04/06/2026
Happy Monday peeps! I hope all of you saw plenty of family and got fat off cheap chocolate And small talk? Well good for you I'm glad you ❤️💯
Well as usual, I was sitting alone today working on my projects and having a conversation with my inner monologue about how people respond when I tell them about this passion I have. And after an extensive dialogue with me and myself, I think I have four true identities of people that look at our hobby. Here they are and feel free to comment if there are other types that I forgot! ❤️💯
Four Types of People See My Custom Hot Wheels:
Type 1: "Aww, toys! My kids love these! Maybe I should bring them over!"
Hard pass. This isn't a playdate. This is a workshop, fact is, if I asked you to open the blister without ripping it, you would probably just open it more slowly, appreciate you for that. Thank you for telling me about your kids, now let's head back to the living room and discuss of whatever we were discussing 💯❤️💥
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Type 2: "I collect too! Never open them though—lose value."
We don't speak the same language. You're an investor. I'm a surgeon. My s**t will be expensive once I'm dead, in or out of blister.
You think that's ego? Passion + consistency + a touch of delusion is how you attain the impossible. Winners share the same delusion; losers just call it ego. You'll be mad at me later, fully informed for tomorrow's elevator small talk about the 5:00 news. I don't watch it. I don't do weather chat either. Awkward silence? Only for you. I've got ten people upstairs throwing a party.
Skip the weather next time. Got hot in here, didn't it? 🤣
Type 3: "You customize? Like... drilling, wheel swaps, paint, resealing?" [sees the wall, stops mid-sentence, spots the opened Treasure Hunt] "Bro. You opened a Treasure Hunt?"
"Yeah. Realized after but I figure the custom job adds value to it but I did lose the packaging. Oh well 🤣🤣
Silence. Respect. Finally.
Type 4: "What technique is this?" [listens] "What else can you teach me?"
There it is. The question that matters.
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Some see toys. Adorable. 🤣
I see a 1:64 Honda Civic that became a city. Five years of technique. More projects than questions at this point And the amount of times I heard the word"cute" over these years actually managed to make me smile now when I hear it, ignorance behind this word is absolutely cute, and it's okay. Thanks for asking ❤️
Yeah. I paint toys. Each one unique. Each one deliberate.
The belittling? I tolerate it. Because I know—put this finish on their full-size car and they'd shut up fast. Scale is just camouflage. Let them talk. I'll wait.
And you? You, reading this somehow placing me in the stamp collector personality, which is also completely adorable 🤣❤️ So, yeah, What's your passion? What motivates you to get up in the morning and slave 40 hours a week just to do that that thing you're totally into at the end of your day?
I want to know 🙋
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