Hot Wheels new Walmart Exclusive line features neon color schemes, which illuminate under UV lighting. These came with some sticker shock, as they were priced at $3.47, which is higher than most special Walmart series. The new way Hot Wheels is doing premiums and special series places these in the silver tier, and gives them…
In 2022, Mattel released the Ruthless Aggression Elite Series, exclusively at Walmart. For most of it’s run, it was a fiasco to obtain the 18 figures, across 6 waves into 2023. But the set was a critical and sales success, and I think there could easily be three more waves with talent that is available…
The Hot Wheels Legends Tour began in honor of the 50th anniversary of Hot Wheels. These events were held at Walmart stores around the country, where real car customizers were invited to show off their full size creations with the winner of the tour being immortalized as a Hot Wheels car. Along with the car…
The Story of Coca Cola Christmas, from M2: As I documented in 2020, the Coca Cola Christmas Cars from M2 are a tradition at this point. A tradition of competition, motivation, urgency, frustration, glory (for some), and a lot of time spent hunting and waiting. Everything you love about Christmas in a nutshell. These cars…
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 as-complete-as-possible list of Hot Wheels Batman series Vehicles. There have been Batman subseries, known as mainline segments, as well as (Typically) Walmart exclusive Batman sets yearly. These series focus on various Batmobiles and other vehicles from the Batman universe over time, from the 1966 TV show, to the various movies from 1989…
Store exclusive Hot Wheels are a big part of my collecting agenda. Every year I seek out any of them that come out, and pride myself on having a pretty complete collection of them from over the years, including all Zamacs from Walmart, all Target Reds, all Kroger cars, all Dollar General/Gamestop, and most of…
Starting in 2019, Mattel began releasing “Collector’s Edition” figures in the WWE Elite line. These figures are sometimes flashbacks/legends, sometimes a lesser known talent, sometimes a figure that could have easily held a main spot in the elite line. They are released with each elite wave, with the exclusive going back and forth between Walmart…
My recent pickups: The rundown This is an overview of the WWE Legends that I have picked up from the period of Christmas, 2020 to 3/1/2021. It’s been a good run, and there are a couple of pieces I’m still looking for, while waiting on the next batch of WWE Legends to start hitting. From…
ZAMAC is an acronym for the Zinc, Aluminum, Magnesium, and Copper alloy that Hot Wheels and other die-cast toy cars are made from. These are known as Zamac Editions, or Zamacs. A ZAMAC car is basically an unpainted car and/or base. Some designs will still be found, but the car would be clear-coated bare metal…
