- The Fast and Furious franchise is on a roll; we’ve seen the trailer for the latest installment of the franchise, and we’ve just heard there’ll be an all-female spinoff.
- Now Hot Wheels is scaling down cars featured in both the Netflix series and in the movies.
- Expect to see the movie cars on shelves in the spring, with the spinoff series cars and sets hitting stores in the fall.
Hot Wheels cars are pretty great in our opinion; they’re the easiest way to own an iconic vehicle. Some are particularly special, such as a Camaro that’s worth around $100,000 and recently, an exclusive line of Led Zeppelin–inspired models that feature artwork from the band’s first four albums and tour of North America. The latest Hot Wheels collaboration is with the Fast and Furious franchise, whose iconic cars are a smart and obvious choice to be scaled down to toy size.
The first models and sets feature vehicles from the Fast and Furious Spy Racers series on Netflix. The animated series is about Dom Toretto’s younger cousin and his friends’ exploits as they infiltrate a nefarious crime syndicate that uses street racing as a front for their illegal operations. Hot Wheels, in a new series, has replicated some of the vehicles and the spy gadgets, as well as a track set for the animated series that lets you race two cars simultaneously in a manner reminiscent to the infamous quarter-mile runs that the franchise is famous for. The final item under the Spy Racers umbrella is a Command Hauler, which is essentially a big truck that you can store cars in.
Hot Wheels is also offering offer both single and five packs of various cars featured in the Fast and Furious movies, including cars that are set to light up the screen in the latest installment of the franchise, Fast 9, set for release on May 22. The Hot Wheels cars include the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup featured in Fast 5, Brian O’Conner’s Nissan Skyline GT-R, and a 1969 Chevy Camaro.
All of the cars can be found in major retailers nationwide that sell Hot Wheels cars. Due to the random nature of the cars and various assortments, it’s highly unlikely that you’ll be able to order exactly which cars you want online unless it’s through a secondhand seller; it’s a matter of luck in finding them at an actual store. All of the Fast and Furious Hot Wheels products will be making their debut at the New York Toy Fair this weekend.
Source: Motor - aranddriver.com
