For the second year in a row, the Hot Wheels Legends Tour picked one car to be immortalized as a 1:64 scale die-cast toy car at the SEMA Show. This time around, the finalists came from 20 different c...
A California stop on the 2018 Hot Wheels Legends Tour. Photos courtesy Mattel. Last year, die-cast brand Hot Wheels celebrated its 50th anniversary with a 15-city tour and a build contest that immort...
Hot Wheels Original 16 Display Set. Photo courtesy Mattel. Mattel’s eternal diecast brand may be celebrating a birthday, but collectors get the presents. Hot Wheels turned 50 years old in 2018; many ...
Kuhni’s artwork for the original Hot Wheels line. Photo from author’s collection. You may not know Otto Kuhni’s name … but if you were a kid in the late ’60s, you knew his work. He started working fo...
Safety equipment was minimal, the pits were dirt, and the grills were constantly aflame. A recent photo essay on Native Customs looks at the drag racing scene in one small town in Brazil, which remin...
With five cars shown on the box – four caught in dramatic mid-jump – Topper Toys didn’t want any confusion as to what was provided, so the wording plainly states, “This set includes one Johnny Lightn...
With five cars shown on the box – four caught in dramatic mid-jump – Topper Toys didn’t want any confusion as to what was provided, so the wording plainly states, “This set includes one Johnny Lightn...