Tag: Unlicensed Hot Wheels

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.

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2003 Hot Wheels #214: VAIRY 8

Every so often, the Hot Wheels Graphics Team is let loose and they able to exercise some creative freedom. Back in 2003, Hot Wheels Graphic Designers MiQ Willmott and Wayne Scott collaborated on this graphic design featured on the #Vairy 8 in the open vamp section of the #2003 […]

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Mystery Series: HOOLIGAN

The Hot Wheels #Hooligan almost always makes collectors think they have captured an error as the casting does not have a windshield. Perhaps, its all in the name but this car can get you at the pegs if you are unaware of the casting in the first place. […]

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HW City Works: FAST GASSIN

The Hot Wheels #Fast Gassin is back for 2017, however, it is in the same series as last year: the #HW City Works Series. While many collectors often dislike a casting appearing in the same segment series over and over again, this fresh Union 76 design really saves […]

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Fright Cars: FANGULA

Is it just me, or do regular #Treasure Hunts seem to be more plentiful this year? I have found a couple dozen of these in the last couple months which has to be a new record for me with regular treasure hunts. It was weird… I left all but […]

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HW Art Cars: DRIFTSTA

Chances are, you’ve seen at least one of the many “unboxing videos” done by collectors where they open up factory-sealed cases and show you whats inside. There have been so many of these and everyone seems to like them that collectors have even expanded these unboxing videos to boxes […]

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Holiday Racers: CARBONATOR

Happy New Year! Over the years, the #Carbonator has become the unofficial Hot Wheels car of the new year. Since 2012, this multi-purpose casting has been used to ring in the new year. From 2012 to 2016 it was a #Chase piece included with the #Walmart Exclusive specialty lines (Cars […]

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Experimotors (2017 New Model): EMOTICAR

Back on July 17th, the Hot Wheels Instagram unveiled this interesting contraption as part of “World Emoji Day” stating it would be available later this year. Well, the future is now and the #Emoticar is part of the #2017 Hot Wheels mainline. In the brand-new series named, #Experimotors, […]