As a child of the 1960's, I had loads of Matchbox cars, when they used to come in a small box, hence the name. I can remember reading on those boxes, the sentence: "Model and package Lead free". Lesney always made a big thing about that.
I had a Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car, it might've been a Corgi, but it was matchbox scale. I somehow managed to eat all the chrome plating off the plastic, I was four, I walked around with foreign objects sticking out of my mouth alot, what can I say? Again, I was _four._ But I can still remember that it was yellow plastic under the chrome. I still had it when I was 9 or 10, because I remember it distinctly, with the wheels off, and the grille off, and smashed with a rock or a hammer. I had a big matchbox/hotwheels/etc. junkyard under a spruce tree, in the needles, concealed by branches, until somebody found it. I was a destructive little .... Oh, orange Hotwheels track stings when you're a kid and Grandma whoops your ass with it. Damn, the 70s sure were fun. I miss em sometimes.
possible that the actual red lines on the wheels consist of lead... considering that the original redlines were gotten rid of as soon as the lead ban...
Pretty cool. I saw the same with knockoff Lego figures. My teacher at school actually told me not to give a little kid a old toy Hotwheels cause if they put it in their mouth, the led would go into their mouth.
Thanks great subject.great video. You answered a question I've had for a long time. But you know we put those cars in our mouths as kids and survived.lol We survived alot lol....
i could listen to you narrate all day! Thanks for the video, I got a diecast firebird Hot Wheel today and was wondering if it had lead in it. If you use the lead test on your toy car, is the red spot permnanent if it shows up positive? I don't want to ruin any of my toy cars if I get any more.
in the early "cars" line the sarge character toy was reported to have lead paint. this test kit would be good if you know any one that might have that early release in a collection.
I own a HotWheels discontinued Ferrari 330 P4. The wheels whey used are the fork looking wheels they used on the old Lamborghini HotWheels, (The fork looking ones). I will use this tutorial to make the stock Gold rims on the real car. But the car looks nice with or without stock rims.
Nice video! I have a proposition, an idea for a video. Make a car wingless. In longer words, take a car that has a metal casted rear wing, like the new Lamborghini Veneno. Then take the wing of and repaint the car. I have a Veneno but i can't easily find another one in my country. You probably could, so can you make it?
I bought a very tatty looking Matchbox Ford Falcon race car. And it was purple. Stripped the paint and removed the rear wing and front chin spoiler with a dremel. Removed internal roll cage. And repainted in light blue and turned it back into a standard EF series Falcon GLi. Added a tow hook so it tows a caravan trailer.
I have 2 vintage matchbox cars and my brother has one. I obviously dont stick em in my mouth and neither does my brother, but does just handling them by like moving them from shelf affect you in any way?
+Jacob schonberner Better tell you the details of the car (If you accept)The hood is intactThe wheels on the passenger side are bentThe roof is missing a lot of paintThe base (& car itself) has oxidationI want the car to be in its original color (Aqua)Basically I want the car to not be a custom.This will mean a lot to me if you accept. Have a nice day :)
Correction - lead wasn't used for opacity, it was used to help paint flow out smoothly. You should also tell the truth, and just say China - when you talk about items with lead, as it is already well known, and not just in toys.
great video informative video. wonder why he specifically mentioned the UK at the end? bit random. worth noting the U.S. authorities have recently sent out alerts on Chinese toys having massive amounts of lead.
What were people trying to point out with the fact that they may have lead based paint? That you shouldn't handle them because of it? It's not that dangerous. Even if all these test would have come up positive there's no reasons to take any real precautions, just don't give it to a small child who will chew on it. Albeit even that should be close to harmless, it's chocking that's the danger then.
Too much panic in modern society about lead based paint LOL. I grew up inhaling exhaust fumes from lead based gasoline for decades as well as eating paint chips as a kid. Society at large is so overly protective that young children today stand a 90% chance of developing asthma as well as disease in later years as a result of being shielded from general toxins resulting in under developed immune systems.
