How HOT WHEELS Beat Out MATCHBOX

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There is no more popular toy in the automotive world than Hot Wheels. Most of us at Donut were introduced to cars through Hot Wheels, and most still collect them to this day. Much like us there are millions of people that are obsessed with Hot Wheels and have incredible collections. How exactly did Mattel create the biggest selling toy in the world? How did it best companies like Matchbox? And how did a failed guitar design save Hot Wheels from losing to the competition?
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[@maximaldinotrap]

Kid 1: Hotwheels is better Kid 2: Matchbox is better Mattel: Both give me money anyway.

[@HECKproductions]

mattel: [laughs in capitalist]

[@marcbaur677]

So, Siku is in Family Hand since 1954.

[@Antosz20000]

@Christopher lmao are you 12?

[@Antosz20000]

@Christopher "Thank god i live in the usa!" ~ definately not millions of americans living in poverty

[@WM_46]

@@Antosz20000 If America / Capitalism is bad, why are there so many Chinese and Viet communities? Why do Cubans build rafts and attempt to sail to the US while leaving behind relatives and wealth? Because America is great.

[@mrrainbrow423]

K-Mart: "What specialities does this new toy car brand have?" Mattel: "It can drag race." K-Mart: _Sold_

[@zackburkhart6521]

I mean it's important for the toy to be able to be played with *cringes in collector*

[@RiverWilliamson]

I live my life six orange track sections at a time

[@hotwheelsbob2000]

Actually, I believe it was Penny's, not K-mart.

[@m10tankdestroyer94]

@@zackburkhart6521 yeah, who would buy thousands of toys and just display them in shelves instead of actually playing with them? Right? Right...?

[@RideLocalDreamGlobal]

As a 58 yr old who still has a few well-abused "Sweet 16" cars , I totally get adults hanging out in the Hot Wheel aisle. For most of my childhood, my Grandma gave me a box of socks for Christmas and birthdays- with several Hot Wheels hidden within. She always had great taste in picking out THE coolest of the new collections, which is why I still have most of them! miss you Grandma...

[@neilcorp]

thats really cool! what a cool grandma

[@optiTHOMAS]

Very cool grandma! I feel ya! I don't have any grandparents left! 😔😅 I remember playing these little micro machine cars with my grandma! I had tons of stuff for Christmas that year, but I was just absolutely captivated with those little cars! I must of been maybe 3 or 4. Good times, man! 😁 :')

[@oscaarj]

I'll give you 20$ for them , yes ?

[@SRGIProductions]

Hot Wheels was the best and brightest part of my childhood during the 2000's. I will never forget 2005 when I opened up an AcceleRacers Swamp Beast Showdown playset on my birthday. Sadly, my childhood collection of cars and sets is long gone, but I did start a new collection around 2018 and it has grown since then. I even started buying the new Track Builder Unlimited stuff Mattel started rolling out. ...and do I need to say anything about Hot Wheels Unleashed?

[@TayT300]

@@SRGIProductions acceleracers was my childhood

[@Matt-zu2lu]

And 60 years later Hot Wheels are still popular and we still don’t have a guitar that never goes out of tune

[@beendoneagain]

We never needed one anyways :)

[@Matt-zu2lu]

@@beendoneagain you say that until your drummer starts playing as loud as he can when you’re trying to tune

[@hangemhigh113]

It's more about the tuners than the strings anyway.

[@jacksmith4460]

Yes we do its called a Telecaster the first as produced Electric guitar ever made (technically a Broadcaster at the time)

[@mike325ci]

i dunno, my ibanez with a locking nut pretty much never goes out of tune, i only tune it when i change strings. gibsons are the worst. fenders are so-so (teles seems to stay in tune better than strats).

[@UltraEntertainment_Plush]

Hot wheels car: *stays on track while the matchbox crashes* K-Mart: I’ll take your entire stock

[@suiiiiiiii1712]

Nice you are an aussie

[@geraldmoon2382]

No I will

[@nicknguyen8529]

That's from Jon Tron

[@bengard18]

rip kmart

[@ishaksebi7340]

Your comment was stolen

[@bradwhite5884]

Parents: "why you still buy toy cars?" Me: "it is called collecting, and it's art"

[@treffle17]

I can't afford the real thing 😭

[@neongrey784]

i smell facts

[@curtslatton5188]

Any of yall ever get a spanking with a section of that orange track ouch

[@masonreppeto882]

@@curtslatton5188 yo wtf even my dad didn't beat me with my own toys. EDIT: he beat me with his fists

[@ProfessorCLion]

A fine addition to your collection

[@beefhamma]

Great video! I'm 44 and just started collecting hot wheels again after about a 35 year hiatus. You're never too old to love hot wheels, or any other toy for that matter!

[@fabiantherager2771]

Yeah your right I hate that people say once your old you can’t buy toys because it’s weird anyone can buy toys no matter the age

[@777Lxxx]

Just do what you want, I am 23 and just started to buy some cars here and there after 10 years of absence!

[@larryboutdoors9718]

@@fabiantherager2771 Yup, I'm 75 years young and I still buy them, even though they all cost two $2 dollars over here in Ontario. :) lb

[@larryboutdoors9718]

Cool to see that you've started to regain your youth buddy. Feels good eh? :) lb

[@CarCultureCorner-gw2is]

🙌

[@thomaswheeler9126]

You know, I've had Hot Wheels cars since 1970. And I always wondered about those wiry little axles. I had no idea they were made out of something intended for a guitar. Thank you for answering this long-standing personal mystery!

