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 […]
If you caught the recent interview with former Hot Wheels & Matchbox Graphic Design, Michael Heralda on @lamleygroup’s Fireside Chat series on Instagram, you’ll know that the 1998 First Editions release of the #Escort Rally was the first car Michael designed the graphics for Hot Wheels. It was […]
Chances are, if you’ve been following OTD for a while, you know about my affinity for the #Hot Wheels Race Team livery. I have quite the collection spanning 280+ releases of this popular deco to collect. Several years ago, when Super #Treasure Hunts became variants of their mainline […]
It seems as though the Hot Wheels #Ford Escort Rally casting has undergone a little bit of a face-lift for 2017. First introduced in 1998, the Escort Rally’s top-mounted plastic spoiler has been moved to the trunk, and is now cast as part of the metal body for this […]
Keep your eyes peeled at all times! …lesson for even the most experienced of diecast hunters! We have all been to the pegs at a retail store, got overly-excited for hitting the jackpot or got antsy and left due to the lack of new inventory. Chances are, you’ve skipped […]
Red and green typically don’t look good together on ANY car as the colors remind many of the Christmas season. However, this release manages to win in the vintage racing category as it combines a vintage brand in Castrol Motoroil with a vintage rally car in the #’70 Ford […]
Fast. Furious. Ford Escort. Those words did not really go together until Fast & Furious 6 introduced us to the ’70 Ford Escort RS1600. Growing up, if you knew someone with a Ford Escort they could care less about the performance of their vehicle as the name “Escort” was […]