Hot Wheels Japanese Car Culture Multipacks of 6 Toy Car (Styles May Vary)

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Since the year 2008, Hot Wheels cars have had a code stamped or printed on the base. This is a "base code". This base code can be used to identify exactly when an individual car was produced in the Hot Wheels factory. The code begins with a letter, followed by a two-digit number. The letter for the year 2018 was "L". The letter is then followed by two numbers, which represent the week of that particular year the car was manufactured. For example, a car with the date stamp of "L42" was produced on the forty-second week of 2018. In 2016, Hot Wheels started a new line of Collector's models, in a line called Car Culture. Car Culture is Hot Wheels' line of Premium 1:64 models with metal bodies and bases, two-piece wheels with rubber tires, and more detailed decorations. Intended for adult collectors primarily, these models retail for roughly 6-7 times the cost of a mainstream 1:64 Hot Wheels model. These cars retail for over three times the retail price of a "basic" car, and are produced in significantly fewer numbers. a b "Big Machine Racing to honor legendary racer Dan Gurney at Darlington". Big Machine Records (Press release). April 13, 2021 . Retrieved April 13, 2021. a b Gerber, Alison (November 10, 2014). "Coffee Break Design History: Hot Wheels". Apartment Therapy . Retrieved December 28, 2016. Ha, Anthony (March 11, 2021). "Gamefam aims to be the first big gaming company built on Roblox". TechCrunch . Retrieved March 1, 2022.

In some cases, Hot Wheels dies have been sold or acquired by other companies once Mattel has finished using them. One example were early dies that made their way to Argentina and were reproduced as Mukys, though not with spectra-flame paints or the same quality as seen in Mattel's products. Ekberg, Brian (26 April 2017). "Forza Horizon 3 Hot Wheels". Forza Motorsport. Microsoft . Retrieved 26 April 2017. In 2009, with no recent developments, the film was put into turnaround, and the rights were handed over to Warner Bros. Pictures. Joel Silver took over producing with Matt Nix writing the script. [38]

Epyx Presents Hot Wheels for the Commodore 64 - The Retroist". 1 September 2011. Archived from the original on 4 May 2015 . Retrieved 13 August 2012. In 2006, a Series 3 line of Classics was introduced, again containing 30 models with multiple colors of each vehicle. Models included the '69 Pontiac Firebird, a Meyers Manx dune buggy, and the Richard Petty '70 Plymouth "Superbird". At the 2002 24 Hours of Le Mans, Hot Wheels logos appeared on the sidepods of the pair of MG-Lola EX257 prototypes entered by MG Sport & Racing. General Motors also released a special Chevrolet Camaro Hot Wheels Edition, which was a blue convertible that offered various Hot-Wheels-themed decorations throughout the car. Bedigian, Louis (2006-12-18). "Hot Wheels: All Out Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on 2007-12-02.

Miller, Aaron (January 8, 2016). "16 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT HOT WHEELS". Thrillist Media Group . Retrieved December 12, 2016. Ryu Asada, Hot Wheels Design Legend, Dies At 42". Jalopnik. 27 March 2021 . Retrieved 28 March 2021.Whitener, Whitney (September 28, 2023). "Mattel's New 'Hot Wheels Let's Race' Coming to Netflix". Animation World Network . Retrieved October 1, 2023. Holderith, Peter (26 November 2020). "Radical Front-Mid-Engine Pontiac Trans-Am Wins This Year's Hot Wheels Legends Tour". The Drive . Retrieved 7 December 2020.