I had no idea there were any Gibson's left! When i was a kid, going to the Gibson's in Denton was a major treat. It sadly closed many many years ago.
Like you, I've never been into cars at all. With just a few exceptions: Batmobiles, the Black Beauty, and Bond's Astin Martin. I like a car that works well as a weapons platform. The ONLY way to deal with traffic.
I submit to you that cars with smoke screens and ejector seats are exempt from the usual classification for “gear heads” because of exactly what you said.
I somehow managed to have a kid that is a "truck guy." How this happened, I'll never know. But man, are he and his friends into them. They can--and do!-- talk for hours about the sort of minutiae that makes no sense to me; why this engine is better, how that year's transmission is bunk, etc.
They might as well be chattering away in Latin. Could be worse, I guess..
Matchbox cars were very cool, and they did have some great racing accessories like a hand cranked turnstile that would kick the cars out and down the track.
During the deep pandemic, I made the decision to sell most of mine I didn't have any where to display them, and my kids weren't interested. I figured they might as well go to nice homes.
I assumed they'd sell; after all, this was when people had nothing else to do, and were rebuilding things like baseball card collections, but had no idea how fast they'd go! I was pretty upset, until I did a local delivery; seeing the guy's face light up made me feel better about it all.
I had no idea there were any Gibson's left! When i was a kid, going to the Gibson's in Denton was a major treat. It sadly closed many many years ago.
Like you, I've never been into cars at all. With just a few exceptions: Batmobiles, the Black Beauty, and Bond's Astin Martin. I like a car that works well as a weapons platform. The ONLY way to deal with traffic.
I submit to you that cars with smoke screens and ejector seats are exempt from the usual classification for “gear heads” because of exactly what you said.
I somehow managed to have a kid that is a "truck guy." How this happened, I'll never know. But man, are he and his friends into them. They can--and do!-- talk for hours about the sort of minutiae that makes no sense to me; why this engine is better, how that year's transmission is bunk, etc.
They might as well be chattering away in Latin. Could be worse, I guess..
Also: #TeamMatchbox
I was indiscriminate with my cars and tracks. If it rolled, it played!
I was more of a Matchbox cars kid than Hot Wheels, although Hot Wheels had the better track and playsets.
(see https://seekingthewayout.wordpress.com/2022/08/13/matchbox-vs-hot-wheels/ for a picture of what my favorite looked like)
Matchbox cars were very cool, and they did have some great racing accessories like a hand cranked turnstile that would kick the cars out and down the track.
During the deep pandemic, I made the decision to sell most of mine I didn't have any where to display them, and my kids weren't interested. I figured they might as well go to nice homes.
I assumed they'd sell; after all, this was when people had nothing else to do, and were rebuilding things like baseball card collections, but had no idea how fast they'd go! I was pretty upset, until I did a local delivery; seeing the guy's face light up made me feel better about it all.
GenXers love our childhood obsessions!
Definitely!