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Cyborg City 5-Pack: PORSCHE 930

The beauty of rediscovering your collection is coming across a beauty such as this! An afterthought as part of the Cyborg City 5-Pack in 2001, this hot, little Porsche would be a great seller in today’s Hot Wheels lineup for a variety of reasons. Hot Wheels, in recent years, […]

Kmart Hot Wheels Collector’s Day on 2/20

02/08/2016 — Kmart stores nationwide continue their Hot Wheels Collector’s Days for 2016. Upon arriving before 9am (local time) at your local Kmart store, you can expect to be given a ticket. The Kmart associate in charge will then raffle off the chance to open factory-sealed 36 ct. Hot Wheels cases. […]

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Heritage / Redline: MIG RIG

The Hot Wheels Mig Rig is a fantastic utility truck meant for track-side maintenance. From the mind of legendary Hot Wheels designer, Larry Wood, this truck was originally introduced in 2013 in the HW Racing / HW Race Team segment of the mainline (making it a 2013 New Model). […]

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Hot Wheels Originals: MAELSTROM

Maelstrom, for all intents and purposes, is a Dutch word meaning mill-stream — with mill meaning, “to grind”. This Hot Wheels car was designed especially for track as a streamline-grinder of sorts. From its origin as a concept to its first appearance in the 2001 First Editions, Maelstrom had a small group […]

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1997 Hot Wheels #712: TIPPER

The Summer of ’97 brought Hot Wheels collectors a relatively unexpected surprise — Ex-Corgi castings popping up in the Hot Wheels mainline! When Mattel bought out Corgi in 1989, it released the former Corgi castings primarily under its “Hot Wheels Auto-City” line which was sold mainly in European markets. […]

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2001 First Editions: TOYOTA CELICA

When Hot Wheels first started to dabble in the #Tuners and #JDM cars in the early 2000s, the Toyota Celica was among the very first. While some collectors (at the time) were disappointed the Celica didn’t come more stock, most came around when they realized the Hot Wheels […]