12/19/2023 0 Comments Hot wheels redline 1968![]() I only mention this casting because of the desirability of the piece both as a prototype and as a full pro-duction as the Side Loading model. Rear Loading Beach BombĪnother extremely rare and desirable piece is the Rear Loading Beach Bomb Prototype. Needless to say, this is the car every REDLINE collector wants as a centerpiece in their collection. The “STAR”sticker Sheets that also came with the car are now fetching over $300 a piece. Even the collectors buttons (Plastic & Metal) that came with the car back in the day are going for $100+ each on any given day. There is also an extremely rare OLDS 442 prototype that was produced in Red with a Black Interior. The OLDS 442 is rare period, but especially rare in Purple, Lite Blue, Hot Pink, and Lite Green. This casting had a very brief run in the stores prior to it being pulled by Mattel for legal reasons. What makes some of this casting extremely rare are a few of the colors that it was released in. Probably the most desirable and rarest of the regular production cars is the OLDS 442. Next month I will cover what I think are the toughest cars to find in the original one owner childhood collections that most of us had as kids. Keep in mind that this list is not an exhaustive list by any means. So let’s get started with what, in my opinion, are the rarest REDLINE Hot Wheels in no particular order, prototypes included. Some collectors over the years have ranked the rarest Hot Wheels, but I’m gonna resist that temptation and base it on my over three decades of experience collecting these little gems. As rare as some of these are, they still pale in comparison to the rarest of the rare REDLINE Hot Wheels. In all those years, I’ve come across some amazingly rare pieces like the Orange Peeping Bomb with painted head-lights, unpainted ZAMAC Custom VW and Classic Nomad, Blue Power Pad, Purple Short Order, Orange Classic Cord, Hot Pink Classic Cord, Rear Louvered Custom Mustang, Open Hood Scoop Custom Mustangs, Chocolate Brown Nitty Gritty Kitty, and many more. Over the past thirty years, I’ve purchased literally hundreds of original one owner REDLINE Hot Wheels collections that has equated into thousands of cars. Rare pieces in any hobby are truly a matter of opinion, and this holds true for the old REDLINE Hot Wheels. I get asked this same question on a fairly regular basis from other passionate collectors and friends of mine. ![]() The age-old question in any collector hobby is “What are the rarest and most desirable pieces?” In the world of Hot Wheels, it’s no different. ![]()
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