Hello...

I'm back! For at least three seconds.

Actually, I was online at the same time as Asis earlier. But I didn't have time to say hello or anything.

Anyway...

Hello.

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Must dash!

*whoosh*

Uh... hi! [img]smile.gif[/img]

*desperately tries to glomphuggle ersby, but fails*

Well I finally spoke with my brother. He hadn't talked to me for about a month or so. (Capricorns are good at holding grudges.) Even if we were just arguing about the difference between Hot Wheels and Matchbox toy cars, it's nice to hear from him.

I hope CB's getting along okay with her sis.

I'd just like to remind everyone here at this point that CATS ARE EVIL!

And HI! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

So which is it, Hot Wheels or Matchbox?

My sis is moving back in this friday.I spent the last couple of days moving some of my stuff from downstairs as that is where she's going to sleep. My cat is probably going to be more unimpressed than I am. [img]graemlins/whatever.gif[/img]

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Originally posted by Dan the Goob:
So which is it, Hot Wheels or Matchbox?

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<font size="2" face="Comic sans ms, Helvetica, sans-serif">My brother couldn't remember there was a difference and thought they were the same. I was discussing this with a toy car connoisseur, and he informed me that Matchbox cars were of better quality. I was surprised because I'd always thought Hot Wheels were better made.

We both agreed that the worse thing about owning either brand was getting beat with the fucking tracks. That shit hurts. O_o

LOL!! I don't ever remember getting hit with the track, but I can imagine it would hurt. A LOT!

Originally Matchbox cars were made in England, and were nicely detailed (as compared to say Tootsietoys) models of all sorts of cars and trucks.

Hotwheels began in the US in the late '60s and were pretty much all Muscle Cars, Sports Cars, and such, and had a different wheel design that made them roll MUCH better than Matchbox, so the emphasis was on speed. (they were the ones to introduce the orange track stuff)

Eventually both companies products became pretty similar, and today Mattel produces both.

The cool ones now are from Johnny Lightning. A little more expensive, but much more detailed.

I thought my mom was the only one that used "creative" parenting techniques. I don't want to criticize her because I'm sure I had it coming.

I was watching a comedian talk about the same thing one time though. His mom asked him, "What would you like for Christmas this year, some more Hot Wheels?"

"No thank you. Why don't you get us some Nerf stuff instead." :D