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10-30-2008, 09:03 PM | #1 |
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Hot Wheels Cars Are a Toy Craze Again | Newsweek Enterprise - Global Business | Newsweek.com
They don't mention the overweight, stinky, smoke stained teeth, greasy haired, dirt under their fingernails, "get outta my way at the front door of Target, that Hot Wheels is mine, but I am only here for GI Joes", Hot Wheels scalpers that are so despised by every other collecting community. |
10-30-2008, 09:11 PM | #2 |
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I have met one, man, what a prick this guy was. Every store associate hates these people...honestly. Funny thing is, he lives up to that stereotype to a T.
fat, smelly, clothes looked like it was out of a Salvation Army box, obnoxious, did I say fat?, greasy-haired, loser. |
10-30-2008, 09:25 PM | #3 |
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man i have actually gotten into it on more than one occasions cause these a-holes thought i wanted their precious hot wheels. I'd love to burn everyhotwheel i saw just to spite these a-wipes!
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10-30-2008, 10:04 PM | #4 |
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Hot Wheels Cars Are a Toy Craze Again | Newsweek Enterprise - Global Business | Newsweek.com
They don't mention the overweight, stinky, smoke stained teeth, greasy haired, dirt under their fingernails, "get outta my way at the front door of Target, that Hot Wheels is mine, but I am only here for GI Joes", Hot Wheels scalpers that are so despised by every other collecting community. the description is definitely true! I work in a toy store and I see alot of greesy, truck driving,smelly,fat asses trying to get the latest stupid treasure hunt.... |
10-30-2008, 10:29 PM | #5 |
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Let me tell you a story that happened to me I think 5 or 6 years ago. I'm a hot wheels collectors manily because my 2 young sons collect them. One day I was at wal mart shopping and my sons wanted to buy some hot wheels so I was watching them doing their kid stuff. As one of my sons showed me a car and asked if it was worth it, I said yes because it was a treasure hunt which is highly collectibles and he was excited running to his older brother yelling " I got a treasure hunt!". All of a sudden I heard my son crying and went to him immediatly, he was telling me that this guy (appeared to be in his 30's, muscular build and brown hair) had snatched from his hand. As I approached to this dude telling him that my son had gotten that hot wheels first and that he shouldn't grab it from him. This guy was saying that he got it off the peg so its his. This odd looking guy was shopping with his mother who seem to be having mental problem or something and said " who is your friend chad?" chad then said he isn't my friend and is just pissed that he couldn't get the car in time and the lady said " oh be nice, why don't you go outside and play?" I said yea why not we go outside and play so we went outside and I was about to give him a piece of my mind but was hitted with a badage that he showed me. He was a DEA officer that made me go "oh shit" I almost got arressted because I had almost started a fight with this guy but luckily wal mart called the police. I had to fill out a report for the I.A. For his behavior. Never heard anything from the I.A. And I had to buy something else for my sons who was dissapointed that they couldn't get what they wanted because of this "dirty cop". Not only that but I've seen people fought in stores for wii, ps3, new g.I.joes, minty from my little pony, and many more. The world are getting crazy these days when it come to collectibles. Just watch yourself out there these days.
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10-30-2008, 10:49 PM | #6 |
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All for pieces of plastic and some metal (shakes head)
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10-30-2008, 10:57 PM | #7 |
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10-30-2008, 11:05 PM | #8 |
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Anyone know of a good place to get pictures of the hotwheels in or out of the packages? I"m looking to make a photomosaic for a friend and need as many hot wheels pictures as possible for the algorithm.
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10-30-2008, 11:21 PM | #9 |
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t was a great article, man I didn't know how dedicated those guys were. The prices of some of the cars they were talking about were outrageous! I might be wrong, but I don't even think there's any Joe stuff that's demanded those kind of prices. Sometimes I envy those guys, because the price of Hot Wheels. A dollar or so a pop? Man, I wish!
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10-30-2008, 11:58 PM | #10 |
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hotwheels really worthless.
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