5 Collectible Facts About Hot Wheels
ONE OF THE ORIGINAL HOT WHEELS DESIGNERS LATER PUT A NEW SPIN ON THE OSCAR MAYER WIENERMOBILE.
A CAR IN THE ORIGINAL LINE WAS BASED ON THE 1965 DODGE DEORA—WHICH DIDN’T HAVE DOORS!
FOR COLLECTORS, THE HOLY GRAIL IS A PINK VOLKSWAGEN WITH REMOVABLE SURFBOARDS.
Most of the 16 prototype Beach Bombs are now worth around $15,000 apiece.
THE BRAND HAS COLLABORATED WITH NASA.
In 1998, Mattel teamed up with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory—a NASA research and development center—to create
the Hot Wheels JPL Sojourner’s Mars Rover Action Pack Set. The product included a replica of the Sojourner rover,
which landed on Mars that summer.
THE BIGGEST HOT WHEELS TRACK LOOP ON RECORD WAS OVER 12 FEET HIGH.
The 1st vehicle look like banana boat...no doors? Hmm...how do they get in?
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@vangie It's a "Wienermobile". It is a series of automobiles shaped like a hot dog on a bun which are used to promote and advertise Oscar Mayer products in the United States.
Much like a prototype :)
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