Hotwheels have a very extensive history of over 50 years, and some of them are just straight up really weird. In this video we look at some of the weirdest hotwheels and the history of the brand itself.
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Doom OST - E1M1 - At Doom's Gate
Five Stars - Atom Bomb Baby
Hot Wheels World Race (Video Game) OST - 02 - Main Title
Hot Wheels World Race (Video Game) OST - 08 - Wave Rippers
Hot Wheels World Race (Video Game) OST - 04 - Vapor City
Hot Wheels World Race (Video Game) OST - 07 - Roadbeasts
Ape Escape 3 OST - Mount Amazing (Part 2)
Rainbow Road - Mario Kart Double Dash!!
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Table of Contents:
0:00 Intro
0:33 The Original Hotwheels
2:11 Sequel Redesigns
3:22 Weird Paint Jobs
3:52 Absurd Car Designs
6:33 Not Even Cars?
6:57 Creature Cars
7:23 Weird Collabs
10:20 Hotwheels Become Uncanny
10:53 Outro
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U forgot the halo car
Alright.
I have
One MASSIVE line not mentioned are the monster trucks hotwheels makes for Monster Jam. Seriously, there's so many of them.
Yeah i love monster jam too, maybe ill talk about them someday
As a Monster Jam fan, Hot Wheels will always have an important legacy in collector's collections, and even when it competed. Sad Spin Master took over for Monster Jam, but at least Mattel has their own brand.
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I remember seeing them in stores and I thought they make the cars into reality not knowing that Monster Jam is an establish thing..
at home i have roller toaster,purrfect speed,sharkruiser,golden batmobile
Fun toy history fact: Mattel was one of the first brands to revolutionize the new era of toys. Most toys before this were more things to fiddle with, like yo-yos and slinkies. Mattel brought in toys that were actually meant for something, like toy cars and the famous Mattel thunder-burp, the first toy gun ever, and the marking of the start of the new era. I actually have one! So yeah there’s a quick history lesson Yall :)
Hi
thunderburp sounds like a disney sitcom
What a shitty name for such a world-first lmao
I'm sure that dolls and action figures already existed. As did OTHER explicitly "toy" vehicles. They didn't make nothin' new, they just gave it a kick in the ass is all.
Who tf even Reed the whole thing
“I believe I’ve made myself clear, *SHIFTING SFX*” got me way too good😂😂
I like to see the Twin Mill and the Bone Shaker as sort of "friendly rivals". I put those two cars side by side and I just get that friendly rivalry vibe. To put it simply, The Bone Shaker is the Ken Masters to The Twin Mill's Ryu. Then there's the Rodger Dodger. Definitely in my top 3 Hot Wheels car designs.
I love the combination of actual information and insanity
229 likes and no replies let me fix that
Ok
Polygon Donut could talk about… I don’t know, Heinz Ketchup for twenty five minutes and it would still be interesting.
Pongon better make this
you're saying that as it ketchups aren't interesting
New dolygon ponut video confirmed? 🤨
Same with air
PURPLE KETCHUP!?
This video was my introduction to the channel, and lemme just say it’s wholesome af, love every minute of every video; it’s serotonin for me, thank you for the fun content
I can't be autistic about transformers AND hot wheels man, I'm gonna turn into a car liker and lose my queer card
Bro, same thing here
Oh my fucking god the nostalgia, the memories. I used to collect tons of hot wheels cars when i when younger, and i have like 400+ of them stored inside my closet in a huge box. I remember my young-self liked way more realistic/down-to-earth design cars rather than the goofy ahh ones.
I have an entire box of 'em They are not in good condition because They are stored in one place.
Goofy ahh ones 😆
i only have 5, jealous
I had like 3 100-car boxes but the goofy ahh cars were my favorites
Damn, I have in total like 31 cars, and I have never once buy a realistic car because I've always thought to myself "if I wanted to realistic cars, I would've bought matchbox"
“I believe I’ve made myself clear” **hot wheels car turns clear** That stuff funny as HECK
oh hello there
As someone who always loved the real world inspired cars but with exaggerated features. Those collab designs got me laughing my ass off like HOLY.
i love your videos, it feels like you just had a lot of fun reasearching for this video and sharing it! lots of fun to watch, keep it up!
Someone needs to make a 13 hour documentary about every hotwheel
I WOULD IF I HAD THE TIME
What you do
As a hotwheels collector, I agree
@@PolygonDonut then have the time
If we're adding construction toys into the mix, how long do you reckon that segment would be?
I found this guy yesterday and I'm loving this man's energy.
