Collecting Hotwheels: T-Bird

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Ok, I lied a little. Some Hot Wheels that aren't Redlines are actually worth something, but I'm trying to cover the basics, because there's so many different Hot Wheels. There's like twenty different versions of what the tires look like. That depends on how you want to age them. But there's great books on Hot Wheels. There's a ton of websites on Hot Wheels, where you can identify the metallic. This is, like I said, I think I said, this is a metallic orange or bronze. These--this is a T-Bird. Now this is a fascinating thing to know about a Hot Wheel. This has got a different tire. I didn't look up the year, but by the config--but the way this tire looks, given the hubcap, this is how picky these people are. They're tire savants. They really are. So here it is. Here's a tire, and this is a T-Bird. But, so I thought, "That's so cool." Because I looked it up, and it's a '57 T-Bird. So, I looked it up in my book, preparing for today, and I found, "Wow! There's a Redline '57 T-Bird." And that one was from probably '67, '68. I don't know for sure. But then I see this one looks exactly like it. But here's the problem. Do you see any red lines? No. This would be a commemorative; I call it, or a classic reissue. On some of the classic reissues, they actually use the original molds. I'm not sure if this was one of those. But this would be one that isn't worth a lot. You know, probably I would say $10--$5, $10. Whereas the original Redline that I showed you, Expert Villagers, is probably worth somewhere around $35.

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