Why Hot Wheels: AcceleRacers Is Still A Masterpiece

[@iancouch5663]

Acceleracers is so good. So much depth for a children's show meant to sell toys. Like they didn't need to cook this hard, but because they did it has such a big fan base today. I wish it was more popular so perhaps we'd get more stuff now from mattel

[@AntonioRedgrave]

Exactly! It's that kind of passion that makes people want to buy their products, and it certainly worked on me!

[@explosivedecompression7831]

some of its a bit dark too for a kids show. really happy people are still talking about acceleracers that shit was my childhood

[@syauqifirdaus2704]

hot wheels know there's a lot of acceleracer fans out there but they choose to ignore it.

[@nickosmond]

Not sure how many people know this but you can watch the movies on Internet archive for free

[@JCondorYTPs]

I watched these movies religiously as a kid and was obsessed with Hot Wheels in general. My only gripe with this series is how they did Kadeem. He deserved a better ending.

[@tezlascube]

10:48 So, it turns out this is NOT the reason AcceleRacers was cancelled. Quite the opposite actually. To put in bluntly, AcceleRacers toys sold poorly and overall, the project just didn't meet Mattel's expectations. Stores didn't want anymore stock of non-diecast AR toys, so the stuff they were working on for season 2 just didn't pan out as a result. Awesome video, though! Love to see more KZbin personalities talk about this series.

[@AntonioRedgrave]

That's interesting. I'm honestly SHOCKED that the toys apparently didn't sell well. Thank you for your comment and for sharing that information!

[@tezlascube]

@@AntonioRedgrave They were good toys, but Mattel overestimated the popularity of AcceleRacers and over distributed the toys initially. There was ultimately just more supply then demand. Stores started rejecting further assortments and some even dropped the line. When it came to Season 2, stores were just not willing to take all the new SKUs. It's a shame, really. - AcceleReece

[@hotel_arcadia]

I was trying to say this for months 😭😭 like if Acceleracers was so popular how come nobody's heard of it?

[@caasiznej]

I remember being so sad that some Racing Realms didn't have full episodes attached to them, and completely gaslighting myself that the episodes the snippets came from were some sort of lost media cos I SWEAR i watched those on Cartoon Network on our bootleg cable setup on our grey box tv. PEAK television, sick music, and this only served to fuel my hotwheels addiction.

[@AntonioRedgrave]

Same, I always wanted more AcceleRacers content! One of the questions I still have to this day is what were the realms that gave the teleoprting and 2D car AcceleChargers 😂

[@ksask2675]

@@AntonioRedgrave Great video! As seen in the card game, those happen to be the Warped Realm and Monument Realm respectively. Those as well as the Fog Realm and Swamp Realm (the first time it opened, during which Banjee was lost and even the Drones couldn't finish) opened before the events of the series, but probably after Tezla's failed attempt to get the Wheel

[@artistanthony1007]

​@@AntonioRedgrave It's a little difficult to see during the fourth movie but for a brief moment the 2-D Accelecharger's Realm is actually the Realm Vert and Gelorum were in before Storm.

[@syauqifirdaus2704]

​@@AntonioRedgraveteleporting card from wrap realm, 2d car card from monument realm. drones wins it before storm realm

[@rj7036]

@ksask2675 swamp definetly would've been after tezla has the wheel, as banjee went in for tezla, and was rescued by the silencers

[@diogonazario2539]

It's because of acceleracers that i know what a clutch is, i came to my dad asking " dad why do they step at the third pedal to move the stick ? " And that was how i started to learn How to drive a car

[@JayCeeSquared]

Nice video! Glad to see another person who loved the series

[@AntonioRedgrave]

Thank you! I was actually watching some of your videos when I was getting back into the series. That's how I found out about the IRL Deora 2 😂

[@hunterreynolds627]

@@JayCeeSquared I love the series myself. I kept on watching and never get bored with it. Since after all Vert Wheeler is my favorite character. Plus you look awesome with Vert Wheeler's clothes JayCeeSquared

[@JayCeeSquared]

@@hunterreynolds627 ah thanks man!