Yeah he’s so hype 😳😳
This isn't even like his normal form normally he's even more chaotic LOL
Same
He's got that charismatic energy.
Is he a man?
The fact that Donut put atombomb baby in the background for the beginning was amazing and reminded me of fallout 4
i lov fallout 4
@@PolygonDonut honestly one of the most replayble games out there
@@PolygonDonut Me too 😄
9:02 I got touhoued
Oh my god nostalgia. I still have like 5 buckets of hot wheels in my bedroom (some are other brands, but most are hot wheels) and when i saw some that i own i was like “hey! I know that one!”
brooooo same
Same.
Bro I have 4 king sized containers and all that's in there is hot wheels and hot wheels tracks.
Bruh i have around 75 of them and a lot of them are from 1996-2019 boxes
So about the hot wheels eggos, They actually existed, I actually ended up having my mom buy them at a walmart sometime when I was really young, like pre-school and kindergarden levels of young when I was obbsessed with hot wheels as a toddler. The box was the exact same as in the picture, with the two eggo hot wheels in the picture on every single waffle. I legit forgot about this until this video came up too which goes to show how obscure the eggos were. They existed at some point 100% sometime in the late 2000's.
Was the taste different?
@@HuskyGamersUNITE yea for some reason I thought collab version taste better but no just the box
i also remember seeing a pack of theese in my freezer when i was six i am 12 currently so i am thinking they are from 2017 or 2016
i remember them tasting like regular waffles and me being dissapointed
The funny thing is, i was into hotwheels less but into lego more, so i ate the lego eggos at one point in my life
Always liked Cat-a-Pult. A rather heavy car with such compact design kinda fascinated me.
Also like your video, straight to the point, all the interesting facts we need and not dragged out!
I remember one of my friends throwing a ton of hot wheels in the air for no apparent reason and how the little metal cars started raining down, crashing on my and my best friend's face and head. still haunts me to this day 10/10 would recommend
Sounds kind of painful
@@therunawaykid6523 dont worry! it very much was!
I 100% remember the hot wheels pop tarts, they had a literal print of a hot wheels car on them similar to how a birthday cake or something would be, it would get all smudged up when your 8 year old hands or mouth ran across it. I remember they also had a Halloween theme one with the same idea. Completely forgot all about these until I saw them again
Obligatorynice astolfo pic comment
Sauce for that profile pic is 372886
Literally was the same as the regular brown sugar cinnamon from what I remember
ive seen your profile pic and it funni
*NEW* hotwheels:making basic and modern vehicles than epic ones *OLD* hotwheels:making weird vehicles that were so badass and epic collabs
i love how they go from real and Concept cars to just out of shape and wild cars in the form of animals and objects. Sometimes there even aircraft and Boats and for me I need more of those.
I love how half of these clips contain 10 total pixels, really adds to the aesthetic
Polygon is definitely one of my favorite youtuber because of the *wacky* edits and stuff
He sounds like he’s smiling when he speaks in his videos
@@slam.p i suspect that he actually does
@@slam.p you can hear that he's enjoying the subject he's talking about! I wish all KZheadrs would be more like him!
@@chez-berger same!!
not to mention his sudden catgirl transformations
Fantastic video!!! I didn't know many of the ones you've shown and I love how your video covers pretty much the entirety of the Hot Wheels brand! Those final character cars are indeed pretty cursed lol. A weird original design that I always liked but never owned (but I might get one from ebay at some point) is the Zombot. Basically a (non articulated) robot with a gun that also has wheels behind his kneed and shoulders so he can roll like a car (if you did include it in your video I must have missed it). Lol at the Scooby Doo Batmobile.
5:56 HE REALLY DID DO HIS RESEARCH HE MENTIONED MY ONE AND ONLY HOT WHEELS I OWN, THE ROLLAR TOASTER LETS GOOO
The Thomas Car (Loco Motorin’) is so cool. It was released exclusively in 2020 to celebrate 75 years of the Railway Series, the book series the Thomas the Tank Engine show is based on. It’s by far my favourite fictional Hot Wheel design.
Yes, I like that one, too.
Same
Eh. The Rail Rodder was a lot more badass. You want a cool as hell HW train though, look up the West Coast Flyer under the Rapid Transit line.
7:07 "KITTY HOT WHEEL, MEEOOOOO-"
I relived my childhood. 11/10 vid. Congrats
Great job on this! I have a See me Rollin’ right now
I literally enjoyed everything about this video, I even enjoy that you had hot wheels world race footage in the background
Thank you!!!!
