Sunday, August 17, 2014

Dream Van XGW Panel from Grateful Dead Hot Wheels

"Dream Van XGW Panel" from 2014 Hot Wheels Pop Culture Grateful Dead series.

 Did you know? The origin of the bear was taken from the Bob Thomas album art. The back cover of History of the Grateful Dead, Vol 1 recorded in 1970 showed multi-colored marching bears. Bob's inspiration for the bear came from a printers block of a generic bear.

Grateful Dead Truck from 2014 Hot Wheels Pop Culture series

"Grateful Dead Truck" from 2014 Hot Wheels Pop Culture series

Did you know? The card and truck art is from "Steal Your Face" a double album released in 1976. The album was recorded live in concert at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom as part of the band's then-"farewell run". The cover art featured a grinning skull with a lightning bolt on the frontal bone designed by Owsley Stanley and rendered by Bob Thomas. The logo has since been identified as the "steal your face," or "stealie" logo

Friday, July 11, 2014

83 Chevy Silverado from 2014 Hot Wheels

'83 Chevy Silverado from 2014 Hot Wheels, HW Road Trippin' Highway 1, is metalflake burgundy, with yellow, white, green, and gold deco, "Big Sur Redwoods" and "Highway 1" shield on the sides, gold deco on hood and roof, black Interior, gold chrome Malaysia base, with chrome red/black Phil Riehlman 5-spoke wheels. A mint on card '83 Chevy Silverado is available to purchase now at my shop

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Greddy Racing Nissan 370Z from 2014 Hot Wheels

This is the GReddy "Nissan 370Z" from 2014 Hot Wheels, HW Workshop, is white with a black hood w/ "GReddy" tampo, red and black graphics on the sides, with "GReddy" and Hot Wheels logo, blue tint windows, black interior, on a black plastic Malaysia base, with Phil Riehlman 5-spoke wheels. A mint on card GReddy Nissan 370Z is available to purchase now at my shop

Monday, June 30, 2014

2012 Ford Fiesta Hot Wheels Treasure Hunt

The 2014 Hot Wheels, HW Off-Road, '12 Ford Fiesta Treasure Hunt is white, with light green and black stripes on the sides, hood, and roof, "120" and  race deco on the sides, Hot Wheels logo on the front windshield, on a black Malaysia base, with pink 10-spoke wheels. A mint on card '12 Ford Fiesta Treasure Hunt is available to purchase now at my shop

Sunday, June 29, 2014

2013 Hot Wheels Mystery Models Series 2


"Steel Flame" from 2013 Hot Wheels Mystery Models
Did you know?
The Steel Flame was based on a former Mattel model maker's fully custom show truck. The liquid metal flame graphics inspired the name. The truck was featured in Street Trucks magazine





"Cadillac LMP" from 2013 Hot Wheels Mystery Models
Did you know?
The Cadillac LMP was a series of Le Mans Prototypes built by General Motors Cadillac brand for use in the American Le Mans Series as well as an attempt to return Cadillac to the 24 Hours of Le Mans since they first entered in 1950. With a huge rear wing, side intakes for cooling, and a twin turbocharged V8 engine, this endurance race car was engineered to go long and strong.
"Lotus Sports Elise" from 2013 Hot Wheels Mystery Models
"Mitsubishi Double Shotz' from 2013 Hot Wheels Mystery Models

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

59 Chevy Delivery Spock Star Trek Hot Wheels

The "59 Chevy Delivery" Spock from 2014 Hot Wheels Star Trek Pop Culture Series is metalflake green with "Star Trek" "Spock" and Enterprise tampos on the sides, tampo of McCoy, Captain Kirk, and Spock on the roof, silver louvered hood, clear windows, cream interior, on a unpainted metal Thailand base, with white line Real Rider mag wheels. A mint on card 59 Chevy Delivery is available to purchase now at my shop