Hot Wheels

This article is about the Mattel mega-brand. For the mobile game story arc, see Two Hot Wheels.

So hot, they're cool.

Hot Wheels are a brand of scale model cars produced by Mattel. Although long seen as rivals to Hasbro in the toy industry, in 2023, the two companies entered into a partnership to produce co-branded toys and games based on each other's respective intellectual properties. Among these are several Transformers-themed Hot Wheels toys.

Hot Wheels x Transformers collaborations

2024

Transformers 1/5 Custom Volkswagen Beetle (Bumblebee) 2/5 Corvette C7R (Crosshairs) 3/5 Ford Mustang GT (Barricade) 4/5 Bugatti Veyron (Drift) 5/5 Pagani Huayra (Stinger)

Hot Wheels Skate Bumblebee Megatron Optimus Prime Soundwave Starscream

HW Screen Time 9/10 Bumblebee (standard yellow release) 9/10 Bumblebee (gold variant) 6/10 Optimus Prime

Mattel Creations Optimus Prime

Track Fleet Optimus Prime Ultra Magnus

There are two versions of the Ford Mustang GT. The first, sporting the number "984" and the "to punish and enslave..." slogan, was recalled after a short window of time. The second version, sporting the number "643" and no slogan, has since replaced it as the standard release of the car.

2025

Color Shifters 1980 Chevy Corvette (Tracks)

Collaborative Bone Shaker Twin Mill

Notes

• The Generation 2 Go-Bots and the Robots in Disguise Spychangers were designed to be compatible with Hot Wheels (and then-rival Matchbox) 1:64 scale racetracks and playsets.
• Beast Wars Megatron's season 1 T. rex model was recycled for the Mainframe Entertainment produced movie Hot Wheels: World Race as a rock statue.
• Well before official collaborations with Hasbro, Mattel attempted their own lines of transforming robot Hot Wheels cars with Robo Wheels in 2001 (designed by PLEX), and again with Modifighters in 2007.

External links

• Hot Wheels at Wikipedia