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18 Mar 2024, 11:18 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Three months into 2024, the list of highly desirable Hot Wheels cars is getting longer and longer. You'll see new castings and recolors in each ongoing series. And that gives collectors plenty of options, as long as they have the budget to kee...
17 Mar 2024, 09:13 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / An inside joke in the racing community goes something like this: how do you become a millionaire in motorsports? The answer is to start as a billionaire. That's the sad reality, as even the most affordable sports will cost tens of thousands of...
16 Mar 2024, 17:03 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / My phone rang early yesterday morning. "Sir, I've got a package for you." I wasn't sure what the man was talking about. But 30 minutes later, I opened a small box with a Hot Wheels Team Transport collectible inside. I had ordere...
16 Mar 2024, 10:35 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / I wonder how long until the Internet has had enough drag races between road-going vehicles. The trend has been going on for a few years now. And it's strange to think that professional drag racing is declining when this format is doing so well...
16 Mar 2024, 08:13 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / I have interviewed well over 100 people in the automotive industry during my career as a motoring journalist. I've had things to learn from each one of them. Naturally, some have had a more profound effect on me than others. One of the peo...
14 Mar 2024, 11:55 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / I think one of the major problems of the modern world is that we care too much about ourselves and too little about everyone else around us. Individualism does nothing for the development of humankind as a species. It only deepens our problems. ...
12 Mar 2024, 19:14 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Everyone is raving about the Oscars these days. I only care about the topic because Godzilla: Minus One won an award for the first time in history. Other than that, Hollywood has been disappointing for several years. But every empire has ups an...
11 Mar 2024, 16:53 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / My next-door neighbor paints cars for a living and has been asking for a go in the RX-7 for some time now. So when I asked him to come along, he was eager to do so. But his facial expression changed as soon as I accelerated from a gravel-covered su...
10 Mar 2024, 19:25 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Change is inevitable. It's the only thing you can count on in this world. Twenty years ago, I was becoming increasingly eager to leave for college. I yearned for the big city. And for over a decade, I loved the noise, size, and chaos of it all...
9 Mar 2024, 18:03 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Yesterday, my godfather and I drove to a motorcycle dealer three hours away to pick up his new ATV. Once we got there, two things attracted my attention. One was the MV Agusta Superveloce 800, and the other was a diecast replica of an SxS vehicle. ...
9 Mar 2024, 09:46 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / The other day, my neighbor visited and brought his daughter, too. She's in love with all things Hot Wheels, and I knew I'd make her day if I opened up a big case of them. She immediately picked a Honda Civic and a Fantasy Treasure Hunt an...
9 Mar 2024, 08:36 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / I drove to the nearest city yesterday to renew my passport. After wrapping things up, I visited local toy stores to search for new Hot Wheels cars. And I was ecstatic to find the black 944 from the Porsche series, despite its non-premium status. ...
7 Mar 2024, 11:07 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / I woke up to a delightful surprise this morning. As the title says, Monster Trucks are returning to our living rooms. Of course, not literally; that would be a disaster. But with some luck, the virtual world could provide just as big a kick as the ...
4 Mar 2024, 19:06 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / The average life expectancy of a man is about 75 years old, although it varies from country to country. With any luck, that means I will live up until around 2064. If most people drove sub-100-hp cars 40 years ago, I wonder if we'll all have 1...
3 Mar 2024, 12:20 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / I attended my first car meet of the year yesterday. One of my friends, who owns an RX8, brought me a gift. It was the Matchbox Mazda Autozam AZ-1. I had been looking for it for some time now but to no avail. To be truly happy, you must find joy...
29 Feb 2024, 15:29 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / There are many ways of having fun with your Hot Wheels collection. Some people like to look at them. Most of us enjoy showing off to friends who are visiting. You can also buy Mattel's tracks and go wild. But diecast photography can make t...
29 Feb 2024, 13:45 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Since my nephew discovered my PS5 and PS VR2 setup, he has been eager to get more seat time in Gran Turismo 7. Kids these days are mostly playing silly games on their mobile phones, so GT7 must feel immense to him. And I admit it has grown on me, t...
29 Feb 2024, 10:56 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / I visited two different toy stores yesterday. After browsing hundreds of Mainline models, I found the '89 Mercedes-Benz 560 SEC AMG. I sold my Metalflake Silver one a few months ago and wanted it back. It's almost as good as a Premium cas...
27 Feb 2024, 20:19 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Tomorrow, I will visit several toy stores for new Hot Wheels cars. I haven't been lucky with my hunting sessions in a while now. And I noticed several new Car Culture items have been popping up nationwide. Speaking of which, the new 2-packs ar...
27 Feb 2024, 15:21 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / I must have taken tens of thousands of photos of cars over the years. Some are hidden in an archive and may never see the light of day. The truth is, I'm no pro photographer. But I have developed a technique to get that right shot with e...