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Hess Announces a Mobile Hess Toy Truck Museum

Hess Mobile Museum Ready to Roll Hess Corporation announced today that it will have a Mobile Hess Toy Truck Museum tour several states in the coming months. Cities on the tour include: NEW YORK: Rochester, Albany, and New York City NEW JERSEY: Cities not yet announced MASSACHUSETTS: Boston PENNSYLVANIA: Philadelphia NORTH CAROLINA: Cities not yet […]

Hess Announces 2 Hess Toy Trucks for The 2014 Holiday Season

Hess Will Introduce a Limited Edition Collector’s Toy Truck For The 2014 Holiday Season! In addition to the 2014 Hess Toy Truck, Hess Corporation announced today that they will introduce a special edition toy truck to commemorate the 50 year anniversary of the Hess Toy Truck! Details on this limited edition will be released later […]

The New 2014 Hess Toy Truck Is In Production!

The New 2014 Hess Truck Will Celebrate 50 Years of Quality Toy Truck Design The full size Hess “Winter Truck” as it is called, is coming later this year. This will be a big deal because this is the 50th anniversary of the Hess Toy Truck. This significant milestone in toy making will not go […]

Hess Sells Gas Stations But Toy Trucks Will Roll On!

Hess Sells Gas Stations But Toy Trucks Will Roll On! Big news this past week when Hess Corporation announced that it was selling its gas stations to Marathon Petroleum’s Speedway. You can read details from Hess on this announcement by clicking here. Right on the heels of the Hess-Marathon announcement, Hess issued another news release stating […]

Moving The Original Hess Truck

The Original Hess Truck Moves To Headquarters If you enjoy learning about the history of Hess Toy Trucks as much as I do, then you will enjoy this video. It is by the company that was responsible for moving the original 1933 Chevrolet truck that Leon Hess used to deliver fuel oil to his customers […]

When Will The 2014 Hess Mini Truck Be Released?

Waiting For The 2014 Hess Mini Truck! Not a day goes by that we do not get customer emails asking about the release date for the 2014 Hess Mini Truck. Excitement is building as the release date draws near. Right now we expect the 2014 Mini to arrive by the last week of May. If you […]

2014 Hess Mini Truck

The New 2014 Hess Mini Truck Is Coming! May is just around the corner, and so is the new Hess Mini Truck for 2014! This should be an awesome edition as the Hess Corporation celebrates a 50 year anniversary for the iconic Hess Toy Truck. Even though the Hess Mini Trucks were not introduced until […]

Vintage Hess Truck Ad From 1964

A Chuck Miller blogpost from 2009 had a great piece of the Hess Toy Truck tradition. It included one of Hess Corporation’s first newspaper ads promoting the toy Hess Transport Truck. I doubt if Leon Hess and his Woodbridge associates had any idea that they were creating an eduring tradition when they decided to manufacture […]

Hess Trucks 2010 Hess Truck & Jet

The 2010 Hess Truck and Jet Soar! Hess Trucks hit a home run with their 2010 Hess Truck and Jet. This is one of my favorite editions in the Hess Truck series. If you have never seen this Hess Truck and Jet in action, then you’re missing out. Here’s why. First, the fighter jet. This […]

Collecting Hess Trucks

The Hess Truck Holiday Tradition Collecting Hess Trucks does not always begin with children. As a grandparent I got started buying Hess Toy Trucks for my grandsons. At first it seemed like a pretty nifty toy. Each year as I added to their collection I took some extra time to learn about Hess Trucks and […]