Hot Wheels 1983 Speed Machines
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- Today we take a look at a complete collection of every Speed Machine vehicle sold by Mattel back in 1983. This collection of rare cars, and in some cases, ultra-rare grail cars, has taken my years to acquire and thousands of dollars invested. Many of the cars you will see in this video are extremely scarce variations, not likely to be found without extensive searching, luck, and time. As part of this video, we will not only take a close look at each car and truck, but I will also share with you what I personally spent to buy them, and the prices I have observed these cars sell for when they have become available on eBay. Thanks for watching, and I do hope you enjoy!
Excellent collection! it was interesting that there were so many fantasy type models that collectors don't really like but they command a high price because of Rarity
Agreed, Mark! Those weird castings and cars were never popular, still aren't, but very possibly are the rarest due to that fact. They were not easy for me to track down, this I can attest!
+wtffor ea
Yep the fact that they were bad is why nobody collected them and how they became rare. Now people that want a complete collection are having to cough up the dough to get them because nobody else has one.
Fantastic video man....I'm really glad you gave the prices you paid too...helps a lot when trying to track them down, as most price guides are kind of outta touch on some of this rarer stuff...one of your best videos all around..thanks O-Dawg!
Thank you Dave! This was a fun video to make, one I've been wanting to do a long time. I think I will incorporate my own flavor of price guide in my vintage videos from now on, to some extent, as you are right... price guides don't and can't keep up to the quickly and increasing changes of the second hand market on the more rare vehicles.
Awesome video once again. It's a thrilling quest to work on a series and finally complete it. Congrats !
As someone who has just started collecting I thank you for making these videos.
They have given me a lot of knowledge as to what to keep an eye out for in my collecting endeavors,
thanks again man.
You are very welcome! I'm happy that my videos have been of help to you and your collection!
Sick, sick collection sir! Congrats on completing these Speed Machines set & thank you very much for sharing it with us here in the community! Happy Collecting.
Thank you very much for watching and commenting! I do appreciate it! Sharing my collection with the community is my passion!
Wowowie, another set of vintage cars that I never get tired of watching. More please.
Brilliant video. really enjoy looking at the older casts you have and the way you describe and talk about the cars is fantastic. keep up the good work. Gaz in the UK
Thank you Gaz! I love these old cars so you can bet there will be lots of these videos to come, taking a look at a lot of vintage stuff over the years from Hot Wheels, Lesney, Matchbox, Majorette,.... so much old cool stuff to talk about!
Always interesting! An informative history lesson and investment tips to boot!
I never really paid attention to Speed Machines before... But I will now.
Thanks for the comment!
what a great video. That's a great collection you have now. I was intrigued with pretty much all of them. Thanks learned quite a bit.
Thank you! I'm happy you enjoyed this video and commented!
I'm watching this on my tv. Those are completely awesome
Thanks for watching, glad you liked the video and cars!
Been watching your videos for quite some time now & what a collection of cars you have, as a collector myself (not as big of a scale) I can appreciate alot of the cars you have in your collection. Keep doing what you love doing & I am loving the videos. Cheers from Sydney, Australia.
Thank you Adam, I really appreciate your message and for watching my videos. I don't see there ever being a time when I don't collect cars or have the interest in them that I do, and I also love showing the collection on TH-cam as I meet great like-minded people like yourself. Thank you again, and Happy collecting!
I found the vette van on card for 40 bucks. Am stoked! Is mint and unpunched as well!
I would love to see a workhorses video once I'm currently going after them. I'm sure there's plenty of variations I still don't know about.
I enjoyed seeing all the Speed Machines, never have had a macro view of them before. thanks for sharing!
The workhorse collection is a big one, I'll get to it one of these days! Thanks for watching
How could you not like this video!!! This has helped me out identifying 2 cars I remembered I have from my childhood collection (Top Eliminator and Lowdown) but could never find anything about! I remember my brother got the Eliminator too so my dad crudely engraved the first letter of our name on the base of each. I remembered the Eliminator came on a different colored card, and when I saw the thumbnail for this video, I remembered it exactly! Thankx for sharing O-Dawg, loved every minute of it!
I have a few engraved cars myself, more often they have marker numbers on them which is easier to fix, LOL. Thanks for watching my friend!
wtffor Thankx for sharing! After watching your video, I won a Speed Machine in a lot that I recognized from being in your video.
Amazing collection and video! Thank you for sharing this epic piece of your collection!
