How Hot Wheels Torched Matchbox

How Hot Wheels Torched Matchbox - Past Gas

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There are many rivals in cars, but few are firier (and tinier) than the battle between Hot Wheels and Matchbox. At one point, the two companies were in all out war for the coveted toy car market. Who were the players? How did Hot Wheels end up being the best-selling toy EVER? Today on Past Gas, we’re laying down some flimsy plastic track to explain exactly how Hot Wheels zipped past Matchbox
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@RSpracticalshooting 2 жыл бұрын

The jokes during this were top notch. Also, James shit talking the royal family was 💯

@seismic6435 2 жыл бұрын

She's how old? WOoOoOoW

@brandonseki9658 2 жыл бұрын

@@seismic6435 do

@MikeHowl 2 жыл бұрын

James just went on a full rant 13:45

@TheJohnnyf10 2 жыл бұрын

James I am having a terrible week (mostly cause I totalled my Benz) but honest to God you going calling out the royal family had me in stitches and really put a huge smile on my face thank you guys so much. Back to da show.

@alexabney7913 2 жыл бұрын

Past Gas> my responsibilities

@nickosmond 2 жыл бұрын

You guys should do a podcast on the hot wheels world race and acceleracers series form the early 2000’s

@C4_stephen 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! And it would provide publicity and hopefully bring new fans into the Acceleracers Fandom.

@nickosmond 2 жыл бұрын

@@C4_stephen I remember the Virtual garage they had on the disc versions of those movies and honestly that’s what sparked my interest in cars when I was a little kid. having those movies and playing with the toys Everything hot wheels made after that like TV show and movie wise just wasn’t as good in my opinion I mean I know you get older with time so you don’t want to watch kiddy stuff but honestly I couldn’t think of anything that could even come close to it

@C4_stephen 2 жыл бұрын

@@nickosmond I'm too young to have ever owned them or seen them on DVD but my uncle has them and he showed me when I was pretty young. That's probably why I like cars so much

@nickosmond 2 жыл бұрын

@@C4_stephen I watched them when they first came out and it wasn’t too long after when I got them one year for Christmas

@C4_stephen 2 жыл бұрын

I can only imagine the sight of seeing them in stores 🤤. I have to pick though the flea market bins in hopes of finding some for my collection. 😪

@savagekoala2555 2 жыл бұрын

Love it when James go's in f@#king savage mode 👌

@yungboicontigo9278 2 жыл бұрын

Hot wheels and matchbox were a big part of my childhood! Good thing that you’re talking about it.

@mr.pritchard67 2 жыл бұрын

Thumbs up after Pumphrey going in hard on the royal family. 🤣🤣🤣

@nicolascovers. 2 жыл бұрын

Recently got back into hot wheels, such a nostalgic hobby

@apoc_ 2 жыл бұрын

My weekend its not complete until i watch this podcast while taking care of my kids.

@alfathinofajrian258 2 жыл бұрын

I began collecting Hot Wheels since my 1st year of junior high, and as of right now, i owned 50+ of 'em, mostly real life manufacturers like Ford GT40, Dodge Demon, Aston Martin DB5 Skyfall 007, Chevy Camaro ZL1 Camaro 50th Anniversary, Chevy Corvette Hot Wheels 50th Anniversary, and many more

@jdm603jake 2 жыл бұрын

So, are you in your second year of junior high now? Lol 50 hot wheels is quite a few but as I read your comment I expected a much bigger number and a longer time span lol

@alfathinofajrian258 2 жыл бұрын

@@jdm603jake, as of right now i mean on my college days

@FoxMacLeod2501 2 жыл бұрын

Good stuff! I have to agree, James was on fire, this episode. Nolan, congrats on getting a blurb on the Daily Show this week!

