I'm 62+ yrs. old and still have all my original Redlines but in played with condition. At 8 yrs. old when I saw the TV commercials I couldn't wait for the stores to start getting these on their shelves. These were made for playing with and not just for looking at. Even now I still open them up, even the Super THs I want to roll em around see the actual color out of the blister pack , put them on top of my computer and so on. I buy for enjoyment and not for investment so I can't see paying super high prices just because the car is unopened on a mint card and I will open it up anyway.
I'm the same age, I had a boat load of Hot Wheels. Wish I had held on to them like you did. I remember a grade school filed trip to the factory where all the boys got a Hot Wheel and the girls got dolls, Barbies I think.
Totally agree, I always took them out and threw away the boxes as a kid. Banger racing simulation by smashing them together was my favourite pastime,when I was a teen I gave them all to a mates little brother, no regrets.
They all look much better outside of the blister. You can get a better view from many different angles. The paint also looks much nicer without the packaging reflecting the light. Not to mention how satisfying it is to hold the metal.
I’m 64 and I’m a original member of the hot wheels club from the 60s. I have 60 of the original redlines in my childhood collection! I have the sweet 16 and many others In played with condition with a few exceptions of nice examples! I also have the original matchbox cars from before hot wheels were made. I still collect today and have 25 supers, I still need the Porsche and the 4indy cars for my redline collection. I get it, there toys! But the Popularity of Hot Wheels has grown tremendously with a cult like following! It’s Incredible, I am leaving my collection to my Son, hopefully he will appreciate them and allow his children to play with them again someday!🏁🛞ThePuzziCatCollection🛞
@@puzzicat5395 Like you, I also have my Matchbox cars and trucks that include some of the "King size" ones. My favorite Matchbox for some reason is the "Euclid Dump truck" I used to put some of my Matchbox vehicles on the back step of my tricycle and ride around and one day the Euclid dump truck fell off and was lost and never found. A few years ago I got another one from Ebay and it had to be the Lesney Euclid dump truck because it brings back so many happy memories. I remember having to send out something for a special all chrome "Boss Hoss" Mustang Hot Wheels which I also still have and is in really good shape, I think you would get either the Camaro or Mustang but you couldn't choose which one you got they just sent you one. Do you remember if that was part of being a Hot Wheels Club member or not?
Those early blister packs sure bring back memories! 87 cents in 1970 equals $6.90 today. Something to think about when you see cars for under $2.00 in the big box stores today!
The blister pack was a marketing genius. I’m 62 years old and remember keeping the back of the blister and using them as a checklist. They had us hooked as little kids to collect them all.
Even with the old blister package showing much wear, many collectors still appreciate having the diecast vehicle in the original original packaging and/or card especially the first manufactured cars.
Since I love minty cars I have opened many cars in the past. But never if the car would go down in value once opened. That used to be possible but no so much any more. Half packs are easier to justify as they are easily the same value in or out and my buyers have no interest in them. They sit and sit on my list when I post them for sale.
ripping something out the package that has survived for 50+ years is mental not because of the value but just because of the sheer amazing fact it stayed in the package. especially a toy!
@@toycarcollector yea I can understand the packages that are all ripped in hand and not providing protection anymore. You have a crazy collection of hotwheels.
@@pinchopaxtonsgreatestminds9591 You re delusional. Open them damn Hot wheels and race them... You' re not suppose to be trying to sell these cars for money !! You make money by working a job....Hot wheels were made to play with and race them ,even if they are the 1968 -70's ones..
If collectors expect a toy over 50 years old to be in perfect condition, good luck. Especially toys that have care backing. They need to temper their expectations.
I bought most of my first Hot Wheels at Roses in Murfreesboro, TN. There's no way I could open red lines still in the original package, unless of course the package was damaged REALLY bad, lol. With newer diecast I absolutely love the art work on the packages. Especially since Matchbox is carrying a good selection of vintage/classis cars and trucks. Those are the best!! I hate Hot Wheels experimental spacey weird stuff so I pony up and buy more of the premium editions. Those Redlines in your video took me on a little trip down memory lane today. Thank you!
