18 scale die cast model cars. Quite a few of my Ferraris are hot-wheels.
Same here, I have 50+ 1:18 Hot Wheels Elite Ferraris.
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Same here, I have 50+ 1:18 Hot Wheels Elite Ferraris.
nice! the ones i have in HW elite are the fxx, mc12, enzo, 599, f430, 458 italia, f40, f50, california, testarossa, and Shumacher's car

is your collection purely ferraris? mine is a mix of everything? I have around 50 cars in total
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That's sad. Best wishes to his family.

Good thing is how cheap they have remand over the years.

I've been meaning to pick up a 370 but can only find a silver one.
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I remember I used to rear apart my Hotwheels and slam 'em! Or just bend the axles and end up with nasty oni-kyan. I was into stance before it was cool.

His legacy will live on in the form of die cast cars! RIP, best wishes to his family.
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