Since its initial release a couple months ago, I’ve been wanting to pick up the Hot Wheels Aero Pod. Obtaining one has not been a problem as they are plentiful and everywhere, AND have already been released in three colors with a couple wheel variations. So why did I wait […]
If you’ve ever seen a real Dodge Viper ACR, you would know that these just exude excitement. Right around the time the 2010 New Models ’08 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR was coming out, I was walking back from the store by my old apartment. I almost gave myself whiplash as […]
We’re only in January, yet we’ve been graced with several #Hot Wheels Race Team vehicles for 2016 — two of which, have come via 5-Packs. This #Hollowback, along with the Ballistik from the Track Stars 5-Pack have been great surprises, and both have worn the #16 for 2016. While the […]
01/25/2016 — HotWheelsCollectors.com is selling their 2016 Red Line Club Memberships starting tomorrow (1/26, 9AM PST). The sale starts with Renewals for the Chrome Membership (priced at $69.99 + S&P) which is limited to 2,000 and comes with all three club cars. The RLC Membership Club Car this […]
The Team Hot Wheels X-pandables were a line of snap-on additives for Hot Wheels cars. They were released in 2012 and only had three releases in the entire line — Land, Street & Snow. As the backstory goes, these X-pandables were: Developed at the Hot Wheels Test Facility […]
In 2005, the Hot Wheels Switchback “switched” its black and red colors as part of its run in the 2005 mainline Twenty+ Series. Over 10 years later, the reason for this is still unclear but right away collectors noticed the “switch” as one version showed up exclusively in Canada. The […]
Arguably the most popular and iconic of all Hot Wheels is the ’67 Camaro casting. In 2007, it finished second in terms of popularity to the Volkswagen Drag Bus in a collectors poll. How can the ’67 Camaro be an all-time favorite Hot Wheels car when it wasn’t even […]
The Hot Wheels Swamp Buggy was almost the casting that never was. Originally slated to be part of the 2008 Hot Wheels Turbo Driver line (seen in a promotional shot below), the Swamp Buggy never saw retail as the line was cancelled before the Swamp Buggy “car-tridge” was […]
Possibly one of the coolest Hot Wheels cars ever made is not a car at all — its a semi-truck known as the Convoy Custom. Originally introduced in 2009 as part of the Hot Wheels Classics Series 5, this rig was an instant hit with collectors from the […]
In 2002, Hot Wheels brought the #Hot Wheels Race Team back to the mainline after its disappearance as a segment series in 1998. The only thing was, it was no longer a typical segment series that was designated by series name. Rather, it was a hidden segment series […]
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