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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 [...]
Stick’s Redline Garage: The Hot Heap
The Hot Heap could quite possibly be one of the coolest castings Mattel has ever built, and its history makes a very interesting story.
Don Tognotti was one of the most successful Custom car show promoters of his time, but before that he built show cars. The Hot Heap was based on his 1964 modified Model [...]
Pope Designs 2010 Summer Smash ‘59 Caddy Funny Car E-Sheet
Bryan Pope from Pope Designs will once again lend his customizing talents to the Hot Wheels Summer Smash that will roll into Warwick, RI on August 19th through the 22nd. Attendees of this year’s Smash will be able to get their hands on this great looking ‘59 Caddy Funny Car.
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Wayne Scott confirmed for Canada Convention Legends Dinner
Collectors attending the first ever Canada Collectors Convention with September will have the opportunity to meet the uber-talented Wayne Scott who has been confirmed as the guest of honor for the Legends Dinner.
Wayne is well known for his amazing graphic work with Mattel and the Hot Wheels brand. Before his recent departure from Mattel [...]
Stick’s Redline Garage: ‘36 Ford Coupe
The ‘36 Ford coupe is one of the most desired 1 to 1 scale cars of its time. The Hot Wheels designers must have known a thing or two about the future of street rodding back in 1969. This little coupe has the classic “California rake” with a “big-n-little” tire combo giving it that killer [...]
In the Stores: Hot Wheels (Apr/May 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. They [...]
The Hot Wheels Dodge Charger Drift Car: A design 5 years in the making!
Every now and then I’m amazed where the hobby of collecting diecast cars has taken me. I’ve had the opportunity to travel to some great places and meet some of the coolest people in the hobby. One of the folks I’ve been fortunate enough to be-friend over the course of the last few years is [...]
