| Mattel's Hot Wheel Cars are manufactured from die | | | | after cars of that era, and the other 7 were more like |
| cast metal. They made there debut in 1968, and were | | | | exhibit cars. |
| a huge marketing success. There was an initial 16 car | | | | Redlines didn't just rely on red tyres to grab the public |
| line up that is now refereed to as the "Sweet Sixteen". | | | | attention. An example of this would be brightly painted |
| These 16 diecast cars came in assorted colors and | | | | colors using a metallic paint called Spectaflame paint. |
| makes and were originally manufactured in plants | | | | The many styles of car would go on to trigger the |
| located in the United States and Hong Kong. | | | | imagination of many a young boy all over the world. |
| The production of Hot Wheel Cars is moved fully to | | | | Your car would arrive strikingly packaged in a blister |
| Hong Kong in 1972. Between the years 1968 and 1972 | | | | pack with flashy colored cardboard backs. |
| every car had it's own distinctive trait. Early models | | | | Maybe you are someone who is trying to recapture a |
| had there tyres emblazoned with a red line on the tyre | | | | long lost childhood by collecting these rare vintage |
| walls. These fresh models developed the Redlines as | | | | early Hot Wheels. The market for collecting these cars |
| a very effective trademark, and so a new era of die | | | | in general is on the rise. |
| cast cars was born. | | | | With the dawning of the internet, collecting even the |
| Hot Wheels Cars are as much a part of growing up | | | | rarest of Hot Wheel Cars is now a possibility. Make |
| as TV, and if you are in your forty's you will know | | | | sure you are able to identify the grade and shape of |
| what i mean. Early Redlines were copies of popular | | | | the Redlines you would like to bid on or buy. Thanks to |
| car models of the era and were thus ingrained into the | | | | the internet, finding the car of your choice has never |
| American culture. In fact 9 of the cars were fashioned | | | | been easier. |