Hess Trucks

Have spent part of the day messing with a video of something I've bought for around the past 7-8 years. It's the Hess toys, and there's a different one that comes out only around Christmas. No Hess gas stations around here, so a friend of a friend buys them and ships them here from out-of-state. Finally went and joined YouTube and added this short 2.5 min. video of the recent 2008 Hess Truck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJQszRH_FzM



Some kids never grow up, lol :lol:

Aren't we all just big kids at heart.....

That is awesome I have been getting a Hess Truck each year of my life

I have 42 different years looking for 43

Dang, 42 Hess vehicles! I originally started collecting them for my grandson, but soon discovered how destructive he was of his stuff that I decided to keep them for myself, lol. I keep them in the boxes, after having removed all the batteries of course.

Never got any Hess trucks when I was little. Used to get Tonka trucks, We used to build a LONG RAMP from a small hill to the railroad tracks and run our trucks down the ramp as a train was going by. Hey, Tonkas withstood the firecrackers, had to destroy them somehow. I never could keep model cars more than 6 months before they got blowed up.

Had a big yellow Tonka dump truck when I was real young, and I remember that thing was pretty dang tough. Made out of real metal then, but I think they're all plastic nowadays.

My son works at a Hess Station and they ordered 300 and sold the all in the month of December.People were still comming in up until Christmas eve looking for them.

When I was stationed in Chasn. SC ('75-'79), I used to get gas at a Hess station. Saw the collectible trucks/vehicles they had around Christmas and never paid any attention to it then. If I'd only known, lol.

Same here WaterWings. I always thought someone would pick one up for a last minute gift for some little kid. Never knew they were so popular.

I used to drive tankers for Hess from 92-97. Back in 94 they had trucks that they could not sell, so in 95 they did not make as many and that year is worth more than average. In 95 after they sold all of them they started selling the 94's from the previous year. People were getting upset with the stations after finding out that they did not get the correct one. I would usually buy 3, one for myself and two for my nephews. That year after I found out what was happening , I kept all three and bought them some other gift. btw-the 95's were a toy truck and helicopter.

I have the 1995!

I checked the Hess site and they've already sold-out of the '08 model. I went searching and found it on 3 different collector sites. One guy is selling them for $89, one wants $115, and the other one wants about $125! :shock:

The original price from Hess was $22.99.