Real Riders are synthetic plastic tires that are made to look and feel like rubber. They were developed by Hot Wheels designers Bob Rosas and Larry Wood. They were first released in 1983 and continue to be released to this day.
Last week Saturday I was showing off my Hot Wheels ’55 Chevy Bel Air Gasser collection on Instagram. Unbeknownst to me, the casting’s latest edition was being handed out at the El Segundo Mattel Employee Association’s (MEA) annual dinner dance. The #MEA Dinner Dance cars are nothing new […]
After nearly 20 years without a new #Unimog casting, we were greeted with the release of the 2019 HW Hot Trucks: Mercedes-Benz Unimog 1300 as part of the #2019 Hot Wheels “A” case assortments back in October (shown in red below). Well, oddly enough, the #2018 Hot Wheels […]
If you’ve been collecting since the 2000s or so, you probably remember the #100% Hot Wheels. I know I do, and the reputation that follows them: pegwarmers shelfwarmers. Its funny how collecting has shifted from 20 years ago to 10 years ago to now. Before the days of […]
Thanks to a lucky stop at my local Target earlier this month, I was able to find the first Super #Treasure Hunt of 2019, the #HW Speed Graphics Series #’90 Honda Civic EF. It was the first time in a very long time that I found an actual […]
Way back in May, we found out that Hot Wheels would be doing a Cruella de Vil car. Since it was a generic placement image used for the 2018 Hot Wheels poster, it was easy to speculate which #TV/Movie Car Hot Wheels would use. I had a feeling […]
Hot Wheels has had some unique #Halloween releases over the years, but none as unique as the #HWC Series 1: Scary #Dairy Delivery. The year was 2002 and the first year of releases at HotWheelsCollectors.com was coming to a close. An extremely talented graphic designer by the name […]
The #JDM reach of Hot Wheels has extended to the point where we are seeing a particular car model redone. This is not a negative thing, however, as I can see you muscle car guys are throwing your fists in the air. Rather, we need to celebrate the […]
