Willceau Illo News

I spied this on a trip to the local super market in a bin among a variety of Hot Wheels cars, and I couldn’t resist it. I was about six years old when Mattel rolled Hot Wheels out to the world, and I have never been able to resist a display. I always have to paw through these 1:64 scale diecast beauties.

For as long as the series has been in production, there has always been novelty cars. This one is no exception. It’s a funny car replica of Fisher-Price’s Chatter Telephone which debuted in 1961. I think every kid born in the 1960s had the toy phone. Now 60 odd years later, the same kids can have a miniature diecast replica on wheels.

I can’t imagine kids reacting to this as their grandparents would. It’s obviously aimed at Baby Boomers.

They got my $1.08. (It was on sale)