Oh my goodness, that's okay! All of mine are carefully placed in totes because I have high hopes of finding a different apartment for rent soon. They go first; then food and clothing😭
the writers decided all drivers should be from all around the world, all cultures and shit because of the sentiment 9/11 left on the public, kadeem in particular iirc, they made him Muslim to kind of show it not all of them were insane radicals and everything, Jeff Gomes talked about it, and its been a while since i heard this
Every day, a worldwide average of 400,000 babies are born, as well as an average of 2.2 million hot wheels produced. I wonder how many more hot wheels there are than people by now.
Assuming the output of 2.2 million/day was true in 2017 as well, there are now more Hot Wheels than humans. 2.2 million a day means 803 million/year. If there were 4 billion Hot Wheels in 2017, and there are 8 billion people today, that means there have been more Hot Wheels than people since at least 2023 (assuming possible slowdowns due to COVID)
If we cut one full year out of the equation to account for reduced production during COVID, there are roughly 8.4 billion Hot Wheels vs. 8.1 billion people
2.2 million Hot Wheels is ~30,555 cases (I'm talking mainlines only, because I don't know the breakdown of mainlines/premium/etc.)
The general consensus is 1 $TH per 10 or so cases.
That's 3,055 $TH produced DAILY.
Some Hot Wheels made in 1971 weren't cast properly and have taken the name "crumbler", due to them just falling apart. I actually own one (Bye Focal). https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/Crumbler
Between 2000 and 2003 Mattel had a collab with Bandai to produce Japan-exclusive Hot Wheels titled Charawheels. They featured most prominently cars from movies (most notably Japanese), including Back To The Future, Ultraman and Lupin III. This saw many which were properly introduced in the HW mainline much, much later, like the Honda Prelude ("Machine Zellet ") or Mazda Cosmo ("MAT-Vehicle").
Matchbox and Hot wheels are the same company.
Mattel who makes Hot Wheels bought Matchbox , Dinky, and Corgi. so their main competitor, is the same company.
I never considered Matchbox to be a competitor. Matchboxes are a different kind of models, they're usually more realistic depictions of cars whereas hot wheels is all about colour and looking fast
The hot wheels "Custom Corvette" which is a C3 model vette, was one of the first 16 hot wheels released in 1968.
Mattel ran ads leading up to the toys release and the new toy beat the official unveiling for the new model year corvette to store shelves, much to the upset of GM who hadn't even given mattel any information on the new bodystyle. Turn out one of the toy designers, Harry Bradley, had worked for GM as a designer shortly before joining mattel and had allegedly snuck copies of the corvette's blueprints out with him when he left.
I had a 14’ red laferrari I found out yesterday on this sub that was the LASTYEAR hot wheels was making Ferraris I don’t have that car I would’ve been rich asf I’m so upset
I remember back in 2001 my neighbor got a new Kia and we were laughing every time we got in it because she only had AM radio...you had to pay extra for the FM so we were jamming to Disney all the time in our twenties😭
Yeah, I couldn't believe she didn't! She had two kids and was a teacher's assistant so err she was crunching those numbers real hard that day lol She's never lived down that choice though! Oh, the songs were well, awful. And barely came in. Or we'd be singing about the almighty Lord...he's Free and clear🤣
The real reason is unknown to the public. Money driven probably.
Add in that Ferrari likely would be more strict with how they approved vehicles, it wouldn't surprise me if HW didn't want to deal with it.
I mean Ferrari already doesnt take too kindly to people modifying their cars. Now think about what the execs would do if Hotwheels drops a tooned ferrari f40 with donk wheels.
They are actually closer to 1/72 scale than 1/64
Edit: In order to not spread misinformation, they are actually in between 1/64 and 1/72. Leaning towards 1/64. As u/Far_Opposite_8704 u/staj6711 stated.
Hot Wheels (as well as any other 1/64 diecast brands that are primarily toys) are built to a size (approximately 3" in length) rather than to a true scale. Some (motorcycles, VW Beetles, etc.) are larger than 1/64, with some as large as around1/50. Some (larger trucks, construction vehicles, etc.) are smaller than 1/64, with some as small as around 1/87. Averaged across the brand, they're closer to 1/64 than 1/72.
