#Hot Wheels iD evolved the common Hot Wheels car. In 2019, 51 castings were designed to incorporate a near-field communication (NFC) chip that sends data to your phone, Smart Track and/or Portal. This makes for some cool data usage as you are able to play with your car […]
Four years have passed since we last saw the Hot Wheels #8 Crate. It sure doesn’t seem like it was that long ago that I was finding the 2016 Stars & Stripes release on the pegs. There have been several #Station Wagon castings that have been released since, […]
12/3/2019 — To have Mattel come to you and solicit your input is every collectors dream, right? I mean, who else would jump at the chance to ride the Haul of Flame over to the Hot Wheels Design Center to be in a planning meeting with Hot Wheels […]
Today is the day that I quit collecting Hot Wheels. Say Whaaaat? Let me rephrase that: Today is the day I was supposed to quit collecting Hot Wheels. See, back in the ’90s, when I started collecting Hot Wheels, I recall saying to a friend: when Hot Wheels […]
12/2/2019 — The Back to the Future Time Machine from the 2019 Hot Wheels iD line is NOW AVAILABLE on Amazon! This is truly a must-have for any BTTF or Hot Wheels iD fan as it looks to be one of the most-detailed Hot Wheels BTTF Time Machines […]
12/2/2019 — Collectors in Australia and Malaysia have reported finding the latest #2020 Hot Wheels mainline case: the “D” case assortment. No sign of the “D” cases in the Unites States yet, but with the “C” case dump bins already hitting at Walmart, these should be with U.S. […]
12/1/2019 — What a crazy week! Amidst the (lack of) Black Friday chaos in the Hot Wheels world, we had two international conventions going on in both Japan and Mexico. There has been news from both but perhaps the biggest announcement was the unprecedented unveiling of the complete […]
11/29/2019 — There was an expectation among collectors of the #Hot Wheels iD line that there would be a new wave hitting on Black Friday in the United States. The iD app was updated yesterday and the Lamley Group showed off new cars he had gotten from Mattel. […]
Another round of questions via the #Ask Brad inbox. You guys killed it with some great questions! Keep them coming! Here are your answers: Zeus • Chicago, Illinois Q: With the new Hot Wheels ID release, I have noticed some have “Limited Run Edition” on the package. So far, […]
Have you ever wanted to take one of your Hot Wheels for a spin? …That of course is a rhetorical question, as I know you have. Well, it seems as though Reddit user & Hot Wheels collector, mark_brockhausen has found a loophole in the whole “physics of the […]