In a normal year, more than 100,000 people would be invading the San Diego Convention Center right now for the annual San Diego Comic-Con. 2020 is far from a normal year, and although in-person activities are canceled, the show must go on. Numerous online events and panels have been scheduled, such as the one held by Hot Wheels earlier today.
Hot Wheels has long offered Comic-Con special exclusives. This year includes two tributes to Hollywood blockbusters, including an X-Wing diorama of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Hulk riding in the back of a Land Rover as seen in Avengers Endgame. However, perhaps more interesting are the various previews (also known pre-offer previews) that Hot Wheels revealed during its video panel earlier today. If you missed it, the clip is available below.
Previews don’t focus on conventional Hot Wheels car designs, but on decidedly unconventional machines with themes ranging from Japanese pop culture to video games, children’s toy lines, and more. While car fans generally love Hot Wheels of all shapes and sizes, we’re not sure how enthusiasts will feel about the new line of RugratsThemed, although Chuckie, the beach buggy, is great. For that matter, there’s also Bruce, the toothy shark from Finding Nemo recreated as a Bodacious 6×6, and White as snow get a fancy 1930 coupe. And if you can’t get enough of Hello kittyYou’ll soon find no less than three character-themed cars.
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Video games are in the mix, too, including four cool cars made with Supervision as theme Racing-themed games are represented by a wide range of Mario Kart offerings, and for the children of the 1980s, Hot Wheels will The man they come to life in the form of a crazy off-road muscle car. Your nemesis Skeletor It also returns in the form of a strange rat bar.
Lastly, you can’t have something Comic-Con related without including superheroes. Apart from what was mentioned above Avengers Endgame exclusive, Hot Wheels anticipated two design concepts from the upcoming Wonder Woman 1984 flic in the DC universe. Not to be outdone, a Mercedes-AMG GT gets a futuristic remake for Marvel’s Black widow.
All of these designs are expected to go on sale this fall or spring 2021. You can check out our photo gallery above for a sneak preview of what’s to come.
