Love them or hate them, it is impossible to overlook the way
that Hot Wheels have dominated the toy car market for the past 37 years.
To be fair, Hot Wheels have actually remained remarkably consistent in the
nature and style
of models produced over this period.
This point is best made with the images shown here. In 1968, the Mustang, Corvette
and Cadillac Eldorado were favorites. In 2004-05, these same cars are represented
in the current line of Hot Wheel models.
The 2005 Ford Mustang GT is clearly inspired by the 1967 Ford Mustang represented
by HW's Custom Mustang (1992 re-issue shown). The 2004 Chevrolet Corvette and
the 1968 Custom Corvette clearly share the same toy car DNA. Cadillac no longer
builds an Eldorado but one look at the tail-lights on the Cadillac Cien concept
car done recently by HW shows what it owes to the (1967) Custom
Eldorado.
Sure, over the years, Hot Wheels has given us everything from racing toilets
to alligators on wheels. They have also continued to give us current versions
of exactly the same cars that we first fell in love with in 1968. |
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