[@shadow668958]

Imagine how epic that is, *goes to professional meeting, sends toy car down race track, gets 50million item sale for new toy*

[@hotwheelsbob2000]

And that was Penny's, not K-mart.

[@ffwast]

"check it out it goes on a track" "We'll take fifty million"

[@ostrich67]

Especially when your boss was skeptical of the whole project, like Mattel executives were.

[@fakebeluga002]

also maybe Mattel and Warner Bros will making Hot Wheels movie :I

[@arandomperson7824]

"Sir why do u need 20 packs of these?" Me: its for my son's birthday party

[@justinhenry1766]

I see you're back Me: yeaaa he told me I forgot a couple packs

[@tristanortega606]

yeah.... lol

[@the404error7]

at some stores, they actually have a limit for how many hot wheels cars you can buy per person.

[@DestryStClair-wm7vx]

We don't even ask customers about it. There's just this unwarranted awkward explanation. Like cmon man I don't judge, hobbies are hobbies.

[@the404error7]

@ill speedylaunch 5 packs per person I believe.

[@gunsmokeandghouls]

My favorite was the Baja Bug which was a bright yellow VW bug with knobby tires and fitted for off road. The tires are actually rubber. I still have it and a few others from my 80s childhood.

[@Aethelwulf212]

Omg!! I have the same one, it was my first hotwheels

[@shmatto1]

All the rubber wheel collection was awesome, and popular in my area growing up, so they were hard to source, making them more desirable. ❤

[@doubledrats235]

I was born in 1960 so I had more of the Matchbox cars although I still have my Dodge Deora (with both surfboards) along with several others and a Hot Wheels roundish black case with a center that holds all of the collector buttons that came with the cars. I was careful with my toy cars and even kept the Matchbox cars in their original cardboard boxes. I didn’t smash up my cars like some of my friends would. To this day I take care of my real cars.

[@TheFIoridaMan]

I remember 13 year old me being pissed when my mom said it was time to sell my hot wheels in a garage sell. I hid all my favorites and still have them

[@abrahamlincoln7766]

The Florida Man dude wtf I can relate completely and I was the same age too

[@bussinnutsfuckinbutts5368]

I woulda told my mom I ain't sellin shit

[@RealDexterMidnight]

I keep mine 😄

[@noahmcgonigle8099]

Still have mine to this day! One that I keep on a shelf that’s pretty special too me, is a 1965 Shelby Cobra 427. Mint condition!

[@yfi62dortoh]

Dude I feel so bad for you. I still have all my bags full of them from when I was a kid and even now at 22 years old I’m constantly buying new ones.

[@cjstricklen2930]

Who else grew up collecting hot wheels? 🙋🏼‍♂️

[@craig.9229]

I spent all my allowance on them back in like 2008

[@klx_gaming4962]

I still do fuck you mean grew up smh.

[@SombreroKnight]

you know i have that big briefcase filled with hot wheels.

[@r32juan]

that and watching acceleracers

[@noclist4531]

They're way too expensive here.

[@T0m0zuki]

I loved them both in the `80s. I`m glad Matchbox is still in business making some old models without big rims. Majorettes seems to be the most advanced these days (doors being able to open, suspension) among manufacturers, but less durable.

[@Where2bub]

oh yes! majorettes was the best!! glad they're still good!

[@flippendad3532]

spoken by an accountant

[@bludclot]

What I remember most about Hot Wheels? My mom would smack me with a track when I didn't behave. Some moms used yard sticks, I've even heard of wooden spoons, but my mom found hot wheel plastic tracks easy to swing and it stung.

[@nxbbity]

Mattel: has 4,000,000,000 cars Me with the 3 of the rarest cars ever: *yes it is all coming together*

[@arctus4272]

What car are those?

[@MrNotgoth]

Nice flex bud

[@nxbbity]

Phantom_Dweeb706 BRUH the delorian hover car, Plymouth customized and the first animal Car

[@wrainerr]

Æ ! I have a Need for Speed Agera R

[@nxbbity]

Wrainer nice

[@Underdogger]

Nolan: "Mattel has announced a full-length Hot Wheels movie?" Me, an intellectual: Hot Wheels World Race

[@BallisticGhast6]

Yes please! I would love to see the Deora 2 and Plymouth Roadrunner race each other in live action!

[@pwnadam6]

Fuck yes im not the only once

[@reginaldgraham5221]

me, a transcendent being: Hotwheels: Highway 35

[@marcosm802]

Underdogger - DUDE world race was my shit when i was growing up. the music was so cool lol

[@BallisticGhast6]

Marcos Marta That’s how I was introduced to Smash Mouth. Didn’t know it was them that did the main theme for Highway 35 until I watched the music video on the dvd years later

[@chribm]

I'm 60 and still collecting. Hot Wheels were, and still are, my favorites.

[@fearsomefawkes6724]

I grew up in the 90s still using my dad's original Hotwheels tracks. I'm not sure if we still have them, but I can't wait to build tracks with my kids someday. My brother and I always tried to build the biggest jumps that we could.

[@engineergaming1972]

When we were young, we got hot wheels so they could go on the track. When we grew up, we got hot wheels so they could go on shelves

[@masterhybrid16]

After that we got hotwheels that can fit in garage and that we can drive

[@rajmohabe8412]

yep

[@Ob1tuber]

Don’t make me say it, I will say it Engineer Gaming

[@RosyRecluse]

@Steven Alicea look into hot wheels restorations/customization

[@tomaslopez2940]

@Steven Alicea That’s actually one of the most valuable ones from recent times

[@benjaminchappell1217]

Anyone remember when McDonalds used to give Hotwheels in the happy meals? Miss those days...

