Hot Wheels!!!! Vote

While we all wait for the vote on the Elan zetec to go down...... Here's something you can feel confident your voice can be heard at....:D Besides all the Finnelli poles...

My son has a video entered in a contest with Hot Wheels... He made the top 10... now he needs votes!! Please help his college/karting fund!

Go to the link below, click on his video, hit "VOTE". His video is the only one in wide format..... It has black bars above and below the video. (see below!). It also has his full name at the beginning. You don't have to watch the whole thing to hit the vote button - though its a fun way to pass a workday.....

http://www.hotwheels.com/coolstuff/t...challenge.aspx

Thanks! (I promise a big apex donation if he wins!!)

Matt

You can vote once a day! And ends April 7th

Wow!
Max's Hot Wheels budget has to exceed my race budget both in dollars and time invested. ;)
Like they said in the 60's....Cool!

that's an impressive hotwheels setup!

Great job Max! You got my vote

Ok, you have my vote for coolest dad! I don't even want to know how long that took to put together.:greenflag:

Got my vote...

Like my amphibious friend, I am envious of Max's Hot Wheels setup. The video had real production values too! So Max got my vote, but Matt you need to remind him once he wins, that I am what the politicians refer to as a "special interest".

EG

Awesome!

See, this is the exact reason why Kim would be terrified if we ever had boys. We'd take over the house with toy cars. :D :D :D

(Humor... and perhaps some truth)

Ummm Matt, are we perhaps just a tad bit bored during the off-season? Now i will admit as a kid there was a Lego collection, but OMFG what is THAT... $2500 in Hot Wheels stuff??? Now we all like collecting things, and it is way cool you and your offspring have a great time together, but... ummm.... there is thing thing in life called 'balance' or 'moderation.'

Then again screw all the above, go for it full force! Nice video, killer tunes and looks like great fun. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Agreed, you have my vote for coolest dad! :checkered: :trophy:


Now be honest, what did all that stuff cost? (and NOT race budget math you tell the wife ;) , i'd like to know the real cost :D )

PS: i voted

Whenever Court Dowis (FM/FC in SEDIV) has a racing-oriented purchase (helmet, engine, suspension...) he tells her he got it at the 'Big Lots' store.

Big Lots is a clearance discount store that buys excess inventory from other stores and sells at deep discounts.

I wonder if she just rolls her eyes and sighs or believes him....

Nice Job, Max & Matt!

I loved Hot Wheels when I was a kid and my son inherited mine + collected his own.

Matt, that was very cool! Well done, count one more vote for Max!! :thumbsup:

I thank you all and Max thanks you!!
Now if you all vote every day for a month............ Yea - not even I'm THAT nuts..... I'll bump this 2-3 times maybe..... Being in the top ten, he gets at least $500.... So its all pretty cool.... But its the $10k that will get him an 80cc shifter :D

The track took about 2 days to put together.... It was mostly his idea, I just made it work. The stairs (his brother's idea) were the hardest part - it was crazy fast, standing at the bottom was hazardous.... It was just about all the track we had - only a few contraptions didn't make it - The video is over 2 minutes long - it actually takes about 50 seconds start to finish.

They have all different flavors of videos on there - but I think ours has everything combined.... The music is Max's favorite song from a HW music CD (they even have those...).....

In the end, it was fun just to do it with them.....We didn't light it on fire like they wanted to - but I think we will remember it for a while and thats cool to me....

Its amazing how much HW "stuff" we have - no idea how much...... I guess gentlemen don't tell. That was about half the cars on the floor....I don't add hobbies up - It would probably make me stop being a kid....

Doug! Best to start collecting now.....Trust me....

Voted. That's pretty damn cool.

Matt,

Be careful, it gets expensive real quick being such a "cool dad", "they grow up so quick".

Good fun for next "fast McDonough"

Man.... That has to be the coolest set-up I've ever seen :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Got my vote(s)!!

