These are the first edition (or first occurrence) of a particular casting. Often times (for Hot Wheels), these are found in First Editions or New Models Series, but sometimes they are found without the “first edition” designation.
The small, but mighty Hot Wheels #’85 Honda City Turbo II made its #First Edition appearance earlier this year as part of the #2018 Hot Wheels “C” case assortment. Its a car that the team of Hot Wheels designers — mostly Jun Imai & Ryu Asada — had […]
Pinch me. Is there really a #Land Rover in the #2018 Hot Wheels mainline? Just like #Jeep — which also reemerged in the Hot Wheels mainline this year — Land Rover vehicles have typically been reserved for the Matchbox brand over there at Mattel. Well, times, “they are […]
Its safe to say that the Hot Wheels #Porsche game is strong right now. The #2018 Hot Wheels lineup brings us new models such as the ’71 Porsche 911, Porsche 918 Spyder, and this #Porsche 917 LH — but the Hot Wheels / Porsche relationship didn’t just start […]
One of the coolest Hot Wheels to be released last year was in the #Character Cars line. Let that sink in… The #Bryan Benedict Designed, #Spider from the #Minecraft series didn’t last long on the pegs as both kids and collectors took a liking to this hauler’s boxy-shape […]
Towards the end of the #100% Hot Wheels — 2006 to be exact — the line was known as #Kalifornia Kustoms. These highly-detailed, multi-piece Hot Wheels castings were designed for the collector and featured a 14+ age on the packaging. For just this one year, the line’s packaging […]
In case you missed it, or just haven’t found it yet, there is a new #Magnus Walker #Porsche in the 2018 #Night Burnerz Series. Released as part of the #2018 Hot Wheels “E” case assortment, the Hot Wheels #’71 Porsche 911 makes its debut in an all-too-familiar #277 […]
Well, its the end of January, and what a month it was with the release of the #2018 Hot Wheels #Car Culture / Japan Historics 2. Several weeks after they started showing up at retail here in the United States, they are still flying off the pegs — […]
Raise your hand if you’re loving these personally licensed Hot Wheels cars that have been appearing as of late. So far we have seen cars owned and driven by #Magnus Walker, #Sung Kang, Hot Wheels designers #Jun Imai and #Brendon Vetuskey, and even, Hot Wheels collector Roy de […]
Every summer, the biggest comic enthusiasts in the world attend the largest comic-con out there: San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC). Over the years, more and more companies from varying industries have gotten involved with “the con” as it continued to grow. Just a little over a decade ago, Mattel’s […]
The 50th Anniversary of Hot Wheels is off to a spectacular start for the brand. Sure the mainline is always a hit and there are loads of 50th Anniversary cars coming, but 2018 starting off with a bang in the #Car Culture line with the much anticipated release […]
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