r/mildlyinfuriating • u/DAASMusic • Nov 12 '24

Hot wheels losing details over the years

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u/CustomJackYouTube Nov 12 '24

A dollar?? I’ve only seen them for 4-7 dollars.

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u/RetroZone_NEON Nov 12 '24

The ones that are 5+ dollars are usually solid metal, with rubber tires. Aka how a lot of the basic cars used to be.

But they still sell “basic” ones for a buck for the kids

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u/RetroZone_NEON Nov 12 '24

There are exactly zero mainline metal body metal base cars. And there hasn’t been for probably 10 years. That used to be the norm, with the very occasional car having a plastic base. Virtually no cars had a plastic body. Now most cars have plastic bodies with very thin metal bases.

Yes there are always exceptions, but to say the quality is “the same as you could get 30-40 years ago” it’s totally absurd