[@geistermeistr]

You mean the plastic ones from 2015?

[@RealDyllon]

MaikyTV he’s talking about the metal cars like the speed racer hot wheels promotion around 12 years ago.

[@geistermeistr]

@@RealDyllon Oh ok

[@thatkidxanarchy9788]

I remember they came with stickers😹

[@ronaldodekopio]

I have four metal one but one rusted within 1week 😂

[@josephwilliams8997]

I was eight years old in 68. I grew up in Los Angeles and remember the big Mattel building visible just off the freeway. You couldn't miss it, it was the largest building around and had a bright red sign saying who they were. But the best part, my mother had a friend who worked there. She would sell my mom HW cars for 25 cents. They were never packaged or boxed, always loose. Maybe they had an error or something. I never gave it any thought. I just knew that I had the coolest HW collection in the neighborhood, and that my friends always wanted to come play at my house.. Some very fond memories. 😉

[@ditzyneko637]

I always liked the detail put into Matchbox cars.

[@lawrencepsteele]

Ironically, it was Matchbox's realism that made it my favorite. I wasn't much into Hot Wheels' cars. However, that orange track was the game changer for me.

[@obamalore]

Yeah realism was always my goal for me

[@GreekPele]

I agree

[@domino5525]

I like matchbox still I want more real cars.

[@bidensbasementpc3708]

same

[@Kev27RS]

Hot wheels also has realistic cars!

[@drmayday0015]

11:28 "Wait they're making a hot wheels movie?" Acceleracers fans: "First time?"

[@wicklash9065]

Highway 35* acceleracers was the sequel

[@TsukiCondor]

I think they mean a live action one

[@101jir]

To be fair, most of their attempts outside of HW35 and Acceleracers were complete flops. Not holding my breath on this one, but if they take what was good about HW35/AR and bring it with them here, that could be incredible!

[@Jman-ut8hr]

donut needs to review the cars in hw35/acceleracers

[@101jir]

@@Jman-ut8hr That could be fun to watch.

[@kalenorchard1729]

This was good, I enjoyed this. Remember my dad hauling out a huge box stuffed full of orange track; he had scored big at a garage sale. We had to build the track outside it was so huge! I also remember him putting stickers on my Hot Wheels sets, telling me to take care of my toys, and don't rush into playing when you are assembling. He had a great passion for building model kits, and I enjoy that myself today.

[@georgedavey1339]

I had that same set with the clamp, the loop and the jump you were talking about at the end! Hotwheels were a big passion of my childhood!

[@blackdragonessgamer9252]

My favorite Hotwheel was the "Color Change" line up years ago. Still have one of the cars, paints almost gone, of a Lamborghini Countach

[@brendancross2767]

Oh yeah I remember those things

[@hardlylivin6602]

I loved the old pop offs. I had the entire set but if you grew up with parents like mine , things like hot wheels cars had an “expiration date”. Can anyone relate?

[@eleonoruh]

Hardly livin thats kinda fucked up ngl

[@demented_cycles]

I used to take baths with them

[@eleonoruh]

derek840378 me too lmao, then if get all mad when they got rusty lol

[@jammygamer8961]

when talking about the hotwheels you forgot to mention that the earliest ones had a suspension on them

[@noahegler9131]

@ARGON GAMING Yeah I saw that, but it was so fast of a clip that I almost missed it. And he didn't comment on it either.

[@autobotzapof0002]

@ARGON GAMING I noticed. OMG I wish I had one that has that. :(

[@Bobshnogen]

There were also the California Customs which had rubber wheels. Probably other sets that had this as well. But I don't know.

[@andrewdavis8393]

I had a GTO with suspension... it was my favorite!

[@tommurphy4307]

those were the worst when you tried to straighten them

[@neiko9251]

I loved them both. I loved the realism of Matchbox, and the imagination of Hot Wheels

[@TheTanker]

IKR!!

[@DCT97]

Even the realistic hot wheels cars look better than matchbox

[@walterandjessesmemelab]

@@DCT97 I don't know how many hot wheels ive bought that have no tail lights though...

[@Raikos100]

Seeing that I own a few of those original release designs puts a smile in my face.

[@ThereIsNoSpoon678]

The only difference between men and boys is the size of their shoes and the price of their toys. In this case, the price is the same, but the budget is much higher.

[@ThereIsNoSpoon678]

Sure

[@sanjaynandalall2260]

I think the prices get higher... Because you'll want to get a real car and move on to buying car parts along with hot wheels 😎😎😎

[@zerg9523]

Free Tube - go on then, how does the quote go?

[@ThereIsNoSpoon678]

@@zerg9523 I edited it already. I didn't include the "size of your shoes" part.

[@zerg9523]

There Is No Spoon - ahh okay... if thats the case, i prefer your version, f that guy.

[@grandcouncilorvarmon4495]

Donut needs to partner with hot wheels to make the "Lighting" collection or the "buff horses" set

[@SeniorWhoopyIRL]

this

[@d_0045]

And the Pumphrey 500

[@aceace2449]

junebugfan88 liked and commented so it’ll be at the top

[@DPloiDEBT]

The up and down headlight edition

[@KyoKyoM99]

I’d buy em

[@WayneCXT99]

Although many friends and family criticized me for being childish and wasteful cause of going through and buying HW cars as a grown young adult, I still love doing so... And I already had about 30 to 40 of those cars in my collection...

