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November 25, 2013

Hot Wheels Cereals Games

   Hello collectors, my name is Johnny and in this post i want to show you some offers that cereals here have with Hot Wheels games. I don't buy or eat cereals myself that much anymore, but i look for every Hot Wheels product out there and i also have a nephew that still eats cereals and this was the perfect combination to satisfy both of us.


Unlocking cars by leveling up


These are the latest cereals with Hot Wheels games (PC games) here and as you can see in the pictures there are three games to collect, Street Drift, Rubble Ruckus and Dockyard Destruction. These games came with the Cookie Crisp cereals from Nestle. There are no high end graphics on these games and they're very easy to play, also not requiring installation, they run directly from your optical drive (CD-Rom, DVD-Rom etc.). The games are also very easy and it has quite a few cars to choose from, at the beginning you only have one car, but you can unlock more while leveling up. The gameplay is also very simple and it can easily be played with the keyboard. The games also have power-ups that can be picked up while driving.


System Requirement on the back


 System Requirements : Windows Xp, Vista ,7; CPU – P4 2.66 Ghz; RAM – 1 Gb; resolution 800x600; GPU – 3D compatible DirectX 9. MAC Osx 10.4; Intel CPU; RAM – 1 Gb; resolution 800x600. For both platforms 12x optical drive (CD-Rom or DVD-Rom), mouse and keyboard.


Team Hot Wheels drivers logo


These games are older than the previous ones and they came with the Cini Minis cereals also from Nestle. There were also three games to collect, Baja, Moto X and Drift. All the games have the Team Hot Wheels drivers logo and theme and the Cookie Crisp ones also have the Night Racer theme. The graphics for these games are about the same, while the gameplay differ and these three are not so good here, the controls are to sensitive and sometimes hard to control and they also have a difficulty setup. Not requiring installation and it can be played directly from your optical drive.


These games are older than the previous ones


 System Requirements : Windows Xp SP2, Vista or 7; CPU – Intel P4; RAM – 512 MB; GPU – 3D compatible DirectX 9. Mac OSX v10.4; CPU – PowerPC G5 or Intel; RAM – 512 Mb. Both platform requiring a 24x optical drive (CD-Rom or DVD-Rom) and a mouse and keyboard.


Thank you for reading guys, for more details about the games, graphics, gameplay or any other info. please leave a comment below and I can give it to you or I can make another post with pictures from the games and more details. I also have videos on my youtube channel about these cereals games and you can see more there, just check my VIDEO ARCHIVE. Happy collecting and have a great day. 

October 12, 2013

Hot Wheels Finds - the First 2014 Treasure Hunt

 
In the Mix A there are Still a Few 2013 Cars


Love the Colour Combination on the Prototype H-24


  Welcome back to my blog. This is going to be a short post about my latest Hot Wheels finds. As always in the beginning of the new Hot Wheels serie for each year we get the mix A very fast and usualy I can find everything I want in my collection from that mix. This time it happened the same and I managed to find the cars in the pictures and also the first 2014 Treasure Hunt , Subaru WRX STI. Every A mix has also the last 2013 cars and I also managed to find a few from last year's line.


Team Hot Wheels Drivers on Top of the Hot Wheels Logo


New Short Cards Design and Artwork


Also the new year brought us the new graphics and artwork on the cards , which compared to the ones from last year these ones look alot better , more clear and clean , the colours are brighter and the biggest difference comes with the Team Hot Wheels Drivers graphics that are not on the sides of the cards anymore , now they take just a small place on top of the Hot Wheels logo (you can see the comparison in the pics). This time you can see the car graphics on the card very well and I must say because of that I didn't like the last years artwork at all. This year I really love the choices they made.

Enjoy the pictures , let me know what is your opinion about the card graphics and artwork in the comment section below and feel free to follow my blog anytime if you find it informative and enterteining. I also made a video for my youtube channel and if you like videos more than images you can take a look HERE. Thanks for reading , happy collecting and have a great day.

September 21, 2013

Hot Wheels 5 Packs


 Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog. In this new post I want to show you six Hot Wheels 5 packs that I have in my collection and with this occasion I want to ask you guys, you think that 5 packs are collectibles ? Leave a comment and let me know what is your opinion, I personally think they are, besides the fact that they are very nicely arranged in an order in the pack, most of them, or how they used to be in the past are in exclusive color variations for the pack, different than what the mainline version offer.

The bad part of these packs is that not all the cars in them are the ones you want , not all the cars are the ones you want to collect. As much as I know the 5 packs are intended for children , were they just rip them off , play with the cars and that's why usually the car selection is so different.
For example : a 5 pack can have 2 sport cars , 1 van , 1 chopper and 1 muscle car. As you can see in my example the variety of cars is not particularly for a collector , that probably only collects the sport cars , muscle car or just one of the others.


