How much hot wheels are worth

In putting together this list I looked at rarity, monetary value and want. This Pink Rear-Loading Beach Bomb is a pre-production piece built in as the Volkswagen Beach Bomb with surfboards loaded into the vehicle through the open rear window rather than the production version we know of today where the boards slide into a side pod.

This prototype car was too narrow to fit and function properly with the Hot Wheels Super Charger. Thus the narrow body style was never produced for the public.

There are only six cars known to have the Cheetah name on the base, including one raw casting never assembled or painted. One is Gold with a U. Some early release Hot Wheels packages have the Cheetah name listed on the back and are in great demand by collectors.

A late name change makes this car a rarity. The casting, designed by Howard Rees , was originally released as Mad Maverick. The Topper Co. So Mattel quickly changed the name for the car to Mighty Maverick. Value: Immeasurable. The Red Baron, a hot rod T-bucket creation inspired by the World War I flying ace of the same name, was initially offered in In addition to the German helmet serving as the roof, the car was outfitted with twin machine guns mounted on the cowl of the design, which first appeared as a best-selling monogram plastic model kit.

The Red Barron prototype — of which fewer than 10 are known to exist — has a white plastic interior, a blank metal base, no iron cross decal on the helmet and shorter rear fenders than the public released car.

The first Custom Volkswagen made in Hong Kong did not have a sunroof. These cars were only available in Europe, with most of them sold in Germany and the UK. Besides coming without a sunroof, the cars did not feature plastic side windows and had a different interior than those that followed.

Most of these Volkswagens are blue with a few aqua, and really rare cars in orange, red, green, copper, and green enamel. In , Mattel re-worked the U. Although the cars were also produced in Hong Kong without a sunroof, the design is actually close to the original U. Custom Volkswagen. It was packaged on the U. The series was just like the U.

Ed Shaver was a U. According to Bruce, low-volume models in original condition are the cream of the crop, even when their age is showing. The true diamonds are models with unreleased colors or wheel combinations. Pascal told us Hot Wheels can use as many as 30 different sets of wheels a year. Pascal said that just like with real cars, adding aftermarket parts or custom paint can actually devalue the original.

The cheaper Hot Wheels, known as beaters, are worth a couple dollars, at most. With Pascal as a guide, here are the hottest Hot Wheels. Although these beaters don't burn oil, they fall under the same price range as real cars that share the same term. What they don't hold in collector value, they make up for in demand from the people who turn restoring or modifying die-cast cars into an art.

These misfit Hot Wheels are high-mileage playthings, but isn't that the whole point of a toy? First issued in , Rodger Dodgers with a black interior are relatively common; those with the white-colored interior are rare, as pictured here, and are the ones that collectors desire. There is no shortage of Hot Wheels based on the Chevrolet Camaro, which was issued in numerous forms since its introduction as one of the original Sweet Sixteen cars.

This brown-over-white version is one of the rarest, and some collectors claim it was only ever used for store display purposes. Reportedly the first Hot Wheels car to make the transition from the drawing board to production, the Enamel White Camaro was intended as a prototype for designers to use as a muse. Some of them were mistakenly packaged and sent to stores, however, making each one another rare find.

Rarity does not always beget value, but in the case of the blue-colored Rodger Dodger model, it does: It was produced in ultralow volumes and is very desirable. Designed by Larry Wood, the Superfine Turbine was one of three new castings released in It was reissued in The Red Baron is one of the most popular Hot Wheels of all time, and it has been in production on again and off again for decades.

Sensing a theme yet? It is the early production model with the white interior that sets this ultra-collectible Red Baron apart from those with black interiors. Because if there's one thing this world needed more of, it was more AMC Gremlin.

The Olds was issued in the the usual array of Hot Wheels colors, but those with the combo of a red exterior and black interior are anomalies, believed by many collectors to be pre-production pieces. To celebrate their partnership with UK racing driver Ed Shaver, Mattel released a custom AMX model, in the same year, that can only be distinguished by its stickers.

The Olds was designed by Larry Wood and released as part of the Mainline range of vehicles. Due to copyright issues, the name was changed, therefore making all the pre-named Hot Wheels models more desirable.

The antifreeze Over Chrome Camaro was thought to be used primarily for commercials and advertising campaigns. It was another Hot Wheels car that was made for advertising purposes only, and never meant for retail. How it got there remains a mystery. Well, it is! Mattel decided to do something special to commemorate their 40th anniversary.

And, it went all out. The car is cast in karat white gold, encrusted with 2, diamonds, has red rubies for taillights, and comes with a custom-made diamond case.

Instead, it was replaced by a version with side-mounted surfboards and a full-length plastic sunroof.