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In the InfoBox, it has an "Introduced" date of "July 10, 1968."
I don't know what definition of "introduced" is being used, but Hot Wheels were on the market in time for Christmas of 1967 ! ! ! Many people I've talked with over the years remember seeing them before Thanksgiving 1967.
1968 was the first FULL YEAR OF PRODUCTION (which is what most references state), not the actual year of introduction.
As such, I think the "Introduced" date should be changed to read "Late 1967."
Of course, someone could do some additional research and possibly find a more specific date. 2600:8800:787:F500:C23F:D5FF:FEC5:89B6 ( talk) 13:23, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
Hi all, cimpared to similar articles, this one lacks images illustrating how the models and the packaging and logo varied along time. Is there any reason (e.g. legal) for this? Thanks, DPdH ( talk) 21:16, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
What is really confusing are the lines that are 'attributed' to/under the "Hot Wheels" banner/logo. There are several lines that were sold here in the U.S. that did NOT carry the banner/logo; yet when manufactured/packaged for sale outside the U.S., DID carry the banner/logo.
And yet, there are lines like the "Micro Air Defenders" (1990) that one would NOT expect to see under the banner/logo but WERE released under the banner/logo.
Given this dichotomy, I think there should be some mention about the differences in packaging for the exact same items sold around the world.
Granted this may be more of a collector "thing," but the entry/article does have a "Collectors" section already.
As to whether this "differences in packaging" should be added to that section or have its own section, I leave up to you. 2600:8800:786:A300:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D ( talk) 11:53, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
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Why did you guys remove that picture? Itsmehbro ( talk) 09:48, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
I noticed that there were a number of Americanisms that wouldn't make any sense to international readers; perhaps they can figure out from context what a "tricked out" car is, but they shouldn't have to (and why would you call them "city or 'real life' cars"? "Real life" is the closest to actual English of the two terms, yet you put that in scare quotes?) Anyway, I tried to re-write as much of these sorts of issues as I found, and I italicized a bunch of the car titles, and series titles all through the article to improve the style (or so I believe). I also found that the years 1995-2016 were showing up as a hidden "notation", at least in visual editor, rather than showing as article text, so I pasted all those paragraphs back into the main body, which I hope is where they belong. I believe I added references to the couple small things I added, but if there is anything you disagree with about what I just did, I'd politely ask that you just change that thing that you have a problem with, rather than reverting the whole thing en masse, since I just spent probably over 3 hours doing all those changes. Thank you. Oh, and "The Snake and the Mongoose" are the nicknames of the race car DRIVERS, Prodhomme and McEvans. They painted this name on the sides of their cars, of course, but the nickname was the driver's, not the cars, until they got new cars, and the easiest way to demonstrate this to the audience is to write "Snake II" and "Mongoose II" on the new cars. But that doesn't make them "the drivers of the Snake and the Mongoose funny cars". They WERE the Snake and the Mongoose, whatever they were driving. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.109.163.78 ( talk) 08:33, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
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We need to add things to verify what's mentioned here, but nobody has added anything. Let's try finding citations that support what is here, otherwise maybe we should edit this page to not include things without any citations? BBFanToys ( talk) 15:16, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
Why no mention of Hot Wheels being inducted in 2011 into "the strong National Museum Of Play" ?
Info is here ---
https://www.toyhalloffame.org/toys/hot-wheels
Just curious. 2600:8800:22C:F700:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D ( talk) 09:08, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
This page is a complete mess and needs to be completely rewritten from scratch.
Do we really need to know everything the company did on a year-by-year basis for the last decade and a half? Conversely, a 10 year period from 1989 - 1999 is covered in barely a single paragraph, despite a considerable lot occurring during that timeframe.
Furthermore...
194.207.183.182 ( talk) 15:56, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
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can I copy and paste your hot wheel article into code.org. plz 204.29.66.34 ( talk) 15:44, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
This should probably be added to this page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld6qrjYwi_4 2607:FEA8:95E0:1700:91B9:46B:DC92:A97C ( talk) 06:27, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
there seems to be an new TV show/competition based on hot wheels. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27047709/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sexfordummys ( talk • contribs) 12:06, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
I added a couple more photos to it, I also agree that it should be rewritten. Over5help550 ( talk) 17:26, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
this article needs to be rewritten and actualized it has very little information of 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 and 2023 W!kipedista ( talk) 20:42, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
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In the InfoBox, it has an "Introduced" date of "July 10, 1968."
