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Hot Wheels is an American media franchise and brand of scale model cars invented by Elliot Handler and introduced by his company Mattel on May 18, 1968. [2] It was the primary competitor of Matchbox until Mattel bought Matchbox owner Tyco Toys in 1997.
Based on the American Motors Corporation’s sporty AMX, the Hot Wheels version captures the muscle car’s sleek lines and performance-driven design. 7. 1969 Classic ’31 Ford Woody eBay
It was part of the "Sweet 16" Hot Wheels cars in 1968. In 2000, the Deora II was released, a modern interpretation version of the original. The vehicle is also Joseph "Vert" Wheeler's signature car in Hot Wheels: World Race and the AcceleRacers series. Three years later, in preparation for Hot Wheels' 35th anniversary, a full size Deora II was ...
In 2001, the first life-sized Hot Wheels car, the Twin Mill, was created. [71] More than twenty life-sized cars were created and all of them were inducted into the Hot Wheels Garage of Legends. [72] American Girl launched its “Girl of the Year” campaign in 2001 to highlight dolls with contemporary stories; each doll is only available for a ...
Street Legal TV's list of the top three rarest Hot Wheels in the world values the second and third most expensive toys at $10,000 and $5,000 respectively. But in the end, shop owner Rick Harrison ...
A 1953-55 Lesney-Matchbox Road Roller, one of the first toys to be produced under the Matchbox name. The Matchbox name originated in 1953 as a brand name of the British die-casting company Lesney Products, whose reputation was moulded by [2] John W. "Jack" Odell (1920–2007), [3] Leslie Charles Smith (1918–2005), [4] and Rodney Smith.
Their Big Wheel trikes, model trains, wind-up toys, and toy soldier sets were among Marx Toys bestsellers worldwide. Rock'Em Sock'Em Robots even got movie cameos, as vintage toys in "The Santa ...
Johnny Lightning is a brand of diecast model cars launched in 1969 by Topper Corporation (owner of the "Topper Toys" brand), similar to the hugely successful Mattel's Hot Wheels cars. They were notable at the time for being extremely fast compared to other brands of die-cast cars.