While driving for Uber yesterday, I found myself in the nearby city of Frederick. While there, I thought I’d stop by the newer Walmart on the north part of town. I checked out the diecast car section in the toy department. I’ve gotten back into collecting Hot Wheels. Not the one dollar mainline cars like …
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This year marks the Hot Wheels 50th Anniversary. To commemorate the occasion, Lionel, maker of O scale toy trains is releasing a special boxcar. It comes in dark blue and puke green and retails for $84.99. I don’t know why Mattel, the maker of Hot Wheels signed off on this. If a collector has an …
The U.S. Air Force A-10 needs new wings. The Air Force has already received funding for wing replacement of 173 aircraft, but they need money for the other 110. From CNN: The US Air Force is telling Congress to put its money where its mouth is when it comes to upgrading the venerable A-10 Warthog …
Lexus created a custom version of the 2017 Lexus IS sports sedan for the Los Angeles Auto Show, the Lexus Sriracha IS. Sriracha is the delicious tasting hot sauce made by Huy Fong Foods. The trunk even comes stocked with 43 bottles of Sriracha. The trouble with owning a car like this is that you’re expected to put Sriracha …
Today I saw the Google Street View car parked at the Valley Mall. It’s a weird thing to actually see parked in the mall parking lot. Now all I need to see is the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile and my bucket list will be complete. At least the bucket list for seeing cars parked in public, …
The USS Iowa (BB-61), the lead ship of the greatest battleship ever made, sailed for the last time yesterday to its final home in Los Angeles. It will become a floating museum. I can’t wait to check it out in person. Photo: Lori Shepler / Reuters