The Kid in Me
As a kid, I always dreamt of owning one of the tiny little model cars most commonly called as “Match Box.” Unfortunately, I wasn’t lucky, our family couldn’t afford to spend money for this, I grew up wanting this. As time passed by, the craving seems to be less until somebody special to me gave me not one but two model cars as present (birthday & christmas yata).
Anyways, now that I have the (extra) resources to acquire these things, I went to a local toy store to check out these toys, I ended up buying 5! I wanted to collect cars that were manufactured on or before the year that I was born, so expect these models to be almost 40. Here’s my current acquisition.

First is a ‘69 Custom Chevy Truck, I’m a big fan of large cars & trucks for that matter, I didn’t like the color though, I really want something red for this truck, hmmm… maybe a canister of spray paint will do the job. ![]()

Next is my dream machine! A 1969 Mustang, again, not the color of my choice, a black mustang would best fit my taste. Would you believe that I saw a black model in another store just 2 days after I bought this thing, anyways, that’s life. ![]()

This black beauty is a 1969 Camaro, it’s convertible which adds some “pogi” points to the driver.

The next car is way older than I am, it’s a ‘63 T-Bird & another convertible, powered by it’s V8 which produces 300 horse power.

This one is another large car, a ‘64 GM Impala, I really don’t know anything about this model, I took this one because of the “Taxi” marking on the side which makes it interesting.

Contrary to what you might perceive, these are Hotwheels & not Matchbox, they offer the models that I wanted to have. The price is just about the same, I’m still eyeing for maybe 5 more models, I hope to have it before Christmas.
Hmmm… don’t be bothered with the looks of my photos, I processed these using photoshop, just added some textures to have that old look on it.



i was fond of matchbox too when i was a kid
Alam mo ba 3days ago si Josh bumili ng 1 set na hotwheels cars (5pieces) sa Jarir, then kahapon dinala pala sa school di ko alam. Wala na, hindi nya alam kung sino kumuha…hay…
I may got one sooner or later! May nakita akong bilihan dito sa amin
orrr, somebody’s gofing to give me tomorrow; my birthday!
Wish ko lang po, hehehe
ang gaganda naman nyan, yung youngest sis ko rin mahilig magcollect dati ng ganyan, ewan ko now…
nice.. dati ung kapatid ko gusto ring mangulekta ng matchbox, di ko alam kung sisimulan na nya ngayon..
ok ung effect nung picture kuya.. mukhang vintage na vintage ung kotse..
Naks! Collectibles! Saan na yung mga micro machines? Galing huh! Nice effects…
ayos ang collections ah… wheeww naaala ko rin dati nangongolekta din ako…
pag-uwi ko nga sa probinsya tingnan ko kung andun pa