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 Pro Racing is a now defunct Hot Wheels line. Primarily an avenue for NASCAR, the Pro Racing line featured stock cars with authentic NASCAR paint schemes. In 2001, the authentic NASCAR paint schemes were applied to existing Hot Wheels castings such as The Demon (shown below), […]
When castings are given HotWheelsCollectors.com’s “RLC Treatment” it is considered to be the pinnacle of quality in the Hot Wheels realm. Some castings become collectible and are given the treatment, some castings are resurrected from the redline days, and some castings are simply born into it. The latter […]
The Baja Truck is a casting that was forged from the Team Hot Wheels Campaign. It all started with the Fearless at the 500 Record Setting Jump on May 29, 2011. Watch the video >> HERE. Does that truck on the ramp look familiar? Its the 1:1 version […]
This Hot Wheels casting needs no catchy title as Bad to the Blade already has a great name. With the release of the Bad to the Blade in the 2013 Hot Wheels Tracks Stars Series as a hidden Treasure Hunt car, it has already made the transition from […]
The Toy Fair is held once a year in New York and is only open to people in the toy industry. Every year, since 1992, Mattel has brought with them an exclusive Hot Wheels vehicle. In 1996, the Hot Wheels brand was represented with the Power Pistons. A […]
As evident by this blog, graffiti makes a cool backdrop for diecast photo shoots. Graffiti is a type of art and has found its way onto street cars and Hot Wheels cars. In 2009, Hot Wheels released the Graffiti Rides 5-Pack featuring 5 vehicles with Graffiti graphics. This was […]
Every-so-often the “retired” Larry Wood descends from his perch that overlooks the world of Hot Wheels to deliver us a new Hot Wheels design. In 2015, that casting design has been the Turbine Time which immediately began disappearing from the peghooks of local retailers when collectors and kids alike, […]
Hot Wheels released 8 castings with Avengers graphics (each casting had a different Avenger) in May 2015 and were exclusive to Walmart. The Sting Rod shown below fittingly represents Iron Man with its numerous guns and missile launcher extending outward from its body’s frame. Look for this line at your […]
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