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| They were selling for $5.00 each. I had never owned a Club Kit before. (Most of my Hot Wheels were purchased second-hand, so I didn't get to send away for it) When I saw those sitting in the corner, I had to have some! I had never even seen the box before, but it sure looked special. I borrowed $60.00 from my mom and bought 12 Club Kits! I got home, took them all out and ended up with 5 Boss Hoss, 3 Heavy Chevys and 4 King Kudas. These were so cool because they were chrome. They seemed extra-special. A couple of decades later, when I started collecting again, (1994) I dug up my 150 Redlines from childhood and I still had 8 of those special Chrome cars. My collection today is small by most collectors standards but it is near-mint to mint. I go for premium quality Redlines because I rarely had the chance, in childhood, to open one out of the blisterpack. Today, I get a very cool thrill in "liberating" a Redline from it's "time-machine" package. There's nothing more exciting (or more expensive) than taking a pristine car out of it's B.P. I know that's sacrilege to some collectors, but when you collect for fun, not "future investment potential" you end up experiencing this hobby to it's fullest. |
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| In 1968, I was seven years old when I got my first Hot Wheels. It was purchased for me by my dad at the Thrifty Drugstore in Monrovia, California. It was a beautiful Red (Hong Kong) Custom Mustang that came in a Strip Action Set. I assembled the track in my living room and was astounded at how fast the Mustang traveled! Wow! It went under the sofa and I retrieved it and turned it over to see if it had a hidden built-in motor. Then followed a Light Green Deora, an Ice Blue Custom Barracuda and many, many more. |
| On my birthday in 1969, my friends and I bought Hot Wheels, took them out of the blisterpack, and stuffed a piņata with candy and Hot Wheels. I decided to keep some of the cooler color Hot Wheels and not put them in the piņata I still own these cars to this day! I got my olive Beach Bomb in a Dole Pineapple Mail-in offer. I still own this one, too! Later that same year, my grandfather Tony bought a fire-engine red 1969 Dodge Charger R/T with a Bumblebee race stripe and 440 engine. (cont.) |
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