Hot Wheels 1:64

[thebigmacmoomin]

blueST said:

Is there anywhere that let's you search and choose currently available main line Hot Wheels or Matchbox cars? I'm looking for to buy a few Le Mans related vehicles for something I'm planning, but don't want to pay to much above supermarket prices.

Any local toy fairs? I was selling at a local to me one (Exeter) and there are always plenty of HW's.

[Matt_N]

Home Bargain finds

[thebigmacmoomin]

Put some new wheels on two of my old builds. Both sets from Creative One64.

[thebigmacmoomin]

My new purchases, 1 to keep as it is and the other 3 for stripping and new paint & decals.

[ajprice]

thebigmacmoomin said:

My new purchases, 1 to keep as it is and the other 3 for stripping and new paint & decals.

Nice, have you decided on liveries? Other than Rothmans I'd go with the blue/white Computervision and the black/red/gold Silkolene cars. And something else

[thebigmacmoomin]

Ayrton Senna test car, Colin McRae Donegal rally 2006 & a Belga livery. All depending on if I can draw all the logos.

[Geoff391]

Really struggling to find anything new in local shops , they all seem to refill with the same models
Did find this right at the bottom of tesco’s box today.

Not much detail to show that it is a triumph thou

[generationx]

Some of the Exotic Envy series of Premiums came in stock at my local Smiths, so…

[designndrive62]

Does anybody know the scale difference between matchbox and hot wheels?

I've always assumed them to be the same scale, but I have an original defender 90 model in hot wheels, and recently bought a new defender 90 model in matchbox. The matchbox model is tiny by comparison!

[donteatpeople]

They're both 1:64ish, neither have a consistent scale with themselves from car to car and Hot Wheels isn't strictly to scale anyway. Hot Wheels tend to exaggerate things like car width and wheel diameter, sometimes lowering roofs and things for dramatic effect (think concept car vs production). Matchbox are generally the more scale accurate of the two.

For trivia's sake... I've got a new Hot Wheels RS200 and an 80s Matchbox RS200 and the Matchbox car is significantly bigger.

[Geoff391]

Managed to find these two in tesco entertainer toys today


Treasure hunt !

[Geoff391]

Tesco’s have a deal on at present , buy one get one half price , so just had too buy these…..