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WWHW6: Redline Poker Club VW Drag Bus E-Sheet
Attendees of this summer’s Wild Weekend of Hot Wheels 6 certainly have no shortage of events to choose from and its shaping up to be one heck of a weekend. One such event will be Neil Rambaldi’s Redline Poker Club Tournament. The tournament will include two levels of play: Open Admission – Texas Hold’em-style play [...]
Saturday Nitro featuring Mattel’s Chris Bouman
This time around my special guest is Chris Bouman, Hot Wheels Senior Marketing Manager at Mattel. Chris is responsible for the product line development and marketing for all the Hot Wheels collectible lines, which includes all cars priced $3 and up. We talk about his career, existing and future product lines and a whole lot [...]
Win an Authentic Hot Wheels Rear Loading Beach Bomb!
For most Hot Wheels collectors, having an original authentic Beach Bomb in their collection is only a dream. This summer you’ll have a chance to make that dream come true at the Wild Weekend of Hot Wheels, because some will WIN this AUTHENTIC Rear Loading Beach Bomb from the Bruce Pascal Collection for just $50! [...]
2009 Reston Nationals – Souvenir and Mattel Display Rooms
Here is a quick slideshow of the souvenir area of the registration room and the small Mattel display room at the 2009 Hot Wheels Collectors Nationals in Reston, VA. While the Mattel display room was pretty small, it did happen to feature a few unique Hot Wheels t-shirt designs – even some for the ladies!
2009 Super Convention: The 1-to-1 Scale Cars
Several full-scale show cars were on display in the main hallway at the convention. Shelby brought the Terlingua Cobra and a Super Snake and Dennis Roth brought the Bonneville Tric. Of course collectors really went nuts for the Hot Wheels Crazy Horse Funny Car and Mattel’s Twin Mill. Even Larry Wood himself helped HWC Chris [...]
Mike Zarnock gets “Demonized”
Hot Wheels new Dragstrip Demons line has turned out to be one of Mattel’s most impressive series so far this year. Each and every car released so far has been a winner, and collectors can certainly tell just how popular they are by the empty pegs that hang in most brick and mortar retailers! Well, [...]
Stick’s Redline Garage – Sugar Caddy
Custom Cars big and small have always caught my eye. As some of you know my hobby is collecting and designing 1-to-1 customs. 50′s era customs are my favorite. Well the custom car world was in full swing in the states during the early 50′s and late 60′s. Builders such as Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, [...]
