I remember my dad surprising me with this set! I would open them and hide the trash but he knew but he loved how happy I was:) I wish I could go back and relive that moment:D
Wow! I remember trying to hunt these down anytime I had a chance. I pledged to buy a set once I got older but they’re so hard to find now!! Thanks for the memories!
EXTREMELY happy I won this set on a bid on ebay earlier today!!! I was too young to actually search out all 35 cars and could never finish the set. I got the huge HW35 track set 2 months ago and now this should be arriving shortly in about a week or so. It's #164 and my mission to find my last piece of child hood has finally been found!!! Though mine looks like it has a crash in the package too, as the Krazy 8s is flipped on its side on mine. No biggie though, glad to FINALLY get Zed too!!!
Back in 2003, I got this set as a Christmas present. I was only a kid. I opened them all because I wanted to play with them, including ZED 36. I remember being disappointed that in the movie, ZED's windshield and windows were red, but they went with green for the actual diecast car. About a year later my mom sold the set on ebay for only $200. I can't even imagine the price this set would fetch now, even with the cars opened.
@@EnPeeSee I paid $1,023.50 for mine. #772. Attempting to get #509 complete set at the moment, but don't really like the app the guy is selling the set off of.
No way! I would not open up this set just to open up the cars. I got all of the cars separately. Of course, the Zed in this set is exclusive to this set. I do not own a loose Zed. Thanks for watching!
That's a pretty nice set! I have 9 of those cars I bought as singles in 03' also here's a collectors tip-the red aeroflash scorchers, the wave rippers corvette and Chrysler thunderbolt and the dune rats wild thing are very desirable! as well as the exclusive sling shot ofcourse. :)
These cars were like $3.99 a pack. For an adult, they may not see the value. These cars had water-slide decals, what Mattel calls Fusion Graphics, and the detail is fantastic! They also had co-mold wheels, there was a little comic book inside, and a pog. A pog is a circular piece of cardboard with information on each side.
Hi Mark, Love your vids and this set is just as you said one of the most sought after collectors items (I love the world race serie but sadly I miss 14 of them incluiding ZED ironicly) see you around, keep showing your good stuff
Just remembered that I was gifted this 10~ years ago, and went scurrying around my house and found all the cars that I had opened. Looking back on my younger self, I do wish I hadn't opened some of these cars, but as they say "Hindsight is 20-20". I managed to find my Zed car, but other than maybe 10 cars, all the others are still sealed and in mint condition.
If I had kept my cars in the package from the late 60's, they'd be worth a lot of money too! I had lots of fun with them though and that's something that has a lot of value as well.
I don't know how much it's worth financially, but it sure is worth keeping! I especially love the Red Baron, Twin Mill, and Deora. Great review,....Again!
It is unlikely that these cars would be released in these colors anytime soon. The cars are still being used but decorated in new colors without the Highway 35 theme.
@CorvairGuy69 I will find out how much it is worth because I am making space and selling some of the bigger stuff that takes up room and that I don't need anymore. Thanks for the extra information about the players!
You may be looking at the Zamac Team Leaders set. If somebody had the complete box set for $100, I would buy that in a split second. The Zed car sells for $200 and up just by itself.
@Lionferrari777 The track on the back of Zed was called "Ultimate Track" or something like that. I won't be opening the box anytime soon but I will eventually. There were three or four smaller track sets too. I don't have those.
The track set takes a large amount of space. It is larger than my filming table. When I make a larger space, I will make a video. I won't be able to do this anytime soon.
@marshbjuneb22 It is about supply and demand. I think that there is 10,000 or less of the 1995 Treasure Hunt Camaro and a whole lot of collectors who would like on for their collection. Since there are more people who want it, the price goes up.
@formulaonehotwheel Thanks my friend! I'd rather put the money to use somewhere else and make use of the space that it is occupying. Besides, I already have all of these HWY35 cars loose except for ZED.
Ohhhh snaps that Nomad and vette are wicked!! When this series released I only bought 1 back then or my parents only bought one and it was the wave rippers pick up that i have loose now. Very very cool Set. Good to see ya blow off some dust, alot of us need to do that I'm sure!
@megacomicbooknerd I have all of the little comic books too because I have opened up the 35 singles. I will video tape the comic books later as well as make videos for each team.
I love that road runner as a heavy metal fan I love the scorchers back when I was about 4 the wave rippers were my favorite because I always imagine vert as my big bro and since I have need for speed undercover. I made my '70 dodge charger look like the road runner :)
It seems to me that I bought the World Race videogame for the Play Station but I didn't play it much. do you still play it? Were you saying that you had the original World Race leaders or you have recolors of all of them? As for Krazy 8, you know what, it has been awhile since I seen it released.
That is nice of your brother to give you his old cars! As for the World Race cars, Even if you can't get the original Team Leaders, you can imagine with the recolors =)
Gibran Medrano You can...probably find one of these on ebay for a grand. There was one the other day that was an UNOPENED box and sold for a grand...but then I found another box set that immediately got sold for $1,023.50....😂😂😂😂😂 😎🤘
While the intention was to have people mail in UPC's for the Ultimate Track Set, there was some of the remaining inventory offered on HWC for $99. That's how I got one for my son. There was also inventory sold at Mattel's Toy Stores.
@pokemon0419 Well, here's some advanced notice. I have filmed and edited each of the Highway 35 Teams and racers and you will see one video for each team, hopefully each day, for the next five days. I just finished filming all of the Acceleracers Teams. Teku, Metal Maniacs, Racing Drones, and Silencers. I need to edit the video and I hope to have it ready for you next week, for a Monday through Friday showing =)
Wave Rippers: Vert Wheeler Street Breed: Kurt Wilde/Zed Dune Ratz: Kadeem Road Beasts: Banjie Casteo Scorchers: Taro Katano Call Me A Nerd, Geek, Anything. I Was Around For These Babies! :D
