Hot Wheels of the Day Z-WHIZ Hot Wheels Golden Machines 6-Pack RELEASE YEAR: 1979 • CASTING DESIGNER: Larry Wood The #Z-Whiz has the distinction of being the first car produced by a Japanese auto manufacturer to become a Hot Wheels vehicle. The Z — produced by #Datsun, which […]
What came first? … The chicken or the egg? How do Hot Wheels cars become 1:1s? And how do 1:1 vehicles become Hot Wheels? These are questions the universe ponders the answers to. For the sake of this article, we are going to focus on the latter because […]
We may be in late April, but Hot Wheels premium for 2024 just started to hit retail in the United States. We saw the #Liberty Walk #LB Super Silhouette Nissan Silvia (S15) unveiled at the Hot Wheels Convention last fall, and since then, it has climbed to the […]
We have finally reached the final #Power Ratings for 2023 Hot Wheels #Car Culture: Slide Street 2. Crazy that it is March of 2024 and we are first seeing the images now. It will be exciting to move onto 2024 as it is currently the only part of […]
A new year is always exciting as a Hot Wheels collector as new product has already begun hitting shelves at retail. With that comes new releases, new lines, and new wheels! The #2024 Hot Wheels line introduces collectors to a new level of premium: SILVER. For a while, […]
It’s the lady in a yellow dress that has Hot Wheels collectors coming down with a case of yellowbird syndrome. The already tough-to-find, #Hot Wheels Boulevard, has had collectors looking over the shoulders on the way to the pegs at their local Walmart stores here in the United […]
Hot Wheels of the Day ’71 Datsun Bluebird 510 Hot Wheels Collectors Japan Convention RELEASE YEAR: 2022 • CASTING DESIGNER: Jun Imai Fourteen months ago, I did something I rarely do — I splurged on a Hot Wheels new release! I say “rarely” because I tend to wait […]
Imagine walking into a Target one Saturday morning and finding a mini dump bin at the bottom of an end cap full of the latest Hot Wheels #Red Editions. That was my luck this past weekend as I scored what I am going to assume will be the […]
The Hot Wheels Nissan Skyline 2000GT-R has gone full BEAST MODE! The now “classic” #Nissan Skyline 2000GT-R casting — which debuted in the #2011 New Models — received a makeover courtesy of the Hot Wheels design team and #Liberty Walk. QUICK LINK! Find Hot Wheels LBWK cars on […]
At this point, not much more can be said about the #Datsun Bluebird 510. The once-peg-warmer, is now one of the most sought-after Hot Wheels castings in the 54-year history of the brand. Every release of it is an event from the initial shots of the upcoming model […]
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