Category: Latest Aritcles

Wave number 4 of the Zamac cars are showing up in “L” case Walmart dump bins and side kicks. Look for: Zamac 11 – #245 ’68 Shelby GT500 Zamac 12 – #160 Volkswagen Scirocco GT 24 Zamac 10 – #238 ’70 Monte Carlo

Get ready for another great time at the 27th Annual Hot Wheels® Collectors Convention. The LARGEST gathering of HOT WHEELS® Collectors on the West Coast! Ticket sales will open to the public June 1st. OFFICIAL DATES FOR CONVENTION SEPTEMBER 25 – 29, 2013 HYATT REGENCY, ORANGE COUNTY, CA   Ticket sales are now open to the public.

Just posted new 5-packs, multi-pack only cars, Pop Cultue and Flying Customs. Take a look. After a long drought here in the Midwest we are now seeing new product on the shelves here at Walmart. Trackin’ Trucks, new Jukebox with Sam Walton Ford F-150, mutli-pack exclusives, new 5-pack and K case dump bins. The most startling thing is the lack of super and regular hunts in these cases. Could it be the black market and eBay are making it harder to find these in the wild at stores. Over 40 cases opened by friends in the area and a total of 3 bent card supers found. This also the reports on the boards too. Here is a couple of shots of the new Trackin’ Trucks. Look at the other pages for new  product to be posted soon.

Just picked up the latest in the series of Walmart exclusives thatr are now in the “J” case dump bins and side-kicks. A nice selection in this collector series with the exception of being all Chevy (sorry Ford lovers). This 3 are the: #7 Custom ’69 Chevy Pickup #161 #8 ’64 Corvette Sting Ray #204 #9 ’12 Camaro ZL1 #192

Just getting back from another wonderful time at the Nationals. This one has to be one of the best ones I attended in the last 5 years. Attendance was up with a lot of collectors old and new, the hotel was good and compact, the Staff was well organized and friendly as ever,  and events I attended were a blast. I truly enjoyed the downhill races and Sizzler races most of all.  Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals was the charity for this years nationals and the representatives  were beyond friendly. Check out the 13th Nationals page for more about the event and pictures of all the souvenir cars and custom car show winners.

Packing up and getting ready to leave for the 13th Annual Hot Wheels® Collectors Nationals in a couple of days. I can’t wait to see some old friends and meet some of the new subscribers to the Hot Wheels® Newsletter. Make sure you stop by the souvenir sales room to say hi and to pick up your Newsletter souvenir car for being a subscriber and a participant at the Nationals. This year’s model is theme related and should be a nice addition to the newsletter Convention and National pieces. Have a safe trip and I will see you there.

Two long time classic collectables came together and produced Hot Wheels Pez Pull & Go dispensers. As a was checking out at my local TRU this evening. I spotted these hanging by the register. There were only two models available a green Twinduction and a blue Fast Fish. The cars attach to the top of a wheel of the dispenser for storage then can be removed to play with. These cars with Pull Back Action are about 1:87 scale and are decorated with both Hot Wheels and PEZ logos and other designs. Ahh we can only wish for other models… Boneshaker anyone? 

Well summers coming and Hot Wheels® has turned up the heat and served us some cool Hot Wheels® classics. This is the Kroger exclusive 5-car Sunburnerz collection with sizzling summer decos. ’65 Impala in red with gold y5 ’67 GTO convertible in pearl white with pr5 Deuce Roadster in red with gold sp5 ’56 Merc in mf gold with gold lw ’67 Chevelle in candy blue with sp5    

Just when shopping for some items and thought I would check the Hot Wheels® isle expecting nothing and was surprised to find a new case of multi-pack on a all ready loaded shelve of old multi-packs. To my excitement one of the 6 new packs was the exclusive pearl white ’66 Ford Fairlane GT and a new color of the Pass’n Gasser. Even though the Pass’n Gasser sports the same tampo as the exclusive for 2012 minus the rear deck Hot Wheels® logo it isn’t an Git pack exclusive but is a multi-pack only model and will not be a single pack release. This will surely excite the Pass’n Gasser fans. Check all the  new gift-pack excluisves and multi-pack only cars for 2013.

You may wonder where the inspirations come from when a designer deco a car. On the Flash Gordon Volkswagen T-1 Drag Bus, it was from a 50s style tin toy. Steve Vandervate, Project Designer and Hot Wheels graphics for Mattel. posted this picture at Hot Wheels Collectors.com. I thought I would share this little insight with my readers.