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.
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.
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..
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)
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!
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.
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!