Hot Wheels: Fearless at the 500
This year marks the 100th-anniversary of the Indianapolis 500 and Mattel will be making its mark on the day with a spectacular stunt being coined as “Fearless at the 500". Approximately 1 hour before the start of the race, a custom built 1:1 scale vehicle will be released from a nine story, live size Hot [...]
Hot Wheels Billboard makes commuting fun!
Those who have to deal with a daily commute to and from work probably notice new billboards every now and then, but tend to ignore them as time goes on. However, citizens of Bogata, Columbia certainly won’t be able to ignore this amazing new life-sized loop-de-loop that was constructed on an overpass. The idea was [...]
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 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 [...]
Hot Wheels Love
Its been a long time since I’ve featured a picture of someone “out in the wild” showing their love of Hot Wheels, so I was stoked (yeah, I said stoked!) to come across this picture of this awesome 1:1 scale Hot Wheels pickup! Special thanks to Loretta Parker for snapping the picture and sharing it [...]
The process of producing a Muscle Machine
Muscle Machine artist Rohan Day recently included a link in his email newsletter that directed readers over to JoesDiecastShack.com where he explained the process of creating a Muscle Machine from concept to finished product. Here are the pictures and notes that Rohan shared on Joe’s site: Recently I’ve been asked a couple times what the [...]
HOTLANTA: The GMP Experience
I’m sure those who attended the GMP Experience during the Hotlanta convention would agree that it was quite possibly the highlight of the weekend. The event was spectacular from start to finish. Everything was top notch – from Tom Long’s (GMP’s President) gracious hosting, to delicious the BBQ and the amazing parting gift. Oh, did [...]