[@olemariusrj]

I was quite into hot wheels as a kid, but I'm also that young that collecting cars from the Disney movie cars was a very big thing! Absolutely loved them, and the video, great work !

[@paulgaither]

"You're a 26 year old man". Me, a 36 year old man: Still looking at Hot Wheels.

[@housesumrall4964]

42 year old here. I still buy them.

[@BostonBlues]

gotta keep the boy in us alive somehow

[@kurtmardis2244]

I'm 55 and still grab some almost every time I'm at the store.

[@cgdoublezerorc]

I just turned 53 & still love HW! I haven't been buying lately because I don't go into the grocery store anymore thanks to covid. Oh but back in the day, the wife & I would spend plenty of time in the "car" isle at grocery store, Wal-mart, Target. 00

[@Akeynor21]

There's no age for Hot Wheels.

[@Heavymetallord1]

Me and my Dad started collecting Hot Wheels when I was 12 I'm 29 now and were still going lol

[@shashisharma424]

How many did u collect

[@Heavymetallord1]

@@shashisharma424 oh god honestly we've never counted, we've sold some stuff over the years but still anything cool or special

[@shashisharma424]

@@Heavymetallord1 oh ! That means u have collected a lot of them

[@shashisharma424]

Any rough idea

[@justinthegreat6433]

I started when I was 5 with 20 now I'm 12 and have over 350.

[@luliame1446]

I actually have a Deora in my collection since always and seeing it as a first generation hot-wheels just made me wanting to do some research, I learned so much about this little car I'm still amazed about all the little things that surrounds it

[@Mikeological]

Can LEGO please invest in their own “will-it-hurt-if-I-step-on-this” testing machine?

[@heroslippy6666]

they will probably make them hurt even more

[@twistedyogert]

@@heroslippy6666 They'll put nails in them.

[@heroslippy6666]

@@twistedyogert I've stepped on nails, they don't hurt very much, now legos on the other hand...

[@wintershock]

Stepping on sharp pieces of bones that your dog chewed up hurts even more.

[@Bobshnogen]

"New Lego made of shards of bones, for ultimate stepping pain"

[@MinZilla]

At our school we have a teacher who's wife left him because he was obsessed with his matchbox cars. It's rumored that his collection is worth more than 90,000€

[@tommurphy4307]

so he told all his pupils why his wife left him.... you are full of shit

[@uhtred7860]

@@tommurphy4307 He never said the teacher told the kids that, the kids might have found out through hearing their parents gossip.

[@cosmicalize]

@@uhtred7860 Exactly. People say shit before thinking shit

[@angelpiuri6968]

@@tommurphy4307 I mean, yeah, I'm a teacher and it can happen. It's not uncommon to open up to your students.

[@hyjinx1889]

@@tommurphy4307 spill the tea sis 💅🏽

[@joshuacanova1678]

One of my favorite things I got to do recently was give my, at the time, 2 year sold all of my favorite hot wheels from when I was a kid. I didn't care if he was going to scuff them or bend the axels because the joy on his face of getting to play with some of my favorite toys was more than worth it!

[@aface]

Thanks for this. As a 59 yo dude, I was all in when they came out. One thing to check out is the Hot Wheels Cartoon that came out in 1969 (1st grader). Talk about old school product placement! Oh, and Casey Kasem is one of the voices! And I even remember the theme song 52 years on. Keep a turnin' Hot Wheels!

[@boiler16]

2020: hot wheels smashing toy records 2050: hot wheels smashing automotive records

[@LeBornMajes]

2051+: Smashing speed records

[@35SF]

3000: hotwheels smashing anti gravity records 10000: hotwheels smashing world record of a trillion toys made Eternaty: hotwheelssmashing record of buying out the whole world Eternaty 2: hotwheels buying out the whole galaxy milky and all other multiverses

[@saab35draken39]

@@35SF what

[@asmallyoutube]

If it ever could happen.

[@35SF]

Eventually in the next 100000000 Planet hotwheels buying out every company and every thing ever

[@kylephillips7527]

I used to find chores to do around the house, just so my Dad would give me a new Hot Wheels. by the time I was around 13/14 I had around 6 5-gallon buckets full of them. Good times.

[@raprantpodcast6107]

I put mine on my wall. I'm 16. ~$400 investment total.

[@Jakeisme44]

I also had several 5 gal buckets full 👍👍

[@Zayon8811]

I did that too! Although I had a phase where I was just too lazy when I was like 10 and I've stopped since.

[@dcforever550]

This is bringing back good memories from the 80s. My favorite was a red corvette I got with a mcdonalds happy meal.

[@h_X_f-]

I once got a circle tracker from McDonald's once and me being a stupid ass wanted to smash it all up then cry about it

[@WarhawkTalon]

My favorite Hot Wheel is the Poe's X-Wing car. I love the way it looks like a futuristic, jet powered Indy car, and the black and orange X-wing is one of my favorite ships from Star Wars too.

[@hermanhandbrush4402]

I remember what is labelled at 3:46 as "Cheetah" as being called instead "Custom Python." Also, I think "Deora" was called "Silhouette."

[@SunnyDee964]

Wasnt the title called “how a guitar string saved hot wheels” Just noticed that

[@theedgybeatle]

Ya lol

[@0hjaa3.06]

Current title seems wrong. I don't understand it

[@dense_and_dull]

@@0hjaa3.06 Y'all just don't pay attention SMH. Starts at 3:10.

