USPS Coming Out With 50 Years Of Hot Wheels Stamps...with pic.
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I still mail a lot of stuff, and not just tobaccos.
I used to have hundreds of HotWheels and Matchbox cars. I had several cases full, and on a whim when I had become a teen, my mother sold them in a yard sale for like $10 a case. I was furious.
I used to have hundreds of HotWheels and Matchbox cars. I had several cases full, and on a whim when I had become a teen, my mother sold them in a yard sale for like $10 a case. I was furious.
I still mail with stamps as well. It's a business thing.
Speaking of selling stuff....my X-wife sold my vinyl collection at a yard sale when I was away on business. She was so excited that she sold them all in 30 minutes and made $350. The Queen "Live Killers" album was worth $400 alone.
Speaking of selling stuff....my X-wife sold my vinyl collection at a yard sale when I was away on business. She was so excited that she sold them all in 30 minutes and made $350. The Queen "Live Killers" album was worth $400 alone.
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My wife's uncle recently gave us a pile of old pre-Hot Wheels toy cars, brands like Dinky and Lesney from England. There is a lot of cool stuff in there.
A couple of my buddies knew that I had my large and well cared for HotWheels collection in our garage, which was a rarity. They were normally in the basement. They snuck in and stole all of them, including my prized chrome Hoss Boss, which I'd gotten via mail order. That one is worth well north of $100 today. One of them fessed up ten years later but said the cars were in such bad shape, I wouldn't want them back. Yes, we're still close friends.
I'm forever nine years old when it comes to little metal toy cars. Hot wheels are delicious (to see and "drive" across the table), but I graduated to fancy models of old Cadillacs and such. I've become the family go-to guy for buying small boys toy vehicles. I just look for ones I can't resist. I only wish these stamps were in a nice folding book that slides in your wallet. Many of the limited issue stamps are done in sheets, and I find those hard to use. Sheets are never where I want them when I'm ready to mail something. My all-time favorite toy vehicle was a trailer truck auto hauler with six little cars that rode on the trailer, 1940's vintage cars. Not excruciating detail, but nicely done and durable. I must have played with that set on into middle school, privately of course. The household cats play hell with my little cars that are supposed to be parked on windowsills.
Thats pretty cool, we still use stamps.
I lost nearly all of my Matchbox and Hot Wheels in our numerous military-moves. And, one Christmas, my grandfather gave me a tool set with a bench vise. A number of cars were sacrificed to that crusher, which still makes me sad.
A few years ago, we cleaned out my parents home, and I found this Matchbox Lotus #19 in a box of junk. I'm a Formula One fan now, so this was a great find. I wasn't very kind to my cars, but somehow this one survived in decent shape.
I lost nearly all of my Matchbox and Hot Wheels in our numerous military-moves. And, one Christmas, my grandfather gave me a tool set with a bench vise. A number of cars were sacrificed to that crusher, which still makes me sad.
A few years ago, we cleaned out my parents home, and I found this Matchbox Lotus #19 in a box of junk. I'm a Formula One fan now, so this was a great find. I wasn't very kind to my cars, but somehow this one survived in decent shape.
The people that commonly mail things, are the same people that write checks at the grocery store.
I mail anything that could, if intercepted, be used for identity theft. Any sensitive correspondence like tax returns or credit card bills get mailed from and picked up at the actual post office. I don't write checks at the grocery store (wiseass!), but I don't want some fat slob with Dorito crumbs in his ass crack stealing my tax refund from the comfort of his mommy's basement, either. If you want to steal my shit, you can get off your lazy dead ass and stick up a mail truck like they did in the good old days.
I have a partial sheet myself; use them to mail some bills and some cards. No, I don't write checks at the grocery; I'm quite the complicated enigma. Some stuff I do online, some stuff I mail. Drives the collectors nuts...
I no longer have any of my childhood treasures, but in the late 90's, I was involved in the Big Brother program and my Little Brother got me into the collectible card game, Magic: The Gathering.
I still have about 15-20k cards taking up space behind me.
I still have about 15-20k cards taking up space behind me.
Jay, that's quite a hoard. Way to go for being a Big Brother too.
If this is going to be a toys thread, I'm going to have to take some pictures.
If this is going to be a toys thread, I'm going to have to take some pictures.
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