87 cents in 1970 had gold worth $175/oz when Nixon released gold to purchase wirld-wide. So with Russia valuing gold above $1750+ an oz in USD today expect 10x its value. These 1970s Hot Wheels are great tires in metal-metal castings. Premium Hot Wheels (not regular line) are $5.99+ today. These Hot Wheels should be worth $9+ for whatever you want to be to be inflation adjusted to today. However, the 40 percent less is because more collectors and many more kids buying for play the manufacturing costs comes down that is why they are buyable at $9+ vs buying the $1.18 USD at Walmarts to $1.25 USD convenience other stores Hot Wheels we find interesting to purchase. Loose Hot Wheels will get atmospheric damaged without hard play. The shelf Hot Wheels I opened and needed dusting have locked wheels as if I had been playing with and bent the wheels. They are wheel axel rusted and won't roll as wheel down a race track unless graphite reoiled (custom RU-vidrs do to match new unopened equalled Hot Wheels made for the tracks). The wheels may be good as new in unopened ones but probably have package rust to not really roll well either as the year they were made.
Sadly finding Redline Blister packs to open is harder and harder everyday. In the past I could open a blister and the car would be more valuable out than in. Not so anymore. Too valuable.
I always wash and dry my hands before handling Redlines. And I wipe the cars off. I do take care of my Redlines but it will probably not look like that in a video. Thanks for asking!
Ive only been collecting for about the last 15 years or so. Have nearly 200 and all still in the package. Do you think anything thats been out in that timeframe has collectability in the future? Mine are all US muscle car specific.
Fun to collect, but only very limited edition Hot Wheels hold value and go up. No telling what values will be in 20 years. They make so much new that there is little reason to go back 10 years for standard issue hot wheels.
@toycarcollector pretty much what I figured. Still going to keep adding to the collection. Grandkids may want them one day and that will be fine with me. Cheers.
Hello if you get a chance stroll by a book store or a local library and take a look through the collectible section. They should have books on all sorts of toys an diecast cars. "Tomarts" price guide (hotwheels) is one name that pops to mind. It lists cars by name and collector number in the glossary but also shows pictures with each variations of that car per year. Depending on the publication year it may not have the most cureent cars available. This price guide will give a ruff value for older cars and a condition scale to rate any loose cars an a estimated value.
@@johnnyg7347 You can find accurate and up-to-date values by checking"sold items" on ebay. If you have not looked at sold items before scroll down the left side of the screen, the link is near the bottom of the page. Ebay doesn't promote using the site for research, they just want you to buy things and go away!
I'm looking for new or in good shape blue VW with the sunroof...I believe it was around 1971 when my grandmother bought it for me at the mall for my birthday. I'd really like to get one. I don't know if you have one.
There was a time in the 70's that the top was cut off to make them easier to store. The most I got a one time was about 35 half packs which included a Hot Pink Custom Eldorado.
@toycarcollector What at the time was common sense and practicality feels like sheer madness today. But then I doubt they ever thought they’d wind up so valuable and collectible, nor that there’d still be so many untouched examples well over half a century later. Many thanks for the clarification Sir 😎😎😎👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@@toycarcollector funny, I just noticed earlier on the back of you first half-pack, the Eldorado was the only one of the 'real' cars that does not say "CUSTOM..."! Any story behind that? Do later cards say "CUSTOM ELDORADO"?
The thing about Hot Wheels is that there is a thousand different conditions to find any one hot wheels model in. The big money goes towards the nicest conditions and models. So as with anything of value the big money goes after the finest examples. So every flaw counts towards value. Think about comics or sports cards. The valuable ones are graded and notated as to flaws.
The focus zone is dead center. I think that might have some adjustments. It also helps to not have a bunch of stuff in view. Will have to try in the studio box that is all grey.
Collectors have models they play with, and they also have models that are expensive and are investments. It's the same with most hobbies. It's like saying "why don't you put on the Kobe Bryant game jersey and take that Hank Aaron bat and got hit stones in the yard! Lol😅
@@toycarcollector NOT THE SAME IN COMPARISON BECAUSE IT SHOULDNT BE COMPARED AT ALL. TO OPENING A HOTWHEEL CAR PACKAGE NO MATTER HOW OLD THAT CAR PACKAGE IS..lol .........BECAUSE THE KOBE JERSY THING YOU SAID MEANS NOTHING EITHER ... Ok though if these old 70 year old men want to keep them packages...il just wait till they leave them behind after they die ,take then from family members .
