![]() ![]() Hot Wheels' use of wide, hard-plastic tires created much less friction and tracked more smoothly than the narrow metal or plastic wheels used on contemporary Matchbox cars. Though it would be updated throughout the years, the original track set consists of a series of bright orange road sections (pieced together to form an oblong, circular race track), with one (or sometimes two) "superchargers" (faux service stations through which cars passed on the tracks, featuring battery-powered spinning wheels, which would propel the cars along the tracks). In addition to the cars themselves, Mattel produced a racing track set (sold separately). Bradley was from the car industry and had designed the body for the (full-sized) Dodge Deora concept car and the Custom Fleetside, (based on his own customized 1968 Chevrolet C-10 fleetside. The first one produced was a dark blue " Custom Camaro". There were sixteen castings released, eleven of them designed by Harry Bentley Bradley with assistance from Handler and Ryan. These were the first of the Red Line Series, named for the tires which had a red pin stripe on their sides. The first line of Hot Wheels Cars, known as The Original Sweet 16 was manufactured in 1967. He began producing the cars with assistance from fellow engineer Jack Ryan. Hot Wheels were originally conceived by Handler to be more like " hot rod" cars (i.e., customized/modified or even caricaturized or fantasy cars, often with big rear tires, Superchargers, flame paint-jobs, outlandish proportions, hood blowers, etc.), as compared to Matchbox cars which were generally small-scale models of production cars. Handler discovered his son Kenneth playing with Matchbox cars and decided to create a line to compete with Matchbox. The original Hot Wheels were made by Elliot Handler. Although Hot Wheels were originally intended to be for children and young adults, they have become popular with adult collectors, for whom limited edition models are now made available. Many automobile manufacturers have since licensed Hot Wheels to make scale models of their cars, allowing the use of original design blueprints and detailing. It was the primary competitor of Matchbox until Mattel bought Matchbox owner Tyco Toys in 1997. Hot Wheels is an American brand of scale model cars invented by Elliot Handler and introduced by his company Mattel on May 18, 1968. For other purposes, see Hot Wheels (disambiguation). Product subject to availability.This article is about the toy line. ![]() Mattel reserves the right to modify the color, decorations, scale, body, and wheel type. Production items may vary from the photos shown. Limit of ONE (1) per club membership limit five (5) per household (purchase limits subject to change at our sole discretion) We do offer international shipping to other countries – please see shipping costs and details here (international shipping availability subject to change) Priced at $30.00 plus shipping and processing each extra charges may apply for express shipping or special handling (customers shipping to Canada may be required to pay additional shipping charges or taxes) Packaged in a felt-lined slipcase and boxĮach vehicle features an individually numbered sticker (xxx/30,000) Interior Color: Light Blue with Matte White painted details Wheels: Real Riders Low Rider wheels with silver VUM spokes and white stripe tampo He's ridin’ high, and ridin’ low, in a tricked-out custom ’64 Impala that's smooth as ice.ĭeco: White snowflake details on sides, hood, trunk and roof, “The Snowman” detail on sides, “Nice” detail on passenger-side door, “Naughty” detail on driver-side door, “FRIO” license plate Santa Claus is delivering presents in The Snowman this year, and it doesn’t matter if you’ve been naughty or nice. You may ask where the corn-cob pipe is, or the eyes made out of coal … we say, how about chrome-plated tailpipes and custom low rider wheels that roll? In addition to creating all the graphics for each RLC car throughout the year, Vandervate has delivered on the RLC holiday vehicle every year since 2009. There's been a jolly tradition at HWC, which has been to spread the holiday spirit every year with an exclusive themed release. This Impala will give you chills … It's that cool! This 6-4 has an ice-cold, Spectraflame light blue paint job, snowflakes in the paint, and custom pinstriping – done by Vandervate, a former pinstriper himself. For when he thought to bring collectors some holiday cheer, this ’64 Impala came to stay!ĭubbed “The Snowman,” this special RLC exclusive holiday edition ’64 Impala can dance up high, or appear to melt down low, with an adjustable/posable suspension. There must have been some magic on graphic designer Steve Vandervate’s desk one day. ![]()
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