Orange track, loop, living room carpet: Hot Wheels has been building the little cars on which whole generations learned their first cornering physics since 1968. At Elbenwald this category is being set up for officially licensed articles of the Mattel brand – from die-cast models to collectibles. A regular look is worth it, the range keeps growing. Anyone who once ran a track down half the hallway already knows how that ends.
Ferrari Hot Wheels Die-Cast Vehicles 5-Pack 1:64
There are few sounds that so unmistakably say childhood as a die-cast car shooting through an orange loop. Hot Wheels has belonged to Mattel since 1968 and has produced billions of little cars in that time – from the first Redlines assortment to today's special models that adults leave unopened in the blister. At Elbenwald this category is becoming the home for officially licensed Hot Wheels articles, from the model for the track to the piece for the shelf.
The double role as toy and collector's item. On one side are cars made to be used, dented and dug out again; on the other a collecting culture with rules of its own, in which casting variants, wheel types and production years all matter. Legendary among these are the Treasure Hunts – rare models hanging inconspicuously among the normal series on the shelf, turning a supermarket trip into a treasure hunt. Added to that is the brand's design courage: alongside licensed reproductions of real road vehicles there have been decades of fantasy castings that never made it onto a road and still count among the best-known models.
The category has just been set up and is filling with officially licensed articles of the brand. Whatever arrives appears directly here – a regular look is worth it.
The standard scale is 1:64, which corresponds to around seven and a half centimetres in length. For collector series there are also larger scales such as 1:43 or 1:18.
Rare models mixed into the normal series in small numbers. They can be spotted by special wheel types and small symbols on the packaging, and are sought after accordingly.
The category is ready and growing with the range. Until the first articles arrive, the way leads to the parent company Mattel, to the sister brand Barbie and to Figures for everything that stands next to the cars on the shelf.
Collectibles across every licence are bundled in Collectibles, while the brand's video game appearances are sorted into Gaming.
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