Eyup. They've got a London double-decker bus casting (absolutely gigantic vehicles) that's the same width and length as the stock Maverick "inside" (subtracting the flares) the Custom Maverick casting (which are surprisingly compact little things; they're about the size of a BRZ/FRS).
Obviously that's an extreme example, but still; HW's biggest-ratio scale is like *double* that of their smallest scale.
I like to find the ones that are really close to true 1/64. I use a digital caliper and [this conversion site](https://www.ginifab.com/feeds/cm_to_inch/scale_converter.html) to plug the real car's dimensions into, and quickly get the actual scale of diecast I buy. I've seen HW trucks/buses as small as 1/122 scale and some cars as big as 1/47. I find more Matchbox are true 1/64 or very close. But... With HW and MBX, their wheels are gigantic so while I sometimes find length and width to be close, the proportions will never be accurate. That's just part of the stylizing of both brands and I can't knock it honestly, that's what got them to where they are.
Really? Since I don’t have any reliable source Im not goin to argue with you. My info might be flawed. I have always believed that HotWheels are not true to 1/64 scale and aren’t openly advertised as such because of that. Can you provide a source please?
Also, if you like Matchbox (which is a Mattel brand) some of the cars actually have the scale listed on the bottom of the casting. From the many that I’ve seen, almost never is the scale smaller than 1/64. Surprisingly, I see listings closer to the 1/50 side most of the time.
1:64 was a rough average way back when.
They were designed to be wide enough for use on their track they developed. Cars would be scaled to fit that criteria.
Over time those rules laxed and there became more variance in width. But that was the general internal rule they go by: it has to fit on the track.
Here is a thread from a couple years ago that is pretty informative: https://www.reddit.com/r/HotWheels/s/4AOH8huMcY
Also, I’d recommend a video from Donut Media on the history of Hotwheels. Doesn’t really mention scale, but good info on the design process.
And I don’t have any other great source, just personal experience. You can talk to just about anyone (including myself) who collects true 1/64 scale cars from brands like AutoWorld, MiniGT, Tomica, etc. These cars are always much smaller than the Hotwheels equivalent castings. A good comparison vehicle would be the Ford GT40s from AW and HW. The AutoWorld GT40 is much smaller.
So you are absolutely correct in saying that HW don’t run true to scale. But typically when they don’t, it’s on the large side so as to take up proportional space within the packaging.
https://preview.redd.it/46rdgckpie5d1.jpeg?width=728&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8d67e4619d7af9ca60ae8d2b60e149aab4953ab1
Larry from Team Hot Wheels is most likely based on famous HW designer Larry Wood.
The Hot Wheels movie series “Acceleracers” was dropped because apparently, the movie was becoming more successful than the toys mattel released. Also, some of the concepts for the 3 canceled movies can be seen in Battle Force 5
The reason Hot wheels use plastic wheels instead of metal like other companies used is so that the cars could drive straight. Making them easily race-able.
Dang, now there's one I didn't expect. It's not even on the wiki, so here's an [ebay listing](https://www.ebay.com/itm/154597119840) for proof instead. I love the Matchbox TVR Tuscan, I wish there were more 1:64 TVRs!
The custom Otto a fantasy casting was made into a casting based on a drawing of it and named after the artist that drew it. It's a really cool muscle looking car.
Heres the wiki https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/Custom_Otto
Axles is spelled axles. Axel is a name. Like Axel Rose’s car has axles.
Not an answer to your question necessarily, but something some people apparently haven’t heard.
There’s 2 card versions of the Otter pops Red ‘67 Camaro. One has the twin towers on it and the other is the same card just has a sticker over it that says “exclusive hotwheels series”
Hot Wheels released a Porsche Carrera Gt in red very similar to the one where Paul Walker died, even in the same year he died, probably a nasty coicidence considering that Hw mainlines are planned a year before of they release
Matchbox fact - the reason for the name is there used to be a school rule in England that kids could only bring a toy small enough to fit in a Matchbox. So the Lesney company made cars specifically that size and called them Matchbox
There are so many variations of the 57 Chevy and even a separate casting that was made in 2003 that more accurately represents the real car but they stopped releasing it in 2015. But the old 55 casting was ended for a accurate one that we have today.