I certainly wouldn't imply that lead ingestion leads to a stronger character.... my point on lead is that the human body is far more resilient than people give it credit for...small doses of lead, radiation, germs, cigarette smoke, etc cause no harm but people panic at the merest thought of exposure. On the other hand, if you spray paint cars daily for a living, a respirator is certainly a wise idea.
Getting back to baremetalHW's videos....very well filmed and narrated, I learn something new with each presentation...quite helpful as I am beginning to restore my original '68/''69 Redlines, thanks for sharing.
As a child of the 1960's, I had loads of Matchbox cars, when they used to come in a small box, hence the name. I can remember reading on those boxes, the sentence: "Model and package Lead free". Lesney always made a big thing about that.
brianartillery huh, weird how they reassured everyone about the cars, but they let it be in house paint.
you can get them in boxes again
I had a Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car, it might've been a Corgi, but it was matchbox scale. I somehow managed to eat all the chrome plating off the plastic, I was four, I walked around with foreign objects sticking out of my mouth alot, what can I say? Again, I was _four._ But I can still remember that it was yellow plastic under the chrome. I still had it when I was 9 or 10, because I remember it distinctly, with the wheels off, and the grille off, and smashed with a rock or a hammer. I had a big matchbox/hotwheels/etc. junkyard under a spruce tree, in the needles, concealed by branches, until somebody found it. I was a destructive little ....
Oh, orange Hotwheels track stings when you're a kid and Grandma whoops your ass with it.
Damn, the 70s sure were fun. I miss em sometimes.
Cool video, although seeing how all the tests were negative, I feel I was miss-lead. No? Okay, I'll stop now.
I laughed
In 2007 there was a lead paint recalled on Disney prixer cars
Yes, but so far as I know, only on one particular vehicle - Sarge.
possible that the actual red lines on the wheels consist of lead... considering that the original redlines were gotten rid of as soon as the lead ban...
The Lesney Ambulance! 😍😍
Awesome video bud!! This was way cool
This channel kind of wants me to start collecting Hotwheels/Matchbox die cast cars XD
good science experiment good example
You should test some Greenlight, Maisto, and M2. I'm curious about those cars.
What if you turn the car over and check the bare metal underside for lead?
Very informative. I chewed on a few matchbox as a kid.
Been wondering the same thing. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for another awesome video! Keep it up!
Pretty cool. I saw the same with knockoff Lego figures. My teacher at school actually told me not to give a little kid a old toy Hotwheels cause if they put it in their mouth, the led would go into their mouth.
Thanks great subject.great video.
You answered a question I've had for a long time. But you know we put those cars in our mouths as kids and survived.lol
We survived alot lol....
i could listen to you narrate all day! Thanks for the video, I got a diecast firebird Hot Wheel today and was wondering if it had lead in it. If you use the lead test on your toy car, is the red spot permnanent if it shows up positive? I don't want to ruin any of my toy cars if I get any more.
Wow I'm glad there's no led 😪Great vid!
in the early "cars" line the sarge character toy was reported to have lead paint. this test kit would be good if you know any one that might have that early release in a collection.
shit i have two of those in a drawer somewhere.
no all where lead painted it was only on a certain base code that had the bad paint most were from the 2 packs
Wondering if anyone knows about the original Tonka beloved dump trucks?? Would be so happy to find the answer to this!
What about the wheels of very old matchbox cars? The website calls them "metal," but doesn't say what kind. I've always assumed they are aluminum.
I own a HotWheels discontinued Ferrari 330 P4. The wheels whey used are the fork looking wheels they used on the old Lamborghini HotWheels, (The fork looking ones). I will use this tutorial to make the stock Gold rims on the real car. But the car looks nice with or without stock rims.
Nice video!
I have a proposition, an idea for a video.
Make a car wingless. In longer words, take a car that has a metal casted rear wing,
like the new Lamborghini Veneno. Then take the wing of and repaint the car.
