Chris Birsner is a writer and journalist who most recently worked as an editor at Anton Media Group on Long Island. He is a 2018 graduate of Hofstra University. He enjoys playing Nintendo Switch, ...

Velan Studios and Mattel have come together for a new racing title, as Hot Wheels: Rift Rally will be getting released for mobile and consoles next month. This is a brand new mixed-reality racing ...

The Hot Wheels brand was created in 1968, with its line of die-cast toy cars being designed to compete with Matchbox. Hot Wheels is still best known for its toys, though the Mattel-owned brand has ...

Back in 1968, when Hot Wheels launched "The Original 16", the collection managed to distill the American car culture of the era into 1:64 scale model form. Meanwhile, these tiny machines have evolved ...

Hot Wheels cars are a solid introduction into the automotive world, but it would be doing Mattel a grave injustice to say that these tiny die-cast cars are toys. Or “just” toys, to be more accurate.

Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a ...

Hot Wheels launches the Flippin Fast die-cast with a design validated by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, encouraging infinite ways of play for fans. EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, ...

There’s something strange about navigating the toy aisle of your local big box store as an adult. Quite quickly you realize, with a clarity that was entirely absent as a child, that huge swathes of ...

Once a month, Tom Wilson transforms a 4,000 square foot banquet hall in southeast Orlando into the Central Florida Diecast Collectors Show. Inside, the 55-year-old toy car fanatic and his fellow ...

Hot Wheels®, the number one selling toy in the world, is partnering with World Champion quarterback, philanthropist, and entrepreneur Russell Wilson and his five-year-old son, Win Wilson, for a ...

Today, Hot Wheels announced its partnership with New York Giants quarterback Russell Wilson and his five-year-old son, Win Wilson, for a campaign featuring the new Hot Wheels Speed Snap Track System.

Are you ready to feel old? Those diecast cars you’ve got kicking around in desk drawers, displayed in a place of honor in your garage, or that you step on after your kids left them out on the carpet ...