Topel, Fred (August 1, 2017). "Justin Lin Will Make an Indie Movie Before 'Space Jam 2' and 'Hot Wheels' ". /Film. On June 17, 2011, it was announced that Legendary Pictures was developing a film based on Hot Wheels due to the success of Fast Five by developing an edgier film. [39] On July 10, 2013, Simon Crane and Juan Carlos Fresnadillo were named as the frontrunners to direct the film, with Art Marcum and Matt Holloway writing the film, intended to be more Mission: Impossible than The Fast and the Furious. [40] On September 28, 2016, Justin Lin signed on to direct the film, which will be produced through his production company Perfect Storm Entertainment. [41] [42] On August 1, 2017, Lin revealed that the film was still in development. [43] It was speculated that the film would be released as a computer animated direct sequel to 2003's Hot Wheels: World Race and will be receive additional animation development from Playground Games who collaborated with Mattel in 2017 to create the Forza Horizon 3: Hot Wheels video game. [44] However the option expired and returned to Mattel. [45]

No, not all Hot Wheels are 1:64 scale. Only a few Hot Wheels cars follow different scales, such as 1:43 or 1:24. Hot Wheels® Drops The Green Flag On Its 35th Anniversary With The World Race(TM)" (PDF). Mattel. February 13, 2003 . Retrieved December 28, 2016. Edward Douglas (2006-12-18). "Exclusive: We Are Marshall Director McG!". Comingsoon.net . Retrieved 2009-01-31.Kit, Borys (September 25, 2020). " 'Hot Wheels' Movie Finds Its Writers (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 28, 2020. Since the year 2008, Hot Wheels cars have had a code stamped or printed on the base. This is a "base code". This base code can be used to identify exactly when an individual car was produced in the Hot Wheels factory. The code begins with a letter, followed by a two-digit number. The letter for the year 2018 was "L". The letter is then followed by two numbers, which represent the week of that particular year the car was manufactured. For example, a car with the date stamp of "L42" was produced on the forty-second week of 2018. Hot Wheels' Director Search Nearing Finish Line (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 10 July 2013. In some cases, Hot Wheels dies have been sold or acquired by other companies once Mattel has finished using them. One example were early dies that made their way to Argentina and were reproduced as Mukys, though not with spectra-flame paints or the same quality as seen in Mattel's products. A coin-operated pinball machine based on Hot Wheels cars and the Hot Wheels City YouTube series was released by American Pinball in June 2020.

Another designer, Paul Tam, joined Wood and Gilford. Tam's first design was the Whip Creamer. [13] Tam continued to work for Mattel until 1973. Among the many fantastic designs Tam thought up for Hot Wheels, some of the collector's favorites include Evil Weevil (a Volkswagen Beetle with two engines), Open Fire (an AMC Gremlin with six wheels), Six Shooter (another six-wheeled car), and the rare Double Header (co-designed with Larry Wood). To do the math, find out the length of the real thing. Usually a Google search takes care of that. Then convert the length to millimeters. If you can’t find the length, get some other measurement from the real thing, like the width or the wheelbase. Ha, Anthony (March 11, 2021). "Gamefam aims to be the first big gaming company built on Roblox". TechCrunch . Retrieved March 1, 2022.

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In 1974, Hot Wheels introduced its ' Flying Colors' line, and added flashy decals and "tampo-printed" paint designs which helped revitalize sales. As with the lower-friction wheels in 1968, this innovation was revolutionary in the industry, and—although far less effective in terms of sales impact than in 1968—was copied by the competition, who did not want to be outmaneuvered again by Mattel product strategists. The first line of Hot Wheels Cars, known as The Original Sweet 16 was manufactured in 1967. These were the first of the Red Line Series, named for the tires which had a red pin stripe on their sides. [5] In late January 2019, Mattel Films and Warner Bros. Pictures agreed to partner on a Hot Wheels film. [45] D'Alessandro, Anthony (January 23, 2023). " 'Hot Wheels': Mattel-Warner Bros-Bad Robot Pic Revving Up With Scribes Dalton Leeb & Nicholas Jacobson-Larson". Deadline Hollywood. a b Gerber, Alison (November 10, 2014). "Coffee Break Design History: Hot Wheels". Apartment Therapy . Retrieved December 28, 2016.Hot Wheels has also released slightly larger, more detailed models, such as the original Gran Toros (1/43 scale) from 1970, and the Dropstars line (a model line of "blinged" cars). Also in this larger scale are the HIN ( Hot Import Nights), G-Machines and Customs lines. These lines were introduced in 2004–2005.