Being that 2016 was an Olympic year, Hot Wheels decided to release a 10-car series in this year’s mainline to coincide with the summer games. Olympic branding was never part of the series, nor any other license for that matter, as this series was dubbed “HW Games” and all […]
Those of you that read our articles everyday may notice the Racing Stocker we have today looks strikingly similar to another car we featured on the blog last year. Wearing the same paint scheme as the Hot Wheels Racing Select: ’81 Buick Regal Stocker, the Racing Stocker was […]
It pains me to say, but sometimes it takes a super #Treasure Hunt release of an #Unlicensed Hot Wheels casting for collectors to take notice of it. It pains me even more to say that I dismissed the Hot Wheels Driftsta before I saw the 2016 super treasure hunt release […]
The design team at #Dodge deserves some credit as they keep churning out some great #Muscle Car models year after year. Between the #Viper, Challenger and the #Charger, #Mopar power is back! As if great design wasn’t enough, they keep finding ways to get more power out of these […]
09/08/2016 — With the 2016 Hot Wheels coming to a close, 2017 is right around the corner with the cases likely to start appearing mid to late September. With that said, images of presumptive 2017 Treasure Hunts are being leaked through a variety of sources. Here is what we have […]
Part of going back and rediscovering your collection is that you come across gems like this that you forgot you even had. Released as part of the #Real Riders Series (2005), this Hot Wheels #Mustang Mach I was listed as “1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 – Parnelli Jones” on […]
The Hot Wheels #Cat-A-Pult was first released as part of the 1998 First Editions and was definitely a pegwarmer until the casting was ultimately retired as part of the 2004 Final Run Series (shown below). See this little car just never caught on in the mainstream Hot Wheels crowd as […]
The new millennium brought change with it to the Hot Wheels world as the first #Tuner, the #Sho-Stopper, was introduced as part of the #2000 First Editions. A year later, the gates of tuner culture had been opened as we started seeing our first licensed tuners come through […]
We are continuing our coverage of the #HW Race Team (2016) series here are Orange Track Diecast with a release that should be all over the pegs at your local retailers by now — the Corvette C7.R wearing the #2 and a #Hot Wheels Race Team deco. Released […]
09/04/2016 — A couple weeks ago we saw an Instagram post from Hot Wheels that showcased some new 2016/2017 cars at an event for friends and family. In that post, we saw what looked like a white #Bread Box with the Ghostbusters logo & Slimer on it. It turns […]