Cool One

Felt like opening a Hot Wheels.  Hadn't opened one in a long time.  Found this green van with crazy green things on top and exhaust coming out the side and figured why not.  I love his large back wheel and strange pop out front window.  I wonder if that's how you get in this beast.  Wouldn't it be great if for every model they built they had to build a real life version and then drive them around the country and have shows?  Anyway.  Here's Cool One.

About Thunt.net Hot Wheels

In the year 2011, I was bored.  I was bored and poor.  I’m a collector.  I collected books, baseball cards, magic cards, beatles cards, bukowski books, vhs, dvds, movies, music, posters, merit badges, computer files.  I collect things.  I needed something to collect that didn’t cost much.  I’d already bought the Hot Wheels Back to the Future Time Machine and the Ecto-1 Ghostbusters wagon.  It wasn’t much a leap from there to realize that I could buy a new hot wheels for a buck every time I went to the grocery store and make going to the grocery store fun, like a scavenger hunt.  At first I only wanted to buy movie cars, but there weren’t many of those and soon I was buying cars based upon uniqueness, I’d buy boats or helicopters or just plain weird looking cars.  Later I collected lamborghinis and ferraris, reviving the interests of my youth.  I once had a black lamborghini on black and white tile poster that was over eight feet long and took up the entire wall in my room (truth be told, I still have the poster, but it’s so large there is nowhere to hang it.).  

I’ve slowed down my Hot Wheels buying lately, but I still have a shoebox filled with unique ones to open.  Unlike other collectors, I like to take the toys out of their packaging (destroying their value) but allowing me to photograph them and put them on a shelf.  I decided to open this blog so I’d have somewhere to put the photos after I upload them to flickr.  I don’t expect anyone to read it, and it’s been awhile since I’ve updated it, but I’m glad it’s still here.  Maybe I’ll open a new hot wheels soon and photograph it.  When I do, you can bet I’ll put the best photo here with a link to my flickr account.

It’s only a coincidence that my internet nick, is Thunt, like my name Thomas Hunt.  It has nothing to do with the Treasure Hunts or T-Hunts as they call them.  When I first started I’d look for T-Hunts, but it’s been months now and I’ve never seen one, so I’ve pretty much given up.  I would like to get a Knight Rider KITT car though.  David Hasslehoff rules!  (but only ironically)

Delorian DMC-12

Why would you build a time machine out of a Delorian?

This is one where the marketers out thought me.  I wanted it before I knew it existed.  Sure, it makes sense, they have the molds from the Time Machine, why not make a normal Delorian to go with it.  Turns out it makes a great compliment.  The normal Delorian is much lighter and has the new wheels so it's faster, but they make a great pair.

Fire Truck

Now I have a Fire Truck!

I wanted a Red one, but I bought a white one, and I was in the mood for a Fire Truck and now I have one.  It has the new copper wheels and rolls fast.  It also spins and has a little back and forth wobble on it's axis.  No side windows, but red front windows make it tinted with excitement!

Twin Mill III

Particularly good day today and that means it's time for a Hot Wheels.  Had my brother choose from ye old box of unopened Hot Wheels and he chose Twin Mill III, a slick green racer.  As you can see it's got agressive lines and looks very very fast.  It's also my first green car.

Volkswagon Thing (Type 181)

Felt like a Hot Wheels.  Didn't buy one.  Went right to the old shoebox in the closet and plucked out the Volkswagon Thing.  What a smooth ride.  The new "faster than ever" wheels and a light chassy.  This Thing can roll.

'63 Corvette Stingray

fresh from the package, ready to roll!

I went ahead and photographed the rest of my Hot Wheels, but then they all went back in the box.  All but one.  A corvette caught my eye.  I didn't have any corvettes.  Even though I'd like a classic red one from the 80s or 90s, something caught my eye about this blue stingray.  Probably the line from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, "we were delayed on route when a stingray in front of us killed a pedestrian."