@johnmichaelbenson9060 2 жыл бұрын

The royal smack talk was mint! 👌

@bryankirk755 2 жыл бұрын

Anyone else remember when hot wheels manufactured and sold radar-guns to children

@yeahitskimmel 2 жыл бұрын

My neighbor got one when we were kids and we'd compete for top speed down the big hill on our bikes

@superrad1659 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely loved this episode! Super fun! James was on a freaking roll LOL

@jdm603jake 2 жыл бұрын

I've got a Johnny Lightning Yellow Honda CRX, and a Johnny Lightning Red Jeep Cherokee, honestly for certain vehicle models, Johnny Lightning has some fire 🔥 BUT! Hot Wheels have always been my go-to.. I'm guilty of going through the HW bin at Dollar General and Walmart whenever I go. Even got my girl into it now she comes home from work and surprises me with all kinds of awesome hot wheels 😂 starting quite the collection recently actually... Funny this video went up today, during the peak of my Hot Wheels addiction lol you guys are the best. Hopefully the video part of these podcasts comes back soon, you guys and your personalities and energy is most of the reason I keep up with these. The topic is just a bonus and I usually get to learn a few things

@bryanmckeithen899 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely do an episode on RC Cars, you should do something on go karting, maybe even mini bikes? I really think the world of professional karting and just karting in general would be pretty sick.

@MikeHowl 2 жыл бұрын

Hotwheels! Let’s gooo!

@KANINENBDK 2 жыл бұрын

Am subscribed to you! Like your content!

@KubboGaming 2 жыл бұрын

About the Hot Wheels Fast & Furious DB5, it was in Fast & Furious 6 in the background of the car auction scene. HW did that a bunch with the premium Fast & Furious cars, notably also with the yellow EG Civic that was on screen for like 2 seconds in the 4th movie.

@tallonmetroids271 2 жыл бұрын

I still have at least three Hot Wheels, but they're still in their packaging. Anyone remember the Hot Wheels sets where they can be converted in different ways with the tiny X shaped wrench? Those were probably my favorite non-standard Hot Wheels toys.

@calgray8402 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! The mechanix sets. I still got a tote full of them somewhere

@jdmrustedricer6130 2 жыл бұрын

I haven't even heard this episode and it's already my favorite

@aidenbealer8227 Жыл бұрын

all the british royalty jokes hit different now

@mikemoffitt3048 2 жыл бұрын

Love the Alton Brown knowledge

@concernedcitizen2766 2 жыл бұрын

In Puerto Rico I had Hot Wheels, Matchbox, and Majorette cars from France.

@sleepwalker8600 2 жыл бұрын

I had the same brands in Ireland, some Corgi ones too

@JesusHernandez-pl1kk 2 жыл бұрын

Had to rewind on James rant cause It was so damn funny 😭😭

@LtNduati 2 жыл бұрын

Came for the car stuff stayed for the jokes, especially James's roast of the royals that may have been the best one yet I was still wiping away tears through the following ad reads

@stephankyle6460 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely slayed the royal family. Lol

@maxmolina7201 2 жыл бұрын

Yoo funniest past gas man y’all are some funny characters 😂

@ariessantos12 8 ай бұрын

I remember my wife asking why I keep on buying hot wheels for myself, and this is on top of the ones I bought for my son. I simply said "aren't you glad that I'm addicted on hot wheels instead of drugs and women?" She never questioned my hot wheels purchases ever since then 🤣

@colaflessje Жыл бұрын

13:35 What a legend 😂

@racerj2.03 2 жыл бұрын

When I started collecting matchbox cars hot wheels cars hadn't been on the market yet. So by default I had a matchbox car collection.

@triffin 2 жыл бұрын

I could not agree more with James on his opinion on the royal family.

@Warchief1337 10 ай бұрын

I took a shit in the bathroom at yall's old office. I was visiting from out of town and wanted to come say hi to you guys. You had recently moved offices, and I had only found what was obviously the old address. I was so bummed by this experience that I immediately and urgently needed to shit. The doors were wide open and you know how hard it is to find a public bathroom in the city. So I waltzed right in past a couple of contractors (who didn't notice me), and committed war crimes on your former office throne.

