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Mattel Exclusives featured at the 2009 Comic-Con
There’s less than a week until the Comic-Con invasion returns to San Diego, California and its yet another year that I will not be attending. Like many others, I will be experiencing the convention virtually through all the online content and video posts from fellow media outlets.
Collectors who will be attending Comic-Con in person should [...]
WWHW6: Mattel’s Chris Parker & the vending machine
The Wild Weekend of Hot Wheels staff has confirmed that Chris Parker from Mattel will be coming to the convention with the vending machine in tow! Those who have purchased vending machine pulls before know that its always fun and exciting to see what drops from behind the frosted glass. Equally as fun are the [...]
Stick’s Redline Garage – The Silhouette
In the last Stick’s Redline Garage post I focused on The Python. Bill Cushenbery also built a sister car to the Python. That futuristic concept roadster was called the “Silhouette.”
The Silhouette premiered in January 1963 at the San Mateo Autorama, and by 1969 it became a Hot Wheels casting. It was probably the most remembered [...]
HOTLANTA: Wrap-Up
The dust has settled from the die-cast whirlwind know as the Hotlanta Collector Experience that roared through Georgia a week ago. This smaller, more intimate event could almost be considered “Son of the Super Convention,” which is not to say that it was any less of an show. In fact, the DiecastSpace.com Admin team did [...]
Kmart’s World of Cars Collector Event returns
Collectors of Mattel’s Cars movie collectibles will be happy to hear that the “World of Cars” collector event will return to participating Kmart locations on Saturday, June 20, 2009. Just like the standard Hot Wheels days at Kmart, this event will feature a great mix of exclusives, chase vehicles and “first to markets” from the [...]
Stick’s Redline Garage – The Python
The Python, originally labeled the “Cheetah,” was modeled after the fully functioning Car Craft Dream Rod show car built by Bill Cushenbery. Rumor has it that the name change was needed since Car Craft Magazine and Cushenbery would not release licensing rights to Mattel. Slight modifications were made by the Hot Wheels design staff for [...]
2009 Super Convention – The Hot Wheels Twin Mill Arrives!
I still have tons more 2009 Super Convention content to share and this is definitely one of my favorites. Getting to see Mattel’s full-scale Twin Mill in person is always a treat, but to witness Hot Wheels design veteran Larry Wood helping to push and pull it into the convention space at Circus Circus was [...]