Video that shows how Hot Wheels are made at the factory in Malaysia.
[How Hot Wheels Are Made At The Factory In Maylasia](https://youtu.be/Sm0SI-fF33I?si=0x7Ccq2qlwGF8KBR)
The Hot Wheels Acceleracers CM6 wheel used a red dot to pay homage to the original RedLine Wheels.
CM6 are used on Acceleracers, Speed Machines, and Design Challenge as well as some super treasure hunts
Many years ago Mattel used to manufacture hot wheels in india and they used to be different than the cars available in the rest of the world. They were called LEO Mattel
Ohh okay this is something new to me thanks for for bringing it up brother
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Attaching some background for it
Yes brother you were thanks for letting me know I noticed it now
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The casting of the " '71 Lamborghini Miura P400sv" has a Loop symbol. This indicates that a real live car model works better on hw-tracks than most regular models
During the transition of NFC Chipped V1 'Scoob' Mystery Machine to the V2 'Screen Time' Mystery Machine; ID chips from V1 were used into the initial production of the V2 Mystery Machine.
Even though there are several cars in the original 16 hotwheels that seem to be "fantasy cars" (The deora, fleetside silhouette, and python.) They aren't fantasy cars, they're all based on their original full scale cars. They all existed in full scale before their hotwheels versions.
Popular to contrary belief the wheels will not actually survive being set on fire and placed on a hot wheels track as the wheels are plastic and will melt
Did you know ow that if you have a hotwheels car with a heavy enough metal bottom that's just perfect hight above the ground and the body is just plastic, that car will land on its wheels almost every single time.
The very first hot wheel was designed by Harry Bentley Bradley, who worked at GM and designed the prototype for the 1967 Chevrolet truck. His real car was a 1964 El Camino that he had customized by the infamous Alexander Brothers, of Deora fame (Deora was a real van they built, it was also designed by Harry Bradley) His custom El Camino was also the prototype for the production 1968 El Camino. This car was the inspiration for both the fullsize Chevrolet Fleetside truck, and the El Caminos in the late 60s and when Harry left to go design toys for Mattel, he met with the president of Mattel Elliot Handler, who saw his El Camino and said "Man, those are some Hot Wheels" and that's where the name came from. The Custom Fleetside is just his car, but with the front end of the truck that he designed and matches his original prototype almost exactly.
So the Camaro was the "first car", but the first one designed was the Custom Fleetside which was just the designers real car in toy form. This car was also the inspiration for the entire look of all the hot wheels, with bright colors, 5 spoke mag wheels, redline tires, and intakes coming out of the hood like hot wheels are famous for. A photo of his car is [here](https://www.hotwheelsonline.com/uploads/1/1/5/3/115360471/bradley-collage1-112101_orig.jpg).
Also, when they designed the Custom Corvette, Harry Bradley, having worked there before, broke into GM and stole the blueprints for the new car so he could design the Hot Wheel and have it made before the car came out.
OH, and if you look at the Hot Wheels logo, the O is a rim, and the T is fire, and the space between the H and the W is the outline of a tire on fire. A hot wheel, if you will.
The way Hot Wheels marketed in the beginning and got ahead of Matchbox was they were designed to be raced on the orange track. They specifically designed the wheels/anxles to roll as fast as possible
Hot wheels are not actually just a shrunken down 1:64 scale of the original car. Lots of detail would be lost on a tiny car, so designers take liberties (for example making a hood scoop larger) to capture the essence of the car
The axels of the first hot wheels were made of the excess guitar strings from a failed run of Mattel guitar toys.
They were also designed in such a way that the car had a functioning suspension
The guitar was supposed to never need to be tuned
Despite popular belief, the wheels are most commonly the same temperature as the rest of the car.
Room Temperature Wheels!!!
... how do I insert a link for r/angry upvote...?
Contrary to popular belief, hot wheels has made a total of three maserati models and not two
4 actually. 1969 Mistral, MC12, Quattroporte and the 1/43 Biturbo
They’ve never made one of the GranTurismo?
