Gugland
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Hot Wheels!
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I don't have any pictures to add, as I'm re-starting my collection...again.
But I do love the stories of mass diecasticide, and wanted to submit one of my own. I thought about the day my stepbrother and I shot redlines out into a field with a slingshot, but...well, that's about the whole story. Or the day we decided to convert both our collections into "silvertops" by scraping the roofs on the sidewalk, but the most destructive had to be "Hot Wheels Football"
Basically, we'd line up two teams of cars (this was about 1978 so they were pretty much all redlines) against each other. The defense was really just a line of big hitters - Heavyweights, Supervans, Spoiler Sports and maybe a Funny Money or two. The offense was pretty similar, except that you'd have a "quarterback", which was usually a wedge-shaped car like a Race Bait 308 or Steam Roller. We'd square off about 8 inches from each other and ram our lines together with all the arm strength we could muster. If the quarterback moved forward, that counted as yards gained, but if it flipped over in the collision, it was a turnover.
Needless to say, we hurt our fingers alot, but nearly as much as the poor redlines. It's sad really, but for a few hours of childhood fun, I could buy a house.
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