Its official! Beatlemania has hit the Hot Wheels Collecting world here in 2016. Last week, the dump bins for The Beatles Yellow Submarine 6-car series started showing up at Walmart stores a couple days after The Mirage Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas had them for sale in […]
Life on the farm tends to be a slow, monotonous life-style. But what if your farm had a drag-racing tractor? Well, that may speed things up a bit! Thats exactly what the Hot Wheels Dragtor is … a drag-racing tractor. From the mind of Hot Wheels designer (and […]
French auto manufacturer #Renault had a racing series of its own which was last called the Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy when it folded in 2013. Originally starting in 1976, this one-make racing series was created and managed by Renault Sport; the motorsport, performance and special vehicle divisions of […]
Later this year we will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Hot Wheels Collectors Conventions in California — a convention I’m hoping to make this year. This 30th installment will take place October 5-9, 2016 at the Marriott Los Angeles Airport Hotel. Over the last several years, between […]
06/20/2016 — Hot Wheels is once again partnering with the big box retailers to offer promotional vehicles for buying cars at retail. Kmart and Toys R Us are the mail-in retailers where you send in receipts and card-backs for mainline Hot Wheels cars totaling $20. Walmart is offering […]
When Hot Wheels first announced the beloved Volkswagen Karmann Ghia was in development and would be released in the 2006 First Editions, collectors were enthralled with the possibility of adding this unique car to their collection of Hot Wheels cars — it was the #VW fans that got real […]
Back when Hot Wheels was still releasing 10-packs (before they shifted to 9-packs), they released two 10-packs that contained cars that were all exclusive. Collectors had been used to the one-car exclusive in previous 10-packs and these were typically outlined in the packaging. In 2009, collectors were thrown a […]
06/16/2016 — It looks as though we will see our first sale in a long time over at HotWheelsCollectors.com. The HWC Special Edition ’64 Pontiac GTO goes on sale next Tuesday (6/21) at 9:00AM PST. This car was originally slated to be released last year but production issues […]
In the second half of the last decade, Hot Wheels got all nostalgic on us by re-releasing several old track sets from the redline era. Complete with packaging art by original packaging artist Otto Kuhni, these sets were released under the Hot Wheels Classics umbrella and featured newer […]
As the early editions of the Hot Wheels ’83 Chevy Silverado continue on their meteoric rise in value, a lesser discussed white version from last year has started to climb. Released as a #Toys R Us Exclusive, the white colorway of the HW Performance (Fram) ’83 Silverado is proving to be hard […]
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