For 2023 , The Hot Wheels Target Retro Exclusive will be Ultra Hots. This follows previous Target exclusives Retros, Decades, and Flying Customs. The Ultra Hots are a throwback to the early 80s. All cars feature Spectraflame-style paintjobs, and are a tribute to the original Ultra Hots from 1984. Ultra Hots Wave 2 Checklist: Ultra Hots Wave 3…
For 2022 and possibly beyond, The Hot Wheels Target Retro Exclusive will be Ultra Hots. This follows previous Target exclusives Retros, Decades, and Flying Customs. The Ultra Hots are a throwback to the early 80s. All cars feature Spectraflame-style paintjobs, and are a tribute to the original Ultra Hots from 1984. Ultra Hots Wave 1 Checklist: 66 Ford…
It’s now 2021 and Hot Wheels has finally released the 2021 D Case. Seemingly all of the Target stores have recieived these, as they also contain the first batch of Target Red Editions for 2021. The story: A collector buddy told me he found D case for 2021 at his nearby Target, including the Super….
The Target Red Editions are Target exclusive basic models. They share the same deco as the mainline cars, but have exclusive colors. This Series began in 2017, with 12 releases per year in groups of three in each case. – Hot Wheels Wiki Target Red Editions are released 4 times a year, in alternating cases…
One of the the biggest segments of my Hot Wheels Collection are the Store Exclusives. These are cars that are only available at a particular retailer. Here is the breakdown of where to find store exclusive Hot Wheels: Walmart Store Exclusives: Current Store exclusives: Previous Exclusives Past exclusives include Red Line Wheels, Windshield Banners, and…
Word on the street was that Target was beginning a mail in promotion this month, so I began keeping an eye on the numbers on their Hot Wheels. All at once, all of the local stores jumped up by 2-3 cases. Most of the ones I checked or heard about either received E case or…
Meijer got into the game this week, delivering on the first spotting of Hot Wheels H case and their third gold exclusive. Other highlights: Now to find that H case Super…
Target is another store that’s getting into the exclusives, they’ve had a few sub series, the decade cars in 2018 and 2019, and before that there were throwback cars for 2016 and 2017. Starting in 2017, Target and Mattel rolled out the red edition series. The Red Edition Series consists of 12 red and white,…
One of my biggest segments of my Hot Wheels collection are the store exclusives. I always make a point to find them as they come out and I’ve been working on backfilling the holes in my set. What are store exclusives? Here’s a breakdown. Toys R Us, Kmart, Target, Walmart, Walgreens, Kroger, and now GameStop…
I stopped in to two Target stores today and was pleased to see some P case hitting. The first stop had leftovers, but I picked up a good handful of the new P case cars. On a hunch, I headed to the next closest Target to see if they had the same. After a quick…