It's Christmas week of course and we all opened our gifts and emptied our stockings. I'm not a fan of the stocking much anymore because you have to wait for yourself, and everyone to empty theirs BEFORE you get to open gifts. Stockings are like Joe Jones And The Outhouses opening for Luke Combs. Can we just skip this part?
Anyway, when I was kid I LOVED stockings because without fail there was a Hot Wheel or two in it. They were my favorite toy then. I had a bunch of them, about 60 or so, and guess what? I STILL HAVE THEM! I had the track, a carrying case or two, the Supercharger, the loop the loop, the high banked corners, the whole bit. I loved playing with Hot Wheels. We all did.
I even watched the cartoon on Saturdays! Yes, there was a show!
(The TV show caused a lot of problems as other toy companies complained the entire show was a commercial for Mattel. The FCC agreed - came off the air along with another carton show, Skyhawks)
Hot Wheels have stood the test of time without question. They still makes them, and people still buy them. I will more than likely save mine my entire life, for no other reason it is a direct link to my childhood, and things still in our possession like that are darn rare.
Here is a FUN article about the Hot Wheel, its history and why you should still buy them and keep them.
