Hot Wheels Variations: The Ultimate Guide (Hot Wheels (Krause Publications)) this question feed

asked by runabout on November 1, 2006 7:49 AM
More photographs, updated prices, added information-collectors will be racing to tear into the new edition of this best-selling title! For most, when receiving a new toy, half the fun is ripping open the package and playing with it. However, the growing appeal toward the line of Hot Wheels® Collector Number Packs-a numbered line of cars distributed by Mattel with slight variations, where the color, wheel, interior or window might have been altered-is them remaining in the original packaging.

Author and Hot Wheels® collector, Michael Zarnock expands coverage of the most comprehensive identification and price guide available to include variations found in blister packages from 1989-2002. More than 2,500 cars and their variations are listed and nearly 2,500 are pictured in clear, large full-color photographs. Plus, readers can now step behind the scenes with exclusive information from some of the designers at Mattel who've created these cars and their paint schemes.

• Accurate descriptions and up-to-date pricing for more than 2,500 cars and their variations
• Provides handy checklist format for easy inventorying
• Offers bonus information on tips and trading secrets and what to watch for in the hobby

Michael Zarnock has been collecting Hot Wheels® cars since the late 1960s, he is one of the country's most respected authorities on Hot Wheels® and also holds a Guinness World Record ™ for his Hot Wheels® collection. Michael currently writes a monthly column for Toy Cars & Models magazine, and he is author of Warman's® Hot Wheels® Field Guide and contributed to the Standard Catalog of ® Die-Cast Vehicles and Toys & Prices 11th Edition 2004.


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I just got got this book today and It was more than I expected there were tons and tons of pictures, mr. zarnock give yourself a pat on the back because you did one heke of a job.
reviewed by davedriver on November 14, 2006 2:28 PM

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The first Edition was great, but this one is even better. All updated prices and photos. There are so many pictures, I spend most of my time just looking at them.
Mr. Zarnock did a super job as he always does. I recommend this Hot Wheels Variation Guide to any collector.
I really like the check boxes next to each listing. It really helps when you are at a show or the flea market. I also like the interviews and pictures of the people from Mattel. It's nice to see the people that design and make these cars being a part of the hobby.
Thanks Mr. Zarnock for another great book to help my collection.
reviewed by mike on November 22, 2006 3:50 PM

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