[@hunterreynolds627]

@@JayCeeSquared you're welcome.

[@TonyHardy1999]

Wisdom is a circle, what you receive you must give back...

[@thedipermontshow]

The music is what makes me like this series, Accelorate and Nolo's theme are my favourites! Great video too!

[@raymondkoledoye9941]

Hot wheels acceleracers is my very first childhood tv show i ever watch since i was little ❤😢

[@joaquinsanjuan4920]

I didn't have any acceleracers car when I was a kid, but I had imagination. I remember having a white mitsubishi lancer, that was very similar to vert's car, so it was in my own stories. He always won, he was my favorite. When I grew up, I promised that kid, myself, that I would get every car of the acceleracers movies. Last year got the last one, the iconic nolo's car synkro. Your video almost made me cry, I really love HotWheels. They made me happy.

[@AntonioRedgrave]

Thank you for sharing! It's so awesome to hear that you were able to get all the cars

[@Brick_M13]

still one pf my favorites, and i finally found 3 and 4 on dvd this year

[@kumakiroshi290]

Dude you wanna know how I found out about the series? I got a DVD out of a happy meal when I was younger and it was the very first episode, when I was older and found out about multiple episodes AND the first movie I was hooked instantly again

[@AntonioRedgrave]

No kidding! I had no idea they put the DVDs in happy meals, I thought it was just the cars

[@kumakiroshi290]

@@AntonioRedgrave nah dude back in the early 2000s when I was a kid, they used to have SpongeBob dvds in happy meals too! Happy meals used to be amazing

[@Mr.DontOverThinkIt]

I think the best way to explain an "apex" in driving is its a continuous to near continuous drift that allows you to cut the space of a turn in half

[@AntonioRedgrave]

And that's why the wrecking ball placements were where they were. Not gonna lie, this *is* the best explanation of it I've seen

[@Mr.DontOverThinkIt]

@@AntonioRedgrave Glad I could be of service 🤙

[@mateominiati5256]

@@Mr.DontOverThinkIt That's not quite right. To understand an apex, first you have to know about what the racing line is. A racing line is essentially the fastest way around a specified amount of track, it can be just 1 corner to a full track. Notice that I said fastest, not shortest, that's because it can be better to take a longer path, if it allows you to keep a higher speed and end up with a faster time through that stretch of road. Now, as car's effective turn radius is inversely proportional to its speed, put simply, the faster you go, the wider your turning circle due to the grip on the tires. With this in mind, the racing line essentially traces the widest turning radius you can take on a corner and it often starts on the outside of the entry to the corner, touches the inside of the corner, and then goes back to the outside. The point where the racing line touches the inside of a corner is called the apex. During the junk realm you have the wrecking balls leaving a small gap on the inside of the corners and a pretty wide gap towards the outside. You can take the safe but slower approach of going through the outside, or try to hit the apex and end up with a faster run through the corner. Hope this made sense, and if you're more interested in racing lingo and stuff, I highly recommend the channel "Chain Bear", they have amazing explanations of many motorsport concepts, racing lines and apexes among them.

[@_Nastal]

2:00 "detora 2.

[@roninsghost108]

I never new about world race or anything about highway 35 until many many years later, before the Mattel shut down of the movies on here. I'm glad I was able to watch it and then follow up with acceleracers as I was able to catch more references all throughout acceleracers

[@hunterreynolds627]

I totally agree Acceleracers is the best hot wheels ever! I wish it would come back though

[@kyleyuen245]

This video deserves so many more views, preach the good word of Acceleracers my guy

[@AntonioRedgrave]

Thank you! 🥹

[@kr0nekxg347]

hot wheels world race and acceleracers were part of the peak movies in the 2000s and transformers one brought that feeling back today!!

