Hot wheels from the 70s and 80s were deadly weapons … you stepped on one it was like stepping on a roller skate, you broke one it turned into knife and if you threw one, you could cause a concussion. Even just opening up one of those damned things when you were kid usually meant you severely cut yourself (I know from experience).
Right? They were awesome.
I have one or two hot wheels shaped wounds somewhere on my skull from when my brothers tossed these things at me in a fight … and I returned the favor as well.
This seems accurate to what modern car underbodies look like, a smooth underbody is very important for aerodynamics and therefore fuel efficiency. For race cars it is often even more important not only for fuel efficiency but for downforce.
Also rust protection. Northern cars just having the floor fall out is less of a thing.
All of those plastic covers are a detriment in the north east. All of the salt and sand gets inside of them then you can’t clean it out.
why northern? I thought the Southeast was more prone to rusting as the Mexico Gulf is right there?
Probably salt on roads. Sea air kinda rots everything, salty roads just the bottom.
Salt only lowers melting point around 4°C, below is split. The occasional fire for heating the engine on the other hand…
I don’t pretend to be an expert on salt (though I have certainly listened to the testimony of experts on salt), but I do know there are different compounds that all fall under the general heading of “salt,” despite some of them not being salt at all. And that heading is probably one coined by a layman like myself.
As far as whether the other compounds are responsible for corrosion the way tradition salt would be, I have no idea!
that makes sense, my southern brain didn’t even process that road salts could cause corrosion haha
In the north there’s even people who will specifically head south to buy a car that’s never spent a winter driving on salted roads. Road salt corrodes so badly it’s nasty
Wow that’s extreme, TIL
Shrinkflation
they just came out of a pool!
Some hypercars actually have a flat undercarriage to maximize aerodynamics. Also not all HotWheels are depicting real cars, so they might not have realistic underbody. This could be one of those 2 cases.
It says Corvette C7 Z06 on the top one, so it can easily be compared to the underbody of the real one, which doesn’t really look like that.
Oh yeah, I didn’t zoom in to check. Just assumed it was unreadable. Z6 does in fact has stuff on the belly, according to Google image search.
Matchbox were always better.
I had a jeep that changed colours from army green to bright yellow. Also an old school caddy that went from purple to pink. All metal; great toys
Like when you put them under hot water? I had those too.
when I was little I’d take them in the bath with me lol
Mine were bath toys for sure.
I had a couple with spring loaded “crash damage”, one on the side and one on the rear. When it got hit hard enough, the panel would flip around and the car would be “dented”.
Was awesome.
I had a He-Man figure like that.
I think my brother still has one of those kicking around somewhere. I’m pretty sure his kids are playing with it now.
Awww man you just unlocked a memory of mine. I had several of those.
Also, like the other person who replied to you, I had He-Man toys that did that. I’m like 90% sure it was Skeletor and He-Man.
I had “Thunder Punch” He-man who had a little backpack that took the circle 6-shot caps. You twisted his torso & got a BANG! with the punch.
The 80’s were a time
They still make them. Still metal too. My 3 year old has a few and loves them. I have some old ones and they still work, albeit not as fast as they used to.
That 2012 one looks like I’ve focused it as a UI component. I need to get out and touch some grass.
For anyone looking for a fun way to play with your toy cars, I highly recommend the free tabletop game GASLANDS. Glue some guns to them and blow them up with your friends!
not as much profit in making durable toys
yup. since my kid was born, we’ve collected them. about 500 last count, all inside, never played with in sand. matchbox ones are cooler though, more real world cars in my opinion.
Lego would like a word with you.
“Wait, why is the middle car circled?”
Guys, I think I may be stupid
Not stupid, just too many years on the internet. I thought the same thing at first glance.
You’re probably conditioned to expect useless red circles everywhere.
Alexa, set an eye exam appointment for Worx.
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who thought that at first
Cheaper and cheaper as time goes on. My Tonka dump truck was made from steel and it would hurt me more than I could hurt it.
They can just claim it’s an electric car lol
Amazing to see Hot Wheels change from gas to hybrid to EV over the years.
Well now wait a minute, the Corvette on top may be correct. The car manufacturer puts so many covers on the bottom of cars now the hot wheels might be accurate.
Making all my toy cars out of plastic not because I’m cheap but because I’m authentic.
And here I’m wondering where a 2012 Toyota Supra came from
Looks like it would be pretty much correct for a C8 but not the C7.
It’s a bit flat but not that flat.
Apparently, in order keep the “die cast” label, either the base or the top are die cast.
Some cars are plastic on top and metal on the bottom, and others are metal on top and plastic on the bottom.
As I recall, the wheels are also no longer 4 separate axel pins. They’re just two long pins. One in the front, one in the back.
Lol hotwheels have a locked diff
With free spinning hubs though!
