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  2. Model Products Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Model Products Corporation, usually known by its acronym, MPC, is an American brand and former manufacturing company of plastic scale model kits and pre-assembled promotional models of cars that were popular in the 1960s and 1970s. MPC's main competition was model kits made by AMT, Jo-Han, Revell, and Monogram.

  3. Monogram (company) - Wikipedia

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    By the late 1950s, the company moved steadily into the car scene, especially with its hot rods and race cars. In 1956 it released a Model A V-8 rod and a Sprint Car, two of its first car kits. In 1959, Monogram issued its 1932 Ford Deuce 5 window coupe. One 1962 kit, however, showed the company's prowess and intent - the "Big T" (kit PC 78).

  4. Model car - Wikipedia

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    On the heels of the promotional model business, Aluminum Model Toys or AMT introduced model car kits in 1957. Jo-Han, Revell and Monogram also started producing model car kits about this same time. Most of these were known as "annual" kits, and were the unassembled kit version of the promotional models or 'promos' representing the new cars that ...

  5. Harry Bentley Bradley - Wikipedia

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    After only four years at GM, in 1966 Bradley moved to Mattel which allowed him to return to California. He designed a new range of die-cast model cars which were released in 1968 as Hot Wheels. Not expecting the models to be a success, he left Mattel in 1969 to start up his own company and also taught at the Art Center College of Design in Los ...

  6. Hot Wheels - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. Formula 1 Cars Are Coming to the World of Hot Wheels - AOL

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    The first F1 Hot Wheels car launches this year with a unique Hot Wheels livery before a full range of die-cast models with F1 team paint jobs arrive next year. Formula 1 Cars Are Coming to the ...

  8. 'Pawn Stars:' See a Hot Wheels car worth more than a Porsche

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    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 ...

  9. Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge - Wikipedia

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    Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge is an automotive renovation competition show that premiered on NBC on May 30, 2023. The show locates cars that hold meaning to the contestants from their past before they are remodeled into Hot Wheels-style vehicles. On March 18, 2024, it was revealed that the show was cancelled after one season. [1]