Which Hot Wheels track under $50 is the best? More than 50 years ago, Elliot Handler, co-founder of Mattel, had the idea to launch a line of die-cast model cars to compete with Matchbox. His vision was to create hot rods or cars with large rear tires specifically designed forRead More →
Which Hot Wheels track under $50 is the best? More than 50 years ago, Elliot Handler, co-founder of Mattel, had the idea to launch a line of die-cast miniature cars to compete with Matchbox. His vision was to create hot rods or cars with large rear tires specifically designed forRead More →
CORNER BROOK, NL — Jay Hussey can still imagine his son playing outside with his Hot Wheels cars. It’s a fond memory for the Mount Moriah man, who lost his son, William Hussey, to cancer on New Year’s Eve. William, 25, was a collector of Hot Wheels and die-cast cars,Read More →
Picture: Adam Ismail When was the last time you saw pegs stacked with Hot Wheels at your local big box retailer of choice? I estimate that about nine months ago I started noticing that every Walmart and Target in my immediate vicinity was licked with die-cast miniatures. It wasn’t particularlyRead More →
Which Hot Wheels display cases are the best? For collectors and children, Hot Wheels are a popular toy. With thousands of unique models and model replicas of classic cars, Hot Wheels is an affordable and fun collectible that also offers visual value. Therefore, you may want high-quality display cases toRead More →
Originally created in 1968 in response to Matchbox cars, the Hot Wheels brand is instantly recognizable to people of all ages. Part of that comes from how the company recreates popular licensed cars in miniature form. Others love how the original designs are both beautiful and ridiculous. Diecast metal carsRead More →
• Matchbox cars allow oil enthusiasts to own their dream car for a fraction of the price. • Almost 70 years after its creation, Matchbox continues to produce high quality model cars. • Matchbox has implemented several strategies to promote eco-responsible behavior. • For automotive news, visit Wheels24. The dreamRead More →
Hot Wheels Unleashed could become one of the best games you won’t play this year. Thanks to very little media coverage, many might end up not knowing that this game is evened. We will do our part and let you know when exactly Hot Wheels Unleashedwill be the release date.Read More →
Events Tickets will be available on March 4. The Hot Wheels Ultimate Drive-Thru arrives at Gillette Stadium on March 18. Raycom – Legacy Content Company Forget fast food – Gillette Stadium is the new king of drive-ins. Hot on the heels of its dinosaur-filled Jurassic Quest drive-in last summer andRead More →
Bruce Pascal has been collecting Hot Wheels toy cars since they first hit the market in 1968. Only a 7-year-old boy at the time, he steadily increased his collection tenfold, earning him the title “Avid Hot Wheels Collector.” “Over time, his need and desire to collect all Hot Wheels memorabiliaRead More →
Pascal, a commercial real estate manager in the Washington DC area, is the owner of what is believed to be the most valuable Hot Wheels car in the world: a 1969 version of the Volkswagen “Beach Bomb” bus whose value is estimated at $150,000. . Collectibles experts say the toyRead More →
If you’ve been spending more time than usual looking at things in your home this year, imagine what it would be like if you had the rarest Hot Wheels model of all time and your own personal museum to hold it. It’s the life of Bruce Pascal, who owns aRead More →
It all started with a few small cars, says Chris Beltz, collector and enthusiast of vintage cars. The human resources manager, insurance agent and part-time antique dealer (he has stalls at Odd Fellows Antiques in Berkley and The Town Peddler in Livonia) traces his impressive possessions of 15 vintage carsRead More →
The 1990s marked the end of an era when there were a number of beloved toy lines, before real toys were overtaken by a tsunami of computer games. The 90s was also the heyday of collectible toys, especially action figures, before that market experienced an implosion in the early 2000s.Read More →
Hot Wheels id cars and app, plus Smart Track kit Hot Wheels just got a makeover. Although the Mattel brand will continue to manufacture its standard car toys for the foreseeable future, today it launched a new generation: Hot Wheels id. These cars look like regular Hot Wheels, but comeRead More →
Toy cars were introduced in 1968. Today, a Montgomery County man’s Hot Wheels model car collection is estimated at $1.5 million. Hot Wheels cars were introduced in 1968. Bruce Pascal of Montgomery County has a collection estimated at $1.5 million. (Courtesy of Bruce Pascal) Courtesy of Bruce Pascal A HotRead More →
Once a month, Tom Wilson transforms a 4,000 square foot banquet hall in southeast Orlando into the Central Florida Diecast Collectors Show. Inside, the 55-year-old model car fanatic and his fellow collectors, from baby boomers to toddlers, congregate among thousands of tiny metal cars, mostly Hot Wheels. The cars areRead More →
Carl Brown has a simple rule for his grandchildren when it comes to the collection of 25,000 toy cars he’s amassed in over 30 years of collecting. “If you can reach it, you can play with it,” Brown said. “I don’t have many rules for the cars, they are thereRead More →
The United States Postal Service announced on Saturday that it will release a new set of forever stamps to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Mattel’s line of Hot Wheels toy cars. Hot Wheels is the brainchild of Elliot Handler, who also influenced the iconic Barbie doll. Mattel launched Handler’s lineRead More →
The story of the world’s best-selling toy car, which inspired kids to do couch drag racing for five decades, began with an old-fashioned encounter. It was in Denver in the early 1930s that Ruth Mosko, driving her brand new 1932 Ford down the street, saw a young man with “dark,Read More →
The world’s favorite toy cars, Hot Wheels and Matchbox, are celebrating anniversaries this year: Hot Wheels just turned 50, while Matchbox cars are 65. It turns out that some of them would have been a better investment than most real collector cars. The champion – now and probably forever –Read More →