<story><title>The Hot Wheels Design Studio: How a Real Car Gets Turned into a 1:64 Toy</title><url>https://www.thedrive.com/news/42183/inside-the-hot-wheels-design-studio-how-a-real-car-gets-turned-into-a-164-toy</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ftio</author><text>For about two years, our oldest son was &lt;i&gt;obsessed&lt;/i&gt; with the Cars movie. Over that period, friends and family have overwhelmed our house with die-cast Cars toys, of which there are thousands. We have hundreds. We have many that have no speaking part, and we have some that are not onscreen for more than a few &lt;i&gt;frames&lt;/i&gt;. We have over 25 Lightning McQueens.&lt;p&gt;These Cars cars are junk. They break so easily. The axles are thin, flimsy pieces of metal, the paint jobs are terrible, and they drive smoothly for two weeks before they start stuttering and sliding.&lt;p&gt;For comparison, we have a few hand-me-down Hot Wheels (edit: Matchbox, not HW) cars made in England in the 70s that have been abused on-and-off for 20 years, and they still roll like they were just made. Newer ones aren&amp;#x27;t as sturdy or as heavy as those 50-year-old ones, but they&amp;#x27;re still much more nicely built than the Cars ones.&lt;p&gt;All I can say is: thank goodness the Cars phase is over.</text></comment>
<story><title>The Hot Wheels Design Studio: How a Real Car Gets Turned into a 1:64 Toy</title><url>https://www.thedrive.com/news/42183/inside-the-hot-wheels-design-studio-how-a-real-car-gets-turned-into-a-164-toy</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Hnrobert42</author><text>I am baffled by website design. I am there to read an article about Hot Wheels. They embed a video about the F-117. Distracting and annoying, but fine. Then, as I scroll more, the video follows me! WTF! No I don’t want to watch your stupid video. I want to read your article. Isn’t that why it’s here?!?</text></comment>