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Hot Wheels Gallery

Rows of hot wheel cars
Hot Wheels
  • Rows of hot wheel cars
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    Hot Wheels designers choose from a veritable rainbow of mini-car paint options.
  • Display of hot wheel design process
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    Hot Wheels shows off the stages of its design process.
  • sketches of hot wheels
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    A Hot Wheels rendering of the 2JetZ toy.
  • computer screen with hot wheels
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    Hot Wheels designers use specialized software to configure toy car prototypes.
  • hot wheels outside of 3D printer
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    3D-printed prototypes of the 2JetZ
  • hot wheels from 3D printer
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    Hot Wheels shows off 3D-printed prototypes of the 2JetZ, a custom car that the company is transforming into a toy.
  • Full sized hot wheel car
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    The full-sized 2JetZ, which throws flame and can produce 600 hp. Don't worry, parents: The Hot Wheels toy does neither of these things.
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