What was your favorite toy car?

[Coelacanth]

I had a lot of fun with this RC trike my parents brought back from a trip to Japan. Their RC stuff back in about 1981 was WAY ahead of its time. This RC trike even predated Tamiya's Wild Willy. More details here where I posted this on a vintage RC forum I'm a member of:

Introducing Buggy Boy Wheelie!! - RC10Talk - The Net's Largest Vintage R/C Community

It had a battery pack in the seat that you could position either down (for speed) or up (for wheelies). I still have it and everything works, even the headlight. I've never seen anything like it since, though Cox made a more basic-looking trike RC back around that time, but it didn't have any of the wheelie features.

 

[autoxcuda]

Mine was definitely slot cars. My Lamborghini set from late 80s came with a red and yellow Diablo.

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You bet ! Loved those.

 

[Belvedere408]

You bet ! Loved those.

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That one is bad ***.

 

[threewood]

I had a Starsky & Hutch CB radio car that I loved.

 

[autoxcuda]

That one is bad ***.

I have a lap counter too but the linkage is messed up.

 

[64BEL]

Mattel Spin Welder 1974 (I was 10 then):
Spinwelder

That one I did have! Not the race car but some other version.

 

[autoxcuda]

That one I did have! Not the race car but some other version.

Did it shoot out melted plastic to act at "weld" ?

 

[copper67sat]

I had a lot of Hot Wheels and Sizzlers. I also had several SSPs, but my favorites of those were the Super Stockers - I had a purple and a slime green one and the Smash Up Derby cars. Those are all long gone.

I also had an Aurora/AFX slot car set. Still have the cars. My favorite was always the hemi wing car which is actually a Tyco.

 

[trishhritz]

I had a Chitty Chitty Bang Bang die cast that we got in a box of cereal. There were 5 of us and mom said the next one to get sick would get it. Sometime later - not right away- I got sick and got the car - my siblings all thought I was faking. No surprise when Chitty disappeared.

 

[64BEL]

Did it shoot out melted plastic to act at "weld" ?

I'll have to try to remember. I think I might even still have it.

 

[guy gadbois]

One that sticks in my mind was a Jaguar XKE. It came packaged on top of a peanut butter jar. I was still a preschooler. I lost it but I thought we'd find it when we moved at age 5 but no luck. I had a split-window Corvette about 10" long. It was was made of tin and had a friction motor. I found one on ebay 25 years ago and paid $100, but it was in really good shape. I had a matchbox Ferrari I really liked but I don't know which Ferrari model it was. We covered toy guns so what cars did you like?

IF the Ferrari was green and had wire wheels, it was a 250 GTL. [the prettiest production car ever btw] Have 2 of them
Hafta think about my favourite toy car ever tho.... Gimme a few minutes. Or hours.

 

[autoxcuda]

I had a lot of Hot Wheels and Sizzlers. I also had several SSPs, but my favorites of those were the Super Stockers - I had a purple and a slime green one and the Smash Up Derby cars. Those are all long gone.

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I also had an Aurora/AFX slot car set. Still have the cars. My favorite was always the hemi wing car which is actually a Tyco.
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I’ve got an NOS #7 Daytona AFX.

 

[SteveSS]

I looked that one up. It's cool but the one thing I remember was it had two grille openings. Maybe this...but I thought it was green.

About 25 years ago I bought my first large scale die cast. It was a Ford Explorer. Now I have about a hundred 1:18th scale cars. I used to buy them at Toys R Us for $30. Now they're $125 IF you can find them. I have all the original boxes in the attic. You've seen the recent die cast Mopars I bought from the widow. I think I have 25 1:18th 1969 Chargers. I bet I have every color produced. My most recent one from her is a 1:18th Plum Crazy Demon.

 

[autoxcuda]

I looked that one up. It's cool but the one thing I remember was it had two grille openings. Maybe this...but I thought it was green.

View attachment 1900626 About 25 years ago I bought my first large scale die cast. It was a Ford Explorer. Now I have about a hundred 1:18th scale cars. I used to buy them at Toys R Us for $30. Now they're $125 IF you can find them. I have all the original boxes in the attic. You've seen the recent die cast Mopars I bought from the widow. I think I have 25 1:18th 1969 Chargers. I bet I have every color produced. My most recent one from her is a 1:18th Plum Crazy Demon.

I've got a bunch of 64-68 Super Stock hemi ones I got from a widow I need to sell. Mostly special limited runs from Supercar Specialty.