In this video we take a closer look at the making of the toy world's #1 toy. The Hot Wheels car Original footage belongs to Comedy never sleeps , • How Hot Wheels Are Made edited due to time constraints and their sponsor' logos
This brings back great memories. I still have my original wheel rally case filled with 2 original cars, chassis to chassis in each slot. I had not thought about them for years until I became a parent and discovered the art of collecting while bringing my young son to a toy train exhibit. After I saw the value of some of the cars, I phoned my Mom and asked if she still had it. Of course being the sentimental lady she was, she did. It sent me on a wild hiatus, and in the 90's, I decided I would begin collecting again for my son. I now have cases on shelves in my garage filled with over a thousand cars in their original blister packs. It's gotten out of hand!.
Wow. That is excellent.....Wish I still had some of mine.... Great you are sharing and doing it with your son as well......Yes, it is a deeeeeeeep hole once you start down...LOL Thanks for watching
lol, about 20 years ago I went searching on ebay for toys I had as a kid just to see what they really looked like. It took me to look at Hot Wheels, and I stumbled upon some auctions for a salesman sample case break where the guy was selling them one by one out of the cases. I said to myself if I were to buy one of them this would be what I would buy for it to really be worth anything. First two nights I bid on one and in the morning I got an email that I was outbid so the last night I bid on 2 and in the morning I got an email that I had won both bids. lol. So I got a blue and an olive original Firebird. That led me on a collecting spree for a few years and I got about 100 of them. Put them in a box wrapped up in the correct type of tissue.
When I was a kid in the early 70's I had Hotwheels and Matchbox, and always preferred Matchbox because those were more a replica of cars you'd see on the road. Fast forward to about 2010, when I made a 4-lane wooden ramp to race cars down the hallway in our house. My son, daughter and I would take every Matchbox/Hotwheel in the house (my old ones that were very well-loved, and my kids' new ones) and run them down the ramp to crown the champion fastest car in the house. It would take us an hour or more to get all the cars through their heats. What a blast! Superbirds won a lot.
Wow! I bet you have an amazing collection. I had about 5k one time. Sold them all and got into archery. Now I look at the videos and holler at the screen. I had that one! That one too!!!! LOL.......And we start over. Thanks for watching
@@OldManDiecast man I cant believe you sold them all! I could never part with all mine since it has been a 50+ year investment! I had to put them all in storage over 10 years ago because I went thru some financial problems & lost my house but I wasnt turning loose of my cars! I can only imagine how many I would have now had I still been collecting! Majority of mine are complete sets! I also have Lesney's, Autoworld, Matchbox & several other brands! my biggest set is my Volkswagens & Trans Ams, hundreds in each since they are my biggest loves with real cars & had many of both! Unfortunately my kids have no interest in them & could care less, I think they just want the monetary value of them after I am gone!
Yes sir. Gone. When I was young one of my cousins family could not afford to get him any so I gave him a bunch. Then years later I got back in it and still had a ton of the older ones from when I was a kid. And then life got in the way. Had to have money and I knew someone that bought collections at the time . And he gave me a more than fair price. So, I boxed them up and had him come by when I was not there.....LOL Why le the kids reap the benefits of your hard work? Did anyone leave any for you? LOL Have fun with them. And just tell them there goes your college tuition....LOL
@@OldManDiecast hard times I can attest to but I just could not part! at least you got a fair price, I have had a few guys want to buy mine especially when I had all of them displayed in my house {the advantage of being single} & was offered a real good price {I do have lots of limited & special cars} but turned it down! as for my kids, they are in the late 20s/early 30s {dont have to worry with college} & I have 4 grandkids {3 girls 1 boy} & since my grandson is the oldest {7} & only boy & loves cars & anything mechanical he will more than likely be the one I give them to! one guy offered my 5 grand {worth more} but it was a no so by the time my grandson gets them they will be worth a little more! for now they will stay in their boxes & containers in storage until I know I am taking my last breaths! PEACE LOVE n HIPPYNESS!
@@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman Excellent choices. grand son will love them I am sure. Trust me, it was very hard. But when you have nothing, and somebody offers you something for the little you do have when you need it the most...................It suxs. But I am still above ground, and there is still a store around the next corner.......Well at least as long as I can still drive. LOL...
I member playing with my first collection. I was like 9. Then sold it for $25. Started again at 13. Now I have over 1,500 in blisters. 500+ loose. My childhood. I'm 39.
Digging the music, very chill. As a watcher of Mr. Roger's, this brought back a lot of memories from those 'how it's made' videos. Cool to see the behind the scenes, I have a greater appreciation now as a mainline collector.
Thank you very much. I try hard to pick music to go with the flow r the vibe of the video. Sometimes, it just picks itself.....love me some Mr Rogers!!!! Need so many more like him Thanks for watching
When Hot Wheels first came out I used to check the bottom to find out where they were made. The ones made in US, I was able to change out the front tires to the larger rear ones. The Custom Eldorado, & T-Bird I put all 4 smaller wheels on them, lowrider style.
