Little Guilty Pleasures...
 

Every now and then I like to waste a few bucks and pickup something kinda cool...Hot Wheels cars! :laugh:

I'm just a big kid, but the little splurges have given me a small collection of little cars. I was just wondering if anyone else out here on ecomodder does the same thing? I don't chase down the crazy rare ones, I just look through the racks and pick out what I would consider a "cool" car. I have quick a selection of goofy cars, but I also have good array of corvettes, cobras, mustangs, jags, porsche, etc.

Today's Snags:
Delorean DMC-12
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1.../Photo1394.jpg
Tesla Roadster
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1.../Photo1393.jpg
Nissian Skyline R34
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1.../Photo1392.jpg
Ford Focus RS
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1.../Photo1391.jpg
Ford Falcon XB Coupe
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1.../Photo1395.jpg

Zerohour -

Fantastic! You would have a field day here :

Welcome to the Frank & Son Collectible Show

http://www.frankandsonshow.net/blog/...endors_104.jpg
http://www.frankandsonshow.net/blog/...endors_114.jpg


If I get the time I will publish some of my "great ones". The problem is that they are not all in one place, so it's hard to pick from the best.

CarloSW2

I have a massive collection that I have added to since I was tiny. Since I have a REAL car now, I don't really have a use for them much anymore. I guess I've just been waiting for a real ride. Now my hundreds (no joke) of Matchbox cars, and Hotwheels cars just sit there in their containers.

That Focus RS is cool though. I picked up a Delorean a while back, but mine is gold. Also, a grab from several years ago, is a little silver Vibe, like my real one. The car was a premium Hotwheels, and it has the 'alloy' wheels and 'moon roof' like mine. Proportions are a bit off, but I don't care, it's a mini-Vibe! Maybe I'll do some mini-aero-mods to it, to mimic the big one.

Zerohour -

Here are a few :

http://ecomodder.com/forum/member-cf...oy-cars-01.jpg
http://ecomodder.com/forum/member-cf...oy-cars-02.jpg
http://ecomodder.com/forum/member-cf...oy-cars-03.jpg
http://ecomodder.com/forum/member-cf...oy-cars-04.jpg

And one of my all time favorites :

http://ecomodder.com/forum/member-cf...oy-cars-05.jpg

It's just a cheesy Maisto, but I'll bet NO ONE has one or knows what it is.

CarloSW2

Awww Pikachu! Hahaha Pretty cool. I definitely can tell that the blue is a Saturn. I wouldn't have called it a Sky, but its a Saturn for sure.

Where did you find a Chevy Volt? I would like to pick on of those up to pair with the Tesla!

Zerohour -

The 2002 Saturn Sky Concept was cooler than the eventual Sky IMO. Very Audi TT-ish :

We Love Saturns - 2002 Saturn Sky Concept Car

http://www.welovesaturns.com/concepts/2002sky1.jpg

The Chevy Volt is not a normal Hot Wheel. It is a toy that comes from the second(?) Transformers movie, but the character was called "Jolt". You can get the transforming one in larger 1:32(?) scale or you can get the Hot-Wheel sized non-transforming one that I have. Here it is on flea-bay :

Transformers RPMS Speed Series #3 Jolt MOC NEW! - eBay (item 200552132827 end time Jan-05-11 16:13:45 PST)

http://ecomodder.com/forum/member-cf...olt-volt-2.jpg

CarloSW2

Hello -

Just an FYI. I think this trike :

http://ecomodder.com/forum/member-cf...oy-cars-03.jpg

Is the 1982 GM Lean Machine :

1982 GM Lean Machine - Concepts

http://www.carstyling.ru/Static/SIMG...20AB799566D1B4
CarloSW2

Ugh...now that I bought a few, I'm itching to go back and buy a few more. lol

Apparently they made an Ecto-1 for hotwheels this year. It makes me want to wonder around the stores still I find one.

Also they have a few Ferrari and Lamborghini out as well.

A friend of mine stopped over a couple of weeks ago, and had his kids with him.

The kids were playing with Hotwheels. One of their favorites was this one.

http://gallery.me.com/benhdvideoguy/...12911279420001

I think its the 2008. I thought it was odd that they did the 2011 Tesla Roadster with racing stripes on it. Last I checked, that WASN'T an option. You can get that COLOR, although I have only ever just seen it as a color chip in their literature.

Also, that weird Picachu car - I have seen a real life version of that at the Midwest Renewable Energy Association Fair. It was a Yellow VW Bug with custom made foam ears and tail. It really looked good. Wish I had a photo of it!!

It may have been this one.
http://stuffistolefromtheinternet.co...ikachu_car.jpg

bennelson -

That's the VW Beetle version. I am pretty sure that mine is a Scion xA (with VW Beetle headlights?!?!?!?) :

http://ecomodder.com/forum/member-cf...ikachu-car.jpg

If you nix the ears and the tail, that's a pretty smooth nose and stylin wheel covers.

I still can't figure out how Pikachu fits in the car, lets alone steers and pedals :

http://ecomodder.com/forum/member-cf...ikachu-car.jpg

Maybe he has a driver?!?!?!?

CarlOSW2