Mattel 80th Anniversary Hot Wheels Original 16 Rally Case Set

[Car Nut]

Anybody buy this set?

 

[Yunick13]

Not a member of the RLC.

 

[69FBCuda]

I've been watching it , but that's too rich for my blood.

 

[HPP]

If Hot Wheels came out in the '60s how can they be 80 years old?

 

[Dartswinger70]

Meh you know the math skills people possess these days...

 

[toolmanmike]

May 18, 1968 so 57 years old and not 80. Fraud! LOL

 

[69FBCuda]

If Hot Wheels came out in the '60s how can they be 80 years old?

I was born in the sixties and I feel eighty. Does that count.

 

[Car Nut]

I've been watching it , but that's too rich for my blood.

Look what they’re asking for them on eBay.

 

[Car Nut]

If Hot Wheels came out in the '60s how can they be 80 years old?

Hot wheels isn’t 80 years old. Did I say Hot wheels or did I say Mattel?

 

[Car Nut]

May 18, 1968 so 57 years old and not 80. Fraud! LOL

Mattel is 80 years old. I never said or posted Hot wheels was 80 years old.

 

[Car Nut]

Meh you know the math skills people possess these days...

Yeah, too bad they can’t read the post correctly.

 

[Car Nut]

I've been watching it , but that's too rich for my blood.

Look what they sold for.

 

[Car Nut]

Here’s a little bit of education for you guys that believe Hot wheels been around for 80 years.

“Mattel has been around for 80 years as of 2025, having been founded in January 1945 by Ruth and Elliot Handler and Harold "Matt" Matson. The company began as "Mattel Creations," initially focusing on picture frames and dollhouse furniture before pivoting to toys like the Uke-A-Doodle, which became its first big success.”

I will contact Mattel and have them write it in a third grade level next time.

 

[toolmanmike]

Mattel is 80 years old. I never said or posted Hot wheels was 80 years old.

It's interesting to think what I saw when I first looked at that post.

 

[Car Nut]

It's interesting to think what I saw when I first looked at that post.

 

[69FBCuda]

From the collection

 

[- Marvin -]

I have the 'originally 16' in original - exactly in the colors they appeared in the first collector's catalog:

....and some more (these are the first 24 as shown in the first international collector's catalog from 1969)

 

[Car Nut]

I wouldn’t mind having another set of the real 16.

 

[matthon]

My daughter got this for Christmas for me 100 years ago as it matches our car.
No idea where she got it, or the origin of the wooden base.
She keeps it in her room.

 

[4spdragtop]

The ol slight of hand trick lol.

 

[YY1]

I have the cougar, the j car and the eldorado, OEM from original issue, but all have heavy "play wear".