HW Centric’s top 10 Hot Wheels facts
When and where Hot Wheels was first introduced: New York Toy Fair in 1968
Hot Wheels’ birthday is: May 18th
First ever Hot Wheel: dark blue CUSTOM CAMARO
Number of Hot Wheels produced per year: 519 MILLION
Number of Hot Wheels produced per second: 16.5
Number of Hot Wheels cars variations: 20,000
The most expensive Hot Wheel: pink Beach Bomb sold for $72,000
Number of world records broken by Hot Wheels: 3
Number of countries where Hot Wheels are sold: 150+
Hot Wheels is the #1 selling toy in the world!
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Amount of Hot Wheels produced per year in distance: 6000 miles
Hot Wheels size: 1:64
Number of Hot Wheels partners: 350
Amount of collectors aged 5 – 15: 15 MILLION+
Amount of Hot Wheels sold per second: 2
Top Hot Wheels that every collector should be looking for:
1974 Baja Bruise
1977 ’31 “Redline” Doozie
1996 Ferrari F50 Spider
1983 Classic Cobra
1970 Red Baron
1970 Ed Shaver Custom AMX
2008 Diamond Encrusted Custom Otto
1976 Corvette Stingray
1974 Blue Rodger Dodger
1968 Beatnik Bandit
1969 Pink Rear-Loading Volkswagen Beach Bomb
Amount of Hot Wheels owed by the average collector: 1,550
Year in which Treasure Hunts were released for the first time: 1995
Year in which Super Treasure Hunts were released for the first time: 2007
Year in which Redline Hot Wheels’ were released for the first time: 1968
Year in which Hot Wheels stopped manufacturing Redline’s: 1977
Year in which Hot Wheels id’s were released for the first time: 2019
Year in which Hot Wheels id chase’s were released for the first time: 2020
Mainline car costs: $0.97 – $1.08 (USD)
Mainline car costs: $1.25 – $1.50 (CAD)
The “Sweet 16”
Beatnik Bandit
Custom El Dorado
Custom Camaro
Custom Corvette
Custom Fleetside
Deora
Custom Mustang
Custom T-Bird
Hot Heap
Ford J-Car
Custom Cougar
Custom Firebird
Custom Barracuda
Python (Cheetah)
Silhouette
Custom Volkswagen