Hot Wheels

A racing Ford HT with a bunch of other cars in the background.  I was just playing a bit with contrast on very low light. I think it came out quite fine.  This green Ford GT is probably my favorite car, so I'll likely feature it more in my photos.

There are strange and weird cars. Then there's the Carbonator, an hybrid of a bottle and a bottle opener (and a car). Carbonators have been around for a while. This is the 2026 version, as awesome as ever! 

A race, shall we?  Who will win, taking bets!  Mod Mill on track number one and Nitro Rail on track number two! 

Every now and then, there's a commemorative car. This time, Hot Wheels released Pass n' Go, celebrating the 90 years of Monopoly!  This is the first time Hasbro (Monopoly) and Mattel (Hot Wheels) collaborate, so it's truly a great piece to have!  And let's face it, who doesn't know Monopoly? If you haven't played it, your parents or grand parents probably did! Oddly enough it's a 2026 set and I found it today, in October 2025...

When talking about die cast cars, there are (basically) two kinds: The more detailed and expensive, geared towards an adult audience, and the cheap an performant on a track, which are mostly made for the younger to have fun. Hot Wheels clearly fit this target, as they do roll wonderfully, even if they sometimes lack the detail for flawless display.  We cannot forget Hot Wheels has many tracks, it's not only the cars, so they do perform. A clear case is the RD-06 that I mentioned on another post. It's wheels seem to never stop, and its a mean machine for the tracks. But generally speaking, all Hot Wheels perform pretty well on a track, unless it's a very light or top heavy model, but those are the exception, not the rule.