70s Celica
I have a confession to make. I’ve not played with a Hot Wheels car since I was in the single digit age range. After childhood, I just never went back to them. And, to be perfectly honest, they were never my favorite toys. That slot was reserved for my beloved Transformers.
But I think that’s because my childhood Hot Wheels never looked like THIS!
S2000 in silver
Skyline in the Park
Datsun 510 Racer
Let’s face it, Hot Wheels of the 80s were never high on details. Heck, they never seemed (to me) to be very realistic at all. I remember when Micro Machines came out. Everyone was amazed at how much detail and realism they threw into such a microscopic package. I always wondered why Hot Wheels never tried to do anything that nice.
Fast forward 30 years and SHAZAM! Detail!!! I mean, seriously. Look at that S2000. That’s insane detail for something that’s still under $1 in most stores. That approaches the more high dollar Japanese diecast cars.
S2000 Sunset
The Suburbs will never be the same.
Datsun in red.
Needless to say, I’m loving me some Hot Wheels lately.
A note about my small collection: nearly all of it came from my buddy Randy who runs MazdaRoadster.net. I found a few extra white RX-7s (they’re somewhat rare) at my local supermarket and asked Randy if he wanted to trade a few cars (knowing that he’s huge into these little things). In exchange for my 3 or 4 RX-7s, I received something like 16 different, awesome cars! I’m still just blown away.
And every now and then an extra car arrives in the mail. I think out of my small collection, I’ve only bought 4 or 5 myself. The rest are from Randy’s Garage.
Did I mention that I love shooting these little things?
Panning Hot Wheels is not the easiest thing ever.
A red Skyline from the modern era.
Skyline Sunset
And my favorite car by far, the AE-86 in panda colors!
Waiting to go deliver some tofu!
A billion thanks for the Hot Wheels love, Randy!!! You have re-ignited something in myself. Heck, maybe IGNITED. I was never a huge fan of these little cars. Not until now! Now it’s all I can do to leave Target without a few new cars for the collection.
Yeah, I think there will be a steady stream of Hot Wheels posts in this blog in the future…
Ok, I’ve been in your neighborhood and some of those shots made me double take. Well done!
These things really require some creativity with backgrounds. However, it’s also often a surprise. A bunch of things I thought would be awesome backgrounds were just awful. And others (S2000 sunset) had no background objects at all (so I thought) and came out awesome.
Yes. I’m loving these tiny cars.
Hey I’m glad you are happy with the cars!! I knew your camera skills would do them justice! You can thank me now, but I’m sure later on you will curse me for getting you addicted to this little cars, hahhahaha
HA! I’m already addicted. I need some sort of display case…
And thanks for the latest two! I’ve nearly come home with that Aventador a few times.
I have that red datsun! My son (6 yrs. old) and i are starting a collection.
I highly recommend the AE-86. And any of the S2000s (I saw a red one today that I managed to not come home with). And the Mad Manga (not yet pictured). And the RX-7s. And… well… all of them.
I had starting collecting toy cars for my two young sons – it can very quickly become an obsession!
That is a fantastic collection you have starting there Adam – great photo skills too!
Thanks Drew! I have a bunch more to post…
The 1st HW car i bought is McLaren P1 (which is in 2015) bcause i love the way it detail designed… But now 2017 im starting to collect all JDM HW (honestly, im not the kind of HW variant collecter)… And i decided to focus on collecting oldschool JDM HW… When i was a kid i really like Mitsubishi Evo 3 and tht keep me to loving Japanese classic car culture until now…