In the late 90's/ early 2000's Hotwheels was heavily involved in NASCAR merchandise at the time and had a few collabs. Some were pretty tame like putting race car designs on vintage cars, but others were WAY out there, like putting designs on golf carts, Radio Flyer wagons, Helicopters, RVs, ATVs, school busses, boats, and just about everything else that moves
I found at a local craft store, the Richard Petty Team 43 RV model.
I had a hotwheels nascar car and a hotwheels train
My son just turned 2 and is OBSESSED with Hot Wheels. He has 3 different tracks, monster truck HW, and a case that holds 100. Hes missing his first handful just cause he plays hard with them.
Your enthusiasm is infection dude, this video is so FUN
I love listening to polygon ramble about things you can tell he cares about a lot. Keep doing what you love
THANK YOU!!
@@PolygonDonut wow. I didn't expect Yoy to see this. Thank you for taking time out of your day to reply to my comment.
it feels like listening to a friend infodump about one of their interests while you just zone out and listen and i love it
@@jaredcondit9888yoy?! 🥶🥶🥶🥶🤯🤯🤯🤯🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵
@@PolygonDonute
My favorite Hot Wheels line was the Acceleracers line. Not only on do the movies go hard, but the car designs goes so hard too. The Teku with the sleek technological looking cars. The Metal Maniacs with the aggresive designs. The Racing Drones with the robotic transformers. The Silencerz with the secret agent lab organization vibes.
Hey we same!
Also one thing THEY LIGHT UP!!!
@@Madude62 the McDonalds ones
@@wakspacific6928 Sadly, the light version is cheaper than the original ones. But I dont care, They are (the LED car) all cool af!
Same bro specially for the silencerz
This man rambles about hot wheels and I love it keep it up broski 👍🏻
Absolutely loved the video ! the only weird hotwheels that i have are the scorpedo and the rocket box , also i really want that bottle cap opener 🤣
8:12 they totally missed the opportunity to make a Big Mac Buns of Steel
But that was back in the day.
thanks for the nostalgiac throwback polygon, I had completely forgot about these lol as a kid I collected every car I could and have hundereds of them lying around collecting dust
Bro nothings more satisfying than seeing a dozen of your hot wheels cars on a youtube video Although it will take me about 5 days to find all of these again
Nice love it You should do another video about non-car Hot Wheels products and Lego products as well (not the sets I mean) Lego has lots of technology, clothing, everyday object based products as well
I think an underappreciated element of these things are the weird cars they make for the little track toys. You can get them dinosaur themed, there were cars specifically made for shooting at a shark, and I seem to vividly recall a line of more futuristic looking cars that were built to go down this little track thing built like a city with a giant guy that punched down some buildings or something on the track.
Another example could be those cars that would split in half on certain tracks, I forget the name of them though...
I remember back in 2005 or something mcdonalds had a line of hot wheels cars that were super high quality and had lights in them. Like they actually included a toy that was probably close to the value of a regular happy meal itself, I was pretty amazed as a kid tbh.
Was it the Acceleracers cars?
@@spidertron575 yes they were!
@@johnturner3455 Knew it
WHAT?! HIGH QUALITY HAPPY MEAL TOYS?!
I still have a few light light up cars from around that time and I still remember running them on my tracks in the basement with the lights off.
Speed racer is unironiclly my favorite movie, I’ve watched it since I was three
My favorite Hot Wheels to collect are off road vehicles and big ass trucks. I got a Dodge Macho Power Wagon with Batman on the side and a super cool Dodge Challenger with an American flag paint job and the engine jutting out of the hood. And an all silver Suberu BRAT. Those are some of my faves and I keep them on my dresser. Now I’m interested in the Hot Seat with the rat and the Sudster with the crocodile. Thanks for bringing those to my attention!
Silly hot wheels are one of the toys that defined my childhood. We got coupons for them all the time so my mom bought me at least one pretty much every week for several years, and I had hundreds at one point. Eventually Lego replaced hot wheels as my favorite toys, but they were still loved for many years. I get nostalgia every time I see kids playing with hot wheels cars now :)
Totally had that Crunch Bar Camaro! Amazing work on this video! It was engaging, entertaining, and a blast of nostalgia.
Thank youu
I had the Hershey Funny Car. Both are from the same series, which also had a Reese’s Miata and a Butterfinger Mustang Convertible!
Great video donut!
I really love how different this guy is compared to all other youtubers
i would love to see more videos about random things' histories in this kind of video format
Same!
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Holy shit, I used to have one of those rare McD's variants, specifically the Lightning Speed one at 8:25. I think I buried it in my grandparents' old backyard somewhere in my old hometown.
So maybe someone will find an valuable treasure somewhen.
I have Lightning Speed.
