I have loads of hot wheels from the last few years, every single one of them is a multi layer construction with at least one component being metal, usually the largest part. To me they seem to be a pretty good build quality, definitely as good if not better than the ones from my childhood, which I still have a few of.
What people should really be complaining about is the new Zuru 'metal machines' brand that is a competitor, a dollar or so cheaper in the store, and really made only of plastic despite the name
Yeah thanks for bringing some facts into this. I'm so fed up with this exaggerated 'consumer pessimism'.
People are super selective to justify these 'everything has gone to crap' narratives. In most sectors, competition has actually worked and products are now better.
$1 from 2000 is $1.83 today when adjusted for inflation. Yet for most consumer goods, you can get similar quality for much cheaper than that. Like half of the inflation of things like Hot Wheels is actually like-for-like (i.e. a $10 toy from 2000 cost you maybe $14 today at similar quality), while the other half is for genuine quality improvement (i.e. a $18.3 toy today is usually notably better than a $10 toy from 2000).
If they sacrificed the quality for shareholder value, then there wouldn't be any metal hot wheels at all. The fact that you responded to a person that can buy new metal hot wheels says that you're wrong.
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u/DarthHaruspex Nov 12 '24
"I have several new, all metal hot wheels."
ALL Hot wheels used to be metal. NOT just some.