[@nihlhinz488]

Take your Ritalin and watch it again. It's called knowledge retention.

[@romanlegion5837]

It was like that when I clicked it and then it changed and it’s been 4 hours

[@ganceann4457]

"But when you work with established brands with iconic cars that have a reputation to uphold, you can't mess those cars up" Me looking a the new E-match mustang: "You hear that buddy?"

[@rau4329]

Ganceann As in what the real thing or a toy

[@watema3381]

*both*

[@nolongerusing7430]

@@rau4329 yes

[@goobiusmaximus86]

I recently found my old GBA and copy of Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Mania in my stuff. Soundtrack still bangs and honestly still a pretty fun game, I just always forget to write down the progress code and have to start from the beginning every time I turn it on

[@Kobek0]

11:22 Yeah I remember the van from Star Wars

[@Lleonne96]

"The most important test is how much it hurts when you step on it in the middle of the night" *We feel it every night... and still suffer for it*

[@speedyblacksheriff]

772 i step on them and slip and fall on my back

[@tobymciver1645]

i stepped on one once and my foot got cut open

[@hard_satania926]

So what kind of hot wheels car do you step?

[@tobymciver1645]

@@hard_satania926 cant recall, but I know it had a spoiler on it

[@lxvideostuff7200]

hey my comment was censored

[@kjlim3743]

Fun fact: Mattel nearly lost their licensing contract with Chevy after Mattel caught wind of the Corvette C4 concept car, jumping the gun and releasing the car much earlier before the design for the 'vette was finalized, and sold it in stores for a while in the 80s.

[@Jeremy_Y]

bruh

[@a_common_weeb]

Shit I think i might have one of those White with purple windows and some painted on vynil things on the doors The front looks C4 but the back looks C5 and everything else looks a bit...off Going of memory rn but its one of my favorites so I'm pretty sure I'm discribing it right

[@LeBornMajes]

Its suprising that it isnt rare

[@LeBornMajes]

In 90's

[@8bitsamurai6]

And now they own them. Crazy how things pan out some times. Love knowledge like this. Great video. I will say though they need to fix or make a compatibility list for their track sets, cuz could only get 1 fruck to work really well on my nephews Dino loop he got for Xmas. Still fun af.

[@SlackerMG]

I found an orange track set at Zellers when I was 10 and begged my mom to buy it for me. 11 years later I’m still hanging unopened hot wheels packs on my wall and collecting as many as possible👍

[@GabHowDoI]

I remember crying my ass out just to get one of these

[@rosyyawnzzn]

HONESTLY SAME.

[@sheevpalps6871]

Same

[@dominikchance6720]

Same

[@FacTi0n]

brat lol

[@cay7809]

@@FacTi0n no

[@quesochecko]

I still go to the Hot Wheels and Matchbox section in every store I go in. It’s still so fun. I even see a few regulars in the toy car isle and we talk about our recent pickups. I even see elderly men collect them. It’s so cool how they appeal to people of all ages.

[@hamm3068]

I like the realism of matchbox. I loved the machine rigs and out in the backyard I hauled dirt and sand in the dumptrucks.

[@angryzergling7832]

Fun fact - the name 'matchbox' came from children/their parents in the olden days making homemade toy cars being made of a literal matchbox for the body and coat buttons for the wheels - the first 'toy cars'. =)

[@seraphina985]

Makes sense, this would be exactly the same way that soapbox derby got its name. Early ride-on size toy cars were often made by attaching wheels to wooden crates including those used to carry soap thus the name in the early days the things were literally soap boxes or other random crates on wheels. Of course, the same thing happened there as happened with the matchbox cars other people saw those primitive toys seemed fun and went to work trying to one-up the competition with something that looked cooler, worked better, or both.

[@7Qchap]

Absolute tosh, the name derived from the idea that the toys would fit inside a matchbox; the first vehicles were very much smaller than the current ones.

[@MfD_o0Mm]

Confusion

[@kadincecales3136]

@@7Qchap agreed thank you for knowing the hobby

[@sc.md90]

@@7Qchap I've heard this too. It was made to fit inside a matchbox.

[@sportscarguy1131]

Mom: when are you ever going to sell your 500 hot wheels car Collection 14 year old me: never they are my prized possessions and definitely not selling my $90 Bugatti Veyron

[@ivanbima5877]

Yeah, the Veyron is really going up in value. Originally you could bought it for $1 (Like Most Hot Wheels) years ago, now people selling it for hundreds.

[@danielyeetmorea4915]

I got a Veyron for two bucks a yard sale

[@augustaspaulauskas91]

I mean i have the black and red bugatti veyron it's a bit beat up but still it was my first hor wheels car

[@michael.hasaracetruck]

I have a classic truck worth $128 but it should have been $150 but it's a little scratched up and used but it still rolls

[@michael.hasaracetruck]

I'm trying to buy a used Bugatti for $60

[@MrTimdtoolman1]

I had a lot of Hot wheels track and one of those garage looking battery powered things with the wheels that shot the cars out when they went through them. They never seemed to work as well as they did in the commercials though. This video brings back some good memories.

[@user-mp9rd4hg8b]

my favorite thing about hot wheels cars was the "suspension" effect of the wheel. I didn't know it was due to the guitar strings, but now I do.

[@Slav_Cream]

bruh i noticed it bc of u

[@Slav_Cream]

im dead serious i didnt know that

[@joehawkins8636]

I actually made a nonprofit called SGT Hot Wheels. It started when I was overseas, now I give out free cars to kids at car shows, let them play on the old tracks, and have free raffles of military ammo cans filled with Hot Wheels. The kids love it, the parents reminisce, and everyone has fun!

