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Snaggy Moderator Posts: 1399 From: Canada Registered: Jan 2000	posted February 23, 2001 00:36 So what Hot Wheels did you have? Or were you one of those Matchbox kids? Hey, does anyone know the name of that cool futuristic purple car with the dome top? IP: Logged
aetherspoon unregistered	posted February 23, 2001 06:06 I still have mine.... I think that car was "Snake" or something- I have it too... IP: Logged
Ris Geek Larva Posts: 24 From: Elkhart ,IN,USA Registered: Jan 2000	posted February 23, 2001 06:54 The Red Barron car with the spiked helmet, and a white convertible with doors that opened. Also the color changing ones a purple VW Rabbit that turned blue...was my favorite. As for sizzlers they still make them only under a different name now, we own three or four. maybe the kids and I will get them out this weekend... Ah fond memories of youth. Ris IP: Logged
Doco Geek Larva Posts: 25 From: Minneapolis, MN Registered: Mar 2000	posted February 23, 2001 09:55 I can't remember if my favorite car was a Hot wheels one or Matchbox.... What I do remember most is putting together about 40+ feet of track, starting it on the top bunk of the bunk beds I shared with my younger brother. It ran from there out the second story window and down to the grape arbor by the garage. My mother thought I was nuts - but hey you should have seen the speed those cars would get with a 15+ foot vertical drop. Then again - some of the cars slipped off the track and did the straight down plummet to the concrete sidewalk. They never did work as well after that. ;-) IP: Logged
Ben Geek Posts: 93 From: NE Registered: Feb 2000	posted February 23, 2001 10:12 Ya, when a wheel blew or got the wobblies, that was it... you had to take the car out back and shoot it. If anyone has one, please post a picture of that purple car. I thought for sure I'd be driving one now. LOL. the Red Baron... that one was cool. IP: Logged
KC Swan unregistered	posted February 23, 2001 10:13 quote: Originally posted by Snaggy: So what Hot Wheels did you have? My goodness, I had over 50 cars! I think my all time favorite Hot Wheels car had to be the Splittin Image. The Johnny Lightening cars were not as good. Still, Hot Wheels had the wheel shaped carrier, but Johnny Lightening had a carrier shaped like Al Unser's (Sr.) Indy 500 winning Johnny Lightening special, and the wheels really rolled. I can also remember Saturday mornings, a big bowl of Fruit Loops or Cocoa Puffs in my lap, watching the Hot Wheels cartoon show. I don't remember the name of the bad guy's car club...Dexter's something or other? I sort of remember the theme song: "Daytona, Indianapolis, and Bonneville ...lalalala ...lalalala ...lalalala HOT WHEELS! But you know what toy I really ought to go looking for on e-Bay? Motor-rific! (sp?) I loved Motor-rific, even if most of the best pieces (like the breakaway brick wall!) were actually my sister's. -- KC Swan IP: Logged
Architribe unregistered	posted February 23, 2001 10:29 Forget the Hot wheels. What I want back is Major Matt Mason's Moon Exploration Set. I just loved the lunar crawler with the little bubble trailer. The space station with the octagonal deck was cool to. I just wish the support string on the jet pack were a little longer so he and the sargent could have had longer "flights.". I played with him till his little wire core gumby limbs all broke. Ahh Well. Maybe Matel will resurect him. IP: Logged
AsianWolfman Geek Apprentice Posts: 47 From: Lenexa, KS, USA Registered: Feb 2001	posted February 23, 2001 10:42 I had the cars from the death race 2000. I also had your standard 70's and 80's selection of cars. IP: Logged
rw Super Geek Posts: 194 From: Kirkland, Wash. (US of A) Registered: Nov 2000	posted February 23, 2001 10:52 I was just a geeky Matchbox collector. But I love your iMac design. Where can I get one?! IP: Logged
Snaggy Moderator Posts: 1399 From: Canada Registered: Jan 2000	posted February 23, 2001 11:06 Major Matt Mason's Moon Exploration Set ROCKED! great ad in the comics too! IP: Logged
calenril Newbie Larva Posts: 4 From: St. Louis, MO Registered: Feb 2001	posted February 23, 2001 12:42 Matchbox and HotWheels both. My favorites were the Stingray (with opening hood), pink Jeep, and my orange BMW. I preferred Matchbox, since the cars looked more like the ones I saw on the Autobahn. IP: Logged
KYOtaku Z unregistered	posted February 23, 2001 15:19 Not only did I have a purple Beatnik Bandit... I STILL HAVE IT!!! BWA HAHA HA!! Also I had the cool device that looked like a gas station, which had motorized wheels inside that shot your car out like a cannon. I loved that thing. With 30 feet of track, several banked curves, up/down jumpramps and a loop, my days as a 7-year old were full of microautomoive fun. IP: Logged
zorgon Super Geek Posts: 238 From: Beautiful Uptown Goleta Registered: Sep 2000	posted February 23, 2001 20:49 OK, this prompted a flashback. It was, like, November 1968. I think. Lost my first tooth. The Tooth Fairy graced me with a set of Hot Wheels track, which appeared under my pillow. Snif. I'm getting all choked up now. . . ------------------ cogito ergo something. IP: Logged