Wall Tracks , HW Exotics and Ferrari


*****Wall Tracks (2011)*****
La Fasta
Power Rage
Power Pipes
Pharodox
Track Tune


*****HW Exotics (2011)*****
Lamborghini Murcielago
Impavido 1
Lotus Esprit
Jaguar XJ220
TeeGray


*****Ferrari (2011)*****
Ferrari F50 Challenge
Ferrari 430 Scuderia
Ferrari GTO
Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano
Ferrari 575 GTC


Batman , Elimination 4-2-1 and Mopar Mania


*****Batman (2011)*****
Batcopter
Bone Shaker Special "the Joker Edition"
Batmobile (Tumbler)
Ford Fusion
Armored Truck


*****Elimination 4-2-1 (2011)*****
Rogue Hog
Duel Fueler
Torque Twister
Med-Evil
Scoopa Di Fuego


*****Mopar Mania (2010)*****
'70 Plymouth Barracuda
'71 Plymouth GTX
'71 Dodge Demon
'67 Plymouth GTX
'69 Dodge Charger

Thank you for reading , hope you enjoy these 5 packs and don't forget to let me know what is your opinion about 5 packs or any other Hot Wheels packs in general. Happy collecting.

September 1, 2013

Nissan 350Z & Dodge Challenger Drift Car


"Nightburnerz" serie


Powerfull sports car


Also known as Nissan Z


    Nissan 350Z
  This wonderfull car from Nissan is a sports car that turns my head everytime i see it on the streets or in any parking lot. In the Hot Wheels line-up was first time introduced in 2006 , in the "First Editions" serie and it is , offcourse based on the real world car , that also had the name "Nissan Z".
It has been released in many colour variation , yellow , black , blue , silver and many others. It has only been released in the mainline serie and never in a special serie. This particular model from the pictures above is the 2011 release in the "Nightburnerz" serie , in white colour and red&black splash tampo with the sponsor logo , grey chasis , white interior and gold J5 wheels.
Unfortunately it is the only casting i have in my collection , but i'm defenetly going to be with my eyes opened for more variations of these and maybe in the future also a Treasure Hunt.


Nice detailed artwork


Real world vehicle


"Formula Drift" racing series


    Dodge Charger Drift Car
 This is one casting many of us know and probably also part of many collections. The Dodge Challenger Drift Car was first time released in 2011 , in the "New Models" serie and it's based of the real world vehicle from the "Formula Drift" racing series. There have only been released six variations so far , white , blue , green , red and combination of these colours. Theyr all mainlines and in 2013 also a Treasure Hunt. The car in the pictures above is from 2012 , "Code Cars" serie , red colour and Mopar Racing artwork , black chasis , grey interior and PR5 wheels. It is also the only model of this car that i have in my collection and more variations would be nice to have.
Thank you for reading , i hope you find the information usefull and always leave a comment bellow and let me know what you think. If you also like to watch video you can check my Hot Wheels Video Archive on the top right side of this blog page. Happy Collecting.

August 22, 2013

Vintage Hot Wheels

  Hello dear collectors and welcome back to my blog. We all have those periods of time when we can't find anything in the stores, when they are empty or you can't find anything you want so we have to look somewhere else besides our regular places. One of the places where you can look is of course flea markets. I have two of them in my city and only one close to me. One of the past weekends i went with another collector to one of these flea markets. There are very few newer Hot Wheels or carded ones there so this time i looked for some older ones and it was a good thing i did.


Porsche 924


The first one i found at a collector is this UpFront 924, in a very good condition, just a few paint chips here and there, the wheels are straight, the windows clean. This particular model is the 2nd model ever released, from 1980, with the 1st model being released one year earlier in 1979 in yellow. This model is actually the Porsche 924 and it also has the Porsche logo on the hood and it was made in Hong Kong. This one has just become the oldest car i have in my collection.


Made in Hong Kong - 1980


The second one i found is something i never thought i could find around here, because in my country series like this has never been released and it's the Hood Basher, the casting name Buick Regal.


Crack-Ups serie from 1985


It's from the Crack-Ups series released in 1985 that had many cars with parts on their body that would change when you hit them, revealing a real life damage and this particular model is from the Stock Car sub-series from 1986. Also in a very good condition, without to many chips, straight wheels, that still roll. Just like the name says it the damage part on this one is the hood. This casting was also made in Hong Kong.


Made in Hong Kong


Hood damage


I'm very happy to have my first Vintage cars and from now on i am going to keep my eyes opened for more like these ones. With these two cars i also found two short cards in the stores and you can see them by watching my YouTube video HERE.

Thank you for reading and enjoy the hobby and let us know in the comments what is your latest vintage Hot Wheel found.