Love Hotwheels !! Been collecting each years releases since 2002. Also collected 1995 - 2001 releases in the meantime. A massive collection !! 2021 has got to be my last year of collecting !!!
Where a bouts do you live if you don't mind me asking? I can see it heading that way everywhere. I honestly believe the Factory 500 was a test run for a price increase. Thanks for watching
For me (UK) they tend to be in most shops about (average) £1.35 Morrisons: £1.75 I believe. Poundland: £1.00 Multipacks (5) are always £7.99-8.99 no Matter the area.
The place that did the castings in the 1960's was in Gardena California on Vaness ave. just south of El Segundo Bl. Eldon Toys was just around the corner on El Segundo Bl. We had fun digging in they're trash.
Awesome!! Hot Wheels has been running in my family since the very beginning in 1968 when my mother (who was 8 years old) obtained her Beatnik Bandit and Hot Heap from the original lineup!
@@davidho2977 That's what I ma saying. Wow, they live where they are made. No shipping or anything....One would think they would be about 50 cents or so
Thanks for your work on this...!!! I sure would love to have seen a detailed video of Hot Wheels production back in 1968, both in the U.S. and Hong Kong... the “Spectraflame” paint process, and especially hybrids...We’ll just have to imagine how that was all done back then...
Well I'm a year older then hot wheels , l love matchbox their older than me. So I guess it all works out even. Y'all keep safe and happy collecting folks.
Its awesome how they actually test the car like if it were a real car. Thank you Mattel for making Kids happy and us Adult collectors happy as well. Malysia well for sure be a dream destination spot to visit this awesome factory, and because Malysian People are such kind People.
What a great watch. Thanks for your information and sharing. I’m glad Honest Diecast recommended your channel. Keep up the great work. Definitely subscribing 👍
I got the original complete sweet 16 redlines cars, and some from 69 and 70s. I wish they where still made the way they used to make them back 68 through 73!
Wow....I would love to have the sweet 16!!!! Even if they were rough. I would restore them. I wish they still had the metal bases and all as well.....Todays diecast really are not the same. But still fun! Thanks for watching
@@OldManDiecast I imagine the kids that had those first hotwheels would be collectors now, eager to pay that bit extra to have those cars for nostalgic purposes. I would certainly pay to replace the cars I had all those years ago.
I’ve got about 60 odd percent of it. Beatnik, (X2 purple and aqua both mint) Deora, (X5 mostly aquas but one antifreeze or light green) I cant remember the rest from the 16, so I’ll have to look, nether to I remember what I have in my “collection” Right, Custom fleetside (mint aqua) hot heap (X2, Orange, might be pink and a blue) Python (Black roof Rose body???) Blue Custom Barracuda (great paint, just everything else is ummm..............) But I’ve got something better than a sweet sixteen, I’ve got a 1975 White (Red Tampo) Mustang stocker.
@@isaacsrandomvideos667 Here in the UK they were something of an exotic rarity. I remember first seeing one that my friend had, a blue mustang with no bonnet. It was so much faster than our matchbox cars on the track nothing could beat it !
MrVolvobloke they are, that’s why all of my collection is pretty much from around Virginia and “the south” i have no idea why they are all there, but they are sure cheap. (I haven’t paid under £40. Managed to get like £150’s worth for £40 (X8 cars) probably have 25 redlines ish... (still looking for that opportunity again) Though £40 for some old ass cars, expensive but still it’s pretty cheap for what they are going for elsewhere. (still stupidly overpriced though) my opinion is get as many as you can, sell them in 20+ years (I am not selling mine, never. 😂)
I would think the molds are interchangable in the machine so many machines arent needed. They make a run of one model, swap out molds and make a run of another.
@@blackbird5026 Well Im an engineer and I have the curse of the engineer. lol They would definitely run thousands. I would not think they would run different molds at the same time due to the cost of sorting.
This is one of the most informative videos I've seen yet! I collect hot wheels 😍. And never seen a inside look at how they're made? Thank you for this great video.
LOL...Since you made that statement I had to look. There have been over 4,000,000,000 Hot wheels made over the years. That is more than all the automobiles made combined. It is crazy. Thanks for watching
I wish you luck........Has NEVER been done before. And with all the variations and limited ones,,,,,,,I think they plan on it never happening. Going to be fun to find out though!! Thanks for watching
You probably mean a certain year right? You can’t find some as they were prototype’s that were destroyed, or taken off the market before they even reached it.
Cool to c. I've collected for 24 years just prior to the dairy delivery coming out in the 98 1st editions. That's my favorite casting as its modeled after a Divco brand milk truck.
Looks like a lot of work for 10 cents a hour !! And I have about 5,000!! Been collecting since 1968 when my father got killed in a plane crash when I was 9yo!! Still have the original case and the redlines I had back then
Def a lot of work. Funt to start maybe. But like any job. After time,,,,sux. LOL....................Sorry about your father but dang that is great you still have those!! Congrats. Thanks for watching
I am a professional duct cleaner by trade, on residential work we sometimes find old Hot Wheels lost down the ductwork from years ago! haha I love finding them, plus i know the vintage stuff from modern junk.