Great collection of Speed Machine !! Love all your great videos showing all the different brands of diecast. Especially love the vintage stuff as that is what I am into primarily these days.
Vintage is my passion as well, but I have to say the new manufactures are really stepping up to the plate for collectors these days with interesting castings and offerings!
Im at work and started this video of yours...but i stopped it...cuz im going to wait till im
Home to really enjoy this one!!!!...congrats on completing this set....how very awesome and what beauty my eyes behold!!!!!....ty so much for sharing your collection with all of us....i see all the love you have for the hobby...and how well you have researched all your cars....i so enjoy your videos!!!!
Thanks! I know it was a long one!
Always cool to see your vids, very informative and clear. Can't wait to see updates of your vintage Hot Wheels man!
Thank you!
Who would down vote this video? Wow... Great stuff as usual my friend. The BEST on TH-cam.
Thank you so much! I appreciate it!
Just off the bat, I want that red Super Van the most.
I was hoping you'd do this vid. Didn't disappoint.
Thank you!!
As always man, love your videos. Most especially the hot wheels/speed machines.
Thank you very much! I appreciate your comment!
Man as a newcomer to collecting Hot Wheels and such this was very educational. Seems like I had a few of these as a kid. I would have been about 6 years old when they came out. May be a set of cars I will have to look into. Although I may go with a little lower condition to keep it affordable. Thanks for the video on these.
I was wondering if u notice you opened an unpunched package. Lol great video! I never seen over half of these Speed Machines! 👍🏼
Yes, I did notice but not until a few minutes after... darn it! Oh well, its done now. LOL Thanks for the comment!
Very well made and informative video!Without reading through all the comments has anyone mentioned the packin' Pacer? Unless they changed the interior from the mainline car, those aren't two doggies. It's a rear mounted engine and those are the tailpipes. Again. Great video! I have a couple speed machines myself... But nothing that you don't already have
Congratulations my friend! They all look fabulous together and to see you crack those hard to find beauties was a treat! #freethepiece
This is an amazing set and a piece of Mattel diecast history.I'm a little surprised there's no mention of the Hot Wheels brand in any of them.But boy, they are expensive now.I don't think i'll hunt these down, but i understand why these are so desirable.
Thanks for watching, it was quite the adventure collecting this series!
good video. I only have 3 of those. low-down, red Supervan, and the vette van. thanks for sharing
Sounds like your collection is off to a solid start, as those three cars you mentioned are of the more desired and rare ones!
That was great! I really liked the spacer racer, it just looks really cool. Very interesting to watch this. Thanks!
I'm happy you liked the video, thank you for watching and commenting!
Whoa! Congrats on finishing that collection. Those cars look great on camera!
Thank you! They sure do!
WOW AWESOME Hot Wheels 1983 Speed Machines collection.
Thanks man!
Your welcome :)
Nice vintage pieces!
Nice cars, love the Golfs!!! I think I might set a few bucks aside to get me one of those. '83 is a good year too... the year my Jeansbug was made, love that little thing but that collection you have there... Wow, the Speed Machines alone costed more than what I payed for my bug. lol
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you for watching!
CONGRATS, brotha!!! ENJOYED!
Thank you!
+wtffor Hello sir wtffor, do you have old and destroyed toy cars that you don't want no more. I am the guy, that like everything. Thank you for your time and great job.
ALWAYS ENJOY YOUR VIDS BROTHER... YOU REALLY HAVE ONE OF THE BEST COLLECTION I HAVE EVER SEEN...I HAVE THE TOP ELIMINATOR AND ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW WHAT AND WHERE IT CAME FROM...PICKED IT UP FROM A 2ND HAND STORE..NICE LIL BAG OF CARS FOR $1.99..
Thanks! And congrats on your finds!
Amazing collection and achievement. Love your passion for this hobby. You sure make us here in Canada proud.
Thank you so much my friend! That does mean a lot to me! Thank you for watching and your comment!
Is it true there isn't that many HW collectors in Canada? wtffor says it off and on in his videos. Like how he can just walk into Wal-Mart and pick up the complete Japan Historics set, certainly can't do that here in the USA!
+MrWolfSnack it's hard to say. There definitely isn't as many as in the US, but there is a healthy amount. I think that due to our Walmarts operating hours it's a little easier to find stuff on the pegs, but in some cities the competition and hunt is very competitive.
