Fantasy donor cars, what do you do with them?

Partsman73 Friday, 7/31/2026

Question for all you fine folks here at RDR, what do you do with the fantasy cars or the cars you wheel farm from? Just pondering on this beautiful Friday AM in Tennessee. Hope everyone has a great day and weekend!


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redlinederby 7/31/26
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Mattel should start up some sort of recycling program! I used old cat litter bins and tossed in any donor cars I was using (fantasy and otherwise)...I still have 2 bins sitting around and I haven't raced in years. Feels wrong just tossing it although it's also not doing any good taking up space in my workspace.


  • I totally agree! I have several fantasy cars I have gotten in lots of cars I have purchased. It would be cool to have more fantasy car races. Guess the ones I don't rob the wheels from will give to a children's hospital or daycare. Heck who knows LOL — Partsman73
  • I found this: https://shop.mattel.com/pages/playback?srsltid=AfmBOoqYj6PUXj0RcRlq-WVlafNJQfd_N5M6pqTnwSaCANOcsCscZ36v — Dog_Squab_Racing
  • I just looked that up as well and it says Matchbox but not Hot Wheels. Maybe they are considered the same? HMMMM — Partsman73
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StrayDog 7/31/26

I play a fair amount of Gaslands, so any cars I farm from get recycled into mods for that. I either use crappy wheels or real riders for the gaslands cars. Or they become 'destroyed car' scenery


  • Now that is a nice use for them! — Partsman73
  • That's what I do, too. Save the wheels, junk the cars. — SpyDude

The plastic goes in the trash, the metal goes in here:

Stilll haven't figured out what I'm gonna do with it. 


  • learn to cast your own cars and chasis? — Stoopid_Fish_Racing
  • That's a box full! We need to come up with a all cars go to Heaven diecast car crushing channel — Partsman73
  • @Partsman Junkyard Joust is kind of similar lol. Check him out on YT. Good fun — ManiacMotorsports
  • I love me some Junkyard Joust! Would love to build a team for that — Partsman73
  • Yeah, I think he's going to be doing another one soon. — ManiacMotorsports

Guess I'm odd, I throw them all out. Haha Maybe I should start hanging onto them for some demo builds or something.


  • I think I am just gonna throw them out. I have a few i have thrown in a box. Fantasy ones that stay safe since they don't get raced enough to hoard them will get gone LOL — Partsman73
  • Now if only could recycle for weight LOL — Partsman73
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SpyDude 7/31/26

I raid the fantasy cars for the wheels. Maybe a few of the fantasy cars I leave intact, because, hey, they're fun and goofy, andd i like the way they look. Other ones, I just toss in a bin for future use in Gaslands or some kind of diorama scene where the cars don't necessarily need the wheels that they originally came with

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Baddad 8/2/26

I melt them down and make casting !! Problem solved 

I've been throwing most of them out, I use some with even, flat surfaces as racks for the cars with wet paint to dry on. 

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