Unboxing TWO 20-year old Hot Wheels old-style cases from 1998 and Treasure Hunt score!

[@racegrooves]

Jump to 3:50 to skip the backstory! Remember to stick around for the second case unboxing, the case comparisons plus the licensed/fantasy models count! Since I started collecting in 1998, I have plenty of these cars already so all of these will be sold on eBay! www.ebay.com/str/mrgrooves Join me on Patreon for special early access and behind the scenes videos! www.patreon.com/RaceGrooves

[@JoseMedina-hs9st]

The Dodge concept that was a car for people that couldn't afford Dodge Vipers

[@racegrooves]

@@tenaciousblake2956 I don't specifically remember saying in the video but somebody sold it on eBay four years ago.

[@racegrooves]

@@kar6558 I will consider your suggestions. Thanks!

[@SmartGuy248]

View granatoys.com and tap hotwheels basic cars and tap 2019 mainline ,2018 mainline, 2017 mainline 2016 mainline 2015 mainline or 1998 mainline or Misc or anybutton

[@everetteconnell5261]

Do you happen to have the dukes of hazard collection from the 80s I'd love to see them again it's been 30 years since I have seen them those were my lucky treasures

[@TheRealBmanswan]

So much nostalgia running through my mind. These bring back memories of the Stunt track driver games and planet hot wheels.

[@bryoma]

1998, exact same year i started collecting, my dad tought me to buy 2 models, one to cellect and one to play.

[@FrostSoul-qs6kq]

Yer pops is a smart guy . Real good advice right there .

[@TougeWarrior93]

Sasha Romano for me it’s difference I only bought 2 model for the one I believe would worth something more in future 1 model for model like Batman

[@matteii8262]

Your dad is really a smart guy and a really good father. Not only he taught you about collecting but he taught you the mindset of a financial advice. You save half of your money and the other for expenses.

[@stickman20233]

I do something like that. I buy one model and then if I like it enough then I try to get a second one. Half the time I can't find one and then I open it like the time I got a land rover defender 90 zimac metal edition. It had some damage to the plastic

[@Aleshotgun]

Omg I used to collect those as a kid, same exact series, seeing them now brings a tear in my eye

[@JoseMedina-hs9st]

A blast from the past

[@MrTrailer123]

At that time it was real collecting... Just saying that was when I started collecting around 1999 and 2000 I was always at KB toys a block away from my home.. I was 20 years old.. Lol I'm old now.. Cool video

[@aoclive6710]

Never too old to do what you enjoy.

[@longshotmaster]

If it makes you feel any better I’m about to turn 21 keeping real collecting alive although stores in the north east aren’t as good as the south it seems

[@HWROMANIA]

I feel NOW like u feel back in 2000s. Im in my twentys and im fking hungry for collecting and hunt :D So who feels nostalgic, go run into a store, buy some HW and enjoy

[@larryd4352]

KB Toys was great! I shopped there when I moved to New Orleans....along with Toys 'R' Us, Kmart, Walmart, Service Merchandise, Target...and other places that sold Hot Wheels and NASCAR diecast. KB Toys had an Outlet store in an Outlet Mall in Gulfport MS right off of I-10. My buddy and I used to find all sorts of cars at that outlet store. Still have a lot of them. But...I have been collecting Hot Wheels since the first came out. How I wish that I still had the 100's of HW's me and my 3 brother's had!!! I am 63 years old, and I can guarantee you we had all of the initial Hot Wheels.

[@evanclark8932]

I was born in '98, I have a few of these cars from my childhood. Nice video!

[@thedungeon593]

Awesome to see a throwback case unboxed, nice to reminisce and remember 1998!!!

[@buecar]

Always fun to watch some older videos of even older content! I was too young to collect then but I was the prime target in 1998 - 10, so I remember these new on pegs

[@battlestylespl]

At-a-tude was based on a 1953 Studebaker Starlight Coupe

[@ChasingDiecastCars]

Very nice throwback unboxing video!

[@mabbias]

I would love to see the 1970 Dodge Charger Daytona on the track! just look at that wing!!

[@tahuutempee1139]

Not wing its spoiler

[@toxicsad7912]

Way to ruin his (or her) vibe

[@larryd4352]

I am old enough to have actually seen the car in question on NASCAR tracks...and even remember seeing a US Army Soldier driving around Ft. Bliss in El Paso with an orange version of the car. Even my dad thought it was a great looking car.

