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Also saw the end of an era. Chief Designer Larry Wood retired after 40 years, effective January 2nd. It was largely ceremonial to have him reach the number 40 but Larry continues to be involved in the hobby and consult with the Designers. 40 years seemed fitting coinciding with the brand celebrating the same milestone the year previous. Airplane Ornament | Custom airplane ornament for boys | Baby Christmas Ornament | Baby boy ornament | Airplane Gifts | Personalized plane and 1973 marked a slump for Hot Wheels; few new castings were produced, and in 1973 most cars changed from Mattel's in house " Spectraflame™" colors to less-shiny solid enamel colors, which mainline Hot Wheels cars still use today. Due to low sales, and the fact that many of the castings were not re-used in later years, the 1972-3 models are known to be very collectible. In 1996 Hot Wheels released one of the hottest surprise castings to ever come out of Mattel's factory. The Volkswagen Drag Bus designed by Phil Riehlman. if you look on the bottom, at the rear differential, you'll see see his initials P R. This casting is the heaviest casting made to date. Also in 2008, Hot Wheels featured a cross country tour with Larry Wood as the prime face of the event. Other HW pesonalities joined Larry at stops in Bonneville, Watkins Glen, Detroit, Indianapolis and Speed, Kansas.
Keep collections to yourself or inspire other shoppers! Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections—they may also appear in recommendations and other places. The Rescue Helicopter is one of a number of castings that were designed by Corgi. This casting made its debut in the Europe-exclusive Auto City line. It is based on a Bell 206 JetRanger helicopter; the original name Corgi gave the tooling was Stromberg's Jet Ranger. On the base of this tooling it says "007", due to it originally being a James Bond Corgi casting. The Splittin' Image, Torero, Turbofire, and Twin Mill were part of the "Show & Go" series and are the very first original in-house designs by Hot Wheels. Altogether, 24 new vehicles were released. There are now only 5 main Series: 50 HW City Rides cars, 25 HW Imagination Cars, 25 HW Stunt cars, 50 HW Racing Cars, and 100 HW Showroom cars, for a total of 250 cars for the year.Mattel's Hot Wheels Racing finalizes licensing agreements with top five Formula One race teams. PR Newswire for Journalists ( 1999-10-11). Retrieved on 2006-10-16. Keep collections to yourself or inspire other shoppers! Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places. Specialty: With a bubble canopy, enclosed turbo fan, and turbine engine, this helicopter was made for fast flight day or night! On both sides stamps "68", sides "HWTF ( Hot Wheels Test Facility) and logo of HWTF. On the tail icons of the 4 skulls of Team Hot Wheels Personalised Cars and Vehicles Boys Room Prints, Nursery Art, Boys Bedroom Decor, Baby Boy Room, Car room Prints, Vehicle Prints, Plane
Another celebrating moment was the creation on the Hot Wheels Hall of Fame at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California. Debuting at this event was the full size running, one of a kind, Deora II. It was built by Chip Foose and Mothers Polishes and Waxes to celebrate Hot Wheels and was also show at SEMA that year. The making of this car was featured on the TLC show RIDES.was another great year for Hot Wheels. This was also the year that Sizzlers appeared. Howard Rees, who worked with Ira Gilford, had grown tired of designing cars in late 1969. He wanted to work on the Major Matt Mason action figure toy line-up. Rees had a good friend by the name of Larry Wood. They had worked together at Ford designing cars. When Wood found out about Hot Wheels at a party Rees was holding, Rees offered Wood the job of designing Hot Wheels. Wood agreed, and by the end of the week, Larry Wood was working at Mattel. His first design would be the Tri-Baby.
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