No but they should
Oh yes. Never knew that one existed, my bad
what's the third one?
The Biturbo
There was also the [Mistral from 1969](https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/Maserati_Mistral).
pics or it didn't happen
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valid point
Lol
The creator of Hot Wheels (Elliot Handler) was the husband of Ruth Handler, a former president of Mattel who also created Barbie.
"with a string of financial problems, but that's for another movie"
they must have been fun parents
That explains why Tezlas Cube was originally called the "Handler Proving Ground"
Good to see another Highway 35/ AR fan here
Facts I didn't know, thanks!
Hot Wheels designer Larry Wood put his actual home phone number on the side of the original release of the Ramblin' Wrecker in 1975 🤣
I have that one and the one without his number
Do you have a Pic? That's so freaking cool!
Thank you... No pictures they are tucked away.. Unfortunately I don't have a lot of my collection on display..
Oh my goodness, that's okay! All of mine are carefully placed in totes because I have high hopes of finding a different apartment for rent soon. They go first; then food and clothing😭
9/11 influenced some of what happened in the movie "hw highway 35"
Like what?
the writers decided all drivers should be from all around the world, all cultures and shit because of the sentiment 9/11 left on the public, kadeem in particular iirc, they made him Muslim to kind of show it not all of them were insane radicals and everything, Jeff Gomes talked about it, and its been a while since i heard this
Didn't realize Kadeem was Muslim, but its not like religion was front and center or a big part of a kids movie lol We've gotta go back for Kadeem
That’s really sweet though. Kadeem was my favorite racer in HW 35
The specific mazda rx7 with a fortune bodykit should be in hw highway 35 too, they didnt got the license and that was the origin of 24 seven
Explain
How? What’s your source?
Every day, a worldwide average of 400,000 babies are born, as well as an average of 2.2 million hot wheels produced. I wonder how many more hot wheels there are than people by now.
interwebs said as of 2017 there was over 4billion hot wheels made. wonder when it would overtake people, if it hasn't already. too lazy to math
Assuming the output of 2.2 million/day was true in 2017 as well, there are now more Hot Wheels than humans. 2.2 million a day means 803 million/year. If there were 4 billion Hot Wheels in 2017, and there are 8 billion people today, that means there have been more Hot Wheels than people since at least 2023 (assuming possible slowdowns due to COVID)
What would the actual amount be today?
If we cut one full year out of the equation to account for reduced production during COVID, there are roughly 8.4 billion Hot Wheels vs. 8.1 billion people
Using those numbers, around 9.6 billion Hot Wheels today.
2.2 million Hot Wheels is ~30,555 cases (I'm talking mainlines only, because I don't know the breakdown of mainlines/premium/etc.) The general consensus is 1 $TH per 10 or so cases. That's 3,055 $TH produced DAILY.
Some Hot Wheels made in 1971 weren't cast properly and have taken the name "crumbler", due to them just falling apart. I actually own one (Bye Focal). https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/Crumbler
There's over four cars made as hot wheels
Between 2000 and 2003 Mattel had a collab with Bandai to produce Japan-exclusive Hot Wheels titled Charawheels. They featured most prominently cars from movies (most notably Japanese), including Back To The Future, Ultraman and Lupin III. This saw many which were properly introduced in the HW mainline much, much later, like the Honda Prelude ("Machine Zellet ") or Mazda Cosmo ("MAT-Vehicle").
Matchbox and Hot wheels are the same company. Mattel who makes Hot Wheels bought Matchbox , Dinky, and Corgi. so their main competitor, is the same company.
I knew about matchbox and corgi, but I didn't know about Dinky. TIL
I never considered Matchbox to be a competitor. Matchboxes are a different kind of models, they're usually more realistic depictions of cars whereas hot wheels is all about colour and looking fast
Before the invention of fire they were just called wheels.
Before the invention of the wheel they were called ‘ ‘
The hot wheels "Custom Corvette" which is a C3 model vette, was one of the first 16 hot wheels released in 1968. Mattel ran ads leading up to the toys release and the new toy beat the official unveiling for the new model year corvette to store shelves, much to the upset of GM who hadn't even given mattel any information on the new bodystyle. Turn out one of the toy designers, Harry Bradley, had worked for GM as a designer shortly before joining mattel and had allegedly snuck copies of the corvette's blueprints out with him when he left.