[@harshusingh4642]

I too

[@JoshuaWilliams-lx1vm]

Wow, I was 7yrs old when these came out. I had a lot of these, wish I still did.

[@TheLTD_]

This was fun to watch. I so remember seeing cases like this on the pallets at Walmart

[@WheelsNThangs]

Very cool to see these. Keep em coming!

[@ratblacksdiecast]

Wonderful memories of opening up these cases!,.. Thank You!

[@edbridgeford9863]

THANK YOU for this video! '98 i was 11 and had almost everything in that case. So many memories just came back to light lol! Love the '57 T HUNT the Flying Aces series and that wheel loader is gorgeous! Great video👏👏👏

[@GRivera54]

I have soooo many of these exact cars from when I was young! It’s crazy to see them all in original packaging again lol

[@PzKpfw04]

I vividly remember collecting all those cars. What a blast from the past. Thank you! I immediately knew the red car card preceeded the blue lol

[@BusBoy501Productions]

Great presentation Mark! These cars are a year older than I am! It’s nice to see what the cases looked like back then!

[@Shaxitron]

Thanks for the upload. Makes me want to go through my collection in storage and do a video. I have at least 1000 boxed cars from the early 90s -about 2004 when I stopped collecting.

[@deliveryman_dan]

This man's all brains, he is making a truck, or even possibly a sea of cash in some more years since he could sell some of his very old Hot Wheels and create 1k/car, bravo comrade! Bravo.

[@michaelsdiecastgarageracin1583]

Really cool to see older cases. When I buy loose cars I always wonder about the card and case. Saw quite a few from my thrift shop finds. Thanks for sharing

[@metalman7779]

Did the 2nd Race Team 67 Camaro have the Country name on the base?? Man, another great video, Racegrooves. It was an awesome video to watch. Sucked I couldn’t catch it live but this is awesome. 🤘🏼😈🤘🏼

[@racegrooves]

Yes, both had the country of origin on the base. What I didn't catch was that the there was a variation for the Panoz. The door tampo is different and different color interiors. I sold one pair but will wait until April for the other pair. www.ebay.com/itm/Panoz-GTR-1-1998-First-Edition-New-Model-Hot-Wheels-BOTH-VARIATIONS/352623549091?hash=item521a005aa3:g:0S0AAOSwXetclA31

[@jacobtani9785]

I started collecting back in 2005 and I just started to collect again after a 4 year hiatus. I collected with my dad for the longest time and he’s been collecting way before treasure hunts came out and even has the full set of the first treasure hunts back from 1995.

[@m0ther_bra1ned12]

Man these 1990s models look so much better then the ugly transparent models we're getting now.

[@Toxic2T]

11:39 I have that #66 Panoz with black interior brand new too. I had one as kid back in the late 90's but I destroyed it(still have the remains somehow lol), then about a year ago I asked in a local HW Facebook club if anybody had one for sale, so a guy contacted me saying he was willing to give me an almost brand new one for free with only shipping fees so I was very lucky to find this variation again. I love these 90's Hotwheels.

[@WorldwideDarts]

1998 was when I was working 3rd shift at Walmart and stocking the toy department. I was probably the biggest collector in Maine. After I left that job for a real job I stopped collecting but now I recently got back into it and just last week found my first STH. Not bad for a month into things.

[@kolurosu]

Omg the nostalgia is real on some of the hot wheels I forgot i had

[@towerblock2]

A time capsule of awesome, fantastic video Mark👍

[@RussBillard]

Today I bought 4 cases of cars, each case holds 48 cars, however there were 50 cars in each case. was so nice watching this opening as all the cars you've shown were mixed through those cases. helped to put a name and time the cars were sold. thanks see you again soon.

[@m0ther_bra1ned12]

Man I'd love to have more Ferraris in my collection.

[@oliversworldofwheels4910]

Those cases are different and similar! Awesome cars! Love the video like always!

[@larryd4352]

I was still collecting all the HW's in 1998. I had every car, including TH's in 1998. I think they started with the red car and switched to the blue car on the card later in the year. There were a few variations on the interiors of some cars, and if you had the rarer of the two...you could get really good money for them on eBay.

