How do you know if your Hot Wheels yard-sale-find has any value? Here are some things to look for.Ĭondition - As in any collectible, condition is crucial to what type of price you can expect to achieve. This often results in very low prices for nice items that will bring good prices at online auctions. ![]() Rarer cars often trade for between $150 and $500, and some of the rarest pieces sell for up to $22,000.īecause they are toys, many yard sale sellers pay little attention to them. (A recent private purchase of a Pink "Rear-Loader" Beach Bomb was estimated at $70,000.)Īlthough not all Hot Wheels cars are valuable, the average sales price for 1968 - 1973 issued cars is between $40 and $100. The earliest Hot Wheels cars are now 33 years old and have become the premier die-cast collectible, achieving incredible prices on eBay and other venues for mint and rare pieces. What more could a young hot-rodder want?Īided by extensive television advertising, which set some trends of its own, and those familiar Orange Track sets, millions of these little toy cars were sold in subsequent years. These fanciful replicas of '60s Muscle Cars were an instant hit and featured "chrome" mag wheels, independent suspension, brilliant "Spectraflame" paint jobs and realistic body and chassis detailing. Blue stripes, 'Boss Hoss' on sides, convention logo on roof.Mattel's Hot Wheels toy cars burst on the scene in 1968 as a California Hot Rod answer to the staid and utilitarian Matchbox cars. White stripes with "68" on side, Red and Black "Red Line Club" tampo on roofīlack stripes with "68" on side, Red and Black "Red Line Club" tampo on roofīlack and Light. ![]() Red stripes with "68" on side, Red and Black "Red Line Club" tampo on roof "HWCC 06" California license plate on rear. White stripes on top and sides with #9 on sidesīlue Stripes with 'Make A Wish' tampos on sides, 20th Convention logo on roof. Two Black Stripes, White Circle and number 1-9 The Boss Hoss has come out in the following 1/64 scale versions: In 2005 it was re-tooled for the Series 4 and has been released several times since.ġ970 Chrome 'Club Kit/Silver Special' Versions In 1975 it would be released without the blown motor and renamed Mustang Stocker, this casting was used until 1984. It was also packaged with a metal 'Collectors Button'. ![]() It came with blue tinted windows and either a white, silver or dark brown interior. Some cars have been found in what's called an 'Over-Chrome' finish, where leftover chrome cars from the Club Kit were painted Spectraflame colors over the chrome giving the cars an extra shiny mirror finish.ġ971 versions had a white circle sticker on either door with a number from 1 to 9 and two black stripes over the top, it also came packaged with a sheet of sponsors stickers to be applied by the owner if they wished. The Boss Hoss could be found in stores in 1971 and was painted in various Spectraflame colors with some having a black painted roof. The Boss Hoss Silver Special, as it was called, was chrome plated and featured black painted details on the rear. This is not the first time the Boss Hoss was used, it came out the year prior (1970) in a ' Club Kit', a mail-in promotion for Hot Wheels collectors to be a part of the 'Hot Wheels Club' and receive a certificate and a special chrome plated car either the King Kuda, Heavy Chevy or Boss Hoss. It features front and rear spoilers, an exaggerated rake to accommodate larger rear wheels and an exposed blown engine. The Boss Hoss is a modified version of the 1968 Custom Mustang which debuted in the 1971 Hot Wheels Spoilers Series. 2 1970 Chrome 'Club Kit/Silver Special' Versions.
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