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27 Dec 2023, 12:56 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / I haven't made any significant steps with my Hot Wheels collection in 2023. But I've bought around 40 or 50 new items from multiple series. Still, I've kept a close eye on everything Mattel, and it would be cool to do a short review ...
26 Dec 2023, 19:58 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / There are a few things I love about collecting Hot Wheels cars. One of them is that you will rarely, if ever, find two people with the same line-up of vehicles. With so many items, each collection will have something that sets it apart. Plenty o...
26 Dec 2023, 09:48 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / A new wave of Hot Wheels cars is on its way for 2024. We will again face the difficult decision of choosing which will make it into our collection. Even if you are okay with spending thousands of dollars on diecast cars, buying every single p...
26 Dec 2023, 08:30 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / The world is changing right before our eyes, and there's only one thing we can do: adapt. Whether we like it or not, cars and motorcycles of tomorrow will no longer rely on internal combustion engines. Some still hope that biofuels will ...
25 Dec 2023, 13:05 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / 2023 has been good for me, and I hope it has been the same or even better for you. Looking back, I'm almost shocked that many of my wishes have come true. I've faced a few difficult moments, too, but one should not dwell on negative...
25 Dec 2023, 07:47 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Seven years have gone by since my life has taken a different turn. For over six years, I used to travel the world for pro drifting, working closely with series and drivers alike. At the end of each season, exhaustion made me eager for the win...
24 Dec 2023, 11:25 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / The primary objective of any company is to turn a profit. Achieving that goal requires several things. If you want to sum it up in a few words, I'd go for a good product, a strong marketing team, and a hungry sales team. Mattel has all o...
24 Dec 2023, 07:50 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / I've bought way too many Hot Wheels cars this month. For the price I paid for them, I could have almost bought a set of tires for the RX-7. Juggling with two expensive hobbies is tricky if you don't make six figures a year. But toning...
23 Dec 2023, 20:39 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / I sometimes measure the success of a new Hot Wheels series by how fast it sells out. If I never see one in a store near me or for sale from a local collector, that has to mean something. I fell in love with the Ultra Hots Porsche 934.5 from Mix...
23 Dec 2023, 07:53 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Some of the biggest companies on Earth today have been around for decades. They've passed the test of time, failed many times, but always rose to the occasion. The more I learn about Mattel, the more impressive I find its story. The diecas...
19 Dec 2023, 20:01 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Having a good memory can be crucial to a collector. Once you've accumulated several hundred items, how else can you remember them? You will need some tracking, as knowing every tiny detail can be downright impossible. I pride myself in kno...
18 Dec 2023, 18:29 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / I went shopping for Christmas presents today. But as I passed the Hot Wheels aisle, I had to stop for a minute. The store had restocked hundreds of cars, and I found a replica of Vaughn Gittin JR.'s old drift-spec Ford Mustang. We're ...
17 Dec 2023, 06:49 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / People develop affinities towards certain brands for multiple reasons. And I've found that these reasons are often rooted in childhood memories regarding cars and motorcycles. "My dad had a car like this," "This was the bike I l...
16 Dec 2023, 08:14 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Ten years ago, I felt like kids no longer cared about cars. But that is different today. More and more youngsters are interested in getting cool vehicles from 20 years ago, and I'm especially aware of this phenomenon regarding the Mazda RX-8. ...
12 Dec 2023, 19:42 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Do you remember being at school and realizing you hadn't done your homework? Then, you ask one of your classmates if you can copy it from him, and he says: "Ok, but change things up a bit so that nobody can tell." It's incred...
10 Dec 2023, 07:27 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Today, I spent $20 on Hot Wheels cars. I finally found the Mazda RX-8 from Tokyo Drift at a decent price and bought two. One goes into my collection, and the other is straight to a fellow RX-8 enthusiast. The third car is the new black FC3S, ...
9 Dec 2023, 21:52 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / I often hear people say that money doesn't bring happiness. And for the most part, I agree. You can still be unhappy even if you have millions of dollars in your account. But then again, you have many more options to forget about your day-to-d...
9 Dec 2023, 13:58 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / I finally decided to pull the trigger on the new Hot Wheels Mazda RX-8 earlier today. For weeks, I opted against paying almost four times the market value. Scalpers bought every item in stock from all the stores in a manageable reach, and I wanted ...
6 Dec 2023, 19:20 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / For some reason, I haven't found any new Matchbox cars in any store around me for months. Either retailers in the area don't care about these products, or someone has bought them all before my arrival. Either way, more of these are in...
6 Dec 2023, 14:00 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / I'm a big fan of Frank Herbert's Dune series. And if I would summarize the entire media franchise into one sentence, it would be this: Fear is the mind-killer. Most people are afraid of death, but should we let something that's guara...