If you're reading this website, there's a very decent chance you grew up playing with Hot Wheels toys. For many–myself included–car enthusiasm started at an early age with these 1:64 die cast beauties and their physics-defying plastic tracks. That's why these reissue Hot Wheels toys fill me with the best kind of nostalgia.

Not the sort of smarmy, pandering "weren't the 1990s so great" faux-nostolgia that's all too common on the internet, but the kind that genuinely warms your heart. Mattel has re-released a handful of individual die-cast cars and four sets including the Retro Hauler, the Dash & Crash track set, the 4-lane Elimination race track set, and the Sto & Go playset.

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Each comes in excellent retro-style packaging, complete with the old-school red-and-white logo. The cars, which have a suggested retail price of $2.19 each, and the sets, which are all under $30, are available to purchase now. No, you won't pay a premium for these reissues

These are the perfect toys for both you and your kids. Even if you don't have kids, you probably still want these. As a Hot Wheels baby, I know I do.

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via Toyland

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