Props for finishing off this set. Some super rare stuff hear. I am lucky to own most of tease myself . but I am still about 8 cars short . most are the rare variations . Anyway epic collection of rare goodness . love the stuff u have been coming up with. all those big rigs awesome lol. great video lots of great info as always. ----DREAD---
Thank you Brother, I was stoked about doing this video... a long time in the making really. The tough variations are the hardest part to completing this collection, aside from most of the time having to spend a lot of dollars on certain cars. Thanks for continuing to watch old friend, I'm still hopeful you'll find time to make us a video here and there of your epic collection and/or interests. Cheers!
Another very very good video to watch brilliant staff tnx mate
Thanks!
Nice cars! Mattel comes up with some weird names for cars... Lol
They sure do! Thanks for commenting!
Very nice video! Definitely learnt some variations I didn't know of before. How about a video on the Super Chromes and the gold chrome cars of the late 70's? Or one on the Cat Construction vehicles?
Great ideas! I will eventually get to reviews on all those ... I just need more time in my week, LOL
AMAZING!
Thanks!
I assume you have done this already, but, I hope you have insured your collection. I did so with vintage guitars I have. Not much of an increase. definitely worth a phone call. They said with a larger collection I may have to have photos and someone come out to verify. Thanks for the videos...
Thank you for the advice! Insurance on this collection has not been easy to obtain, due to the vast number of cars and lack of qualified appraisers in my area. Still working on it though...
Awesome video man! I noticed the Poison Pinto looked like it had "Hot Wheels" stamped on the base whereas the others did not. Was I wrong?
Thanks man! There was not 'Hot Wheels' on the base, just 'Mattel' and copyright date.
Wow! where did you find these, I have a few lying in my collection and they are worth about $100 at most, what is strange is that they are not even the nicest cars being all plastic but i guess the scarcity makes them so rare. Do you have any of the original 16 hot wheels they are worth alot of money especially Custom Volkswagen and Beatnik Bandit?
Congrats on your finds! I only have a few of the original 16 cars, and none of mine are mint or the rare colored ones. I wish I had more, but they are soooo expensive.
Spacer Racer looks cool
I know there are variations on the Super Van casting on previous releases where the protruding side markers are there and on others they are not, so it may be the case for the Speed Machines? I'm basically an original redline, matchbox and newer realistic HW car collector so I can't confirm this for the Speed Machines -- something to look into.
Maybe at some point you could do a similar feature on the Real Riders series from the 80's if you have most of them?
PS I dig your videos and your insane 50,000+ collection! I've only got around 20,000 diecast in my collection.
You are correct, however the side marker variations ceased in 1980 from what I remember, so this being a 1983 Speed Machine release there were no side marker variations anymore. Thanks for the info and comment! Also a real riders video will definitely be coming one day!
sweeet collection ..great video.. i'm a beginner on collecting hot wheels.. i need to make a good list like yours on my computer
Great video! Super informative.
very nice... the 2nd wind kinda
looks like the speed racer Mach 5
I believe the Second Wind is the same casting as the Mach 5 racer you are referring too. It was painted in white a few years later in the Hot Wheels mainline of the 1980's as well.
Very cool thanks 👍
Love the poison pinto!!!
She's a beauty eh?!
Love em man (Y).. thank you for showing them!!
Suuuper cool .. and nice infos , all the best from Romania
I do have most of the Speed Machines. But what I don't have is the red Poison Pinto or the red Supervan with the flames down the side. I think my favorite pieces that I have are the black Mustang Stocker and the plum Cuda'.
I LOVE THE FORD MODEL T HOT RODS
They are so cool! Mattel called them Dumpin' A, so I'm thinking they might be Model A Fords...
Good stuff.
Thanks!
like a old but gold :)
Amazing how much money these cars have accumulated over time, they would have been a steal in their day, easy to overlook in the shopping rush, and possibly taken for granted when purchasing. There is also the mebe boxed cars that were released in Italy and surrounding countries, similarly understated, any relation to these I wonder?
Indeed! Not sure on relations to the SPeed Machines, but international cars do command high prices as well from this era.
Can you imagine a Speed Machines Legacy Series from Mattel?
P.S., what is your favorite from the Speed Machines Series.
That would be truly awesome, I'd buy it! My fav from the original series would have to be the Show Hoss II .... it's all metal with an opening lid!
Nice
cool
@wtffor, hello. I have been watching this video and recently my dad and I managed to find a Packin' Pacer Speed Machines from a California set which oddly features a chrome interior as opposed to the standard yellow interior. The rivets have clearly not been tampered with and the car is overall in great shape. Would you happen to have any information on this unusual variation?
