After more than a decade of serious Hot Wheels collecting, I’m selling most of my nearly 14,000-carded-car collection. From Super Treasure Hunts and late-night hunts to trades, collector events, friendships, and countless memories, Hot Wheels has been a major part of my life. But the hunt eventually became a grind, and I realized it was time to let go and focus on the collection that means even more to me: wrestling figures.
The Monday Night War was a great time to be a wrestling fan. I have a breakdown of the whole line here. This is a great series that is focused on the 1995-2001 time period when Monday Night Raw and WCW Monday Nitro ran head to head on Monday Nights. There are eight main waves…
Hot Wheels’ new Walmart Exclusive line features neon colors and higher pricing of $3.47. While some designs appeal, many collectors will selectively purchase rather than complete the series.
In 2022, Mattel launched the Ruthless Aggression Elite Series, achieving critical acclaim and sales success, with potential for more waves featuring notable wrestlers.
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…
Coca-Cola Christmas Series Checklist: Check out These Collectible Cars Every holiday season since 2019, M2 Machines has launched Coca‑Cola themed Christmas die‑cast cars exclusively through Walmart. These limited releases combine festive design, collectible casting, and rare “chase” and “super chase” variations — and once they’re gone, they’re gone. In this guide, you’ll find a complete year‑by‑year checklist (2019–2025),…
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…
