Hot Wheels are one of the most inflation-proof toys in American history

Post by tablespoon » Sat, Dec 17, 2022, 8:36 AM UTC

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This is pretty evident across the board. I loved my toys as a child so i kept a lot of them. Plastic was way better. The one they have now is super shitty. I go to toys r us and I am disappointed constantly. I'm ready to pay a decent price, there is just nothing worth (beside lego probably)

Modern Transformers are amazing. Way better than in the '80s. You have to buy the collector-targeted stuff, though. The current line is called Legacy. If you are willing to pay, the Masterpiece line is also excellent, and there are fantastic third-party transformers as well: these have lots of metal, ratcheting joints, complex transformations, and usually cost over $100, up to $300. I will plug https://tfsource.com/…

Post by spike021 » Sat, Dec 17, 2022, 9:15 AM UTC

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If you want similar toys that are higher quality, I highly recommend Japanese Tomica. They also usually have doors that open. Loads of variety. I believe in the US you can now buy them at Walmart, but they're not too difficult to order from Amazon JP either (just make a new Amazon account with your same or different email as the US or wherever account and confirm the seller ships globally).

Tomica is also 4 times more expensive. If you want really high quality there’s even nicer german brands (Siku), with rubber wheels and all. All made in China though :/

Post by arethuza » Sat, Dec 17, 2022, 10:01 AM UTC

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An entire story lionizing Hot Wheels as historic and seminal and without once noting that the entire brand was created as a cheaper and lower quality knockoff of Matchbox, founded 15 years earlier.

Matchbox Rock. Boxed matchbox are immensely valuable. None of my Matchbox or Corgi or Britains are boxed, all bear the proud scars of the sandpit and throwing at siblings.

Post by danielscrubs » Sat, Dec 17, 2022, 10:40 AM UTC

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Can't say the same about LEGOs. The LEGO company just raised prices 10-25% across the board. Glad to see Hot Wheels resisting the temptation to gouge customers and stay timeless. Top-selling LEGO sets (those between $20 - $70) got hit the hardest with inflation this year. Looking at the newly released sets coming out Jan 1st, there are several new sets priced at $30 that would have previously been $20, so you could a…

I'm here to remind everyone the plural of Lego is Lego. That aside yes, Lego is ruinously expensive and appears to increase above inflation since it stopped being about blocks (the 60s)

Post by nier » Sat, Dec 17, 2022, 12:09 PM UTC

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> You have to buy the collector-targeted stuff, though. The current line is called Legacy. If you are willing to pay, the Masterpiece line is also excellent, and there are fantastic third-party transformers as well: these have lots of metal, ratcheting joints, complex transformations, and usually cost over $100, up to $300. I will plug https://tfsource.com/ Wow, they actually managed to make them look both like the c…

For anyone that wants a direct link to one of these (there's a lot of stuff on that site that doesn't transform), here's a $700 transforming Optimus Prime: https://tfsource.com/transformers-branded-merchandise/optimu...