Despite the fact that I am currently the parent of two sons, seeing my youngest son's toy cars makes me occasionally long for my childhood.
My parents never bought me toys, but it doesn't imply that I don't have any toys at all. I could make my own toy car at the time. I constructed it out of bamboo or sago palm fronds. I normally use old flip-flops for the tires after circling them with a compass drawing tool. I prefer to use a stick to push the car into a run rather than the plastic rope that some kids wrap around the front bumper of the car.
However, a lot has changed since then. Today's kids most likely can't create a toy car out of bamboo, thatch fronds, or anything like that. If they want a toy car, all they have to do is whine to their parents to get them to go out and buy one. Easy enough!
This is an old car from one of my youngest son's diecast toys. It appears older than it actually is simply because of the numerous scratches caused by constant rubbing. And I'll submit these photos for the daily #monomad challenge, hosted by 
All of the images here are my own work, taken with Xiaomi POCO NFC smartphone and an assembled external macro lens.