Last October, Hot Wheels Designer Brendan Vetuskey was showing off his latest creation at the 30th Annual Hot Wheels Collectors Convention in Los Angeles. I was fortunate enough to have been there and to have been one of the first to take the #Gotta Go for a spin. […]
07/12/2017 — The name of one New Model is preventing us from closing out the List of 2017 New Models, but that doesn’t mean we can’t move to 2018. Its the 50th Anniversary of Hot Wheels so you can expect to see some pretty cool things in the […]
Just a little over a decade ago, Volkswagens were all the rage. It seemed as though whenever Hot Wheels put a new #VW out, collectors were all over it, leaving none behind. Newer collectors got a glimpse of that this year with the release of the #Volkswagen T2 […]
One of the more unique #Race Cars you’ll see debut this year from Hot Wheels is the #Porsche 962. Based off of the mid-1980s sports-prototype car made by #Porsche to replace the 956, the real car made its debut at the 1984 24 Hours of Daytona. The Hot […]
In what may be the funkiest Hot Wheels vehicle of the year, the #2017 New Models #Motosaurus blends two facets of kids’ culture — dinosaurs and Hot Wheels. Don’t think I haven’t noticed some of you collectors picking this up with your #2017 Hot Wheels “L” case assortment […]
With the exuberant amount of newer #Mustang castings in the Hot Wheels lineup, it can often be hard to keep all the trim levels straight. Each trim level has its own details that separates it from the rest of the stable. Take for instance the #Ford Shelby GT350R. […]
Wheels #Variations. For the longest time, I didn’t even recognize them in my own collection because collecting in the ’90s yielded all types of them. Back then, production of a specific mainline car could last months versus the several weeks we see now. It was often rumored that […]
The Hot Wheels #Car Culture / Race Day series started hitting Target at the beginning of the month and it has already begun showing up and the other retailers that carry the line. Noticeably, the car that appears to be a must have (out of the 5-car series) […]
06/26/2017 — Its a dreamers paradise and the holy grail of field trips for any Hot Wheels collectors — the Hot Wheels Design Center. Previously, there have been glimpses into what actually goes on there through various articles and videos that have surfaced. Recently however, two online bloggers […]
06/22/2017 — In less than a month, the 2017 San Diego Comic Con kicks off on July 20. Over the last several years, Hot Wheels has stepped up their pop-culture game by showcasing their #Pop Culture, #Replica Entertainment, and #Character Cars lines, as well as other #TV & […]