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31 Jan 2024, 15:20 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / A friend asked me something unexpected the other day: "Can you teach my seven-year-old son how to become an influencer?" I didn't know whether I should be humbled or appalled. So many kids think this is the way to go, but I'm st...
31 Jan 2024, 13:53 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Last night, I noticed an interesting post on a Hot Wheels Facebook group. Someone noted that the new Porsche sets had arrived in several toy stores around town. I drove there this morning only to find someone had bought them all. After a certai...
28 Jan 2024, 19:06 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Please repeat after me: building a project car is a neverending process. Buy one with that in mind, and you'll be less miserable at the end of the day. It will be easier if your bank account looks like your phone number. Just think of it th...
28 Jan 2024, 17:51 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Recently, Richard Rawlings posted a video of the ultimate Humvee on his Instagram account. Not only did it have a Hellcat engine, but it also had six wheels. The slammed look only made it better. And this could easily win the Hot Wheels Legends Tou...
27 Jan 2024, 21:22 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / I have only found two Super Treasure Hunt cars in my years of collecting Hot Wheels. The first was the HKS Honda Civic Type R. The second was the Lotus Evija. I sold both vehicles for about $120 combined, so I'm not upset about letting them go...
27 Jan 2024, 15:59 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / I have decided to slow down my Hot Wheels collection. I won't buy any new Mainline models except rotary-powered ones or Porsches. And I will be focusing on premium vehicles instead. But first, I still need to sell about 50 more collectibles. ...
27 Jan 2024, 11:54 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Growing up, I always dreamed about having the magical power of turning a diecast car into the real thing. That's a common dream for boys who are part of families that live modest lives. But most of my car-related dreams have come true. I h...
27 Jan 2024, 08:48 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / A few months ago, I decided to revisit a game I used to play growing up. Being nostalgic, Heroes of Might and Magic III is a throwback to simpler times. And these Hot Wheels Treasure Hunt reviews have had the same effect on me. Even looking at s...
24 Jan 2024, 13:31 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / I have just sold half of my Hot Wheels collection to raise a budget for my FC RX-7 project car. Asking decent prices helped me do that in less than 12 hours. However, I was still shocked at how fast people in the community reacted to my listing. ...
24 Jan 2024, 12:27 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / How many wheels does a Hot Wheels item have? How would you answer this question? If you reply with "zero, two, three, four, six, or eight," you're perfectly correct. I still need to do some research about one-wheeled Hot Wheels. ...
24 Jan 2024, 11:29 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Gary Oldman is one of my favorite actors of all time. He has had so many epic roles over the years. You'll see him in movies like Dracula, The Fifth Element, The Dark Knight, and Leon: The Professional. If you remember the latter, the followin...
21 Jan 2024, 13:15 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Racing is not all about who has the most money. That's valid and invalid at the same time. It all depends on the perspective. Smaller teams in F1 struggle to keep up with the big boys because of lower budgets. But underdogs can win in cheaper ...
21 Jan 2024, 08:13 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / I have fond memories of the '90s. But then again, life as a kid is much easier than life as an adult. I spent the first part of the decade enjoying weekly trips to the countryside. Starting in 1996, I was glued to my new computer, playing vide...
20 Jan 2024, 11:11 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Do you think YouTube will still be around 50 years from now? How hard will it be to dig through decades of content if it will? Will our kids look at videos from the start of the 21st century and think they were silly? And will we still be nostalgic...
20 Jan 2024, 09:10 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / I have not counted, but I might have accumulated over 20 Hot Wheels premium models. That doesn't sound like a lot if you're a hardcore collector. But I'm slowly transitioning from Mainline items to Boulevard or Car Culture series veh...
17 Jan 2024, 21:17 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / I have shifted my attention towards collecting Premium Hot Wheels items. But I'm still keeping a close eye on what's happening over in the Mainline series. I have yet to see Case C in stores around me. But Case F for 2024 is ready to ...
16 Jan 2024, 12:44 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / North America has been building cars for over 100 years. The industry has come a long way since the early days of Henry Ford. And we each have a list of our favorite vehicles originating from the USA. Mine is a simple one. Except for the elusiv...
15 Jan 2024, 09:26 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / We all know how influential Japanese sports cars of the '80s and '90s have been and still are. I chose to walk down the RX-7 path. Some of my friends are all about that 2JZ life. Others won't give up on their RBs for anything in the ...
15 Jan 2024, 08:24 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Building up a Hot Wheels collection when you have a limitless budget is easy. The real challenge starts when you have to finish things without spending much money. There are many ways you can do that. But you'll need luck, patience, and skills...
14 Jan 2024, 20:48 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / I met up with two of my petrolhead friends today. It doesn't surprise me that both like Hot Wheels cars to some extent. So we decided to visit a few tours in search of novelties. I'm happy to have found the yellow variation of the BMW 507...