>>11499989
Yeah the only ones I tended to get were the ones that looked like animals or monsters or space vehicles. Matchbox tended to have more of these so once I understood the difference I looked more at Matchbox, but they were never my "thing," just a toy I'd get now and then if they were cool.

I was a Beast Wars kid so I was never into vehicles at all.

A couple favorites though:
https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/Zombot (I had the 1996 Black and Red one)
https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/Vampyra (1994 purple)
https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/Eevil_Weevil (I had the 1995 Orange one)
https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/Radar_Ranger (I had the silver one but god that G2 Megatron looking deco one is sexy)
https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/Rodzilla (1995 chrome one)