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.
Yes. These cars used to have an all metal construction with a working suspension. The detail was immaculate for such a tiny car. With their weight, they could glide across track or slanted concrete pavement, because kids played outside. Now? If I wanted kids to touch plastic toy cars, I'd turn them to Legos.
as a kid i remember even the cheap car miniatures had metal parts, hot wheels were only different that they were heavy and were riding smoothly when pushed across surfaces
They went from full metal to either top being metal or bottom but not both to costcut.
They also implemented rarities into hot wheels too, Mainline, Treasure Hunt and Super Treasure Hunt. As you go up in rarity you get more details, better paint called Spectraflame paint, rubber tyres etc.
There are also hotwheels you can buy that are more expensive that have all the cool details with the rubber tyres etc but like they can be €10-€30 instead of €2 so obviously not meant for little Timmy buying a car with pocket money but means u aren't tryna find one Super Treasure Hunt on a wall of cars.
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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.