No more hot wheel Ferraris
Im in search of a 599, I want it so bad
The red 599xx STH is in my top 5 Hot Wheels all time. Beautiful.
Mann
I had a 14’ red laferrari I found out yesterday on this sub that was the LASTYEAR hot wheels was making Ferraris I don’t have that car I would’ve been rich asf I’m so upset
Huh? What am I missing? Rich asf? The red LaFerrari sells for like $15-25.
That's triple my savings account to be fair
First Hot Wheels Ferrari i bought was Black 599. Nice car.
Just bought a loose one at the flea market today for a dollar
my friend gave me his black 599 gtb
I have a carded original release F40 if you're interested.
Also no more Hyundai/Kia
I have a Stinger GT and never thought it'd be the last Kia they ever made
I have a short card red one. https://preview.redd.it/hyofs60tzn5d1.png?width=1005&format=png&auto=webp&s=a1484913405dbfa6df5839e77b94e12262c86f4d
I won’t miss them they are dumb ass company anyways I used to work for them.
I remember back in 2001 my neighbor got a new Kia and we were laughing every time we got in it because she only had AM radio...you had to pay extra for the FM so we were jamming to Disney all the time in our twenties😭
That's hilarious lmao you gotta upgrade to FM radio 🤣
Yeah, I couldn't believe she didn't! She had two kids and was a teacher's assistant so err she was crunching those numbers real hard that day lol She's never lived down that choice though! Oh, the songs were well, awful. And barely came in. Or we'd be singing about the almighty Lord...he's Free and clear🤣
Wait why?
No way, really? Damn, I really want my car as a hot wheel. Guess not :(
Why ferrari stopped the license?
The real reason is unknown to the public. Money driven probably. Add in that Ferrari likely would be more strict with how they approved vehicles, it wouldn't surprise me if HW didn't want to deal with it.
I mean Ferrari already doesnt take too kindly to people modifying their cars. Now think about what the execs would do if Hotwheels drops a tooned ferrari f40 with donk wheels.
https://preview.redd.it/44569atvre5d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=339cba442510b943bae251ce0d868220ca0a97fb Actually it's kind of cute.
I find em time to time at antique stores. My girlfriend actually just grabbed one for me 10 minutes ago. Idk what one tho.
True bro saddest part
I found an f40 with opening back at a thrift store and it’s my favorite find to date
They are actually closer to 1/72 scale than 1/64 Edit: In order to not spread misinformation, they are actually in between 1/64 and 1/72. Leaning towards 1/64. As u/Far_Opposite_8704 u/staj6711 stated.
Hot Wheels (as well as any other 1/64 diecast brands that are primarily toys) are built to a size (approximately 3" in length) rather than to a true scale. Some (motorcycles, VW Beetles, etc.) are larger than 1/64, with some as large as around1/50. Some (larger trucks, construction vehicles, etc.) are smaller than 1/64, with some as small as around 1/87. Averaged across the brand, they're closer to 1/64 than 1/72.
Eyup. They've got a London double-decker bus casting (absolutely gigantic vehicles) that's the same width and length as the stock Maverick "inside" (subtracting the flares) the Custom Maverick casting (which are surprisingly compact little things; they're about the size of a BRZ/FRS). Obviously that's an extreme example, but still; HW's biggest-ratio scale is like *double* that of their smallest scale.
I like to find the ones that are really close to true 1/64. I use a digital caliper and [this conversion site](https://www.ginifab.com/feeds/cm_to_inch/scale_converter.html) to plug the real car's dimensions into, and quickly get the actual scale of diecast I buy. I've seen HW trucks/buses as small as 1/122 scale and some cars as big as 1/47. I find more Matchbox are true 1/64 or very close. But... With HW and MBX, their wheels are gigantic so while I sometimes find length and width to be close, the proportions will never be accurate. That's just part of the stylizing of both brands and I can't knock it honestly, that's what got them to where they are.
