Sunday, 11 May 2025

Hot Wheels at the Hawkesbury Show

Here we are at a "Country" show, about an hour's drive from our house.

This display caught our eye and I thought of Paul A straight away!

A nice display of full sized HW vehicles!

Track displays you can actually walk through.

Children's t shirts on sale at $40?
"Tell 'em they're dreaming!"

Sadly the concept of "cost of living friendly" showbags hasn't dropped with Mattel yet. $40 showbags with about $15 worth of tat inside!

When I were a kid, Showbags were actually a bargain, offering discounted contents for the overall cost.

Ah well, great bargains for window shoppers everywhere!

Looey
Oz Base

4 comments:

  1. god, that looks amazing! Bill

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  2. Hot Wheels has certainly become an enduring and powerful franchise. SFZ

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  3. Paul Adams from New Zealand5/12/2025 6:48 am

    Thanks, Looey. Full-sized Hot Wheels. I am not sure if Hot Wheels were around in NZ in the 1970s - I do not think I had any. But once I discovered kits in 1974, die-casts rather took a back seat. It was not until I began collecting die-casts in the 1990s that I became interested in Hot Wheels. Now, there are several tables at the various model fairs devoted entirely to the line.

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  4. That little Kid reminds me of Godzilla entering Tokyo! Ha ha

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