Thats why those toys just disapear into the void lmao, we be doing sum crazy shit with them
@@karolkarol5788my hover deloreain disappeared into the void 5 years ago and reappeared 2 years ago
I love the absurd designs, all of them, so remarkable
8:40 Double Cross was actually released three times; 1999, 2002, and 2003. The one you show off is the 2002 version.
6:41 when the Hot Wheels gets forklift certified
9:10 I think it did. I do remember my parents coming home with something that looked like this before
yoooo I appreciate the clip you used from one of styropyro's videos lmao
also, I had one of those 1999 McD's red double cars! no idea it was so rare now
This really brings me back to my childhood. I watched the World Race movie over and over again
Back in the far back year of 2003, hot wheels made possibly the best children's movie ever (despite the ps2 lookin ahh graphics), Hot Wheels Highway 35. I found it on vhs at a thrift store when i was 2 years old, back in 2007, and honestly not only did it get me into hot wheels, but is probably the sole reason i love cars so much. Even if you don't care about hot wheels I'd still recommend you give this movie (and it's sequel series, Acceleracers) a watch.
Acceleracers based
@@PolygonDonut on god
I loved Acceleracers.
@@Protosilver97 fr
fun fact: the laser microwave clip is from styropyro (named after how napalm is made I think) in which he absolutely toasted a piece of bread using high powered lasers uwu
cool i just found it on twitter i didnt know that
I laughed so much. It's been a while since I saw a youtube video this good.
Gods, I remember the 2008 speed racer ones! They were my favorites as a kid, and one thing that wasn’t mentioned was the fact they had cool weapon attachments if you got them in larger packs, like sawblades and the like! They went into little slots on the bottom and were neat as heck.
I wish they had more tracks sets
3:56 So nostalgic. I will never forget the battle force 5 cars 😌
GRIP lore
I really need to rewatch BF5
Holy shit I remembered those things used to watch it
3:13 this is a certified 💀 classic
Theres a hotwheels race competion in my country And this one get banned somehow along with chevy pick up and go pro car
The carbonator was one of my favorite cars ever. I was really used to play with my cars as Speedracer live action races amd the carbonator have a lot of speedracer 2008 moovie's cars vibes
Super Nostalgic!, I Always Play That When I Was A Kid!
i played with hotwheels so much and remember having some rare ones, but i got rid of most of them and i regret doing that so much now. Ive bought a couple new ones just for nostalgia. Loved those things
Fun Fact: The "Tide Pod Twin Mill" was based off of Ricky Craven's NASCAR Tide Car, aka the Tide Ride
I completely forgot that I used to have the dragon car as a kid until you mentioned it!
I never knew how much I wanted to collect goofy looking Hot Wheels cars.
I was big into Hotwheels in the early to mid 2000's. I had, like, 10 of those "fatbacks" and other wacky designs like models that looked like they were raindrop versions of older models or bulbous, cartoony versions. I had ones that transformed into skateboarding robots with guns. I had tiny little magnetic ones that had tiny magnetic sets and tracks. But my weirdest "normal ones" where a blimp and a helicopter. Yeah... Don't know why I bought those. My favorite is, and forever will be, the Maelstrom. With the Vulture as a close second. Sadly, I moved when I turned 18 and my (admittedly not very well taken care of) collection was lost in the transfer somehow. The only one I still have is my old, blue Maelstrom that I had kept in my pocket. Thanks for reading all that! God bless you! (Edited for grammar correction)
RIP COLLECTION 😭
A few years back, my mom donated all my hot wheels, even the expensive ones 🥲
@@janicedeprospero3669 I know your pain.
@@nuttbag6658 I think i might make a seperate world race video, could be cool
Surprised you didn't use any footage from Hot Wheels Unleashed, but it's nice to see those classic games! Great video! Also, my favorite Hot Wheels would be the Roadbeast Ballistik! Maybe I just thought Banji was a cool character as a kid, and that just stuck with me?
I love hotwheels unleashed too but i just kept it simple and used world race. I will do a video on hotwheel games soon tho where i talk about all of them
I was obsessed with weird hot wheels as a kid - I had a tonne of the cars mentioned in this video and I saved the shark one because it's so cool.
As a kid, I had the dragon one in the bottom-left corner. I thought it was supposed to be a weasel.
4:27 *I HAD ONE OF THOSE!!* I was what, about tree or four years old at the time? I remember being so confused by this car that it get carved in my memory as the ghost it looked like...😓
Someone clip the Pongon 'YIPEE!' ( 7:14 )
The Twin Mill was and still is my favourite Hot Wheels car - amazing to see they made a life-size replica!
