• 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 →
I know it’s easy to be cynical when it comes to viral videos, toys, entertainment, and even cars. But impossible not to have at least a soft spot for Hot Wheels. These die-cast cars are miniature versions of some of our favorite real cars and I always light up whenRead More →
Added April 30, 2021 Daniel DiManna collectible , Hot Wheels , Matchbox , matchbox cars , Mattel , toy cars , toy collection No comments Matchbox cars remain one of the most collected toys in the worldPhoto: Jtnet via CC Today, Hot Wheels is practically synonymous with the idea ofRead 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 →
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 →
Who doesn’t love small cars? For many car enthusiasts, they paved the way for the real cars to come, and the toy aisle is a mandatory detour on every visit to the store. There are even still plenty of enthusiasts who can be found regularly looking for the latest releases,Read 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 →
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 →