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Anyone collect Hess cars?

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  1. Gilles27

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    #1 Gilles27, Mar 24, 2010
    I had never heard of these until Christmas. My mom sent one for our son as a present--every year they design a truck or racer and release a limited number. Last year's was really cool, featuring a LeMans-style racer in Hess livery (about 1:12 scale) with an opening bonnet that holds a smaller version of the same car. It was funny because I didn't know there was a second car inside the big one until I heard my 3 year-old son from across the room "Wait a minute...there's ANOTHER car..." The smaller one is a pull-back car and both have flashing lights, etc. I was surprised at the quality--both are really solid. When he opened it at first it looked like a cheap gas station toy. But the website shows their different models through the years, dating back to the mid-60's. Sorry if I sound like a shill-I've just never heard of these until recently but they seem to have their own niche market.

    http://www.hesstoytruck.com/
     
  2. hd4meat

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    #2 hd4meat, Mar 24, 2010
    They're great. I've picked one or two up every year for the past 20 or so years. It has become a tradition in our family.
     
  3. Latsyrc

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    #3 Latsyrc, Mar 24, 2010
    I stayed with a friend with his uncle in NYC who worked at Hess downtown. He took us to his office about 50 floors or so up. They had several of the cars/trucks displayed, but this was before I was into collecting.
     
  4. DennisForza

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    #4 DennisForza, Mar 25, 2010
    My grandpop bought me everyone since the Fire Truck in 1971, in fact he bought two of each, one he gave me, and I found the duplicates in his attac after he died. I have made sure to buy them ever since and now my dad makes sure to get one to play with and one to keep every year for my boys! A few years were kind of silly and looked like cheap chinese toys but in fact they are all amazing quality.
     
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    #5 4re308, Mar 26, 2010
    Hiya, yes our family had an antique business years ago, now all the inventory ended up in my parent's basement. We must have 20-30 Hess trucks new in box. Some come with race cars, helicopters, police cars ect...If anyone wants any of them, PM me.
     
  6. rdefabri

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    #6 rdefabri, Mar 26, 2010
    Same here. I also have a 1976 NIB and the 2 of the training vans.
     
  7. BigTex

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    #7 BigTex, Mar 26, 2010
    Dennis, Mitch.... those are both cool stories man, bust out some pics!!!

    I haven't noticed these before.....
     

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