5/29/2018 — With the disappearance of all the Kmarts and Toys R Us stores nationwide, the Hot Wheels team was running out of options for their 2018 mail-in promotions. Case in point: We are over half way through the Hot Wheels year and yet have only had one […]
Two weeks ago I found the 2018 #HW Exotics 5-Pack at a Target here in the United States. This came only days after these started appearing in Australia — a market that has traditionally got 5-Packs a month ahead of the U.S.. As you can see, the pack […]
05/21/2018 — We are almost to end of our journey in tracking all the 2018 New Models in the #2018 Hot Wheels mainline. Three of the last five #2018 New Models have illustrations on the 2018 Hot Wheels poster (Bot Wheels, Track Manga and Grumobile), while another is […]
5/19/2018 — Muazli Marzuki is at it again, showing us the latest case of Hot Wheels mainline cars — the 2018 “L” case assortment. Below are the contents he pulled. Breakdown of the contents shown in the video above: *NEW TO CASE / *FROM PREVIOUS CASE ’15 Mercedes-AMG […]
5/18/2018 — What better way for a retail chain (Kroger) to celebrate the anniversary of a brand that they carry (Hot Wheels) than to give customer a huge discount on their product?!?!? That is what is happening this week at Kroger stores and their subsidiaries. All stores are […]
5/18/2018 — With Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) out in theaters next week Friday, you can bet this Walmart Exclusive, Star Wars Series will be hitting stores soon. To differentiate it from the other yearly Star Wars sets, I have nicknamed it the “Original Characters” series since […]
5/17/2018 — Its like someone flipped a switch over there at the Hot Wheels factory in Indonesia. Since the first couple 2018 5-Packs started hitting stores in late November, collectors had been claiming the bulk of 5-Packs for 2018 contained #Unlicensed Hot Wheels in bright colors — and […]
Some collectors love to hate on #Unlicensed Hot Wheels cars like the plague that affects them from obtaining the latest licensed vehicles. I, for one, am not one of said collectors as I think these “fantasy cars” showcase the designers’ imagination and skill set far more than replicating, […]
5/15/2018 — If you were planning on buying tickets to the 32nd Annual Hot Wheels Collectors Convention in Los Angeles this October you may be out of luck — at least for now. Tickets went on sale today to the public after Hot Wheels Newsletter subscribers got first […]
Do you ever buy a release solely because of its graphics or color combination? I know I do. Even before my days as a graphic designer, I had admired car art. Its one of several factors that got me into collecting Hot Wheels at a very young age. […]