And listen to Mr. Morgan..... He's still paying for it ;)

Very cool, Got my vote! :thumbsup:

(Now if I can only figure how to move all my daughters girl scout cookies!)

:checkered: awesome video! You guys have my vote!

OK, I clicked on th elink, but no videos were displayed from which to choose?

I tried registering, but that didn't do me any good.

I tried moving the pointer all over the 'video challenge' screen, but nada.

What do I need to do to see Max's video?

so from the main page (http://www.hotwheels.com/index_hwkids.aspx) it is below the two cars in an area labeled Trick Tracks video challenge. Click that and then you should get to the 10 videos.

If you can't see it, are your browser settings allowing for asp or the plug ins it needs? I'd probably just try to check it out on a different computer.

Thanks

don't know about settings. I presme it will be in control panel somewhere. I will go check be back soon
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couldn't find anything obvious in control panel. clicked on ie explorer folder, looked at 'advanced' tab, didn't see any reference to asp enable or not.

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Got it! really neat setup--got my vote too. wound up using my laptop

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Originally Posted by Matt M.

...But its the $10k that will get him an 80cc shifter :D

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Say no more, clearing cookies and voting... and voting. Guys, if you vote, then clear your cookies, then vote... Umm... not that i approve of vote stuffing... :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Matt M.

Doug! Best to start collecting now.....Trust me....

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Oh, if I told you my collection already dwarfs Max's, you'd laugh. I have 3 20-gallon cases of vintage (new) orange track, redline-era accessories, curves and other fun stuff. Not to mention just about every First Edition car sold since 1997... among "other" things. :D


My future kids already have a killer Hot Wheels collection—current and vintage. :D :D :D

Agreed!

Vote +1

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Originally Posted by Purple Frog

Wow!
Max's Hot Wheels budget has to exceed my race budget both in dollars and time invested. ;)
Like they said in the 60's....Cool!

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Alright! One week down...
Please keep voting !!!

No comments on the curtains in my garage?? Got them off Ebay like ten years ago..... You have to watch the whole thing to see them...... They are at the end. Real vintage

Nice setup guys, I think I've voted 4 or 5 times so far in the last week, hopefully I'll remember to keep it up.

I wish I had more stuff like that when I was a kid, maybe I would have turned out normal ...err... maybe not ;)

2.5 weeks left......
Thanks so much everyone!!

Vote when you can please!
(Ain't too proud to beg......)

Matt,
You need to remind me, like daily. After a few days i go brain-dead and forget to vote. :(

I'm in as well. My kids enjoyed it. They are always building something. Now I will be stepping all over hot wheels track in my house. (Along with Lego Star Wars Characters)

I don't know if it is counted from this side of the world, watched it with my son, he has now come back with a wish list!
Roger

Keep going

Got my vote.
I was a hot wheels kid, though they didnt have the cool stuff like they do now.
Thank goodness for grand sons, gives me an excuse to play!!!!
Great job on the video!!!

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Originally Posted by Purple Frog

Matt,
You need to remind me, like daily. After a few days i go brain-dead and forget to vote. :(

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No worries..... Even if its once a week thats fine with me.... I think the power of Apexspeed will get the job done.... Plus my bowling team... R/C car club..... local youth hockey mailing list....friends.... family.... business.... :D random people on the street.... :confused:

He's just going to have a big Thank You card list to send.....

:D Inside a week now!! Get out and vote!

http://www.hotwheels.com/coolstuff/tricktracks_videochallenge.aspx

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THANK YOU!!!

I've lost track of how many times I've voted, although I guess that's a good thing. I had a simple setup when I was younger (nothing fancy like that) and I'm pretty sure I got 65mph out of them. Did some damage too (walls, freezer door, skin). I also had a huge racetrack made out of Lego with Indy style cars (took up over 45 square feet). Anyways, back on topic, keep collecting Max (keep buying Matt), and good luck.

Super cool. And thanks to everyone!!

One last reminder for the Frog et all.......

Today and Monday to vote!!

I'm still stuffing the proverbial electronic ballot box. :)