pawn Assimilated Posts: 390 From: somewhere over the rainbow Registered: Jan 2000	posted February 24, 2001 00:25 My favorite was the submarine car from that James Bond movie. I can't remember the name, but it stared Roger Moore. IP: Logged
tafkact Highlie Posts: 614 From: nowhere, man Registered: Jan 2000	posted February 24, 2001 02:42 quote: Originally posted by pawn: My favorite was the submarine car from that James Bond movie. I can't remember the name, but it starred Roger Moore. It was a Lotus Esprit, heavily customized. I want one too! IP: Logged
Leo unregistered	posted February 24, 2001 14:19 Hey, does anyone know the name of that cool futuristic purple car with the dome top? [/B][/QUOTE] That would be the Beatnik Bandit car. IP: Logged
Leo unregistered	posted February 24, 2001 14:22 Does anyone remember the Deora truck? I have one of those and a Lincoln Mark ]I[ IP: Logged
Snaggy Moderator Posts: 1399 From: Canada Registered: Jan 2000	posted February 24, 2001 14:54 Were there various models of the Beatnik Bandit? The one we used as a model for the Beatnik Bandit Apple Mouse wasn't quite as cool as the one I had. Mine was more curvy, bigger dome I think. i couldn't find a picture of it on the net and it is driving me crazy. :-) IP: Logged
RedNivek unregistered	posted February 25, 2001 13:56 Blue Purple Gold Aqua Green Lime Pink Maroon Brown Silver IP: Logged
Snaggy Moderator Posts: 1399 From: Canada Registered: Jan 2000	posted February 25, 2001 14:19 cool! I forgot about those button things! But mine was still different... it had a rounded front end.... curse SnaggyMom for giving it, the rest of my cars and all my track away to a needy kid!!!!!! IP: Logged
RedNivek unregistered	posted February 25, 2001 20:01 There there now.... Yes, we all had that one-of-a-kind Bandit that was different from everyone else's.... I remember mine with wings that could fly.. because it loop-d-looped right out the window.... Maybe yours loop-d-looped right into the wall and then the front got rounded... IP: Logged
DigitalBill Alpha Geek Posts: 254 From: The TiBook(!), on the wireless LAN, to the BaseStation, through the router, nothin' but Net! (around South Florida) Registered: Jan 2001	posted February 26, 2001 02:40 quote: Originally posted by Snaggy: But mine was still different... it had a rounded front end.... Snaggy, I remember at least a couple of bubble-based cars... One was purple and had some kind of space/alien-related name. That would be the one you've confused with the Bandit. It may have been based on an actual show-car, if memory serves. The other was metallic gold/lime-ish and had a dual-pontoon shaped body with bubbles on each... I had the first one, and my brother had the second. The ironic thing is, as far as i know, these are still in our toy chests in my dad's basement, 30 years later! bd IP: Logged
supaboy SuperBlabberMouth! Posts: 1242 From: Columbia, SC, USA Registered: Jan 2000	posted February 26, 2001 09:29 I have some Matchbox and Hot Wheels 300ZXes. I saw a couple at the parts counter at the Nissan dealer once, so I bought a couple. The guy behind the counter asked me to make sure I wanted two, so I said, "Well, I have to have two to race." Later that year, one of my buddies gave me another pair of Matchbox Z cars, one lovingly deformed to match the damage to my real 300ZX after I collected a deer. He said it was a lot tougher to damage the Matchbox car than you might expect! IP: Logged
KC Swan unregistered	posted February 26, 2001 11:31 quote: Originally posted by DigitalBill: The other was metallic gold/lime-ish and had a dual-pontoon shaped body with bubbles on each... That's the Splittin' Image. IP: Logged
KC Swan unregistered	posted February 26, 2001 11:36 quote: Originally posted by Ben: Ya, when a wheel blew or got the wobblies, that was it... you had to take the car out back and shoot it. There was a garage that came with a tool to fix the bent axles. As I recall, there was some sort of treadmill that would show you which way the car pulled. Then there was a wrench of some kind to try and fix it. I never had one, so I don't know how well it worked. IP: Logged
Mr Bill Alpha Geek Posts: 315 From: currently in orbit Registered: Oct 2000	posted February 26, 2001 15:07 Ah the good old days... My cousins would come over with their tracks, and we would connect them to our tracks till we had enough to drop from the roof, across the lawn, through the double loop, and shoot off across the road. The connector on one of the loops was iffy, and a heavy car could disconnect it as it went around the loop. ------------------ Life Rule #1: Don't sweat the small stuff. Life Rule #2: It's all small stuff. Life Rule #3: When in doubt, go for the joke. IP: Logged
Tau Zero BlabberMouth, the Next Generation. Posts: 1685 From: Registered: Jan 2000	posted February 26, 2001 15:21 You didn't put tape on the track to hold the loop together? IP: Logged

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