Hot Wheels: Imagination

Not all the Hot Wheels Range are based on actual cars. Many are dreamed up by the Hot Wheels designers. I tend to prefer cars based on real models and have largely avoided the “Imagination” cars. One exception is Jun Imai’s “Mad Manga” inspired by the Japanese “Bosozoku” craze. It looks similar to a ’73…

Mad Manga

I don’t usually collect cars which are conjured out of the imagination of a Hot Wheels’ Designer, but here I make an exception. Mad Manga designed by Jun Imai, is a crazy looking car in the Japanese Bosozoku style. The model looks to have drawn inspiration from a ’73 Skyline and along with other recent…

doubles and trebles

Some models and castings, I like so much that I have more than one. I love the Porsche 911 GT3R…here are two versions from Hot Wheels… …and three versions from Matchbox… Two versions of the Toyota RAV4 from Majorette.   Two slightly playworn versions of the Majorette Datsun 260Z. These aren’t diecast but plastic, five versions of…