[@JonToyCars]

Those are some special cases, back to the past. I don't even think i had Hot Wheels cars back then :)

[@casper1995able]

Man I had afew of these cars when I was a kid and seeing them again brought me back haha

[@NachoTV]

It's going to feel like we time traveled and racegrooves did this 20 years ago

[@racegrooves]

It was a neat experience getting to unbox these! Of all the years that they could have been, these were great for me to experience and I hope everybody enjoys it as well. I was able to talk about variations, card art changes and cars that have been Final Runned to never be seen again.

[@NachoTV]

@@racegrooves really looking forward to seeing this episode.. hopefully you mention how you aquired such a special treasure.

[@racegrooves]

Somebody sold them on eBay four years ago and I'm finally getting around to them!

[@NachoTV]

@@racegrooves glad you waited to open them now instead 😁

[@AstralDragoon]

Watching this melted my heart. '98 was the year my brother and I got big into Hot Wheels (I was 10 at the time). I remember finding so many of these First Editions on the grocery store displays.

[@lugu9708]

Correct HotWheels brought Corgi casting back in 1997.. and the Red Car packaging was the early ones - brings back some great memories :)

[@jakobsmith5575]

Total trip down memory lane for me! I had so many of these

[@AToyZ]

wooghh what a score... that hot wheels from 1998 also cool

[@DeadMaul]

Beautiful flashback with those boxes!! Love it!! great unboxing!! :D

[@drumdog15]

This is such a blast from the past, reminds me of when my son and I started playing Hot Wheels video games back in the early 2000's, got totally hooked on collecting in 2003, my son will be 23 in a few days. 😃 thx for this Mark!

[@fpv_0205]

Hot wheels still currently has the license for toyota, there is the scion fr-s (toyota 86) toyota baja truck, and the supra still available (Supra only in a 5 pack)

[@eiriknalder4683]

Mark, do you remember in the 98 or 99 collection could be 2000 collection the Dragon series, it had a graphic of the Chinese dragons on the sides, I ahve the entire collection, and a ton of these you just unboxed, I re-started my collection in 89 after I moved and lost my 67 collection in the vinyl carry case in a move!! *Cries* I had a ton of stuff, the original red baron with the black Iron cross and pointy top helmet, the Chaparral, betnik bandit, the club EXCLUSIVE Boss Hoss you could only get when you sent in, a proof of purchase! *Cries* I had the Python, and a few Deoras! I had a green and a purple one! I had the nitty gritty kitty, the heavy chevy, and a few sizzlers! Fun cars! Miss them dealy especially my metallic Pink Sand Crab! Loved that with the smoke top! I lost all them in a stupid move! *cries*

[@MomwithGrandPiano]

Great unboxing my friend. It's really fun to watch you unbox these boxes and commenting each car. You really do know your stuff. :-) Have a great weekend!

[@davidbeeson1178]

Awesome video, it funny I was just at my parents house going through boxes of hot wheels and just was looking at those cars. It do take you back in time👍

[@scottkernan5577]

THIS CASE BRINGS ME BACK TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF MY HOT WHEELS COLLECTING

[@averyseeton4037]

That 63 t bird is insanely fast I have the same one I bought a few years ago and it is my fastest hot wheel out of my 450 car collection. I have a 4 lane track

[@HtwhlsZteam]

Awesome vid Grooovy!! Thanks for the flashback, mid to late 90's was my wheel house.. Sure I annoyed my pops to death asking if we could buy these LoL!!

[@the_random9718]

Oh how many 98 cars I have, thanks for the video!

[@alpine1600s]

It's funny that Hot Wheels made the Chaparral 2E "Wing Car" in the Redlines 25+ years before the Chaparral 2. Which the 2 competed in 1963, and the 2E in 1966.

[@TallerMenga]

That Ford '32 was my first hot wheels ever. I still have it to this day!

[@memlongody]

GREAT find!!! I especially like the Turbo Flame at 13:33!! I learned quite a while ago that the flame coming out of the back of that model was used in the 2005-2011 Hot Wheels logo!

[@PACKERMAN2077]

Oh I had the Chrome insectaride Tampo and I loved the body it was so unique but always hated the color.

[@03_austindrake88]

A lot of very cool cars in this video. (Example: Super Comp Dragster, Mustang Cobra, '67 Camaro, '32 Ford, '34 Ford, '57 Chevy, the Hershey's Funny Car, etc.) I really, really want that Flying Aces Charger Daytona and that Super Comp Dragster. Great video once again.