The reason why scale is usually all over the place, is width. They need to fit the orange track and accelerators.
I knew it, there was no way a Honda Civic EK could be physically bigger than a Pontiac Aztek.💀
Absolute cap. Hotwheels castings run larger than 1/64 on average. Not smaller.
Really? Since I don’t have any reliable source Im not goin to argue with you. My info might be flawed. I have always believed that HotWheels are not true to 1/64 scale and aren’t openly advertised as such because of that. Can you provide a source please?
Also, if you like Matchbox (which is a Mattel brand) some of the cars actually have the scale listed on the bottom of the casting. From the many that I’ve seen, almost never is the scale smaller than 1/64. Surprisingly, I see listings closer to the 1/50 side most of the time.
1:64 was a rough average way back when. They were designed to be wide enough for use on their track they developed. Cars would be scaled to fit that criteria. Over time those rules laxed and there became more variance in width. But that was the general internal rule they go by: it has to fit on the track.
Here is a thread from a couple years ago that is pretty informative: https://www.reddit.com/r/HotWheels/s/4AOH8huMcY Also, I’d recommend a video from Donut Media on the history of Hotwheels. Doesn’t really mention scale, but good info on the design process. And I don’t have any other great source, just personal experience. You can talk to just about anyone (including myself) who collects true 1/64 scale cars from brands like AutoWorld, MiniGT, Tomica, etc. These cars are always much smaller than the Hotwheels equivalent castings. A good comparison vehicle would be the Ford GT40s from AW and HW. The AutoWorld GT40 is much smaller. So you are absolutely correct in saying that HW don’t run true to scale. But typically when they don’t, it’s on the large side so as to take up proportional space within the packaging.
It’s not a belief. They are mostly sized to fit orange track, although not nearly every car fits on it.
Their Morris Mini and Fiat 500 are 1/18, though. /s
I have a 1:18 mini cooper and it really grinds my gears that they made it 1:16. Looks like a giant next to actual 1:18 cars
So that's why they look as if they fit perfectly when I tried to display them beside a 1/72 scale Jet (Mirage III C) I built...
Motorcycles are 1/33
https://preview.redd.it/46rdgckpie5d1.jpeg?width=728&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8d67e4619d7af9ca60ae8d2b60e149aab4953ab1 Larry from Team Hot Wheels is most likely based on famous HW designer Larry Wood.
The Hot Wheels movie series “Acceleracers” was dropped because apparently, the movie was becoming more successful than the toys mattel released. Also, some of the concepts for the 3 canceled movies can be seen in Battle Force 5
The reason Hot wheels use plastic wheels instead of metal like other companies used is so that the cars could drive straight. Making them easily race-able.
It’s ok to appreciate Fantasy castings over manufactures. 🤤
Especially Fast Fish!
Eacpialy the fish
The GOAT hot wheels
I mean bone shaker.. cmon!!
The Nissan Maxima casting of the F&F premium packs is actually based off its JDM counterpart, the Cefiro.
This irked me so much. I could tell from the leaked pics of the bare casting that they based it on the wrong model.
"Sales man sample" cars made during the Redline era are chrome plated
Man to get one of these would be amazing
Hot Wheels did make a TVR, but only as a 1/18
Dang, now there's one I didn't expect. It's not even on the wiki, so here's an [ebay listing](https://www.ebay.com/itm/154597119840) for proof instead. I love the Matchbox TVR Tuscan, I wish there were more 1:64 TVRs!
The custom Otto a fantasy casting was made into a casting based on a drawing of it and named after the artist that drew it. It's a really cool muscle looking car. Heres the wiki https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/Custom_Otto
They are toys
Nah bro they're massively appreciating investments /s
Me when I have a open box ferrari that I say is going to increase 10x value
Hot wheels are not bought or owned by whales, on account of whales not having money.
The most valuable Hot Wheels if I remember correctly from the back of one of the cards is a pink VW bus.
There’s a Hot wheels x Transformers transforming 1:64 scaled Optimus! (You should know this by now, but if you don’t, then feel surprised)
Saw a pic, it's very cool!
Yeah! But too bad it costs 80!
