What did you do with your Hershey WINDROSS Trucks?

[1937hd45 2,766]

Time to move these along, sat in a box on a shelf in the basement for @ 25 years must have eight different years. Bob 

[Steve Moskowitz 2,312]

Bob, remember when guys use to pay a premium to get them?  You could sell your truck at the show for more than you paid for it.  Sadly, they are now worth very little.  See them on eBay all the time.  I have quite a few myself.  Good luck!

[1937hd45 2,766]

Good times years ago when they were given out for judging, I just kept them in a box, never on display. Hope someone will find an interest in them. Bob 

[Laughing Coyote 1,331]

1937hd, Can you send me a PM of what they look like? Thanks

Edited December 3, 2019 by Laughing Coyote (see edit history)

[1937hd45 2,766]

Sure, but is easier to share this photo with everyone. Bob 

[Laughing Coyote 1,331]

Are the ones you have all the same style truck with different years or different styles?  

[1937hd45 2,766]

I got one every year for judging. Bob 

[46 woodie 712]

Sadly, like almost everything, the things that at one time we thought to be a "collectable", just don't mean anything to most people. I see them on E-Bay and see them on some tables at HERSHEY for as little as $10. Give them to the grandkids or neighbors kids and watch the enjoyment they get from playing with them. My wife called them the "dust collectors".

[md murray 141]

Waiting up Sunday night for my father to get home from Hershey with new treasures each year was right up there with Christmas for me as a kid.  The unveiling of the annual Hershey Winross was tradition and always pretty exciting (except for that year they were pink..) It would be displayed prominently somewhere for about a week before it would get packed away and relegated to the dark recesses of the attic. What a silly waste of money but boy I couldn't wait to get my hot little hands on it each year-it was a pretty cool little model at the time. 

[1937hd45 2,766]

Great memories md murray, young car memories are the best. Still have the Highway Pioneers Dad built and displayed on the livingroom picture window sill. 

[Dynaflash8 967]

I've got a bunch on the trophy shelf in the garage, would take $10 for each one.  Not in boxes.

[John_S_in_Penna 3,089]

8 hours ago, 46 woodie said:

 Give them to the grandkids or neighbors' kids and watch the enjoyment they get from playing with them.  My wife called them the "dust collectors."

 

Good idea!  A child with a toy truck and a pile of 

sand will have more fun in 30 minutes than you had

in 30 years of storing them!

[Laughing Coyote 1,331]

20 hours ago, Dynaflash8 said:

would take $10 for each one

What do you have? My son loves his cars and trucks. 

[Dynaflash8 967]

Do you just want to know how many?  I can go out to the garage and count them, but I won't make a list.  Best, Earl

[Bhigdog 2,899]

On 12/3/2019 at 5:55 PM, John_S_in_Penna said:

A child with a toy truck and a pile of 

sand will have more fun in 30 minutes than you had

in 30 years of storing them!

 

Especially if they also have a bunch of fire crackers........Bob

[1937hd45 2,766]

On 12/3/2019 at 5:55 PM, John_S_in_Penna said:

 

Good idea!  A child with a toy truck and a pile of 

sand will have more fun in 30 minutes than you had

in 30 years of storing them!

WINDROSS  may look good, but grand son #2 likes ones he can use. Bob 

[zepher 712]

The Windross trucks look to be nice quality with decent detail.

Too bad I didn't know how cheap they were when my kid was younger.

I would have picked up a bunch for playtime.