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Hot Wheels Speed Machines put to the test

Here at Redline Derby Racing we encourage racing mainline Hot Wheels cars, the $1 cars found on the pegs. But from time to time, Hot Wheels releases special series of cars that claim to be faster and perform better on the track than mainline cars. Last time we looked at the Target Race Aces, this [...]

No Comments | Sunday, April 18th, 2010

The BluTrack test

Unfortunately, I didn’t discover BluTrack until after I had already spent time, effort, and money collecting classic Hot Wheels orange track. Had I come across BluTrack prior, it might have changed some things…and I would of had a few more projects to work on too. Fortunately, the gracious people over at BluTrack sent me a [...]

7 Comments | Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Speed test, Hot Wheels vs. Matchbox

When I tell people I collect Hot Wheels they always ask if I collect Matchbox too. While I consider myself a Hot Wheels guy, just like any other collector, there are Matchbox cars in my collection. Somewhere in history the battle was between Matchbox and Hot Wheels. It’s hard to say who won the true [...]

4 Comments | Monday, October 12th, 2009

An inside look at Target Race Aces

As I’m always looking for Hot Wheels that could be great racers, when I saw the Race Aces line at Target I couldn’t pass up the test. “Made for speed,” the blister package threatens. Complete with nickel-plated axles and a fancy chrome body it sure does look flashy, but does it perform?

4 Comments | Friday, October 9th, 2009