Hot Wheels legend Larry Wood is gassing up and heading to Southern California with a new and exclusive diecast model! The renowned designer will debut his LWood Design brand with a pair of original diecast models at the 37th Annual Hot Wheels Collectors Convention, held Oct. 4-8 at the LAX Marriott. Those in attendance […]
Hi! I am Michael (Mike) Garrett. While I assembled plastic models growing up in the 50s, I got busy with college and work and didn’t get back into the hobby until the late 80s. I started with the 1/43 Franklin Mint “Cars From the 50s,” started building some plastic and diecast models but mostly collecting […]
I have done toy shows in the Denver area since 1992. I had a part in a small toy store, Toybox Treasures for a while and was on TTP since the mid-2000s, so I know a lot of collectors. Most of them were also on TTP and while new ones have joined a lot of […]
When it comes to collecting Hot Wheels, renowned collector Bruce Pascal has seen it all over the decades. Today Bruce shares with us 10 vintage and rarely-before-seen Hot Wheels collectibles. Click on the images to view the item on hobbyDB! Over to you, Bruce! Japanese Hot Wheels in 1978 If you wanted to buy […]
Vehicle licensors were often an excellent source of future die-cast ideas. Of course, every time a newly styled 1:1 Corvette or Mustang was in the works they would also be must-do choices for many of the Zee Toys car lines. We would usually get advance information about them that we had to keep confidential. Sometimes […]
Here’s the drill on photographing a vehicle that is to be made as a die-cast toy. I’ve included a little about motorcycles but for this example, we’ll use Ivan “Ironman” Stewart’s Toyota off-road race pickup truck. Briefly, one finds a flat, level location where the subject can be about a hundred feet from the camera. […]
Anita Smith knows a thing or two when it comes to collecting vintage Hot Wheels models and celebrating its rich history. Today she shares 10 of her favorite Hot Wheels models from decades of collecting. Here she is counting down – 10. The 1968 Watermelon Store Display Mustang While not impossible to […]
No matter how confined you might be for space, there’s always room for one more Hot Wheels in your collection. For “Jerzey Jim” Farrell, the newest Hot Wheels in his collection might require its own garage. Although, if you ask the Forked River, N.J., native, that very same Hot Wheels is more of a trusty […]
My name is Ed Davis. I have been collecting or building model cars, airplanes, trains, and military vehicles for many years, actually several decades. My 10 favorite models cover a diverse set of model types and scales. The following photo shows some of my 1/64 scale train layout, and a wall-mounted shelf with 1/43 scale […]
Since 1982 I had been recommending new products; photographing, measuring and preparing notes for items chosen for production; choosing colors and making deco art for my hand samples for management review; and doing “blue sky” ideas for possible new items that were beyond the existing toy lines. The department was tiny: Dave was the director […]
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