Thanks to Silver Frosty for posting a comment in the April 2014 Store Finds thread... I started thinking...In Spotlight On one of the questions asks when you started collecting... but we didn't ask... what Cars item (single or boxed set) got you started collecting?
I know that when my grandson was 4, he got me hooked on Cars... we'd seen the movie at the theater... we were "shopping" at Meijer when he saw a Cars display... the first 4 singles I bought were Supercharged (I think) versions of McQueen, Sally, Sheriff, and Lizzie... I had to buy 2 of each - 1 for me, and 1 for Austin.
I bought a few Cars here and there... but I think what really got me hooked as a collector was buying a Speedway of the South Set... I used a vacation day so I could buy one online through the Hot Wheels Redline Club membership that I bought strictly for that set... It was $362.00 counting the RLC membership, the set, and shipping... at first my wife was furious that I'd sent that much on toy Cars... but within a couple of weeks she asked why I hadn't bought 2... well, they were $362.00 per set.
So we want to know... what Cars items (single or boxed set) got you hooked on collecting Cars?
I know that when my grandson was 4, he got me hooked on Cars... we'd seen the movie at the theater... we were "shopping" at Meijer when he saw a Cars display... the first 4 singles I bought were Supercharged (I think) versions of McQueen, Sally, Sheriff, and Lizzie... I had to buy 2 of each - 1 for me, and 1 for Austin.
I bought a few Cars here and there... but I think what really got me hooked as a collector was buying a Speedway of the South Set... I used a vacation day so I could buy one online through the Hot Wheels Redline Club membership that I bought strictly for that set... It was $362.00 counting the RLC membership, the set, and shipping... at first my wife was furious that I'd sent that much on toy Cars... but within a couple of weeks she asked why I hadn't bought 2... well, they were $362.00 per set.
So we want to know... what Cars items (single or boxed set) got you hooked on collecting Cars?
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