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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.
Isadore Elliot Handler (April 9, 1916 – July 21, 2011) was an American inventor, business magnate, and the co-founder of Mattel.With his wife, Ruth Handler, he developed some of the biggest-selling toys in American history, including Barbie, Chatty Cathy, Creepy Crawlers, and Hot Wheels.
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 ...
Estimated value: $12,000 Part of the Redline series, this model features the sleek, muscle-car styling of the real-life Oldsmobile 442, accentuated by its vibrant purple paint — a color that was ...
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 ...
He developed Chatty Cathy, Ken, Hot Wheels and Larry the Lion and was involved in creating the voice systems for Chatty Cathy, Barbie and Larry the Lion. [6] Ryan worked on the V-rroom! X-15 velocipede which was named after the North American X-15 rocket-powered aircraft and patented the V-RROOM! toy engines that simulated motorcycle engine sounds.
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.
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 ...