Kyle Petty

Apple site:Wikihow Hot Wheels has been a brand of 1:64, 1:43, 1:18 and 1:50 scale die cast cars introduced by American toymaker Mattel since 1968. Many car companies have licensed Hot Wheels to make scale models of their cars, allowing the use of original design blueprints and detailing. Although Hot Wheels were originally intended for children and young adults, they have become popular with adult collectors, they have there own limited edition models that are now made available. Through the years, Hot Wheels cars have been collected mostly by children, but in the last 15 years, there has been an increase in the number of adult collectors. Mattel estimates that 41 million children grew up playing with the toys, the average collector has over 1,550 cars, and children between the ages of 5 and 15 have an average of 41 cars. Most believe the collecting started with the Treasure Hunts in 1995. Mike Strauss has been a major roll in Hot Wheels collecting; he has organized two collectors events each year in some form since 1986. The first event was the Annual Hot Wheels Collectors Convention, normally held each year in the fall. The convention occurred in many locations around the country until 2001, when the first Hot Wheels Collectors Nationals was put together. Since then, the Conventions are held each year in southern California. I myself am a hot wheels collector with just over 200 hot wheels. Site:mattel.com Treasure Hunt vehicles are identifiable by a label on the…

1. What does Hot Wheels as a company do? Hot wheels as the company have been creating collectable die-cast toy cars since 1968. They made the cars on different scales (1:64, 1:43, 1:18 and 1:50) and basing them off different models from General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Chrysler Motors and many more. Hot wheels also specialise in racetracks which are sold separately to the toy cars. Hot wheels are owned by Mattel Inc, who is a worldwide leader in designing, manufacturing and marketing toys…

Governments do share a common trait with God. The idea of a government is something that has been around since the dawn of man and has been discussed and debated about for about just the same number of years. One form of discussion is through satire like South Park. "Let Go Let Gov" is an example of an episode of the show that makes a point about people's thoughts about the government and certain actions of the government. The creators take a stance against those who are too doubtful of the…

A lot of times, fast paced music makes me more motivated to do things. So, I guess it depends on what is going on. I know Kelly Clarkson has some songs that I really liked and make a person feel empowered when down. My mother passed away last year and to this day I still think of her everytime I hear certain songs. Some of these songs we chose to have played at her funeral. For example, Martina McBride’s “In My Daughter’s Eyes” was a song that always reminded me of my mom and I thought it…

Fast cars, cold beer, and cheap women. All those factors blend together into the great sport of NASCAR. It is not easy to make a permanent mark on a sport, yet some people manage to do the impossible. Over the years NASCAR has produced many great drivers. Dale Earnhardt was one of the best NASCAR drivers in history who left a legacy for others to follow, including his children. Dale Earnhardt’s love for racing began at a young age. He was born in North Carolina in 1951. (Biography.com) Young…

numerous advances in medicine and technology over the centuries but a society as advanced as the U.S.A cannot get passed the skin color of a person. The discrimination that blacks face on a daily basis is far from over though it is not as obvious as it used to be. Gone are the days when signs were put up prohibiting blacks from riding on the same bus as whites. Gone also are the days when blacks and whites were not allowed to attend the same schools or swim in the same pools. However, the…

In Frankenstein, Nature and science have brought a significant impact onto the characters. The progression of science combined with nature leads to a debacle. With this, there are various effects and roles shown through nature and science. Mary Shelley expresses her message about this. In her times, she was part of the transition from the Enlightenment to the Romanticist age and this led her to composing a story with nature and science competing against each other. From the struggles between the…

to that Liane was a hermaphrodite or intersex in the episode 201 (Parker, Parker, 2010). Cartman’s friends consist of Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski and Kenny McCormik and they are all in the 4th grade at a fictional school called South Park Elementary. (South Park Studios, n.d) Eric Cartman has some psychological issues like he is cruel, manipulative, sadistic, racist, sexist and destructive and by definition of psychological issue meaning, “Individual that is associated with distress or…

Due to the high profile nature of the driver, this was the final straw that sprang into action the safety revolution within NASCAR. It is no coincidence a driver hasn’t been killed since. New focuses in research and development by applying physics, physiology and engineering have led to the inventions of the devices listed in the previous source. It is unfortunate such a driver had to be lost, but moving on it is evident NASCAR is committed to keeping safety a priority within the organization.…

Our memory shape our opinions and how we are going to remember certain moments of our lives. It creates our history. Walt Kowalski, the main character of Gran Torino, is an old veteran who carry his horrible experiences from the Korean War in his memory and it shape his life in Detroit, in his neighborhood with Asian minorities. During the movie, we can watch scenes where Walt talks about the war, but he never actually says what exactly he did. The only information we get, are at the end of the…