Hot Wheels: version 1

Saved 2026-09-13 11:38 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **00027084120134**, from the wanted list (old title: "mattel hot wheels 2006 164 scale tooned yellow toyota supra 25 die cast car 052"). **Identity settled as a shared assortment UPC, not one c. This is the current version.

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# Hot Wheels <!--brand-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Hot Wheels
disambiguation: the Mattel die-cast toy car brand
founded: 1968-05-18
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role     | target         | market | from | until | ended | status  | source           | note |
| -------- | -------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ---------------- | ---- |
| owned_by | company/mattel |        | 1968 |       |       | sourced | ^wiki-hot-wheels |      |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ---- | ---- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref             | url                                                                     | title                                                    | accessed   | publisher           | kind        | published  | record_id | locator                                      | licence      | attribution | upstream |
| --------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- | -------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| icollect        | https://www.icollecteverything.com/2026/07/16/hot-wheels-value-scanner/ | Hot Wheels Value Scanner: Check What Your Cars Are Worth | 2026-09-13 | iCollect Everything | publication | 2026-07-16 |           | What the barcode on a blister pack really is |              |             |          |
| wiki-hot-wheels | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Wheels                                | Hot Wheels                                               | 2026-09-13 | Wikipedia           | publication |            |           |                                              | CC BY-SA 4.0 |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Hot Wheels is a brand of scale model cars invented by Elliot Handler and introduced by his company Mattel on 18 May 1968; it was the main competitor of Matchbox until Mattel bought Matchbox's owner Tyco Toys in 1997.[^wiki-hot-wheels] Its basic cars are sold singly on blister cards in assortments that often share one UPC.[^icollect]
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