[@imnotojimog5595]

You’ve unlocked a very core memory I didn’t even know I had

[@daynederbyshire296]

I always remember “smooth breaking increases traction” -Kurt, City Realm

[@deathshead556]

Love this series, I still watch it to this day and have all the movies on VHS/DVD. I love listening to the soundtrack while driving too, although it can get “dangerous”.

[@kr0nekxg347]

" i make my own luck" TILL THIS DAY!!

[@therockstar9259]

This serious is one of the best memories in my childhood archive

[@gameboy3800]

i actually learned how to not implode like vert thanks to acceleracers : )

[@matthewromano2450]

I miss them so much also verts story

[@JD-cp4ei]

I remember watching this movie and I remember the swamp and Junk realm were my two favorites. Also the metro realm because of the soundtrack

[@playboiks]

I most DEF enjoyed Acceleracers frfr!!! I still go back and rewatch it to this day, mind you i first watched it when I was like 4 or 5 I am 22 now with a family and I still watch the serious over and over. It's storyline and character development was insanely GREAT, the fact they scraped it over some BS is wild. The cliff hanger really left me wanting more and made me try to search through reddit post to find out what happened to the drivers lost in the realms previously and led me to theorizing that banjee is one of the silencers. All in all this is an amazing video I appreciate when people bring light to Acceleracers for how good it was!!

[@AcceleRacersGermany]

Such a great video man. Keep up the good work

[@bigodegamesbr5980]

The structure of this show is also great because in other shows we know that the good guys will win, unless it's a big event for them to loose, like battle force 5, but in this one you genuinely will not know the outcome of the race until it's over (or someone throws a spoiler)

[@rivitedrailfan]

This was great! This series is so underrated it isn’t even funny! So much thought and time was put into developing what I think is the perfect movie series! I even named my channel after Taro’s Rivited!

[@DGamer321]

Great video! The editing on some parts seem oddly familiar lmao

[@sweetchaos1045]

Subbing to you now- great editing!

[@hypemugen]

my guy didnt mention pork chop, now i'm mad XD

[@alexparrish5774]

I’m happy that I was not the only one who have nightmares about the racing drones as a kid

[@SceptrumVirtuale]

What a fan. You can tell 💯

[@kr0nekxg347]

10:58 waaaatt......they should be honored

[@Prideofthepacific808]

I think something acceleracers doesn’t get credit/is over looked by the amazing story is it’s soundtrack. Absolute bangers

[@barbackerman4115]

I remember that! Love it!❤

[@oreopug7986]

I think im in a pretty unique position as a person who wasn't even born when Acceleracers released and just watched it a few months ago for the first time. I got to say this series hasnt aged that badly if a 16 year old girl with no previous intrest in hotwheels can find this absolutely investing. Like i literally went into this knowing it was made 20 years ago and ends on a cliffhanger and was still absolutely devastated to reach the end.

[@starfilmsracing]

If anything Acceleracers should come back in my opinion I miss this show

[@acceleracers]

Really good video bro, thanks for making videos of the show!

[@chunguslongjon9666]

Grew up as a sharoku fan, returning I am a Nolo boy 😎

[@JandZProductionshow]

Great video!

[@tremarderose3269]

Any time I see dora II my mind goes back to that of a awe struck youth best car ever

[@asthyz3004]

Hiya, There is a fan project being made. Try out Project Acceleracer. It’s a bit rough around the edges like car handling and still in development but quite a bit of fun.

[@explosivedecompression7831]

god damn, two minutes in you already nailed it

[@iancuentas]

such a good video!

[@stephenxd4590]

This much more better than that on netflix

[@kanekicaneca5285]

Show is good and now i want a collection of it includong the vhs in the original boc ( this will take me years but i will get there eventually )

[@artistanthony1007]

I love the Accelerons, the locations, the tech and the wisdom they have, these aliens are literally born & evolved biologically to race and their outfits or what we saw with 1 Acceleron are racing suits legit part of their bodies and I love they're pacifists. Just wish we got to see more of these aliens including the male and Jeff Gomez give us what he thinks the Accelerons do when racing and other things, I have ideas already but it's just headcannon and theories. I also got into this as a kid, I had first movie in Saga for VHS & Ignition and some seperate DVDs for it then got DVDs of each movie so yeah been a fan since I was little. Also for my pfp of Krika from BIONICLE, I also had a VHS of first movie Mask of Light and some DVDs but never DVD for first movie and also been a fan of that since a kid.

