Boxman's Summer Smash Drag Bus at Diehard-Diecast.com

Diecast Stories: “Little Orphan Diecast”

I love Hot Wheels! I am a 45 year old man that loves Hot Wheels cars!  It’s not that it’s been eating me up inside because...

Diecast Stories: “Little Orphan Diecast”

Full Size Hot Wheels Color Shifter to appear at First Ever Canadian Diecast Convention!

Attendees of the first-ever Canadian Diecast Convention will now have one more exciting event...

Full Size Hot Wheels Color Shifter to appear at First Ever Canadian Diecast Convention!

Stick’s Redline Garage: The Tri Baby

In 2009, Larry Wood officially announced his retirement after 40 years with Mattel and what better way to pay tribute to a designer that...

Stick’s Redline Garage: The Tri Baby

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Diecast Stories: “Little Orphan Diecast”

Diecast Stories: “Little Orphan Diecast”

I love Hot Wheels! I am a 45 year old man that loves Hot Wheels cars!  It’s not that it’s been eating me up inside because I haven’t ever been able to say it out loud, I just like saying it.  I love the fact that I collect something many people find unique or quite [...]

Pre-production GreenLight piece to display at Boston Area Toy Collector’s Toy Event

Pre-production GreenLight piece to display at Boston Area Toy Collector’s Toy Event

Greenlight Collectibles recently announce their participation in the “invitation-only” Boston Area Toy Collectors annual dinner event where they will have a pre-production version of their 1965 Ford Galaxie featuring the Westwood Massachusetts Police Department that will appear in Series 5 of the Hot Pursuit line. Here are all the details from GreenLight’s official press [...]

Pope Designs Canada Convention Drag Bus and Dairy Delivery

Pope Designs Canada Convention Drag Bus and Dairy Delivery

Attendees of the first-ever Canadian Convention kicking off on September 9th in Niagra Falls, Ontario will have the opportunity to obtain two great limited edition Pope Designs creations made in celebration of the event.
  

The Drag Bus is limited to just 25 pieces (20 Standard, 5 Diamond Edition) of which 20 (16 Standard, 4 [...]

In the Stores: Hot Wheels (Aug/Sept 2010)

In the Stores: Hot Wheels (Aug/Sept 2010)

Here’s a look at some of the latest Hot Wheels products that will be appearing in stores and online.* Found anything that isn’t on the list? Please submit it via the contact page and we’ll update the list to your credit!
Basic releases:
Here are the next case code cars you should be seeing in stores [...]

Jimmy Chavez Summer Smash pieces available on Diehard-Diecast

Jimmy Chavez Summer Smash pieces available on Diehard-Diecast

As previously reported, Jimmy “The Boxman” Chavez has created some really amazing limited edition custom pieces under his ProToyType brand for this year’s Summer Smash. In the event you won’t be able to make it to Rhode Island (did I mention Summer Smash starts TODAY?!) you can now check out the select over on Diehard-Diecast [...]

Full Size Hot Wheels Color Shifter to appear at First Ever Canadian Diecast Convention!

Full Size Hot Wheels Color Shifter to appear at First Ever Canadian Diecast Convention!

Attendees of the first-ever Canadian Diecast Convention will now have one more exciting event to attend as the 1:1 scale Hot Wheels Ford Mustang Color Shifter will be making at stop in Niagara Ontario on Saturday, September 11th.
The Mustang is covered in the very same thermochromatic paint that is used on 1:64 scale Hot [...]

The Car Room Magazine donates pre-production Audi Roadster to Summer Smash Charity Auction

The Car Room Magazine donates pre-production Audi Roadster to Summer Smash Charity Auction

The list of exclusive and limited edition pieces that will be showing up at this year’s Summer Smash just keeps growing and growing. Check out this amazing CMC 1:18 scale Audi 225 Roadster that will be part of the charity auction courtesy of Joe Kelly Jr. and The Car Room Magazine.
This piece is a pre-production [...]