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Check out this one-of-a-kind Star Wars X-Wing Fighter vehicle from Hot Wheels. It’s full size, mind you. Not a tiny toy. It is currently on display at San Diego Comic-Con.
Wow. Just wow. The only problem I see is that the thing probably cost more money than that most humans could ever afford, but that’s okay.
I mean, it doesn’t even have a working Astromech Droid and doesn’t even get off the ground anyway. I’m just trying to put a positive spin on it. I’m actually very sad I can’t buy this. Guess I’ll just have to settle for the miniature version Hot Wheels is selling instead.
Now all we need is a TIE Fighter car to chase this thing.
Born in 1980, Nicholas Kirkwood grew up right as video games, sci-fi and computers became mainstream. So for his 10th anniversary as a shoe designer he decided to pay homage to geek culture and the icons of our generation.
Kirkwood’s made-to-order 10 Collection features high heels with graphics and details based on Pac-Man, Star Wars, Back to the Future and more.
The Neon City shoes are crazy nice. Nicholas’ standard shoes typically go for $700 to $1,500 (USD), it’s safe to assume that these limited edition pairs will go for even higher prices. If you’re buying, be sure to place your order before 12/1/15.
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When I was a kid my mother would tell me over and over, “no Hot Wheels cars in the bathtub”. Nowadays it’s actually encouraged with sets like the Hot Wheels Race Rally Water Park Playset because it floats! This set has 2 ramps to send cars twisting down in a race to splashdown into the water. Comes with 1 car. You could also use it in the pool (or kiddie pool or more preferably a kiddie “ool”, there’s no p in that one). What will they think of next?
Hot Wheels’ toy cars let kids pretend they’re hotshot racers. The company’s new Car Maker model kit on the other hand, lets them be factory workers. The kit has a machine that turns a stick of wax into a car body by pressing it into a heated mold. The resulting car body can then be customized with a chassis and stickers.
The molding machine has voice prompts that walk you through the steps for making a car. The machine has a compartment that heats the molds and a chute on top for the wax sticks. It takes about 8 minutes to turn a stick into a car body. There’s a demo video of the kit on Hot Wheels’ website, but in the meantime you can check out the ad below:
The Hot Wheels Car Maker is available on Amazon for $40 (USD). Each kit comes with 10 wax sticks, two molds, three chassis and three sheets of stickers. You can also buy more wax sticks and other kinds of car molds. And if you have a kid, you will buy more wax sticks and car molds.
I like to think that I’m pretty plugged into retro geek culture, but I have to hand it to the guys over at You Found a Secret Area! for turning up something I’ve not seen before – a series of Atari 2600-themed cars from Hot Wheels. Oh, and you can still buy them!
The 1/64th scale die-cast vehicle series is packaged on cards that look like classic Atari 2600 games, including Breakout, Centipede, Pong, Missile Command, and Tempest. There’s even an Atari 2600 party bus (aka Urban Assault Vehicle) for good measure. I’m not sure if the vehicles really make much sense, but they’re still an awesome bit of swag for any collector of Atari 2600 memorabilia. My personal favorite has to be the Centipede monster machine – it totally reminds me of the 1970s with its funny car styling and giant exhaust headers.
Here are a bunch of detailed video shots of each vehicle, courtesy of Hot Wheels Nation:
You can find them over on Amazon for $9.99(USD) each. But you’d better move fast before they all become as hard to find as a copy of Air Raid.
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It was announced a few days ago that real-life Rocket League toy cars are hitting shelves this spring. Now, the circle has been completed: Psyonix revealed this morning that it will introduce Hot Wheels to the Rocket League arena.
because it floats! This set has 2 ramps to send cars twisting down in a race to splashdown into the water. Comes with 1 car. You could also use it in the pool (or kiddie pool or more preferably a kiddie “ool”, there’s no p in that one). What will they think of next?