That sounds like a rare variation / crossover piece... nice find! Never seen one before or heard about it. Let me know if you ever think of parting with it! :)
wow...1983..I just 3 years old. Very surprise me cause it's made in Malaysia, as I am from Malaysia.
Wow
Awesome. Thank you for sharing the prices. I am speedily adding to my collection too as fast as I can afford. Since you are so into variations, you might be able to help me. I got a loose Hot Wheels Packin' Pacer, orange color, GHO, that is supposed to be made in 1981. However, mine has no tampos. I have examined it very closely to see if the tampos were actually removed somehow, but seems it was made originally without them because I can't see any trace, or marks, or discoloring. Also the orange color seem to be a bit darker than the orange with tampos. I've researched a lot but can't find that there was such a variation without tampos. Do you know, or anyone else for that matter, anything about that one?
I believe the car you have is what would be considered and "error'... a car that was produced from the factory and should have had tampos, but for some reason or another it missed that step in assembly. These types of cars still happen today, and are usually too hard to find or low numbers to assign a price or value to. For some collectors they are priceless, for others they are not collected as they can not usually be confirmed, as customizers can do wonders when they want to. Thanks for the comment, and I hope my answer was helpful!
Btw, I own a Datsun Z with orange tampos and I've bought it for 15 USD last year! It's in the package btw
Now that is a steal!
Look the hotwheels today not only are a toys from 1968___2018 are too many toy car collectors I am one 1968 ___2018 h0twheels collector I love my mattel hotwheels red line collections
Not a fan at all of the inside story (red Van) but I was still like noooooooooooooooo! When you open up the un- punched card. I'll bet later you were kicking yourself for that. Lol
Once I open an old Hot Wheels, there's no going back and therefor no regrets! :) I love my cars loose, it's just the best way for me to show and display
Great video! I’ve got a Speed machine bubble gunner with a chrome engine and interior. Is it worth anything?
Absolutely! Is she mint? If so, $20 on ebay I guess. If not, let sentimental value prevail, otherwise $5.
I like to video I would have liked to have seen all of the bases of all cars
Thank you, I am glad you liked the video! There are not too many details on the bases of most of these cars, unlike regular mainline cars of the day.
I have the Top Eliminator carded in the speed machines series
The T bucket has a veriation in the bed plastic
Is this considered a hot wheel back in the day?
where in Canada are you from? Nanaimo for me. seems we have a mutual passion for loose cars. if you search Hotwheels Nanaimo Shaw you will see a video or local channel did on my collection. nothing compared to yours but same passion
I will check out your channel right now, and thanks for commenting and watching! I am living in Ontario... have been my whole life.
Do you know anything about a blue tint window variation on the inside story van?
Hello !! you know the name of the one with the No. 5 on the hood ?? I have one white ! thank you
19:50 You can still use the site if you access it through the last update in the Wayback Machine tool by The Internet Archive. That's what I did, because HobbyDB sucks and is horrible. Just note that all the images will be broken/deleted, so its text only.
Alternatively, a new guy in the game, is CollectHW, which the site is pretty much laid out exactly like STDC once you get the hang of it. I tested it out in my collection and it performed really well for my tagging and database organizing, a good substitute. collecthw.com/
Wow, thank you for the link to CollectHW, that is an awesome new site I will be using and recommending! I love that he has pictures of his collection and others too.
@@wtffor Just as an update SouthTexasDiecast is online permanently now and has funding through 2028 and are actively working on adding new cars in since their last update in the 2010's. They have had a rough time these last few years with webhosts increasing rates, personal problems with the owner, and lack of help running the website, but looks like they are getting back in action now. Values are still out of date but that's not such a big deal. Also HobbyDB has gotten worse, it's pumped full of ads first, info second, and the owner is increasingly trying to pay money to absorb other people's websites and info to pad his pocket. Just a bad site overall.
do you think you could sell those cars for double in 10 years?
At least double! More likely triple if not quadruple!
how many cars do you have?
At last estimation, somewhere in the neighborhood of 50,000 +
I have an inside story with the chrome interior and blue window. any info on that?
Yes, i have one too now and it is very htf rare variation
Yes it is. I came across it by accident and never seen it mentioned anywhere. @@wtffor
where do your get rare original packed cars???
Usually I get them shopping on eBay
wait I have that vette van
may I please have that blue ford model t dump truck. You have two of them.
Yes but as I explained they are both different. I recommend you hunt on eBay for one of your own. Thanks for watching my friend!
gg
lo i have the 1983 CX4 from malisia lol