I don't know what definition of "introduced" is being used, but Hot Wheels were on the market in time for Christmas of 1967 ! ! ! Many people I've talked with over the years remember seeing them before Thanksgiving 1967.
1968 was the first FULL YEAR OF PRODUCTION (which is what most references state), not the actual year of introduction.
As such, I think the "Introduced" date should be changed to read "Late 1967."
Of course, someone could do some additional research and possibly find a more specific date. 2600:8800:787:F500:C23F:D5FF:FEC5:89B6 ( talk) 13:23, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
Hi all, cimpared to similar articles, this one lacks images illustrating how the models and the packaging and logo varied along time. Is there any reason (e.g. legal) for this? Thanks, DPdH ( talk) 21:16, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
What is really confusing are the lines that are 'attributed' to/under the "Hot Wheels" banner/logo. There are several lines that were sold here in the U.S. that did NOT carry the banner/logo; yet when manufactured/packaged for sale outside the U.S., DID carry the banner/logo.
And yet, there are lines like the "Micro Air Defenders" (1990) that one would NOT expect to see under the banner/logo but WERE released under the banner/logo.
Given this dichotomy, I think there should be some mention about the differences in packaging for the exact same items sold around the world.
Granted this may be more of a collector "thing," but the entry/article does have a "Collectors" section already.
As to whether this "differences in packaging" should be added to that section or have its own section, I leave up to you. 2600:8800:786:A300:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D ( talk) 11:53, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
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Why did you guys remove that picture? Itsmehbro ( talk) 09:48, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
I noticed that there were a number of Americanisms that wouldn't make any sense to international readers; perhaps they can figure out from context what a "tricked out" car is, but they shouldn't have to (and why would you call them "city or 'real life' cars"? "Real life" is the closest to actual English of the two terms, yet you put that in scare quotes?) Anyway, I tried to re-write as much of these sorts of issues as I found, and I italicized a bunch of the car titles, and series titles all through the article to improve the style (or so I believe). I also found that the years 1995-2016 were showing up as a hidden "notation", at least in visual editor, rather than showing as article text, so I pasted all those paragraphs back into the main body, which I hope is where they belong. I believe I added references to the couple small things I added, but if there is anything you disagree with about what I just did, I'd politely ask that you just change that thing that you have a problem with, rather than reverting the whole thing en masse, since I just spent probably over 3 hours doing all those changes. Thank you. Oh, and "The Snake and the Mongoose" are the nicknames of the race car DRIVERS, Prodhomme and McEvans. They painted this name on the sides of their cars, of course, but the nickname was the driver's, not the cars, until they got new cars, and the easiest way to demonstrate this to the audience is to write "Snake II" and "Mongoose II" on the new cars. But that doesn't make them "the drivers of the Snake and the Mongoose funny cars". They WERE the Snake and the Mongoose, whatever they were driving. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.109.163.78 ( talk) 08:33, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
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We need to add things to verify what's mentioned here, but nobody has added anything. Let's try finding citations that support what is here, otherwise maybe we should edit this page to not include things without any citations? BBFanToys ( talk) 15:16, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
Why no mention of Hot Wheels being inducted in 2011 into "the strong National Museum Of Play" ?
Info is here ---
https://www.toyhalloffame.org/toys/hot-wheels
Just curious. 2600:8800:22C:F700:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D ( talk) 09:08, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
This page is a complete mess and needs to be completely rewritten from scratch.
Do we really need to know everything the company did on a year-by-year basis for the last decade and a half? Conversely, a 10 year period from 1989 - 1999 is covered in barely a single paragraph, despite a considerable lot occurring during that timeframe.
Furthermore...
194.207.183.182 ( talk) 15:56, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
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can I copy and paste your hot wheel article into code.org. plz 204.29.66.34 ( talk) 15:44, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
This should probably be added to this page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld6qrjYwi_4 2607:FEA8:95E0:1700:91B9:46B:DC92:A97C ( talk) 06:27, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
there seems to be an new TV show/competition based on hot wheels. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27047709/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sexfordummys ( talk • contribs) 12:06, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
I added a couple more photos to it, I also agree that it should be rewritten. Over5help550 ( talk) 17:26, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
this article needs to be rewritten and actualized it has very little information of 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 and 2023 W!kipedista ( talk) 20:42, 31 October 2023 (UTC)