Unlicensed Hot Wheels are Hot Wheels castings that don’t require licensing agreements with automobile manufacturers. These can be fantasy vehicles and/or realistically proportioned vehicles. These are designed in-house by Hot Wheels designers.
Hot Wheels of the Day Bassline AcceleRacers / Drone’d Series RELEASE YEAR: 2006 • CASTING DESIGNER: Blake Allen In 2006, the #AcceleRacers line was back for the second consecutive year. It wouldn’t, however, make it to the end. We have seen this time and time again, Hot Wheels […]
THIS is why I love Hot Wheels: #Unlicensed Hot Wheels designs. I obviously love the licensed stuff too, but man, when you get a period mashup like the #Dimachinni Veloce, its hard not to be a fan of the designers the brand has. In my opinion, unlicensed Hot […]
I’ve found myself collecting more and more #Hot Wheels Monster Trucks (HWMT) lately thanks to the unique castings the line offers. When Hot Wheels and Monster Jam split in the summer of 2018, I thought there was no way a line of mostly unlicensed trucks could survive. Yet […]
Hot Wheels of the Day Rodger Dodger Hot Wheels iD Series 2 / Rod Squad RELEASE YEAR: 2020 • CASTING DESIGNER: Larry Wood If you follow the values of Hot Wheels, one of the more puzzling ones has been the 2020 #Hot Wheels iD #Rodger Dodger. Released amid […]
Vehicles from the ’80s and ’90s as Hot Wheels seem to be all the rage these days. Call it the Gran Turismo generation — or whatever you like — but a new wave of collectors that grew up racing rare race cars (in video games) has demanded the […]
We have reached the pinnacle of Hot Wheels premium thus far. That is a fact! Collectors like to oooh and ahhh over the latest mixes of #Car Culture, #Boulevard, #Replica Entertainment, #Fast & Furious, and sometimes even #Pop Culture. New mixes sell like hot cakes, while older ones […]
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 […]
The Hot Wheels #MBK Van recently hit the pegs as part of the Speed Shop Garage of #Pop Culture. As soon as collectors started to find it, questions were asked: What type of van is it? Will we see more vehicles with #HKS livery? Why is there an […]
After 20-some-odd-years, love for the Hot Wheels #Dairy Delivery appears to be fading. What’s going on Hot Wheels collectors? Collectors used to periodically post pictures of their Dairy Delivery casting collections like clockwork. There would always be some collector clamoring to include the Dairy Delivery is this series […]
How many Hot Wheels cars did you crush as a kid? I know I mutilated a few in my adolescent years as many ’80s blackwalls met the hammer, brick, and flame. When did the destructive behavior begin? It was near the sandbox were many Hot Wheels met their […]
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