After over a decade of passionate collecting, I’ve decided to tap out on Hot Wheels. Here’s why the thrill of the hunt has turned into a daily grind. The Background: The total collection is over 12,000 cars. Most of which have been bought in the last ten years. I began dabbling in Hot Wheels in…
Hot Wheels Car Culture 2 packs Checklist Car Culture 2 Packs is a premium series of 2-car packs introduced in mid-2021. These consist of two Premium cars (Metal/Metal and Real Riders) designed to a certain theme. The packs are a Target exclusive. 2021 Mix 1 Theme Casting Body Color Larry Chen Nissan Skyline GT-R (BNR32)…
Let’s Start with Kmart Day Kmart supported the Hot Wheels collecting hobby by sponsoring the Kmart Collector’s Day events. Kmart stores would host a special collector’s event where exclusive vehicles would be made available. This was the chance for collectors to open a sealed case with the hope of finding a Treasure Hunt or Super…
2023 has been an interesting year for Treasure Hunts. You can see my rankings of the Super Treasure Hunts here, and for the most part the results were not favorable. In some ways, the regulars have been the better Hunts of 2023, as far as color choices and variety in castings. This year has been…
San Diego Comic Con, or SDCC, is here and it’s time for the annual SDCC 2023 WWE Reveals. As always, I try to break down the reveals as soon as they happen. I always focus on the legends and flashbacks for Elites and Ultimates, and SDCC 2023 brought out quite a few updates. Amazon Exclusive…
The hardest to find Exclusives possibly ever. In March of 2022, Mattel announced the new Walmart-Exclusive Ruthless Aggression Elite Series, which would be arriving later that year. These figures would be focused on the 2002-2007 Era of WWE, known as “Ruthless Aggression”. It was disclosed that this series was planned to go six waves, with…
This is an updated list of the figures I am currently missing in my collection. I did a list like this before, and have knocked a few off of that list. Hopefully, some of these names will be joining my collection some time this year. Some of these are quite pricey, and I have regrets…
At the beginning of 2022, I did a ranking of the first 26 Mattel WWE Ultimate Edition figures. This Ultimate Edition 2023 list will be a follow up of that list, and perhaps I will get every one of them into one final ranking soon. Starting at the bottom: There is no reason for this…
There are cornerstones of the Elite Legends line, and they have had multiple releases. Shawn Michaels, Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, Randy Savage, Razor Ramon, Ultimate Warrior, and Ric Flair all have had great Legends Attires represented, but here are a few that I feel are missing. Shawn Michaels -most of his missing looks are from…
An annual tradition, it’s time to rank the 2023 Super Treasure Hunts from Hot Wheels. This ranking is purely my opinion, and has some criteria: Here are my 2022, 2021 and 2020 rankings. There are fifteen castings that became Super Treasure Hunts for 2023, and this is my ranking, starting with 15-11: Let me just…