: In MotorTrend’s original series Hot Wheels Life Size, we drive crazy life-size cars inspired by Hot Wheels toys. But back in 1968 it was the other way around. But back in the 1960s, when Mattel was ...

Hot Wheels will be celebrating its 50th anniversary soon, and even in an era when kids spend a lot of time on smartphones and tablets, they also still play with little die-cast metal vehicles on ...

MASON CITY — Hot Wheels collectors from Iowa and Minnesota came to Mason City Saturday to find that elusive ’67 Camaro and sell other desirable models to the public. Thousands of boxed toy Hot Wheels ...

An inventor, an automotive designer, and a rocket scientist walk into a bar . . . wait, that's not quite right. Let's try again: In 1966, Elliot Handler, co-founder of Mattel Inc. and noted toy ...

Hot Wheels celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2018 with one of its best years ever. We called our old friend and Hot Wheels-fanatic Bruce Pascal to check up on what’s changed since last year in terms ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. In 1995, Sheri Abbey was at a swap meet in California when something small caught her eye: a classic model ...