I had a Lightning Speed as a kid that I must have got from a Happy Meal way back in 95 (when I was nearly 4) but my mum crushed it one day to punish me for breaking something of hers, which really sucked. Still kept it and played with it for years even though the cool see-through canopy was all cracked. Decades later I finally got a new one on eBay. Yay.
As a HW collector and a lover of memes I can tell you that this video is everything I could ask for, shoutout to my boys the Fatbaxs!!! Back in 2004 I got at least 4 of those cars, I really loved how absurd they were, the green Silhouette is my favorite. Also shoutout to the Super Treasure hunt line, rubber is very important. The cars have rubber wheels and shiny paint and can be found hidden in the same boxes as the regular cars, it's always fun to go out hunting and see what you can find
thank you :)) I will make more hotwheels videos soon about other things
@@PolygonDonut Yoooo, more Hot Wheels videos? I'm in!!
Treasure hunting has become my latest obsession and I blame yall for it lmao. Approximately one in 10,000 cars is an ultra rare Treasure Hunt or Super Treasure Hunt variant with fancy paint and tires, they're just randomly hidden among boxes of HW cars. It's like hunting for shiny pokemon in real life. Help me.
@@LuvzToLol21 Unless they changed it, one in every 15 boxes should have a Super TH and each box of 72 cars has a basic TH, a couple of weeks ago I went hunting for fun and found two basic TH I didn't have! I never shy away from asking if they got more cars in the back, that's a very exciting part of it lol it's great to see more and more people enjoying the hobbie!!!
Honestly i love this kind of videos The vibe you get is like you're at a Friend's house (or school) and you're talking about how cool are your toys
great video, my favorite hotwheels is either the baja beetle or bugcation
I love how World Race OST is playing in the background.
I grew up during the "Beat That" and Battle Force 5 eras of Hot Wheels from the mid-2000s into the early 2010s. Always good to see more Hot Wheels content on the site. Never see a lot of it unfortunately.
5:16 nah ah thats definitly liquid Plutonium
That’s definitely acid…
ok this was hilarious and straight up fascinating to watch, makes me want to get some toy cars I remember as a kid me and my brothers got some Pirates of the Caribbean toy cars like these, no clue if they were Hot Wheels though
3:32 NASCAR fan here. That is the exact paint scheme used by Ricky Craven driving in the NASCAR Cup Series from 2002 to 2004. He had only two wins and not a lot of good finishes, but had one memorable finish in particular. In the final laps of the 2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400, Ricky Craven ran down race leader Kurt Busch getting side by side with him coming out of the last turn. Craven beat Busch to the finish line by only 0.002 seconds. It was the closest finish in NASCAR history at the time and is still tied for that honor.
I really love hot wheels and own more than 120 of them, AND WHEN I SAW THE TITLE IT’S SO ACCURATE, I LOVED TO BUY THOSE WEIRD ONES AS A KID. Sick video!
9:53 I found this one at the industrial section at Walmart
Loved watching this, i getting more of a car lover
My fav was the ‘97 Sweet 16 Hotrod. I had multiples growing up and the RC version.
8:33 I actually have one of these. My grandfather gave it to me when I turned 12.
WHAT?!?! ME TOO!!! MY GRANDMA GAVE IT TO ME WHEN I WAS 7!!!!!!!!
You know, this should be a great format for a documentary series of 2000s or so toys. Like, Bakugan or Beyblade Or Lego. Seriously, I found you today and I already LOVE the editing and jokes, it's brilliant!
Thank you so much!! I already have some more similar videos in the works :)) also nice ideas, i love bakugans and beyblades
I just remembered about this video a few minutes ago. I wanted a Carbonator, but I forgot the name of it. Thanks man.
I love the food ones haha. Donut Drifters, Street Weiners, Roller Toasters, such fun names and wackey designs. Also the animal ones, my black Scorpedo with red wheels and window glass is a total villain.
Everytime I watch a video by you I forget you're the same person, so it's nice to know I'm already subscribed lol. Thanks for inciting another hyperfixation for me (even tho I'm on adhd meds and that shit rarely happens anymore)
Im always on some kind of hyper fixation lmao, i take it out by making videos on them like this. Actually puts the mental illness to good use LOL
@@PolygonDonut Isn't there another Yoda Car but with Yoda's head with wheels ?
I don't collect Hot Wheels but other micro brands. I can't stress enough how much the style of this video resonates with me as a collector! It's basically ADHD in a nutshell. Even if you don't have it - if you're a collector of basically ANYTHING, you just have to vibe with this video!!! 😁
thank you :))
i love the clip rods. especially the one that has the green hood and dollar sign