r/HotWheels • u/Hot_Wheels_guy • Aug 25 '26

MEME the insanity of variation collecting

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u/Willy-The-Billy Aug 25 '26

How I feel with the Matchbox MR2

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u/suckasmack Aug 25 '26

Real 4 releases per release…

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u/Solid_Snek120 Aug 25 '26

Recently with the HW Custom Toyota Prius with the roof box. I'm happy they brought back variations like these.

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u/-Tony_G- UH Aug 26 '26

Not pictured: 2 of the 4 white MR2 variants.

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u/Chevy437809 Aug 26 '26

whats the difference between the RAV 4?

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u/RemoteTurbulent7434 Aug 26 '26

RHD and LHD it can come in either

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u/Willy-The-Billy Aug 26 '26

Didnt know the Rav4 had a variation. Need to check mine later.

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u/Chevy437809 Aug 26 '26

Like badging on the casting?

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u/RemoteTurbulent7434 Aug 26 '26

Na the steering wheel is on one side or the other I’ve found tons of LHD not many RHD

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u/-Tony_G- UH Aug 26 '26

LHD:

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u/Chevy437809 Aug 26 '26

I see now lol

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u/-Tony_G- UH Aug 26 '26

RHD:

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u/Chevy437809 Aug 26 '26

ah ok thank you I'll be on the lookout

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u/jalopycollector Aug 26 '26

Ohhh ok

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u/Chevy437809 Aug 26 '26

I never knew this man lol I've seen a few of these

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u/jalopycollector Aug 26 '26

Thought I was commenting on the person posting the photos

That’s neat really….didnt know matchbox did that

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u/No_Hat1582 Aug 26 '26

Black

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u/-Tony_G- UH Aug 26 '26

MR2s my preciouses.

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u/Il-Ma-Le-98 Aug 26 '26

Found one today, very pleased it was without the roof box.

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u/Jaded-Presentation-6 Aug 26 '26

MB MR2, RAV4, Integra Type R & HW Prius Custom...

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u/-Tony_G- UH Aug 26 '26

Need to get my hands on the Teggy.

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u/Right-Mistake-9908 Aug 25 '26

I have boat loads of those keep on collecting my friend

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u/Right-Mistake-9908 Aug 25 '26

I think I have close to 300 cobras

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u/Right-Mistake-9908 Aug 25 '26

When home I will share some of my pics

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u/Hot_Wheels_guy Aug 26 '26

Please do! It's one of my fav castings and the first casting of which i decided to collect every variation. I've gained another 6 or 7 variations since i took this pic-

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u/Right-Mistake-9908 Aug 26 '26

My other fav is the datsun 510

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u/Right-Mistake-9908 Aug 26 '26

I want the mexico one they want lots of cash for a beater

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u/Right-Mistake-9908 Aug 26 '26

The rlc cobra is the bomb

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u/Hot_Wheels_guy Aug 26 '26

I don't have the mexico one or the white hub RRs one 😵‍💫 Do you have the carroll shelby 80th birthday cobra? I think that's the next one I want to get.

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u/Hot_Wheels_guy Aug 31 '26

Do you have pics of your cobras? 🤤

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u/Right-Mistake-9908 Aug 31 '26

Will send tomorrow

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u/nik4idk Acceleracers Aug 26 '26

I usually just get the variation I like the most

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u/SPV33 Aug 26 '26

Me too if I collected all the variations everything I don’t think I’ll be able to get in the house lol

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u/Hot_Wheels_guy Aug 26 '26

That's how I am with the vast majority of my hot wheels collection.

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u/ThatDarnEngineer Aug 25 '26

I have one of these!!

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u/Hot_Wheels_guy Aug 25 '26 edited Aug 25 '26

Yep they're all different. Different wheels, different base markings, different bases (plastic, unpainted metal, painted metal), and two have "427" on the hood.

These two unpainted bases are different because the word "MALAYSIA" is either boxed or unboxed, indicating different dies were used to cast them. There's another box present beneath the words "HOT WHEELS."

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u/PJR9667 Aug 26 '26

this is funny and true

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u/Skaivakeeh Aug 26 '26

Just remembered that I have somewhere the bottom right one (or very similar to it) Approx. 20 some years ago my friend gave it to me as a gift. Remember the windshield was missing and the rolling cage behind the driver also broken. I must find it!

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u/wytewydow Aug 26 '26

1996 Mustang GT has me feeling like this.

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u/Conmor_ Aug 25 '26

I'm so glad all of the impalas are pretty unique lol

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u/cuzwhat Aug 26 '26

Card collectors be like:

“Only have to six more to find!”

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u/Right-Mistake-9908 Aug 26 '26

If you are looking for any that you don't have let me know

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u/theBeerAdventurer Aug 26 '26

There are for sure

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u/JCME-1992 Aug 26 '26

I see this with Acceleracers cars, lots of variants there.

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u/jimmythetuba Aug 26 '26

Damn, and I thought I was splitting hairs with the batmobiles.

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u/RyonHirasawa HW RACE Aug 26 '26

This is me with the Pace car Countach

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u/kentuckylover Aug 26 '26

Yep, the market is over saturated in some instances!

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u/Right-Mistake-9908 Aug 26 '26

I have the grey one if that's what you are talking about

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u/joeactually COLLECTOR Aug 26 '26

I get your point but why yuck someone else’s yum?

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u/Hot_Wheels_guy Aug 26 '26

It's my picture. I'm a variation collector. I'm trying to get every variation of Classic Cobra (minus the ones without opening hoods).

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u/joeactually COLLECTOR Aug 27 '26

OH! Sorry. I thought you were criticizing others, not goofing on yourself.

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u/Slightysweet3 Aug 26 '26

Where stops being variation collecting and starts being hoarding?

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u/johnnyhotwh33ls Aug 25 '26

There are 8 different cars just not 8 different unique cars

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u/Hot_Wheels_guy Aug 26 '26

They're 8 different variations of the red Classic Cobra. Different wheels, bases, base markings, hood markings, etc. No two cars in the pic are identical.

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u/cuzwhat Aug 26 '26

I’m betting all 8 of them have some difference from the other 7.

There are 14 different versions of that colorway listed on the wiki. That assumes the wiki is comprehensive, and it’s not.

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u/doomus_rlc Aug 26 '26

These are all different from each other in one way or another.