[@sirmugman]

this is the kind of unboxing i like, older stuff, that i know 'll be able to buy or get not the newer boxes as i'll want them but i'll never see one or it'll be the t-hunt or super

[@maxthekituchiha7057]

I may have only been 7 years old when these boxes came out but holy crap I remember those car so vividly and I still have a few of them around my house today

[@teodorobottazzi8253]

I love old hotwheels cars. Thank you Racegrooves 😁

[@_diecast_chaser_]

Love it Mark! This was my 5th year collecting, I was in 6th grade. Great memories.

[@lambonaldo5604]

I have a feeling once the Track Time for these cases will be one of the most exciting.

[@sqTake2]

Hold the phone! That Dodge Charger Flyin' Aces is SWEEEEET!!! Gotta gotta have one, the others are nice but that is incredible. Saying goodbye to lunch money for a couple days cos a Tow Jam has to come home with it too, very glad to have encountered the forms. For track time picks I'll go with Radar Ranger and Lakester, which I had misinterpreted as a submarine ...

[@AToyZ]

that dodge is will be rare item i guest ...

[@KevinSmith-jh1ld]

Love these older hot wheels, I've found a pile of them from this era and early 2000s at my local hobby shop (sadly about to close down after 67 years). This was a really great time capsule! Requesting Cat-a-pult for Track Time pls.

[@dansonparkin]

I'm 26 years old and I had at least 10 of these that I played with. I remember the hummer and firetruck the most

[@chuckieduce9370]

Wow brings back great memories when working at toys r us 96-99 we would get in avg. of 5-8 cases at a time everybody wanting to be the first to crack them open.thanks

[@alpine1600s]

"What a Drag" is a custom BMW Isetta "bubble car" that Hot Wheels commissioned.

[@ladylandr]

Awesome video. The 1957 Chevy Bel Air Treasure Hunt edition is seriously cool. Looking forward for more Hotwheels unboxing videos. 😀😎♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@brianartillery]

Hello, Mark. At about 14:20, you're wondering if there are any Metal base/Metal body models still in the HW basics. There are - the VW Beetle issued in the recent 'Chess' sub-set. I made sure that I got a black and a white one when I found this out, and it's a satisfyingly heavy little model. Nice to see more videos from you. I understand completely why you had to cut your content, but I really miss the Weekend Show, and Truckin' Tuesday. Hope everything is good, though. I love a lot of these old models - I bought several of them, back in the day, for my niece, whose mum used to race Minis, and was a little girl who much preferred toy cars to dolls. Thanks for sharing.

[@jessecarterrandomando6120]

I loved the Flame Stopper as a child. Would love to get my hands on it again someday! Thanks for the nostalgia!

[@PACKERMAN2077]

When I first saw it I thought it was a Matchbox First Responders

[@mavericknizmo9182]

I loooooove the Cat-A-Pult. Great video!

[@coleberan4746]

I just took a trip back through my childhood. I have just about every car featured in this video. (:

[@fishkings423]

Cole Beran That is awesome and rad dude!

[@kenvaughan6694]

I'm not sure if will increase or decrease the value, but , I have a 1957 Chevy Bel-Air ,white hot rod, but the blister care identifies it as a Porsche 9 1 1. Not to brag, but I started my collection back in November of 1989. I have amassed an enormous collection of diecast cars/trucks in all scales and manufacturers. I envey those who have a very impressive collection. I have about 40 of the original sweet 16 Red Lines, and about 36 Treasure Hunts, some are doubles and triples. Back in 2001, Tide detergent had a promotion where, if you bought two large units of liquid or powder laundry soap, youd get a free HOT WHEELS. It was a generic looking NASCAR stockcar, featuring a tampo of the store I work at, KING SOOPERS, in Colorado. After the sale, they had about a dozen left over so my manager gave 'em all toe for nothing! The other two HOT WHEELS I habe that have errors on 'em is the TOW JAM, with the name LIGHTNIN' JOE'S misspelled, and a cabover heavy hauler with the wrong retirement date tampoed on it. I also have one of those trucks featuring the Twin Towers on it. I run into a lot of collectors who really want it, but, it's not for sale!🚙🚗🛻🚐🚚🚛🏎️🚒🚑🚓🚕🛺🚌🚍🚔🚘🚆

[@stewpiddewd]

you mentioned the 67 camaro without a country and i literally have one of that same camaro on my shelf near my tv, and sure enough, mine doesnt have the country.

[@spencerhornsey8202]

DaleGrandFury I have two with an origin and one without that is still carded. Do you know if they’re worth anything?

