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 and #Star Wars had long been in the toy business with merchandise as far back as the ’60s and ’70s respectively. The marriage did not occur until 2014 though as Lucasfilm had previous licensing agreements with Kenner and Hasbro, but not Mattel. It wasn’t until Disney bought Lucasfilm […]
When I first started this blog nearly a year ago, I never thought I would feature any release of the Hot Wheels Power Pipes casting. I have never liked it and to be frank, I can’t believe its still being produced 21 years after its initial release in […]
The Hot Wheels Bread Box casting was first released as part of the 2010 New Models Series. It was first released in white and was succeeded by red and blue colorways. It was designed by Hot Wheels Designer Jun Imai and is modeled after the Jeep FJ-3 Fleetvan. […]
The Stars & Stripes cars are still eluding me at my local Walmarts as I’ve been hard-pressed to find anything good there as of late. And with all the cool #Walmart Exclusives that have been coming out, it pains me to say that I’ve been getting Hot Wheels […]
“Long Gone” is the name of this Hot Wheels semi-truck casting. The name couldn’t be any more fitting as typically this casting is long gone before you have a chance to snag it from the pegs. Designed by Hot Wheels designer, Larry Wood, and originally released in 1983 […]
Since Hot Wheels hasn’t released the St. Patrick’s Day “Clover Cars” Series since 2012, we will make this a Throwback Thursday “St. Patrick’s Day Edition” and throw it back to 2007 — the first year of the Clover Cars. Sold exclusively at Walmart in 2007, all 8 of these […]
While it certainly isn’t Hot Wheels first attempt at a lawnmower, its definitely the most recent. Included in the 2016 HW Ride-Ons series — a series that contains #Castings that are compatible with Mega Blocks — the Grass Chomper (as you can see below) is well suited for mini figure adventures […]
The 1981 Hot Wheels: Dixie Challenger with the confederate flag on its roof is still selling for high dollar stemming from last June’s Confederate Flag controversy — surprising to see since that was almost a year ago. While that release of the Dixie Challenger is 35 years old […]
Well, in a rather busy week for me…and a week full of the Hot Wheels Rip Rod for you, I bring to you the last of the four current releases of the Rip Rod: ….the Rip Rod from the 2016 HW Glow Wheels Series. Sure, its one of […]
The other day’s article inspired me to write about the winning car of Hot Wheels World’s Best Driver (WBD) — the Rip Rod. After doing some research, I found the video below. I was not aware that the WBD ever concluded, let alone ended with a nice 22-minute video […]
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