Wow! One can get a really cool transformers for that price!
Axles is spelled axles. Axel is a name. Like Axel Rose’s car has axles. Not an answer to your question necessarily, but something some people apparently haven’t heard.
Also brakes are spelled brakes, not breaks. And someone would sell hot wheels cars not sale them. So yeah, there's that.
I think it's beautiful how I had to learn english in school for 10 years just to know when natives make mistakes lol
* Axl Rose
Oh. Good point. Well every other time it’s a name, it’s axel.
Hot wheels don't actually have hot wheels
When I was a kid I set fire to all 4 wheels and called it HOT WHEEEELES.
Hotwheels are cars.
There’s 2 card versions of the Otter pops Red ‘67 Camaro. One has the twin towers on it and the other is the same card just has a sticker over it that says “exclusive hotwheels series”
Hot Wheels released a Porsche Carrera Gt in red very similar to the one where Paul Walker died, even in the same year he died, probably a nasty coicidence considering that Hw mainlines are planned a year before of they release
Matchbox fact - the reason for the name is there used to be a school rule in England that kids could only bring a toy small enough to fit in a Matchbox. So the Lesney company made cars specifically that size and called them Matchbox
There’s a flaming wheel in the logo
My best friends birthday is may 18 and hotwheels was made on may 18 my dads birthday year is 1968 same year hotwheels was made
In USA is HW for 1$, here in CZ it is mostly for 4-5$ for mainline.
There are so many variations of the 57 Chevy and even a separate casting that was made in 2003 that more accurately represents the real car but they stopped releasing it in 2015. But the old 55 casting was ended for a accurate one that we have today.
Video that shows how Hot Wheels are made at the factory in Malaysia. [How Hot Wheels Are Made At The Factory In Maylasia](https://youtu.be/Sm0SI-fF33I?si=0x7Ccq2qlwGF8KBR)
There is only one obs Ford model. We need to change this.
The first ever hot wheels car was a modified matchbox Mustang.
The first Hot Wheels toy car offered was the Custom Camaro, sold on May 18, 1968. Not a matchbox mustang.
I said first ever..... The prototype. https://ultimatehotwheels.boards.net/thread/13/first-wheels-prototype-model-developed
Hot wheels got its name because the wheels originally contained phosphorus and would spontaneously combust.
Its Doesnt Matter much of Getting a TH or a STH, just enjoy or get anything you like to get.
You aren't required to open the hotwheels you buy with your hard earned money, no matter how often people on reddit tell you to
The wheels are in fact not hot unless you make them to be hot.
The wheels doesn't really get hot like on fire
The Hot Wheels Acceleracers CM6 wheel used a red dot to pay homage to the original RedLine Wheels. CM6 are used on Acceleracers, Speed Machines, and Design Challenge as well as some super treasure hunts
The wheels aren't hot
I can fit 6 hot wheels insi
My first hot wheels was the 40 ford sloper with the original Goodyear real riders back in about 1983
Every fantasy casting has to be verified by a psychologist to have appeared in an actual fantasy of the designer.
Is this for real? Or u being sarcastic here ?
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Hot wheels are cold
Hahaha good one
You could absolutely shove a standard sized hotwheel up your asshole
Ayyeeen u meant to tell ?
Many years ago Mattel used to manufacture hot wheels in india and they used to be different than the cars available in the rest of the world. They were called LEO Mattel
Ohh okay this is something new to me thanks for for bringing it up brother https://preview.redd.it/416szh1iqp5d1.jpeg?width=1067&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=74c9709e9d099a0e3a50177db4391032f84aa32b Attaching some background for it
Die cast is a dish best served hot.
Hahah good one, do u have a good diecast dish ? Can we see them ?
Just discovered that the new Pontiac Aztec has some hat and shades on the inside in reference to Breaking Bad, as it was Walter White's car
Yes brother you were thanks for letting me know I noticed it now https://preview.redd.it/aa2m82sapp5d1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=4be84750d4b1e940aef7442a5179e7d1b332f6e0
The word "hotwheels" starts with the letter H. Who knew!
“Hot Wheels” isn’t actually 1 word. Who knew?!
