Hot Wheels of the Day ’07 Ford Shelby GT500 Speed Machines RELEASE YEAR: 2010 • CASTING DESIGNER: Phil Riehlman In a matter of weeks, the triumphant return of the Hot Wheels #Speed Machines will be upon us. This time, Speed Machines will be part of the much celebrated […]
Hot Wheels has introduced a brand-new #Mustang casting and this one is unlike the previous 60 released before it. The #’18 Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5 — labeled as a ’20 for this release — is the first Hot Wheels Mustang casting to come from #Formula Drift. Collectors […]
Hot Wheels of the Day ’70 Ford Mustang Boss 302 HWC Special Edition RELEASE YEAR: 2017 • CASTING DESIGNER: Jun Imai The Hot Wheels #’70 Ford Mustang Boss 302 bares a striking resemblance to the Hot Wheels #’69 Ford Mustang Boss 302 — both design by former Hot […]
Thanks to a new set of logos appearing on a couple blister cards this year, collectors have noticed a new partnership between Hot Wheels and Vaughn Gittin Jr of RTR racing. Released concurrently, the Hot Wheels Premium #Boulevard #’17 Ford GT and #Muscle Mania #’69 Ford Mustang Boss […]
The success of the Hot Wheels #Vintage Racing line has been well documented across all collector sites since the line’s initial demise. There are some gorgeous vehicles in that set. What were we thinking as collectors back then? How did we let these cars slip by us? There […]
The #2019 Hot Wheels #Speed Blur #’92 Mustang Super #Treasure Hunt seems like its been a long time coming. Why, you ask? Well, we will get to that in just a moment. First, I wanted to address the new #Spectraflame Paint that has been used on the 2019 […]
Year to year, its always fun to see what mainline series Hot Wheels collectors gravitate to. There are segments like #Muscle Mania and the #Night Burnerz that are perennially collector favorites. However, its always that new “underdog” segment that fascinates me. I have a good grasp on what […]
I’ll admit that I passed on this #First Edition release of the #Custom ’14 Ford Mustang the first couple times I saw it. Just another new #Mustang with #Real Riders on it, right? Not worth that $5 #Entertainment line price-point, right? Oh, and that Koenigsegg… passed that up […]
One of the more popular, collector-favorite Hot Wheels #Mustangs of the last 20 years has been the #’68 Mustang — or ’67 Mustang, or Custom Ford Mustang … whatever the present naming convention may be. Back in the early 2000s, it was always a harder to find car […]
With the exuberant amount of newer #Mustang castings in the Hot Wheels lineup, it can often be hard to keep all the trim levels straight. Each trim level has its own details that separates it from the rest of the stable. Take for instance the #Ford Shelby GT350R. […]