Tag: Hot Wheels

Hot Wheels cars have been around since 1968 and feature a wide-array of licensed and unlicensed vehicles.

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Retro Style Series: POWER PIPES

When I first started this blog nearly a year ago, I never thought I would feature any release of the Hot Wheels Power Pipes casting. I have never liked it and to be frank, I can’t believe its still being produced 21 years after its initial release in […]

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Retro Style Series: VOLKSWAGEN SP2

Fresh off the pegs of my local Target is the Volkswagen SP2 from the 2016 Hot Wheels Retro Style Series. This isn’t Target’s first rodeo with retro Hot Wheels products as they took on several retro-branded products from 2006 to 2007. The first go-’round included vehicles and track sets based […]

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Road Repair 5-Pack: DODGE RAM 1500

Don’t let the orange paint, realistic proportions and industrial graphics throw you off. This is not a Matchbox truck, this is a Hot Wheels truck. Since Mattel bought Matchbox in 1997, Hot Wheels and Matchbox have diverged in brand direction. Matchbox focuses on regular, everyday vehicles while Hot Wheels […]

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2010 New Models: BREAD BOX

The Hot Wheels Bread Box casting was first released as part of the 2010 New Models Series. It was first released in white and was succeeded by red and blue colorways. It was designed by Hot Wheels Designer Jun Imai and is modeled after the Jeep FJ-3 Fleetvan. […]

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Stars & Stripes: 8 CRATE

The Stars & Stripes cars are still eluding me at my local Walmarts as I’ve been hard-pressed to find anything good there as of late. And with all the cool #Walmart Exclusives that have been coming out, it pains me to say that I’ve been getting Hot Wheels […]

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1999 First Editions: OLDS AURORA GTS-1

Hot Wheels and real-life racing have gone hand-in-hand since the days on Snake & Mongoose back in the 1970s. In the 1990s it was #Jack Baldwin “Leading the Way” for the Hot Wheels Race Team. His famous ’93 Camaro race car has become a staple of the Hot […]

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The Hot Ones: LONG GONE

“Long Gone” is the name of this Hot Wheels semi-truck casting. The name couldn’t be any more fitting as typically this casting is long gone before you have a chance to snag it from the pegs. Designed by Hot Wheels designer, Larry Wood, and originally released in 1983 […]

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Batman Series: ’66 BATMOBILE

The Hot Wheels ’66 TV Series Batmobile is back for 2016 and its in a grand fashion. Typically any release of the ’66 Batmobile doesn’t last long on the pegs but this one — you can bet — won’t even make it to the pegs in most cases. […]