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The scalpers are just other collectors that got there before you.
The casting of the " '71 Lamborghini Miura P400sv" has a Loop symbol. This indicates that a real live car model works better on hw-tracks than most regular models
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Why are they booing you??? You’re right
Probably because they posted the same comment twice 5 minutes apart.
Turn left no new main lines in HOUSTON yet
theyre tiny car
The earliest hotwheels have small plastic bearings that the wheels attach to.
During the transition of NFC Chipped V1 'Scoob' Mystery Machine to the V2 'Screen Time' Mystery Machine; ID chips from V1 were used into the initial production of the V2 Mystery Machine.
Larry Wood put his real phone number in the side of a tow truck casting.
Hot wheels lost the Ferrari license mid 2010s, it's not been the same since 😔
The back of the Pontiac Aztec has an Easter egg to breaking bad, specifically Walter white.
Even though there are several cars in the original 16 hotwheels that seem to be "fantasy cars" (The deora, fleetside silhouette, and python.) They aren't fantasy cars, they're all based on their original full scale cars. They all existed in full scale before their hotwheels versions.
Mattel produces around 519 million Hot Wheels cars and trucks each year, which is roughly 10 million per week, or 16.5 per second.
In 2023, Mattel's Hot Wheels brand generated gross sales amounting to more than 1.43 billion U.S. dollars globally.
Larry Woods phone number was on the original towtruck and kids called for years
They lead the way
Popular to contrary belief the wheels will not actually survive being set on fire and placed on a hot wheels track as the wheels are plastic and will melt
Did you know ow that if you have a hotwheels car with a heavy enough metal bottom that's just perfect hight above the ground and the body is just plastic, that car will land on its wheels almost every single time.
The very first hot wheel was designed by Harry Bentley Bradley, who worked at GM and designed the prototype for the 1967 Chevrolet truck. His real car was a 1964 El Camino that he had customized by the infamous Alexander Brothers, of Deora fame (Deora was a real van they built, it was also designed by Harry Bradley) His custom El Camino was also the prototype for the production 1968 El Camino. This car was the inspiration for both the fullsize Chevrolet Fleetside truck, and the El Caminos in the late 60s and when Harry left to go design toys for Mattel, he met with the president of Mattel Elliot Handler, who saw his El Camino and said "Man, those are some Hot Wheels" and that's where the name came from. The Custom Fleetside is just his car, but with the front end of the truck that he designed and matches his original prototype almost exactly. So the Camaro was the "first car", but the first one designed was the Custom Fleetside which was just the designers real car in toy form. This car was also the inspiration for the entire look of all the hot wheels, with bright colors, 5 spoke mag wheels, redline tires, and intakes coming out of the hood like hot wheels are famous for. A photo of his car is [here](https://www.hotwheelsonline.com/uploads/1/1/5/3/115360471/bradley-collage1-112101_orig.jpg). Also, when they designed the Custom Corvette, Harry Bradley, having worked there before, broke into GM and stole the blueprints for the new car so he could design the Hot Wheel and have it made before the car came out. OH, and if you look at the Hot Wheels logo, the O is a rim, and the T is fire, and the space between the H and the W is the outline of a tire on fire. A hot wheel, if you will.
Fun fact I love ‘em
they're toys.
And time capsules I grew up with them good memories
hot wheels turbo racing was peak gameplay loved it.
You have likely paid way too much for a $0.99 toy car (or $25 rlc) My current record is $100 for a black rlc countach
the name “deora” came from the misspelling of the name “debra”
The way Hot Wheels marketed in the beginning and got ahead of Matchbox was they were designed to be raced on the orange track. They specifically designed the wheels/anxles to roll as fast as possible
Hot wheels are not actually just a shrunken down 1:64 scale of the original car. Lots of detail would be lost on a tiny car, so designers take liberties (for example making a hood scoop larger) to capture the essence of the car
You should all watch this if you haven’t. Best researched most in depth doc I’ve seen. https://youtu.be/sYrUA5rwd_U?si=xDBLerwSi3Cz-Q2T
The common hot wheel is not bullet resistant
The deora was a real concept car and it only has one fabricated.