I was shocked to read you responded to my comments. Something went wrong, and it could be that my son (who is on the Autism Spectrum) was playing with my phone. The comments that were posted to your video were written about another video totally different video, so I deleted them. You must have thought I was on drugs. I don't know how you secured your footage of that manufacturing process, but I'm glad you did. I've read about it repeatedly but it was still fun to see it! Safety and Sanitize! Have fun with your toys!
LOL...No worries. No I did not think that. but I was like,,,,,,ok.......LOL The footage is clips from another video that was done as an "editorial" piece. So that coupled with the fact I did not use it verbatim and gave credit with original video link I was able to use it under fair use.........Just trying to help keep the hobby live........ Thanks for watching
I grew up watching the original VCR movie set for the Highway 35 world race and then fell in love with Hot Wheels asking my parents to buy me sets based off the movie and eventually seeing the DVD Acceleracer series collecting the Drone, Teku, Metal Maniacs, and Silencer vehicles. I also collected the cards and some race tracks but most of my stuff is gone lost to time sadly. I'll recollect them one day in the future tho.
Excellent. I understand. All of mine from my childhood are looooong gone as well. And I now find myself trying to recapture some of them..........Thanks for watching
Oh man. I can't believe I still have all my hot wheels from when i was a kid over 50 years ago. I believe they are called redlines. My dad and I collected them and he bought me every single car I wanted. I think i have 600 redlines.
WOW. Congrats......They were redlines up until like 1975 or 1976....After that , they became black walls as there is no red line on the wheels anymore. Thanks for watching
It WAS a dollar. Now thanks to this administration it has went up. It was the only thing that keep the same price my entire life mostly. Til now 😢. As an adult I would always buy hotwheels. Because if I had a few dollars in my pocket. I could always count on HOTWHEELS TRADITION BEINGA DOLLAR. I know to most a dollar is nothing. But to a kid it’s like having a million dollars.I never thought I would’ve seen the day. I thought yea they will change the price after I’m gone. It was a tradition and still is that the kids always got some hotwheels for Xmas. I know why they changed the price. But Hats off to you Hotwheels for standing your ground for most of my life ❤ Thank you 🙏
I agree 100%. With that stated when they went up on the factory 500 set I felt they were testing the waters for a price increase then. Just like I need a battery for one of my cars. I bought one 3 years ago for $75. Now it is $200...Just stupid. Thanks for watching
They need to bring back the 4 car series models where all the cars in the series have the same paint scheme but different models. I use to collect Hotwheels and at one time I had over 400 cars. It was a lot of fun going to stores and conventions shopping for that one particular car in the series you can't find. I've paid as much as 30 bucks for one car just to complete the series. Hotwheels ROCK!!!
yep they help me alot when i rage while playing roblox. I always have a bucket of them beside me so If i die i can just throw one car and nothing would happen to it, no scratches, still as good as new :D
Always wanted to see this!! But I’d end up working for free, bcuz I’d want to buy every one that came off of the line, lol! Now I’d like to see how they do the RLC Exclusives and how many of them they really make!!
Every kid's obsession starts at .99 cents. Well, in '68 I think it was .35 cents. I have collected Hot Wheels since they were released in '68, and I have more Hot Wheels than any 10 year old! I still have some of the originals too. I still get a little shudder when I think about hiw many times my mom used the track sections as a weapon...
Wow.....That must have been fun. I was not born until 66 so I missed the sweet 16....but the later cars like the Poison Pinto and so on made it a lot of fun still!!! LOL track sections as a weapon..........Thanks for watching
@@OldManDiecast, there is one car that I've had when I was a kid, that I cannot find that is affordable. The Olds Cutlass Army staff car. It came in a 5 pack of Army vehicles. The cheapest I've found in any decent condition, was about $300.00. I own 2 Cutlass 442s, a ' 70 and a '72. I have just about every other Hot Wheels Cutlasses, but the Army edition is my Unicorn...
Great video ma friend fair takes ye back down memory lane… I wonder how they get the TH’s and STH’s in the boxes is it someone’s job to go round randomly putting them in🤔😂😎✌🏼🏴
Nice behind-the-scenes video. It's fascinating and educational, plus you get to see the dedication involved in the whole process. Thank you. I do have one question though. What happens to the test/battered cars?
I was window shopping on eBay for a 93-02 Pontiac Trans am. Hot wheels collection. They have a yellow 02 Pontiac Trans am for sale for 18.00 1/64 scale...
LOL...I know right!! Wonder if it would be like any other job and just get old. But I did notice none of the people in the video were smiling....Might be a bad sign. Thanks for watching
I have recently become a collector of Hot Wheels. I have to say the value for money is beyond any other product! They are truly a great model! GJ Hot Wheels|!
As a car lover, I always wanted these. But, as always, these were imported and hard to afford, Being expensive.. Even 2 decades later.... ❤ from India.... ✌🥺
