Case Report: Hot Wheels 2018 N Case

It must be the end of the quarter.  Mattel seems to send a lot to hobby dealers at the end of the quarter, so it was no surprise when Wheel Collectors got both the Team Transport cases AND the 2018 International N Cases. I think we looked at the M case a week ago?  So …

I can’t tell you anything about the Hot Wheels Datsun 240Z HWC Exclusive. But these photos can.

The HWC Exclusive Datsun 240Z finally goes on sale today.  After a long wait - this model was previewed last year at the Convention - and a very strange detour, it is finally ready to make its way to collectors. I am fortunate to be able to preview a good number of Hot Wheels HWC/RLC …

The Tomica Limited Vintage June Release is now available at Japan Booster

Heads up time!  Tomica Limited Vintage has release the June 2018 assortment, and the models are now available at the Japan Booster ebay store: Tomica Limited Vintage at Japan Booster This is a great batch, but then again what TLV release isn't?  Honda heads will love the S600 and S800, and Skyline nerds will gobble …

The Hot Wheels HWC Special Edition Datsun 240Z finally goes on sale 6/12, a day after the Custom 240Z RLC Window opens. What a week.

Another heads up for you RLC members.  The long-awaited, and much-talked-about, Hot Wheels HWC Special Edition Datsun 240Z goes on sale this coming Tuesday. The RLC 24-hour window opens at 9am Pacific on Tuesday, June 12th.  $19.99 each with a limit of two per account.  If there are any left after the window closes, any …

If you told me the ’65 Ford Galaxie was Jun Imai’s best Hot Wheels casting, I don’t think I could argue with you.

When Jun Imai announced last month that he was leaving Mattel, this is what we all thought and talked about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fvA6fqHDi4 And for good reason.  Jun's legacy at Hot Wheels will be JDM, and the era he ushered in with his many Japanese designs.  What started with "Why is Hot Wheels doing a Corolla and …