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Street Legal TV's list of the top three rarest Hot Wheels in the world values the second and third most expensive toys at $10,000 and $5,000 respectively. But in the end, shop owner Rick Harrison ...
For 3 to 4 years, Micro Machines was the largest selling toy car line in the US with total dollar sales exceeding the combined sales of the next top-selling lines: Hot Wheels, Matchbox and Majorette. Micro Machines had a well-known advertising campaign in the 1980s involving fast-talker John Moschitta Jr.
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Strauss has also published the quarterly Hot Wheels Newsletter since 1986 and was one of the first to unite collectors all over the world. He also writesTomart's Price Guide To Hot Wheels, a book listing history, car descriptions and values, which is used by almost every collector to learn more about the hobby and their collection. Strauss sold ...
Larger 1:24 and 1:18 scale premium models became extremely popular at toy and hobby centers during the 1990s, but are less popular circa 2010. ... Mattel's Hot Wheels ...
The 1:64 scale originated by halving the common 1:32 scale, which was known as "standard size" in some hobbies.. This smaller scale became successful because of its relative size in comparison to other toys, the fact that it is a derivative of the 1/16 scale, and because small hands easily hold them. [1]
Youths wait in line to return to their dorms at the Pahokee Youth Development Center, a facility run by James F. Slattery's company in the late 1990s. Pahokee faced criticism for a high incidence of abuse and violence.
The Eight remains a very popular subject for car modellers. In 1990, Hot Wheels created the Purple Passion, a model based on the 1949 Mercury with a chopped top. [citation needed] Fiberglass replicas of the Eight, inspired by Sam Barris's car, are still in production and are popular with custom and rod enthusiasts. [17]