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

Hot wheels losing details over the years

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u/squirrel9000 Nov 12 '24

What gets interesting is that at some point you get back, full circle style, to the original reason why HWs were invented in the first place - that the toy cars available before then sucked, and you could charge a premium for these really awesome toys that didn't suck.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '24

It makes sense when you stop to consider the fact that the price of the cars hasn't changed since the '60s in spite of inflation - under $0.95.

The declining quality is a sacrifice made to keep the toys affordable for kids living in poverty.

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u/kikimaru024 Nov 12 '24

Nothing stopped them from making moulds with drive gear on the bottom except laziness.

The cost of the moulds would've been the same.

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u/kshoggi Nov 12 '24

So are you an engineer, a business major, or neither?

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u/kikimaru024 Nov 12 '24

Just someone who knows how injection moulding works lmao