Hot Wheels has gone full throttle on nostalgia, and this time, it’s in miniature remote-control form. As far as officially licensed 1:64 scale RC cars go, your options are slim. And if your heart beats JDM and not Detroit steel, there’s great news: Hot Wheels Collectors is rolling out the RC 1:64 Nissan Skyline R32 Pandem Vehicle—the brand’s first-ever die-cast RC car at this scale. Never mind that the real R32s are fast becoming garage unicorns; this one you can actually drive… on your desk.
And it’s not just any R32. This pocket rocket wears a full Pandem wide-body kit, the kind of stance that screams “I’m street-legal, but barely.” It comes alive under your control with working headlights, taillights, and even multi-color underglow lighting, because nothing says JDM culture like LEDs doing the heavy lifting. The tiny pistol-grip remote packs proportional throttle and steering, with low and high speed modes — perfect for drag racing across the coffee table.
The Skyline measures a mere 28 mm (W) × 71 mm (L) × 25 mm (H) yet runs on a rechargeable lithium-ion battery. It even signals automatically when turning. That’s right. A 1:64 car with turn signals. The set ships in a collector-grade box with custom foam inserts, ready for display when it’s not doing donuts beside your keyboard.
All this nostalgic madness will drop on October 23, 2025, at 9 AM Pacific Time, for US$55, making it the cheapest way to “own” an R32 Pandem that won’t get impounded. Not to mention, the license to drift without consequences. Insurance? What insurance?
Images: Mattel.