[@stewpiddewd]

Spencer Hornsey im not sure sorry

[@MikeLaRock88]

I had a few of these as a kid. Definitely 90s cars with those colors too

[@ericmcginnis2097]

The flying aces Dodge charger daytona is sick!!!! I want so bad!

[@qotsajr]

That Dairy Delivery is a classic. Mine are sitting out on display as I watch.

[@robertflores9227]

One mainline car today that has metal body metal base is the VW Bug in the Check Mate series. Also great video as well, thank you for share these cars with us.

[@crashmoar290]

This is going to be great!

[@lanban4385]

it sure will

[@TheFrogChannel]

17:54 I still have hope that the Dairy Delivery returns to the basics. It would probably be retooled to have a plastic body though.

[@adamstarantulas9984]

I shared your video on my Facebook page Valley Hot Wheels Group, and pictures of all the ones i still have from this case. My son was born in 98 so i been collecting for a while.

[@collector8452]

Great Premier Mark, I Love Your Content

[@marcocinquini1985]

I'd love to have some of these castings and/or variations, mainly original castings(including the realistic ones) that don't seem to be retired.

[@hwmonkeys7918]

Oldies but goldies

[@larryd4352]

That '63 T-Bird on the blue car card is rare!! When they came out with the '63 T-Bird on the card with the red car...the interior was black, not white! So hold onto that T-Bird! I had 3 of them at one time. I gave my buddy one, and kept one for myself. Sold the other one in 2002 or 2003 at a Hot Wheels collector's get together in New Orleans. I sold it for more than any of my TH's!

[@silky_smooth9475]

Those Panoz use to be one of my favorite hotwheels so cool looking

[@paulcajkasr9600]

I have been collecting seriously since the 90's. Interesting.

[@mpaulm]

I started collecting in 2007 and have a couple from the mid-90's including the one at 11:30, which is an unreal car. Good stuff here.

[@bentullett6068]

You were correct about Corgi selling off the castings to Hot Wheels. Being from the UK I have both the Corgi versions and Hot Wheels version of the Land Rover Defender van, the licence/number plates on both the Corgi and Hot Wheels versions are exactly the same. Also had a few of these Hot Wheels cars when I was little. So it brings back memories. Catapult was my favourite.

[@MrDocket]

Awesome video! I couldn't make it during premier, but those are always fun to do.

[@lisasullivan3974]

I love the twin mill, I've seen one in person at a car show

[@t1mpetti]

Cool video. Really liking the 67 Camaro, C-Class, Dairy Delivery and the Miata! 57 Chevys are legends..

[@joyoustye2326]

Tow Jam!!!! I love tow jam to death! I unboxed a first editions version several years ago now so it was nice to see it again. Aside from that, there are so many childhood cars here! Also, you wondered if there are any metal body metal base cars in the mainline. There is 1 that I know of: Twin Mill!!! :D

[@racegrooves]

Not anymore. The most recent release had a plastic base. However, the Check Mate series had the Volkswagen Beetle and that is metal/metal.

[@joyoustye2326]

@@racegrooves Wait they changed it? aw!!

[@loganbyers1853]

I know I’m a year late but maybe you’ll see this and maybe you already know about it. The Ford gt90 was a concept car back in the day it was insanely fast for the time and had a w12 I believe (2 v6s put together) my jaw hit the floor when I saw that (as I’m a huge Ford fanboy and love the gt’s as well.

[@hotwheelsinfinity190]

Cool vid glad your filming again

[@stusbikingandmotors5233]

Cool cars!

[@RedLineRaceDay]

Yes, I wish they would get Ferrari back. Nice to see the 308 in the background. ;)

[@FrostSoul-qs6kq]

The treasure hunt green Chevy looks nice but I'm gonna stick with my old blue Chevy .

[@RedSkylinex60]

I have a few of these from my very young childhood I swear I had that Cat A Pult but I lost it years ago also a Double Vision with its engine removed and only the grey part with the exhausts remain which is probably in a tub full of my Childhood Hot Wheels. I also have an on Card Double Vison that I bought off ebay when I was in middle school. Also what's interesting is a small amount of very early 1998s were on 1997 blister cards which I don't think has happened since.

[@adamstarantulas9984]

I still have a few of these. I had almost all of them.

[@finnsilver16]

The video hasn't even stayed and I already have it a like! Can't wait!! :D

[@DavidRodriguez-ve9sq]

Smell the history!