Hot Wheels has made a line of cars with changeable snap-fit parts. There are 3 ranges:
Starter packs
Power packs
Deluxe Attack packs
you can usually find these toys in places such as Tesco's, Toy's r us or any other major toy seller
The first Hot Wheels car Ever Madewas actually a revamped red Matchbox Mustang Coupe. It was fitted with wire suspension with delrin barrings and new design wheels. This was the actual prototype for all Hot Wheels cars to come.*Hot Wheels Prototypes (page 7)Copyright 2011 Bruce Pascal/Michael Zarnock
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It seems that Matchbox came out first but one of the first Hot Wheels car was A custom Volkswagen from 1968. I found all this out at this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Wheels#History http://www.toycollector.com/index.php?option=com_seyret&Itemid=222&task=videodirectlink&id=107 And someone else already had asked this here on the same website. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What is considered to be the very first Hot Wheels carCars released in 1968 Custom Barracuda Custom Camaro Custom Corvette Custom Cougar Custom Eldorado Custom Firebird Custom Fleetside Custom Mustang Custom T-Bird Custom Volkswagen (designed by Ira Gilford) Deora (based upon a real custom surf-truck designed by Harry Bradley for Dodge) Ford J-Car (based on the real race car that became the Ford GT40 Mk IV) Hot Heap (based upon the Model T roadster known as "Tognotti's T") Python w car) Silhouette (based upon Bill Cushenbery's custom car) Beatnik Bandit (based upon Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's custom show car)Edited....Actually.... the first Hot Wheels car produced was said to be the Custom Camaro, but that has never been proven.The very first Hot Wheels car ever made was a red modified Matchbox Mustang fitted with "new at the time" wheels with Delrin@ bearings and mandolin wire for the wheel axle.For more information on the history of Hot Wheels look for a book I co-wrote with Bruce Pascal called "Hot Wheels Prototypes".
NO it does not have motors
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1968. There were originally 16 cars made and sold including the Python, Custom Cougar and hot Heap.
Custom Die Casting is when you do a "Make-Over" to a die-cast toy. For example: I have a Hot Wheels Car and I decide to color it all red with a Sharpie. It is now a Custom Die Cast
$15 to $20
the hot wheels maker made 50 packs of hot wheels cars
The titles of Hot Wheels AcceleRacers are: Hot Wheels Ignition, Hot Wheels Breaking Point, and Hot Wheels The Ultimate Race. Hope this helped you out.- Sensei Lord
There are many places that sell custom wheels for cars, and where you go depends on the wheels you would like. E-bay, Amazon, and Craigslist are all places that will have custom wheels for sale, both new and used.