I was born in '69, so I missed out on the spectraflame years. I do remember what was probably my first Hot Wheel, an orange Turbofire. I also remember a red Sweet 16. Sadly, these two were lost or destroyed over the years.
I really got into Hot Wheels during the blackwall years, and still have most of my childhood collection. Check out my zippo display; those are all mine and my brother's original "one-owner" cars.
I stopped collecting about 1982 when I got "too old" for toy cars, but started up again in 1995 for my 5 year old daughter. We ripped open a lot of blue cards, and got down on the floor and played with 'em.
In 2003, we installed a floating wood floor in the dining room of our current home, and that perfect racing surface brought me back into Hot Wheel collecting. I bought some mainlines, and discovered hotwheelscollectors.com, and decided to become an "official" collector, buying FE's, series cars, chasing Treasure Hunts, etc...What madness!!
Over the last year or two, I've decided I don't need tubs and tubs of cars that I don't really like, so I've come back to my first love: the blackwalls of the 70's and 80's. Currently I'm trying to replace all the cars I had as a kid but lost (grey Jaguar from 1978, green Cool One from 1978, and blackwall Funny Money from '77 have returned to the fold.) I'm also trying to finish a collection of the new models of 1978, and I also am trying to build a small collection of bp's, with one of each of the card styles from the Flying Colors era to the Blue Card era. Someday, I'd like to explore the world of redlines, but that may require the sale of a kidney first.

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Hot Wheels, fishing, hunting, staring blankly at a television for hours at a time, avoiding household chores, contemplating the mysteries of the universe...

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