I have a Veneno but i can't easily find another one in my country. You probably could,
so can you make it?
I can put it on my list of things to do...
I have a white BMW Z4 M and I removed its metal spoiler
+Snowtato XL same
I bought a very tatty looking Matchbox Ford Falcon race car. And it was purple. Stripped the paint and removed the rear wing and front chin spoiler with a dremel. Removed internal roll cage. And repainted in light blue and turned it back into a standard EF series Falcon GLi. Added a tow hook so it tows a caravan trailer.
I have 2 vintage matchbox cars and my brother has one. I obviously dont stick em in my mouth and neither does my brother, but does just handling them by like moving them from shelf affect you in any way?
You MUST turn that ambulance into the Ghostbusters Ecto1! That would be awesome! Who agrees?
For a custom, the newer Cadilac Ambulance would be a better choice than messing with a vintage toy.
matchbox.wikia.com/wiki/1963_Cadillac_Ambulance
Altering a vintage collectible would ruin it.
great video - thank you!
Good job!
Are any of those cars from the uk
idk, Mattel hasn't always necessarily been known for being totally customer friendly, remember the hairy potter vibrating broomstick lol.
That may have been too friendly
yeah that was weird to use when i found it in my attick
- I wouldn't worry about it.
Qual a função dessa caneta.
Chemicals and customs. Classic bare metal. Good to know my old tat is safe, I panicked a little when you pulled out the moko.
great video buddy.
Thanks! Was it my question that made you make this video?
+john howards That and my own curiosity...
Hopper cars please
Could I send my Custom Barracuda to you to restore? (It has a Hong Kong base)
+Jacob schonberner Better tell you the details of the car (If you accept)The hood is intactThe wheels on the passenger side are bentThe roof is missing a lot of paintThe base (& car itself) has oxidationI want the car to be in its original color (Aqua)Basically I want the car to not be a custom.This will mean a lot to me if you accept. Have a nice day :)
when are mt cars gonna be in a video
+Kevin Meijer Soon...
They definitely did.
Correction - lead wasn't used for opacity, it was used to help paint flow out smoothly. You should also tell the truth, and just say China - when you talk about items with lead, as it is already well known, and not just in toys.
great video informative video. wonder why he specifically mentioned the UK at the end? bit random. worth noting the U.S. authorities have recently sent out alerts on Chinese toys having massive amounts of lead.
Zendal Darkman probably because old matchbox cars were made in the UK (England)
No Lead Paint.
What were people trying to point out with the fact that they may have lead based paint? That you shouldn't handle them because of it? It's not that dangerous. Even if all these test would have come up positive there's no reasons to take any real precautions, just don't give it to a small child who will chew on it. Albeit even that should be close to harmless, it's chocking that's the danger then.
Most people are watching this accompanied by a can of soft drink an a bag of chips ffs ...
I was once told that the only lead paint Lesney ever used was yellow and they stopped when Australia banned lead paint around 1960.
Too much panic in modern society about lead based paint LOL. I grew up inhaling exhaust fumes from lead based gasoline for decades as well as eating paint chips as a kid. Society at large is so overly protective that young children today stand a 90% chance of developing asthma as well as disease in later years as a result of being shielded from general toxins resulting in under developed immune systems.
mike reece i agree that todays society is being a bit babied... but are you seriously saying ingesting lead "gives character"?
I certainly wouldn't imply that lead ingestion leads to a stronger character.... my point on lead is that the human body is far more resilient than people give it credit for...small doses of lead, radiation, germs, cigarette smoke, etc cause no harm but people panic at the merest thought of exposure. On the other hand, if you spray paint cars daily for a living, a respirator is certainly a wise idea.
Getting back to baremetalHW's videos....very well filmed and narrated, I learn something new with each presentation...quite helpful as I am beginning to restore my original '68/''69 Redlines, thanks for sharing.
nhuKer - You put something in quotes the man didn't even say. Where did he say "gives character"? He didn't.
SUPER SNAKE its called paraphrasing...