The 2016 Hot Wheels have started to hit the shelves. Once again we are not done with 2015, but like real cars, we have to move on before the year the model is released. This time around, they are doing away with the overarching themes and going a bit more personal with smaller collections. They have badges to go with each set of cars. Some of them are going to be pretty good sets, while others will be total passes for me. I will point out a few of the sets I am looking forward to, and then there will be a list of all badges at the bottom.
Mild to Wild – This one should be a lot of fun. Find the car in a street version, and then look for the muscled up version.
Then and Now – One of my favorite sets from the past… as long as I can find both the “Then” and the “Now.”
Muscle Mania – Can’t go wrong here. Muscle cars are the best! 4 New Models!
HW Showroom – Usually a great list of classics. 6 out of 10 are New Models!
HW Exotics – Porsche, Lamb0, McLaren – This is the line to find all of your super fast street cars… though no Ferraris this time around.
Night Burnerz – I always look forward to the Night Burnerz, usually Japanese type cars. This time around 6 out of 10 are going to be New Models!
Speed Graphics – We usually get some pretty good paint schemes with racing decos on these guys.
Hot Wheels Race Team – Can’t go wrong here. There are some good race cars coming out. Corvette C7.R and the SRT Viper GTS-R. There will be a few HW designs in there that I will skip.
Super Chromes – I will wait and see on this one. They could be pretty good looking all chromed out.
The rest of the list. Not a lot new going on in the rest of the series. We do get the Batman V. Superman Batmobile that will be pretty fun. The rest of the Batman line is repaints, and probably some dumb paints at that. How many Classic TV Series Batmobiles do we really need? There is a 1973 BMW that will go with the 100th Birthday line of 5 cars. Flames is a complete repaint team with flames painted on it. The X-Racers are back with clear bodies. Then there are some of the most dreaded. Street Beasts…ugh! More cars that look like animals. There are some Dino Riders that are also animal themed. Then there are the cars that have tools attached to them.
We follow those up with fairly vanilla offerings. Video Game cars, Solar/Electric vehicles, and a smattering of real-world vehicles in Emergency and City Works. Once again we get to see some airplanes squished down in size to fit on a card. We have snow racers and trucks, daredevil vehicles, and cars painted to look like art. Let’s not forget the new found love for attaching Minifigs to our Hot Wheels in the Ride-Ons set, though some will be excited about a new Minecraft car. We finish off with Glow Wheels that will be pretty fun to watch go around the track in the dark.
We follow those up with fairly vanilla offerings. Video Game cars, Solar/Electric vehicles, and a smattering of real-world vehicles in Emergency and City Works. Once again we get to see some airplanes squished down in size to fit on a card. We have snow racers and trucks, daredevil vehicles, and cars painted to look like art. Let’s not forget the new found love for attaching Minifigs to our Hot Wheels in the Ride-Ons set, though some will be excited about a new Minecraft car. We finish off with Glow Wheels that will be pretty fun to watch go around the track in the dark.
\\
My Life in Scale 