[@franjaymyers1280]

Plan to hit up the Caribbean?

[@joehawkins8636]

I do it in Minnesota.

[@vindiesel3066]

Consider coming to Australia?

[@noodle_boy]

Joe Hawkins where

[@joehawkins8636]

@@vindiesel3066 I wish I could, but it would be frighteningly expensive.

[@claytonep797]

Me in a mall: Hey look! A twin mill My brain: buy it. Me: yeah, but wh- Brain: *JUST DO IT*

[@snapcountersteer]

you gotta

[@cammeyy93]

at 26yrs old, i can relate 100% too this.

[@benjaminfranklyn604]

I go to Toy area all the time when I have money to waste. A Mom and her kid look at me weird especially if I'm with my daughter searching on the hot wheels area.

[@wolftmfg]

clayton ep 😄

[@underdogomega1576]

I have 3 in different colours and 18+ year old cars in a 200+ collection me and my brother work on.

[@rayirth.upside-down]

I remember being a child and having all other kind of toy cars and seeing them go here and there and their axles bending after a few drops while hot wheels never bent and went straight as a bamboo

[@hotrodmercury3941]

I grew up collecting matchbox and hot wheels. I spent a lot of time playing the Hot Wheel racing games. My favorite was Hot Wheels Beat That! Sometimes I still play it when I want to get the nostalgia.

[@whosaidforty]

Me: buys a HotWheel every time I go to any grocery store that has hot wheels...

[@johnosbourn4312]

I work at a grocery store myself, and I'm always buying as many, or very few Hot Wheels that I can find.

[@philfrank5601]

So hard to pass up!!!

[@HadisWorld97]

Me: buys Maisto, Matchbox and hotwheels whenever I go to the grocery store and the toy shop

[@sage9903]

Yes

[@cucamonga95]

Why cant you just say "I buy one every time I go to a grocery store" .... ?

[@bryangordon8518]

The whole reason I had kids is so I could buy Hot Wheels and not feel like a weirdo

[@kuromifan10]

Nice

[@pikachulikesgambling5645]

🤣

[@richmcgee434]

No longer need offspring as an excuse. May I refer you to the Gaslands rules? gaslands.com/

[@RockstepBMX]

@@richmcgee434 Welp, time to start a new hobby.

[@richmcgee434]

@@RockstepBMX I've been a gamer since before that meant explaining "no, neither PC nor console" and there are certainly worse hobbies to get into. Gaslands is particularly newbie-friendly, but there are miniatures games out there for almost every genre and niche. Have fun!

[@RiverasHotWheels]

As a kid, I never had those orange tracks. We made our own roadways on the dirt floor! Good times! 💪🏼

[@w0lf4rd]

I have an entire drawer full of hot wheels still, and out of all of them, my favs would definitely be the Mach Speeder, Blitzspeeder and Gazella GT.

[@Caracatungas]

Hotwheels: **buys Matchbox** Also Hotwheels: *S T O N K S*

[@maximaldinotrap]

Mattel owns both

[@saffronchimp6108]

Stanks

[@infiniversstudios1684]

NICE!!!!

[@Caracatungas]

@@maximaldinotrap I know they do. I watched the fricking video

[@Briskrainbow0]

The fact that Matchbox still exists while being owned by Mattel is actually pretty cool to me. They still let the people buy them for the brand, thus actually profiting from new customers.

[@princedavid54]

Mattel later bought out Matchbox. My late (and former) brother in law, Ryu Asada, had a lifelong love affair with cars and went to grad school to study car design. He landed his dream job -- as a designer at Mattel-owned Matchbox, then later joined the Hot Wheels team. Ryu became a legend in the Hot Wheels world. Remember the Roller Toaster and the rest of the food-themed cars? That was Ryu.

[@popupheadlights]

A lot of cars have Ryu’s rides on them and recently got an s2000 with a plate of R.Asada and was wondering. This sheds a lot of awesome insight

[@bmxboxter]

RIP Ryu. Some of my favorite designs have been from him. ♥️

[@optiTHOMAS]

Wow! Very Interesting!

[@LanceRyderWilsonNigguh01]

Ryu also made his own Hot Wheels wheel design, the RA6

[@ranjanbiswas3233]

Yeah sure freaking Ryu Asada was your brother in law, sure.😒😒

[@Krullmatic]

When I was growing up Hot Wheels always beat out Matchbox for me. I had a massive Hot Wheels collection at one time. I wished I would've held on to them.

[@donaldgulledge729]

I love my old Matchbox cars for collection value and sentimental reasons - especially the ones that were my father's when he was a kid from the 40's and 50's. I also love the Hotwheels cars for their performance and variety and have lots of mine from the 70's. I didn't actually know that Hotwheels had bought out Matchbox. My favorite would have to be that I own my father's original Lesney racing cars and the BP car carrier. Not quite "mint" condition since I played with them too much, but in great shape none the less. I don't still "collect" them, but I certainly keep what I have.

[@gagejernigan5277]

Hotwheels cars just roll better, especially if you get the ones with larger rims and wider wheels

[@enjoi8343]

Gotta be the hot wheels w the stance😂

[@secret5122]

During the winter times you can put winter tires and they will roll even better! 😉

[@Vincetagram]

The newer expensive ones with rubber wheels roll REALLY nice

[@wobbly.muffins5239]

ive noticed that cars from 5 packs or special series roll better, because they are made in a different country than the normal hot wheels for some reason

[@gagejernigan5277]

@@wobbly.muffins5239 yeah

[@qbanz00]

0:36 : best selling toy in the world LEGO: am I a joke to you ?

