If you are a serious collector of Hot Wheels, odds are you already have some of the original 1968 cars in your stash. But whether you do or not, as a super fan, you won’t want to miss this: the Mattel 80th Anniversary Hot Wheels Original 16 Rally Case Set.
The name is a mouthful, and rightly so, because it comes packed with all 16 OG Hot Wheels, including the Custom Cougar, Custom Mustang, Custom T-Bird, Custom Camaro, Silhouette, Deora, Custom Barracuda, Custom Firebird, Custom Fleetside, Ford J-Car, Custom Corvette, Python, Beatnik Bandit, Custom Eldorado, Hot Heap, and the Custom Volkswagen.
These die-cast beauties are now part of an RLC exclusive and serve as premium replicas of the very first Hot Wheels from 1968. No, they aren’t made from the original molds—sorry, nostalgics—but they’re no less drool-worthy. Each car is brimming with details: redline-striped “Mag” wheels, full-metal chrome-plated chassis with torsion bar suspension, molded black interiors, light smoke-tinted windows, and that glorious Ruby Red Spectraflame paint job. Naturally, they’re all in 1/64 scale, as tradition demands.
The set is presented in a collector-worthy Rally Case with a black interior, dressed with Hot Wheels branding and the Mattel 80th Anniversary logo. The Mattel 80th Anniversary Hot Wheels Original 16 Rally Case Set launches August 26, 2025, at 9:00 AM PT for a cool US$550. In other words, you’ll need to be a very serious fan—or just seriously loaded—to park this in your collection.
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