Last year at this time, we were greeted with the first couple assortments of #2016 Hot Wheels in the basic line. Among those, was the #’69 Dodge Charger as part of the #HW Flames Series — the 10 vehicles in this series were voted on by collectors via a […]
Part of going back and rediscovering your collection is that you come across gems like this that you forgot you even had. Released as part of the #Real Riders Series (2005), this Hot Wheels #Mustang Mach I was listed as “1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 – Parnelli Jones” on […]
Give it up for the #HW Art Cars series this year — definitely one of the underdog series for 2016. It had some quality castings in it and had one unique caveat that had collectors scurrying to collect them all. The tops of all 10 vehicles contained a letter/number which […]
When we featured the Track Aces (2015 New Models) ’15 Jaguar F-Type Project 7 back in August, we gave you a run-down of what makes this car so cool. Well this Jaguar is back for 2016. While the graphics have essentially been copied over, the British Racing Green […]
Although it shares the same name as the Hot Wheels ’70 Chevelle SS casting (an all-time collector favorite introduced in 1999), the Hot Wheels ’70 Chevy Chevelle SS casting (introduced in 2013) bares no resemblance. In casual conversations its referred to the “’70 Chevelle Racer” versus the “’70 Chevelle […]
The Thunder Trucks 4-Pack was one of those sets that seem to be on the shelf forever and you keep telling yourself that you will pick it up the “next time”. Then one day you go to buy and its finally sold out. Originally released in 1996, I […]
Hot Wheels has been keeping up with car culture since 1968. Car culture in the automotive world has its trends and its niches but it is not nearly as trendy as the focus of today’s youth–whom these cars are, and should be, designed for. So what happens when […]