[@KimonFrousios]

LEGO is expensive, big, fragile and requires assembly. Hotwheels are small, cheep and ready to go, and they've been around for longer. I'm guessing hw has sold more cars than lego has sold sets. Though lego has certainly gained a lot of momentum in the last decade or so, much more than it used to have in the past.

[@ThreeDaysOfDan]

Hotwheels are the best selling toys in the world with over 4.3 billion TOY CARS shipped , that does not include tracks, playsets , or even their short lived airplane stunt sets

[@qbanz00]

ThreeDaysOfDan actually Barbie is

[@chrisbarrettFilmstudio]

qbanz no LEGO is actually the largest tire manufacturer on the planet.

[@heroslippy6666]

@@KimonFrousios i wish lego wasn't as expensive as it is

[@PurifiedShino]

Great video. Nice to learn something. Didn't realise Hot Wheels was still going strong. The things you forgot when you grow up and get responsibilities.

[@tylerfaubert1201]

One of the big factors of me getting into cars was hot wheels. I went through a book and picked out my favorite car, a Ford Thunderbird and got 2 hot wheels from eBay. It helped me find my favorite car and kicked off my interest in toy cars

[@TheBigupz]

i remember my dad modifying the "super launcher" with higher voltage so the cars went faster, needless to say, after some accidents, it was scrapped, i love this cars

[@WildernessMusic_GentleSerene]

Was your dad Tim Allen? :)

[@Flygoniaks]

"A full length Hot Wheels movie." There's already been five, you know.

[@JustJove]

Keyword is live action, and honestly, I'd love to see live action hot wheel cars. That'd be sick.

[@istoleurfaceha3527]

I love how hot wheels made Speed Racer cars

[@The_Bomb627]

Good ol Acceleracers

[@HECKproductions]

not live action

[@DarrenHalim]

ACCELERACERS AND HIGHWAY 35 QRE 👌🏻👌🏿

[@TEXAS2459]

excellent doc / vid guys Just awesome coverage!!

[@godfatherofcinema]

I'm 55 and have been playing with hot wheels for 50 years. Thanks for taking the time and putting in the effort to make this video.

[@wvusmc]

I still have my Hot Wheels collection I had as a kid. A lot from the early 70's up to the 90's. Now my kids play with them and collect new ones. Cool stuff.

[@rep100Luxio]

Modern HWs sucks

[@carsandquads7253]

I still have my dads old hot wheels he just shoved them in our closet but I took a few out to display on my dresser next to my collection I have about 20-30 mustangs and a ton of Porsche’s Audi’s and various muscle cars

[@rep100Luxio]

Audi's werent made until the yr 2000s

[@buckethat789]

i had a lot from the 90s and gave them all away when i was feeling "grown" now my grown self wishes i wasnt such a dumb ass because most of those hotwheels didnt mean the same to that kid and they just ended up in the yard

[@tokesrus2112]

wvusmc I sold mine 2 years ago and I’m regretting not picking out all my favourite cars

[@kibbs325]

That moment when you realize they are both owned by Mattel

[@I.M.N.L]

Kibbs 325 that moment when that’s it’s in the video

[@kibbs325]

@@I.M.N.L that moment where a monuments moment of realization occurs

[@Xbell-The-Road-Rippers-Expert]

@Corn On The Colb Hot Wheels can be very realistic too

[@chrisgill4888]

@Corn On The Colb I actually prefer the realism of hotwheels. They do make some crazy cars but the ones based off real cars are pretty nice.

[@fordgalaxie3695]

What about Tomica? Those are pricey but realistic.

[@deana6072]

I grew up owning them and trying to collect them in the mid 90s to the early 00's after that Full Die-cast jumped in the scene and the rest was history. Something about "homies" being introduced at the same time made the hobby even larger than life and everyone even thugged out gangsters had a small collection somewhere. What a time to be alive.

[@edwards5013]

I’ve had a hot wheel on my desk for the last several years the duck and roll makes me smile every day at work

[@diecastlightning2098]

Where the collectors at?🙋🏽‍♂️

[@PWall45-70]

Heck yeah I've been collecting hot wheel since my uncle gave me a lot of old hot wheels when I was younger.

[@nicoalbrektsen4615]

Hell yeah brother. Always hunting for that next TH or super.

[@bretthansen8166]

I only collect 1/18 scale now, but it all started with Hot wheels and Matchbox as a kid in the 80s :)

[@spaz2401]

right here homie

[@benh884]

Yes

[@themodelcarproject]

Who else collects them still or even make customs?🔥

[@abcabc-bf6sh]

I collect them too✌

[@marcr5924]

Yeah me too

[@EasterlyArt]

I actually have been stocking up to do customs. Going to be doing some research soon to find out what materials I need. Also going to be doing custom decals and maybe selling them for modelers to use as well. I'm super excited to get started and have been watching videos for inspiration.

[@staipe8472]

i sadly dont anymore... but my favorite one when u was a kid was a blue ford Shelby, it looked cool.

[@themodelcarproject]

@@EasterlyArt that's really cool! I'm also making customs (and showing how I do it on youtube), it's a nice hobby to have!