@BingstonGames 2 жыл бұрын

i love watching your guys' podcasts when im grinding for money in forza horizon 5. these are very entertaining. keep it up!

@popman10001 2 жыл бұрын

Let gooooo this is going to be awesome!! Thanks guys

@JohnBtons 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely had to hit the like button after the Matchbox 20 hotwheel impression!

@1990excuses 2 жыл бұрын

OMG the rant about the Brittish royalties 😂😂😂

@ugotpassed7241 2 жыл бұрын

Good call on the queen bullshit there haha!

@EJFXxx 2 жыл бұрын

Hot Wheels has sold more because Mattel wants it this way ... they pay for HW to have 3 x times as much space as they do with Matchbox in the aisle ... HW is Mattels "baby"

@billschwandt1 2 жыл бұрын

bring back the video

@BFB_tg 2 жыл бұрын

Gosh I was waiting for this one!

@mikedreiling1024 2 жыл бұрын

That hot wheels game is sick

@yeahitskimmel 2 жыл бұрын

The one guy who commented about the Hot Wheels radar gun back in the day really brought me back

@BatesRacing 2 жыл бұрын

RC CARS FTW!!! Traxxas, Duratrax, Tamiya, and a bunch of others are fun for kids and adults alike 😎😎😎

@jeremymann8930 2 жыл бұрын

absolutely do an R/C series, like about Tamiya, Kyosho, Traxxas etc...

@maxophone5218 2 жыл бұрын

dude an rc car episode would be so coooooool

@TheJohnnyf10 2 жыл бұрын

I had a couple Johnny lightnings really nice collectable ones a friend of my dad's who owned a bunch of antique toys gave us. Both were funny cars.

@CMoeS13 2 жыл бұрын

I have a cool 90's JDM Hot Wheels collection!!! Love collecting them, like y'all said they are so cheap why not

@scottthrash7832 2 жыл бұрын

My friends and I would race with the tracks using gravity, you know how we did, so I took that heavy thick boy Aerostar van, pulled it apart and filled it with lead for that unbeatable advantage lol

@seismic6435 2 жыл бұрын

Hot Wheels hasn't had the Ferrari license for close to a decade now as it's owned by the MayCheong Group, which owns Maisto and Bburago. They sublease to Tomy

@shdesignco 2 жыл бұрын

45:15 my name is Skylar and I’m rolling

@sebruane8029 2 жыл бұрын

Best pod itw

@Moviestar0551 2 жыл бұрын

Scale 1/4 and 1/8 track! Prepped and no prep days!

@jeramiebradford1 2 жыл бұрын

Hey guys we're the number two Automotive podcast, yeah let's alienate a continent.

@zanebritton7823 2 жыл бұрын

Parents worked security at the brickyard for the 50th anniversary and I got some badass holo 1:64s and a 1:24

@matthew_natividad 2 жыл бұрын

Think we’ll get a wheelhouse ep on matchbox someday?

@MrScotty5877304 2 жыл бұрын

Anyone else take their least favourite hotwheels and matchbox then smash them up with a brick so you could make accidents look real? I still remember getting in so much trouble for really going for realism by taking smashed one's covering them in hair spray then setting fire to them 😂😂

@brandondongell919 2 жыл бұрын

I think a podcast or video on how all the donut hosts learned what they know and how they started at donut would be interesting

@calgray8402 2 жыл бұрын

I've got a red Johnny Lightning Pontiac GTO "Judge" Just about wore the wheels off it as a kid

@nmarkert01 2 жыл бұрын

I miss being able to see you guys talk to these stories out

@a143gillmore 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you im glad im not the only one

@seismic6435 2 жыл бұрын

I love how you guys put the ads right after you say some controversial stuff. That sh!t's guts 😂

@volksrodden9522 2 жыл бұрын

Currently I am building a downhill road course for my hot wheels in my basement. On a monthly basis I probably spend about $100 a month on hot wheels as well. The down hill track will a great way for me and the guy to race while throwing a few brews back

@skullofironhold Жыл бұрын

25:10 my favorite thing to do with those when i was a kid was go up to people and whack them in the shin with it and then run off.

