As Hot Wheels designer, Phil Riehlman broke onto the scene in 1993 when he re-designed the Twin Mill and the Silhouette (along with Bruce Baur). His “big break” came in 1996 when his VW Bus casting became an instant hit with collectors and as a promotional piece. Phil continues to design Hot Wheels to this day.
The #Hot Wheels Cool Classics came and went. For as long as Series 1 (2013) seemed to hang on the pegs, Series 2 (2014) — with a more diverse casting selection — didn’t stand much of a chance. The Cool Classics introduced us to the #Retro Slot Wheels […]
Ten years ago the Hot Wheels #Nissan Skyline GT-R (R34) was released. Let that sink in. The Hot Wheels collecting climate was certainly different at the time, and the #JDM scene was still being stereotyped as “tuners”. So to think that the #2010 Hot Wheels mainline brought us […]
Its January. The Hot Wheels Nationals Convention is just over two months away. In our annual build to the buzz surrounding that event, CEU unveiled the first souvenir car yesterday, putting the Nationals timeline in our peripheral view. The Nationals Convention hits the east coast this year as […]
All of the #Hot Wheels iD vehicles for 2019 have now been released — in some avenue or another. That makes sense as we are now into 2020 and the new #2020 Hot Wheels are hitting stores. 2020 iD should be coming soon, but before it does, there […]
#Hot Wheels iD evolved the common Hot Wheels car. In 2019, 51 castings were designed to incorporate a near-field communication (NFC) chip that sends data to your phone, Smart Track and/or Portal. This makes for some cool data usage as you are able to play with your car […]
Four years have passed since we last saw the Hot Wheels #8 Crate. It sure doesn’t seem like it was that long ago that I was finding the 2016 Stars & Stripes release on the pegs. There have been several #Station Wagon castings that have been released since, […]
#VW Hot Wheels have always been a hit with collectors. The original 16 in 1968 had the Custom Volkswagen, and in ’69 came the Beach Bomb. Those two were the Volkswagen castings to have for many years. That all changed in 1996 however, when the VW Bus was […]
