The PR5 (or Phil Riehlman 5-Spoke) Wheel was developed by Hot Wheels designer Phil Riehlman. It debuted in 2000 and continues to be used to this day. Below are the releases that feature the PR5 wheel.
Chances are, you’ve encountered the Hot Wheels #Color Reveal containers before. Unless you’re a collector of a specific #Unlicensed Hot Wheels casting — or a super duper completist — you probably haven’t even bothered to pick one up off the shelf. I’ve bought a few of these 2-packs […]
Hot Wheels of the Day LaFerrari HW City – Speed Team (2014 New Models) RELEASE YEAR: 2014 • CASTING DESIGNER: Phil Riehlman Once again, there are rumblings that Ferrari could be coming back to Hot Wheels in 2024. If Hot Wheels and Ferrari are able to strike a […]
Hot Wheels of the Day Nissan Skyline GT-R R32 Treasure Hunts RELEASE YEAR: 2007 • CASTING DESIGNER: Alec Tam Ahhh … 2007. It was the first year #Treasure Hunts were broken into two tiers — prompting what are commonly referred to as Super Treasure Hunts. It was also […]
Back in the fall of 2019, Hot Wheels collectors were greeted by the #Mod Rod — a modern take on the hot rod, designed by Hot Wheels designer, Dmitriy Shakhmatov. That October at the convention in LA, designer Eric Han had his latest creation — the #Erikenstein Rod […]
When the Hot Wheels #’67 Dodge Charger made its debut at the end of 2000 — as part of the #2000 First Editions — the team at Hot Wheels clearly had lofty expectations as to how it would fare with collectors. The next year it was slotted as […]
There was once a time when I had a solid collection of Hot Wheels #Police Vehicles going — this was many years ago. I never really got rid of them, but haven’t collected the livery per se. Back in the day, Hot Wheels had some pretty cool police […]
The Hot Wheels #Loco Motorin’ had quite the debut. No one would have thought that an #Unlicensed Hot Wheels train car would have flown off the pegs — yet, here we are — the Loco Motorin’ has been sought after by collectors in the last several weeks since […]
9/17/2019 — Welcome to the world of Hot Wheels in 2020! Kids and collectors alike will find a pleasant surprise starting in the #2020 Hot Wheels “A” case as the fine folks at Mattel decided to introduce the #Hot Wheels iD vehicles to mainline consumers so they can […]
One of the issues Hot Wheels collectors have had with the #Walmart Exclusive, Themed Assortment #Fast & Furious cars is that a lot of them have been repeat releases over the years. Sure, Hot Wheels has changed up a wheel style here and there, but for the most […]
When Hot Wheels designer, Eric Han brought the “first shot” prototypes of the #Gruppo x24 to the last convention in October, many collectors overlooked both him and this new casting. See, Eric works as a designer in tracks and playsets designing things like the Hot Wheels Super Ultimate […]
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