A short trip to the early 1980’s

[1steditionman]

I got these recently. Due to the local unavailability of recent offerings, I’ve renewed efforts to buy older casting debuts/First Eds/New Models. I am almost complete from 1990-2019 (I’ve been picking these from the pegs real-time since 1997). Now I want to complete the 1980’s.

 

[1steditionman]

The Oshkosh Cement Mixer is from 1992.

[loaf]

Nice!

Did you know that completing the 80s will set you back thousands? Some of those Real Riders are hundreds of dollars each

...and there's a blackwall thread you coulda stuck these in.

[1steditionman]

23 minutes ago, loaf said:

Nice!

Did you know that completing the 80s will set you back thousands? Some of those Real Riders are hundreds of dollars each

...and there's a blackwall thread you coulda stuck these in.

 

Oh that's right! My bad. If it gets moved there by the admins, it would be nice.

On completing the 1980's,  I'll just get cheaper place-holder recolors until I can replace them with originals. 

[SAMACE26]

Nice one's you got congrats. ?

[THINICE]

YouTube Wtffor on YouTube if you want to see someone try to complete every variation of 70s-80s Hot Wheels. This guy has spent thousands of dollars and years hunting some of the rarest vintage cars of this era and showcases them on YouTube. Pretty interesting if you are someone who hunts variations from this era. 

[1steditionman]

23 minutes ago, THINICE said:

YouTube Wtffor on YouTube if you want to see someone try to complete every variation of 70s-80s Hot Wheels. This guy has spent thousands of dollars and years hunting some of the rarest vintage cars of this era and showcases them on YouTube. Pretty interesting if you are someone who hunts variations from this era. 

 

Yeah, I'm a big fan of Wtffor.

I will never even try that hard, unless someone sells me his collection cheap, or I score big on a garage sale, (but then no-hunt/no-fun, right?!).

Also, if you stick strictly to New Castings/Casting Debuts/First Editions & retools as I do, plus any other premium series that occasionally release a casting debut (my boys at Mattel gotta put food on the table...), it's a lot more doable.

[cars4dylan]

On 2/22/2020 at 4:19 PM, THINICE said:

YouTube Wtffor on YouTube if you want to see someone try to complete every variation of 70s-80s Hot Wheels. This guy has spent thousands of dollars and years hunting some of the rarest vintage cars of this era and showcases them on YouTube. Pretty interesting if you are someone who hunts variations from this era. 

 

Interesting find, just looks like someone that found Zarnock's book and started going down a rabbit hole of buying cars and putting videos out with that info.  Curious how long he's been at it, everyone's a youtube hobbyist now it seems.

[THINICE]

3 minutes ago, cars4dylan said:

 

Interesting find, just looks like someone that found Zarnock's book and started going down a rabbit hole of buying cars and putting videos out with that info.  Curious how long he's been at it, everyone's a youtube hobbyist now it seems.

I've been following his videos for a few years now, probably has been vlogging his collection for at around 5 years and showcasing it on YouTube. He does other hobby diecast cars, mainly Greenlight. It's a nice break from all the people who vlog about finding nothing but Treasure Hunts.

[cars4dylan]

Plus he's Canadian Eh!  They can tell you about things all day long and it sounds pleasant.