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Title: 2000ft long Hotwheels track!
Post by: Ritchie200 on October 20, 2011, 06:06:40 pm
And I thought I was cool with the 8ft long Drag Strip with the clamp-on-the-counter gravity starter!

Jim

The Most Insane Hot Wheels Track You've Ever Seen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAo8gbh6-5Q#ws)
Title: Re: 2000ft long Hot Wheels track!
Post by: Willabe on October 20, 2011, 06:17:13 pm

              :l2:          :l2:          :laugh:         :laugh:


Man I wonder how much all that stuff cost?           :l2:          :l2:            I had the early stuff and had a lot of fun with it, but this is unbelievable.

   
                       Brad     :icon_biggrin: 


             
Title: Re: 2000ft long Hotwheels track!
Post by: Madison on October 21, 2011, 09:53:40 am
Some people never grow up!
Me included.

I kept thinking "man, this has to be a single father!"
JK.

Seriously, that is a long track.
I liked the swimming pool stretch.

Title: Re: 2000ft long Hotwheels track!
Post by: EL34 on October 21, 2011, 01:03:08 pm
I made me want to race some 1/32 scale Slot cars again!
Things with motors!

Never was into hot wheels
I think hot wheels came after my time??
Title: Re: 2000ft long Hotwheels track!
Post by: Madison on October 21, 2011, 06:19:24 pm

Never was into hot wheels


Same here.
Title: Re: 2000ft long Hotwheels track!
Post by: stingray_65 on October 21, 2011, 11:35:13 pm
It's trick photography!

He's only got about 10 feet of track.

If you notice he keeps using the same orange track over and over

 :l2:

Like watching the chase scene in "Bullit" where the Mustang keeps passing the same green Beetle.

think of how many D size batteries for those boost things
Title: Re: 2000ft long Hotwheels track!
Post by: Ritchie200 on October 22, 2011, 12:54:44 am

Like watching the chase scene in "Bullit" where the Mustang keeps passing the same green Beetle.


Like the 23 hubcaps that the Charger lost! :laugh:

Jim
Title: Re: 2000ft long Hotwheels track!
Post by: G._Hoffman on October 22, 2011, 04:43:39 am
It's trick photography!

He's only got about 10 feet of track.

If you notice he keeps using the same orange track over and over

 :l2:

Like watching the chase scene in "Bullit" where the Mustang keeps passing the same green Beetle.

think of how many D size batteries for those boost things

He may have had 200 feet of track, but that was certainly multiple takes.  I can't believe he has the 200 cameras (or so) it would take to do that in one take.


Gabriel
Title: Re: 2000ft long Hotwheels track!
Post by: RicharD on October 23, 2011, 07:55:14 am
I played with Hot Wheels when I was a kid and it was virtually impossible to keep some of the cars on the track.  Looks like the sides of the track rails are taller now.  Often times the cars would lodge in the power stations.  None the less, a fun video to watch and he appears to be raising money for a good cause.
Title: Re: 2000ft long Hotwheels track!
Post by: Fresh_Start on October 26, 2011, 09:41:07 am
That Dad has waaay too much time on his hands.  I thought it was really cool when my neighbor and I combined our resources to get a track that went downstairs, through the kitchen and the back hallway, then into the dining room.  Mom didn't think it was so cool though...

The "power stations" were just coming in when I was losing interest in Hot Wheels. 

The used, $40 Sears go-kart with a 3 hp Briggs & Stratton engine and scrub brakes I bought with paper route money was SO MUCH more fun!  It only went 17 mph when I bought it but could top 40 when I sold it years later  :icon_biggrin: