A rare look behind-the-scenes at Hot Wheels, the popular toy cars

Hot Wheels have delighted children and adults alike for over half a century. First introduced in 1968, millions of the miniature vehicles are wrapped and waiting to be opened Christmas morning. CBS News' Jamie Yuccas is here with a behind-the-scenes look at how the cars are designed.
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[@RustySunshineOfficial]

Remind me to start a company called "Not so hot wheels". It won't be as successful due to constant vehicle recalls; but it'll teach kids about having a real car and a friend that's an auto mechanic. Hot Wheels rock!! Also, Hot Wheels was the toy boys played with and thought about their dad coming home from work to play with them; which the best dads did.

[@justinleland7461]

Watched this on the Mornings channel. Awesome video. It was cool seeing the anchors forget who they were and just be kids again at the end❤

[@samace22]

Hot wheels are definitely cool and awesome.👍 I love collecting hot wheels and I will be collecting hot wheels for the rest of my life.👍

[@gm7304]

I had the whole back yard to Myself. I was loaded, my parents hooked me up,I had roads I made with a garden hoe everywhere, everyday I did the tough work of road construction projects 🚧 I had Tonka heavy duty dump trucks and even a crane with a bucket, grader with an adjustable blade, What a great show Thank You for taking me back 50 years. R.I.P. 🕊My Mother and Father you both made my childhood the very best 🕊

[@gm7304]

Never forget Matchbox 😃

[@clearerdifficulty2164]

You had a great childhood

[@RustySunshineOfficial]

Same kind of play for me. It was magic, and I destroyed the backyard with them (that's required 😉). It's funny I didn't end up running a construction business in real life. Then again, base off my play? There would have been a dump truck on top of a high retaining wall dangling from a cable attached to three other cars on a skyscraper and enough mud to make sure there was a flood into the streets so monster trucks could smash through the zoo. No; construction is not for me; but Hot Wheels? Oh yeah.

[@topcat5988]

Now this is real news! I can get behind this!

[@rillest75]

As a kid, my friend Tom bragged one Christmas about how he had gotten the whole new set of Hot Wheels. So that made me want to go over and play to see for myself. Turns out he was right. I stole his set and I had so much joy over the next year. Stopped hanging out with Tom though which was a bummer.

[@davemathews7890]

Hot wheels were a huge part of my childhood. When Christmas came around, I never asked for anything except a new Hot Wheels collection.

[@benedictcarandang3907]

❤️❤️❤️

[@carlosrowetti638]

Its almost 2024 can they make a hot wheels track you can just plug in and doesn’t eat four $15 D cell batteries every 20 min.

[@Lyndanet]

Proper Scale

[@johnscott8592]

❤

[@RespectfulLivesMatter]

Why did Mattel destroy the lives of two KZbin creators over a mistake made by retail outlets? It’s almost as if Mattel doesn’t care at all about the truth.

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[@xraider927]

Huh?