Hot Wheels The Ultimate Redline Guide Companion: Identification and Values 1968 - 1977

Hot Wheels: The Ultimate Redline Guide Companion focuses on Hot Wheels related vehicles manufactured by Mattel from 1968 to 1977. New for this edition are chapters on the 1/43 scale Gran Toros series, Mean Machines, prototypes, and international packaging. This volume also features Chopcycles, Earthshakers, Farbs, Hot Birds, Hot Line, Hot Shots, Revvers, RRRumblers, Sizzlers, Small Shots, Zowees, and a special chapter featuring the collectible riders found with some of the vehicles. Besides vehicles, track sets are listed and valued, as well as sticker sheets and decals, parts, and related merchandise. Collector checklists are once again provided, in addition to user-friendly indexes. More than 1,200 full-color photos make it easy to identify each vehicle. This companion volume is essential for collectors who want a true picture of all the vehicles Mattel marketed during the Redline era. 2007 values.

Jack Clark is a retired specialty retailer and private investigator. His collection of Hot Wheels includes more than 1,200 redline cars. He is interested in 1960s and 1970s toys, and collects G.I. Joe, Captain Action, Johnny West, lunchboxes, hand puppets, Marx playsets, and t.v. character and related toys such as the Munsters, James Bond, Green Hornet, and Lost in Space. He plans to open a toy museum someday.

Robert Wicker became reacquainted with his childhood love of Hot Wheels cars in the early 1990s at a flea market, and he has been collecting them ever since. He is a computer programmer/analyst, and also collects 50s & 60s music.