14 years before Hot Wheels even came into existence, Mattel released its first car: the Mattel “Dream” Car. Sold in 1953 for $1.98 the 1:24 scale “Dream” Car was Mattel founder, Elliot Handler’s vision of the future of the automobile. The Hot Wheels #Mattel Dream Mobile celebrates that […]
2/26/2020 — Amazon just put up the listings for the newest Fast & Furious from Hot Wheels Premium: FAST TUNERS. Just like the previous Amazon listings for this series, you can order despite the actual listing saying “temporarily out of stock”. The items usually ship within the next […]
2/24/2020 — 2020 Toy Fair is currently underway in New York. The 4-day show (Feb. 22-25) started on Saturday and Hot Wheels picked up the “Toy of the Year” award in the Vehicle Category for their Hot Wheels Mario Kart vehicles coming out of the gate. In addition […]
Showcasing Hot Wheels new models is always fun — especially licensed #TV & Movie Cars. One of the latest #2020 New Models to be released is the #Ion Motors Thresher from the #HW Screen Time series. Technically, it’s from the #Fast & Furious franchise; but this one comes […]
How many Hot Wheels collectors know the story behind the #2009 Treasure Hunts: #’57 Plymouth Fury? I vaguely remembered it being based on Hot Wheels Designer, Brendon Vetuskey‘s real car at the time. So recently, I had a chance to catch up with Brendon and talk to him […]
2/12/2020 — Mark and Jennifer over at Collectors Events Unlimited have unveiled the second souvenir car (car #1) for this year’s Hot Wheels Collectors Nationals in Charlotte, North Carolina. Starting April 1st, convention goers at the 20th Annual Hot Wheels Collectors Nationals event will be able to purchase […]
In the last month or so my collection of the Hot Wheels #Mach Speeder doubled in size. The #Hot Wheels iD release — which was a holdover from 2019 –finally shipped from Amazon in early January. Also in early January, I found the 2020 #Mystery Models Series 1 […]