[@mrdaykurutakuchannel]

I virtually grew up playing toy cars as a kid (including Hot Wheels ones), nowadays Hot Wheels never stayed away from me, now I'm collecting them alongside other diecast cars from other brands, and I lend my nephew some of my mini cars I have to play (usually ones I let him trash it and all, not the precious ones!). I also have plans to modify some of them as well!

[@04adventures]

I've started having hot wheels car meet in study hall on fridays because of this video. Hot wheels are still very cool and i'm a senior in hs 🤣

[@jonhaggardy]

When I was a kid, my dad would surprise me by hanging a new hot wheels on the dining room light fixture every now and then. I stopped collecting when the Gameboy became my main entertainment. Almost 20 years later, I started collecting hot wheels again because my coworkers have their own little collection to flaunt at work. I'm glad I can experience nostalgia and the same level of excitement that I felt when I was a kid.

[@switchbladeslaydn6468]

Reminds me to a scene back when I was a kid. I was 5 or 6 years old, and my father and I had a little chat on the telephone while he was at work (we did it sometimes when he Had time). My mother reached me the phone and I talked with him. There he said: "I've got a little surprise for you, go your room and look under your pillow." I did how he said and was the happiest kid... Under there was a silver Auburn with dark red fenders, still got it today, but not in the mint condition as I ripped it out of the box that day. Always was one of my favourites, still today. Even today, with 25, I check out this little models when I see them. It's funny, when a young woman in your age looks at decoration or something and next to her stands her best friend, almost diving in a paper bucket, just to make sure he doesn't unsee one model.

[@iitzbenashley1006]

I'm 17 now, I don't get the crazy ones anymore but still get the realistic ones if I see a nice one. edit: coming back to this comment whenever I get a yt notif and seeing all the other ppl that still collect them puts a smile on my face

[@jojorabbit61]

Me too mate I am 17 too

[@isaiahmorales3847]

@@jojorabbit61 yall are still kids. of course you are

[@purplekero]

I’m 32 I still get the realistic ones.

[@douglasmurphy6705]

I'll be turning 40 next year. I spend $30-$100 a month on hotwheels still.

[@isaiahmorales3847]

@@douglasmurphy6705 you gotta chill bro

[@OhGeeWillickersMister]

1994 purple and green Rigor Motor was my favorite, because it looks a little like the Drag-U-La from the Munsters and the skulls were creepy cool.

[@theconsolekiller7113]

Great video. When I was real young I had accumulated some die cast cars, probably a few different brands that I used to like to play around with normally, minus the tracks. Never had the tracks. When I got a little older I used to like to have a demolition , 1 V 1 type of game with my friend. We would sit on opposite sides of the garage and roll the cars at each other trying to eventually disable the other car completely. It was a few hours of entertainment but the cars would be destroyed. I used to also like modifying the cars by gluing nails, pieces of metal on the cars to use in the match. Never heard of others doing this but it was a regularly thing we used to do. Spanish crackers, coca cola, fucking around with action figures and ramming matchbox cars into eachother, using an old tape recorder to dub our voices into movie clips for comedy, were some regular things we did. This was in the 80's to early 90's. Only got a few video games a year usually, so spent alot of time outside and finding other ways to stay entertained.

[@daviz1778]

Teacher: How did you learn about cars? Me: Hot wheels 🚗

[@blockpartyvintage1568]

This has to stop

[@chukiosu]

Me

[@mf3087]

True that’s how I learned

[@sabyasachiroy7482]

Same in here baby

[@mazcatii]

44 years old...guilty of getting odd looks from parents when I'm analysing the hot wheels display for goodies lol

[@kurtismonasterski9644]

mazcati you're the weirdo who goes through the pegs not letting the kids look at them....congratulations loser.

[@zzuro.]

Kurtis Monasterski And you’re the weirdo who sits on their computer all day talking shit about people’s hobbies cuz you don’t have any

[@waffletraktor9660]

@ItzClexz haha nice roast

[@mazcatii]

@@kurtismonasterski9644 and proud of it too.

[@AnimatorJuusoz]

Ehh... You're 44, they're probably thinking you're buying it as a present for some kid :)

[@jeffrykopis5468]

Im 58, and I still buy and collect them. Mostly Mopars. When I was little, I had several of the 1968 ORIGINALS! But I sold em decades ago! 😢 ATM, I have about 2000, unopened, dating back to 1979.

[@Dallin_ONeal]

My favorite hot wheels growing up was a 69 mercury cougar with a fire department livery. It’s still one of my favorites to this day. Hot wheels is so under appreciated! So thank you hot wheels for giving me joy through the hardships of life. Your a real hero🫡

[@boyo.s]

no matter how old you are, you slow down when you pass the hot wheels section

[@junebug9594]

I’ve always collected both!! I loved Matchbox for the extra realism touches like painted headlights and more realistic decals

[@u686st7]

I stopped buying Matchboxes when they started butchering them to accommodate the "Superfast" wheels in order to compete with Hot Wheels. To their credit, Hot Wheels tires seem to have proportions close to actual tires while the Superfast tires look like bloated blobs.

[@alfrededison8779]

hotwheels always doesnt paint either the front or the rear headlights of the cars, idk why but it just makes it less detailed

[@sakshamarora4376]

I have renault Trezor concept matchbox

[@that1asianwastakenlol]

@@sakshamarora4376 I have the 2022 Renault Megane Matchbox

[@Jeepsteve1982]

I can tell you that matchbox cars blow up way better than hot wheels when you strap a bunch of cherry bombs to them but nothing blows up better than a ninja turtle.