Original Cost: $6.95
# Manufactured (Hong Kong): 500,000
# Manufactured (China): 500,000
This year Hess did something they should have done from the beginning - They added the year to the license plate of their holiday promotional toys. The cab of this truck is very similar to the 87 except it does to have the aerodynamic spoiler on top. Instead they added an air conditioner compressor. This is the first year that is actually (2) different toys. The trailer carries a Formula style friction powered race car which also includes the date on it's license plate. The car does not have any working lights, but the truck has a switch on the bottom that operates working head and tail lights as well as running lights on the trailer and marker lights on the top of the cab. The truck is about 12" long and the car is about 5" long. The box features the truck parked next to a Hess gas station with Christmas trees and mountains in the background. The bottom contains Battery Installation instructions and race car operation instructions. This truck appears to be very similar to the 1991, but there are actually some major differences (see description for 1991). Start of the vehicle-on-vehicle theme.
Toys
By the power of GraySkull, I have the power! Does that ring a bell? Well for those of you uninformed about this line, it comes from an animated cartoon called He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. The Mattel comic hero has been an inspiration and idol to many all over the world – kids of course! Toys are a great sense of entertainment and fun for children.
Toys give little toddlers that extra nudge to leap into their own private realm of fantasy. Kids take a lot of passion into playing with toys as they identify and aspire to be like the characters portrayed. Ever witnessed a 5 year old girls tea-party? Well, they do not actually prepare it, although its a piece of their imaginary world that exists. What about the 6 year old boy who gets his Batman and Joker action figures into a heated clash? Its quite a sight! Toys work as an immense source of entertainment and fun for children. Besides that, there is a lot that they learn as well.
Toys play pivotal roles in helping children discover their personalities, adapt to certain situations, learn the essence of relationships and how they work and explore hidden skills and talent. Children use toys as a yardstick by which they measure their own identity. They strive to resemble the toys they adore and gradually create their own distinctive characters. Toys can act as a real stress-buster. Surprised? Its a proven fact that children feel a sense of stress and disappointment as well. Toys are their ticket to a sheer entertainment planet of their own. That would explain why after a scolding, you would see kids running straight to their rooms to play with their toy cars or dolls.
Toys not only prove to be a product of leisure, but also an object of self-enhancement for kids. 
