My wife is five months pregnant and we just found out it is a BOY!!! In a effort to pass on that which makes men men and, thus, love cars and internal combustion I placed the following items on my wife's tummy. I cannot believe she allowed this. Forgive me as the Hot Wheels are not HAMB specific, 1964 or older. At least the 1:18 Ertl is. Does the dust on the 32 qualify as patina?
Now you have to put the HAMB on a tape and play it through earphones on her belly, like the people do with classical music. Supposedly it makes them smarter!
Congrats! My boy is ten months old, and it seems so far like he's going to be a car guy. He's not walking yet, but he crawls on the floor and pushes his toy cars, he loves to ride in the car, and most importantly when he hears a loud car or bike go by he freaks out kicking his legs and will squirm every which way he can to see what the hell is going by! We went to visit family in NY for Easter and went to the international auto show in NYC...his first car show. No HAMB cars there, but I swear even at six months he recognized that a Ferrari is cooler than a Saab! Good luck and congrats again. They're a lot of fun.
Congrats! I didn't start him that young, but my boy is almost 2 ,(end of Aug), and is in deep already. He knows the difference between cars, hot rods, muscle cars, Jeeps, and trucks, and picks up on anything that "rumbles". He pushes around an old R/C '34 flamed Ford, and loves to look at my mags too. It's awesome. Congrats again and nice start!
Girls dig on this stuff too. My 3 year old gets excited about going to car shows, loves playing with Hot Wheels (This one is a kustom, daddy!) and other automotive toys, correctly identifies Fords vs. Chevies, and gets downright upset when I don't let her grab a wrench out in the garage to help me "fix" something.
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