Category Archives: minicars

MINICARS: 2013 Hot Wheels Boulevard Subaru BRAT leaked

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Ricky

Looks like the J-tin is coming on early and often for Hot Wheels‘ 2013 lineup. Hot on the heels of the hakosuka and Jun Imai‘s 510 wagon comes this just-leaked image of the Boulevard series Subaru BRAT. This is the … Continue reading →

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MINICARS: Hot Wheels Boulevard hakosuka Nissan Skyline & 510 released

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Ricky

We’re less than a week into 2013 and already it’s turning in to a great year for Hot Wheels collectors. First we had news of the Treasure Hunt Toyota 2000GT that’s coming out March-ish, but before that even hits the … Continue reading →

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MINICARS: 2013 Hot Wheels Toyota 2000GT Treasure Hunt

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Ben

Boom. Ever since we began reporting on Hot Wheels‘ Renaissance of classic Japanese cars, there’s been one that collectors clamored for more than any other — the Toyota 2000GT. Well, your offerings to the diecast gods have paid off. We … Continue reading →

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MINICARS: 2013 Hot Wheels Mad Manga now in Blue, Yellow and Pink

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Dan

Hot Wheels just revealed a new color and paint scheme for everyone’s favorite bosozoku diecast, the Mad Manga.

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MINICARS: 2013 Hot Wheels Boulevard series to include Datsun 510 Wagon and Hakosuka Skyline

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Ricky

It has been confirmed by Brazilian collector’s site T-Hunted that Hot Wheels‘ 2013 Boulevard series will contain at least two of our favorite nostalgics. We’ve shown you one of them already during a sneak preview at this year’s Japanese Classic … Continue reading →

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MINICARS: 2013 Hot Wheels Flying Customs to include Datsun 510, Nissan Skyline GT-R and A60 Supra

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Ricky

Some more exciting news from our friends at Mattel. For 2013 there will be a new line of premium 1970s-inspired cars called the Flying Customs, which will include some of our favorite castings, including the ’82 Toyota Supra, Datsun Bluebird … Continue reading →

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QotW: What are you most thankful for, car-wise?

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Ricky

It’s Thanksgiving week for us Yanks and it’s a tradition to reflect on what we’re most grateful for. That’s why this week’s question is: What are you most thankful for, car-wise? For us it’s simple. We’re thankful that classic Japanese … Continue reading →

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MINICARS: Tomica Limited Vintage Toyota Crown

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Ricky

You could be forgiven if you thought the Toyota Crown above was a real car. In fact, it’s a highly detailed 1:64 scale diecast model measuring only about three inches long in total. In a new series on JNC, we’ll be … Continue reading →

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QotW: What car would you drive across Japan?

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Ben

From Hokkaido to Kagoshima, Japan has some of the coolest highways and mountain passes known to man. We live vicariously through Skorj’s Grand Touring stories, in which he travels across Japan looking for nostalgic cars “in the wild.” Though he owns a Honda … Continue reading →

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MINICARS: How to make custom decals for your Hot Wheels hakosuka Skyline

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Ricky

Many readers have asked JNC contributor Mark “ScaleMaster” Jones exactly how he adds his amazing detail to the custom Hot Wheels he’s shown you how to build. In Today’s article he’ll explain exactly how to do just that by turning the … Continue reading →

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