03/11/2017 — Hot Wheels is once again partnering with the big box retailers to offer promotional vehicles for buying cars at retail. Kmart, Toys R Us, and now Walmart will all be the mail-in retailers where you send in receipts and card-backs for mainline Hot Wheels cars totaling $20. […]
Ah yes, the Hakosuka… wait?!?!? …What did I just say? Let me backup a little… Chances are, if you’ve been involved in collecting modern Hot Wheels as of late you’ve noticed the influx of Japanese Domestic Market vehicles. These #JDM vehicles are especially popular on all the social media sites […]
Every so often, the Hot Wheels Graphics Team is let loose and they able to exercise some creative freedom. Back in 2003, Hot Wheels Graphic Designers MiQ Willmott and Wayne Scott collaborated on this graphic design featured on the #Vairy 8 in the open vamp section of the #2003 […]
When the team at Hot Wheels produced the #Dual Cool 5-Pack in 2005, it wasn’t their intention to have double the #Variations on the vehicles in it — let alone three different 5-Packs all together. If you were collecting back in 2005, you most likely remember this 5-Pack as […]
There is a new 5-Pack of #Hot Wheels Character Cars that just started hitting Target stores last week. Its the #Star Wars #Rogue One 5-Pack and it contains some pretty good looking Character Cars that haven’t been widely released as singles yet. Aside from the Jyn Erso vehicle, the […]
Hot Wheels store exclusives seem to be in a holding pattern as of late. The 2017 #ZAMACs have yet to hit Walmart and only the first wave of Red Edition series cars have hit Target, despite a couple from the second wave appearing on eBay close to two months […]
The Hot Wheels #Hooligan almost always makes collectors think they have captured an error as the casting does not have a windshield. Perhaps, its all in the name but this car can get you at the pegs if you are unaware of the casting in the first place. […]
02/28/2017 — The closest thing to a vintage 1970 redline is for sale today over at HotWheelsCollectors.com (HWC). The Hot Wheels Heavy Chevy returns, but its not the retooled 2002 casting that we have come to expect in this era. Its actually another retool of the classic Heavy Chevy casting […]
02/23/2017 — With the majority of characters in previous Hot Wheels #Pop Culture / #Marvel series being men, it was decided to give the women their own. This segment is due out this spring and features some pretty stellar Hot Wheels castings. All 5 vehicles are listed below and seen […]
02/22/2017 — McDonald’s is once again releasing Hot Wheels (along with Barbie) in its Happy Meals. It looks like they are slated for a March release. In typical McDonald’s fashion, these Hot Wheels mimic the ones made by Mattel. Since they are made specifically for McDonald’s, the castings are slightly different […]