Comments on: Nothing Beats a Hot Wheels Lunchbox

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:12:51 +0000

Hot Wheels used to be much bigger back in the day. People didn't seem to be as TV video game based and kids used to have fun. Great post and wish I had seen it earlier

By: PeterGibbons

PeterGibbons — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:12:51 +0000

Hot Wheels used to be much bigger back in the day. People didn't seem to be as TV video game based and kids used to have fun. Great post and wish I had seen it earlier

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:01:21 +0000

What a post, I was just looking up Hot Wheels lunchboxes since I saw some at a garage sale and was wondering which to pick up. These remind me so much of my childhood that it really isn’t even funny! I absolutely love them. Thanks for the post, looks like I’ll have to dig a little deeper.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:30:52 +0000

Frank – Thanks for posting that link. I had actually never heard about that and was about to do my shopping online at Amazon this year for various family members kids. Does anyone know if they actually went through with this? I don’t like the idea of sending the kids a boring brown box.

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:26:51 +0000

Hey Erin,

Great post and what you said is so true, I remember all the awesome packages/techniques that Hot Wheels used to captivate me when I was a younger kid. I remember always wanting those cool Lunchboxes and the latest and greatest Nascar toy. Oh the nostalgia!

Nice of you to bring up the simple box idea that Amazon is doing. Here is a link to an article about it
http://www.popgadget.net/2008/12/amazon_discover.php

I don’t think that it’s meant to destroy the image of the product but make it easier for people to actually get into the product itself. Although I agree, it’s probably not as exciting for the children to see just a plain brown box and not an exciting wrapping.

By: Erin Lewis

Erin Lewis — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:35:40 +0000

I’m personally a huge fan of the implimantations of various product designs as well as the actual product’s box design. Hot Wheels is notorious for extremely innovative ways of combining unique box designs to help ‘spark’ the senses of buying the product. Regardless of what the product really is. I remember as a kid always wanting Hot Wheels products due to the interesting designs they implemented into their boxes and different holding packages.

Now to think that Amazon and other institutions are going against that and implementing the new simple cardboard box idea. We’ll see what kids think, but I dunno how I would feel if I was a kid that received a christmas present in the new amazon plain brown box….Just doesn’t seem as fun as all the cool designs available.

By: Suffolk Va

Suffolk Va — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:58:07 +0000

I can’t imagine how much plastic and other items went into making those thermos either. I do remember getting a hot wheels lunch box though!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:57:12 +0000

Cool thermos but I’m glad we are heading more in a green direction.
I love the new TickleMe Plant Mini-House/ party favor I found it at http://www.ticklemeplant.com This is the most amazing plant you will ever see. The leaves fold up when you tickle them!