[@fishpiper9581]

acceleracers its the best movie in the world🔥🔥🔥

[@kr0nekxg347]

and i feel it aged-well

[@BevinEG]

The ps2 game went crazy. But uhhh the modern one was.... uhhh... uh uh. And I paid for the ultimate edition pre-order too. Mucho regret. Mucho.

[@AntonioRedgrave]

I don't think anything will beat the World Race game for me. Although I was thinking about getting the latest one when it's on sale just for the AcceleRacers cars

[@BevinEG]

@@AntonioRedgrave Nuh uh. The online is filthy and the singleplayer/co-op mode is poopoo. A slow "repeat this track several times" for nothing but hollow progression that is literally soul draining.

[@shipsey2]

This is why modern shows aren't as good they're not made the same anymore with Passion good story I could be wrong there's probably lots out there but that's what I see

[@itsofficiallypluto3670]

After hearing what it was supposed to be after the movies I’m glad it’s canceled 😅

[@yo_dad_was_here526]

PEAK HOT WHEELS

[@animefreak9798]

i actually just got a 70 year old man into this series

[@mikekaratasios9093]

Why is monkey playing cards with a drone😂

[@Acceler23]

10:52 FAKE NEWSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS someone invented that and everyone fell for it, reasons, we dont know, but the facts are, 2005 and 2006 were low selling points for hot wheels, the sequel were so bad that was scrapped, and the marketing team changed and didnt like the new direction of the sequel and the brand

[@chunguslongjon9666]

Acceloracers to yugioh pipeline is real, wait till you find about flatout 2 😂

[@tracc_dak4660]

Idk man I feel like karma has the potential to be the best driver

[@Avie-427]

retro games are just better fr fr

[@bryanrodasmontoya3864]

hot wheels acceleracers will always be a thousand times better than the modern cringy, woke, calarts and toxic stuff cartoons they make today.

[@k0metz590]

2015 called they want their comments back

[@bryanrodasmontoya3864]

@@k0metz590 Whatever you want, but this society is already broken, nothing can be done for it.

[@k0metz590]

@@bryanrodasmontoya3864 people were saying the same thing back in the 70s and 90s

[@bryanrodasmontoya3864]

@@k0metz590 Oh, I understand, well, I can hardly trust anyone because of the toxic and cringe fandoms they make nowadays because there is only one hate and for that reason I take revenge on them for the bad things that happen in their fandoms.

[@k0metz590]

@@bryanrodasmontoya3864 ok buddy

[@deiondremartinez8522]

It’s pronounced De-Or-uH-two not Day-tor-uH-two ~ Sorry to nit pick but if you are a real fan you’d know how I feel about that cringe inducing moment hearing you say that. The Deora II is too iconic to mispronounce imo

[@AntonioRedgrave]

👌

[@alexdesoto1504]

You should review Highway 35: World Race next, Antonio.

[@someperson4712]

I've watched these movies multiple times I've watched all the deep dives in analysis videos on KZbin. I thought I knew everything about the show the yet I'm still learning things. Like dod u know there is a cut tunnel scene during the first race against Tork and Nolo on the coast line. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpDEaXVvpdZ0gqcsi=Unpp1tVP_wp9cMwF

[@El_tecnico707]

Highway 35 and acceleracers have a special place in my heart❤️ till this day I still watch these movies non stop. I’ll forever miss the days where I use to go to the store as a kid and run straight to the hotwheels tryna collect all the cars from those movies 🥺🫡

[@dragonslayr679]

Glad we came to the same life conclusions with the hot wheels franchise🥲💜✨️(even with the card game😭🤌🏾✨️✨️)