@jednannery7296 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Do STOMPERS next!

@jamessizemore7103 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve never met any of you and I feel like y’all are my good friends😂

@DonaldTheScottishTwin57646 2 жыл бұрын

I'm interested in trains and matchbox is sure deeper into that stuff than hot wheels.

@Szd63891d 2 жыл бұрын

I have 1500+ diecast cars,900 of them are hot wheels. N u were right,my 1st car was a hot wheels,a Chrysler pronto concept

@jackstewart4783 2 жыл бұрын

Playing with a hotwheels while listening

@olumidesoyode8820 2 жыл бұрын

You guys should buy the 6 lane raceway for the office. Its a 6 lane pine derby style track. I have one in my house and my friends love playing with it

@NorthOntarian 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know why but i called all small toy cars regardless of brand dinkey cars lol... might be a Canadian thing we got from our british overlords.

@nashidaperv2351 2 жыл бұрын

the hot takes are funny af

@zeoncrux 2 жыл бұрын

Last ones I bought were the Nissan r33 in midnight purple and the impreza 22b

@brentlypustelak2574 2 жыл бұрын

Yo I had a matchbox video game where you got to be a first responder and if you did enough missions you would get a vehicle upgrade. As the cop, you’d get a standard patrol car and then a bike. As a firefighter, you’d get a red laddertruck to start and then you got a yellow truck (might have been a pumper) and you’d get a dog and somebody hanging on the back of the truck. I don’t remember what the ambulance upgrade was because I usually did the other two.

@duckydammet2646 2 жыл бұрын

Lol just picked up the cherry red 22b on Thursday

@AaqibMHassan 2 жыл бұрын

I think I have the boat that Nolan was talking about

@baqcasanke 2 жыл бұрын

I miss the video versions :(

@Moviestar0551 2 жыл бұрын

I have a hot wheels drag strip! We race for dollars or pink slips. It’s a blast! Y’all Definitely need one.

@hunterunsicker7691 2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Podcast on rc

@braynewash6208 2 жыл бұрын

If you got to Hobby Lobby you can find alot of Johnny Lightning’s and pretty rare hot wheels too

@n54.Jefe. 2 жыл бұрын

Nolan, i also have a Johnny Lightning car still unopened!

@emeraldeyeball2002 2 жыл бұрын

Coincidentally I bought the Nightburnerz 10 pack yesterday.

@marrekpanzarino134 2 жыл бұрын

Mama would bribe me as a kid with a Hot Wheels every time we'd go shopping.. Still bribe myself to go do the chores with them.. Most recent acquisition a lovely Bugatti EB110 SS.

@LucefieD 2 жыл бұрын

when did they stop doing video?

@booman6849 2 жыл бұрын

Hottt hott wheels

@derekford4515 2 жыл бұрын

You guys definitely need to do an episode on RC cars. I want to hear about Traxxas Vs Losi VS Team Associated.

@jamessizemore7103 2 жыл бұрын

Just 50, I had like over 100 and three different tracks to run them on

@slightlyserioussam5136 2 жыл бұрын

Rc cars would be a great podcast. Starting with nitro and Tamiya, the Rise of Traxxas, Axial making the 'first?' production rc rock crawler, TRX-4, licensed vehicles, and the various tracks and courses that exist around the world.

@ryurc3033 2 жыл бұрын

Can't forget losi... Team ascociated, or the monster truck side of things that spawned the crawlers.

@slightlyserioussam5136 2 жыл бұрын

@@ryurc3033 they might need a whole other podcast for the amount of stories on rc cars they could do. Someone must have a past gas style podcast on rc car history.