Bumblebee will be the Rarest non TH Hotwheels Car in 2024's Collection
Monday, June 10th, 2024 2:57PM CDT
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For some reason, Mattel has decided to make their first Transformers Hotwheels car, Bumblebee, massively shortpacked. How shortpacked? Well the 2024 mainline has 250 non exclusive cars, and they come split in 15 waves/cases throughout the year. As with most cars, Bumblebee will only appear in 2 of those waves but each time he will be 1 in 72.
That means that in each case he's in, he will be on par in rarity with the standard Treasure Hunt cars. And looking at it from an entire year's output, he will be 2 out of 1080. That makes the Hotwheels Bumblebee car the rarest standard car from the 2024 set, which is not a Treasure Hunt car.
For those unaware, Treasure Hunt cars are those which are at most 1 per case and will not repeat in a following case (so at most 1 out of 1080 if you buy every case of 72 cars in a given year).
With both Transformers fans and Hotwheels fans interested in this collectible, Bumblebee could become quite the hot commodity. Especially since this would be the very first release in a growing collection of Hotwheels Transformers cars. So, for those wondering which other cars are in the same waves as Bumblebee, we have videos of the cases below.
That means that in each case he's in, he will be on par in rarity with the standard Treasure Hunt cars. And looking at it from an entire year's output, he will be 2 out of 1080. That makes the Hotwheels Bumblebee car the rarest standard car from the 2024 set, which is not a Treasure Hunt car.
For those unaware, Treasure Hunt cars are those which are at most 1 per case and will not repeat in a following case (so at most 1 out of 1080 if you buy every case of 72 cars in a given year).
With both Transformers fans and Hotwheels fans interested in this collectible, Bumblebee could become quite the hot commodity. Especially since this would be the very first release in a growing collection of Hotwheels Transformers cars. So, for those wondering which other cars are in the same waves as Bumblebee, we have videos of the cases below.
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Re: Bumblebee will be the Rarest non TH Hotwheels Car in 2024's Collection (2181265)
Posted by TulioDude on June 10th, 2024 @ 4:30pm CDT
Posted by TulioDude on June 10th, 2024 @ 4:30pm CDT
Dang, looks like it will be difficult.
I'm more hyped for this than the hotwheels version of g1 toy Optimus.
Day 1623 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.
I'm more hyped for this than the hotwheels version of g1 toy Optimus.
Day 1623 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.
Re: Bumblebee will be the Rarest non TH Hotwheels Car in 2024's Collection (2181266)
Posted by o.supreme on June 10th, 2024 @ 4:44pm CDT
Posted by o.supreme on June 10th, 2024 @ 4:44pm CDT
Soi glad I have no desire to get these. Hotwheels fans are ruthless. Going to be interesting if these ever actually show up in a store.
Re: Bumblebee will be the Rarest non TH Hotwheels Car in 2024's Collection (2181268)
Posted by Till-all-R1 on June 10th, 2024 @ 5:28pm CDT
Posted by Till-all-R1 on June 10th, 2024 @ 5:28pm CDT
Yeah, I'll keep an eye out and if I spot it I'll buy it, but I'm not a big collector of HW in general so if I can't find it oh well. It's a neat niche item to have but not worth any hassle.
I suspect that if the employees don't snatch it ups first the early bird HW collectors will be there first thing.
I suspect that if the employees don't snatch it ups first the early bird HW collectors will be there first thing.
Re: Bumblebee will be the Rarest non TH Hotwheels Car in 2024's Collection (2181269)
Posted by william-james88 on June 10th, 2024 @ 5:38pm CDT
My local dollar store gets stuff half a year late but the employees dont care. So today I actually found a treasure hunt item. Will probably see this bumblebee at the beginning of next year
Posted by william-james88 on June 10th, 2024 @ 5:38pm CDT
Till-all-R1 wrote:Yeah, I'll keep an eye out and if I spot it I'll buy it, but I'm not a big collector of HW in general so if I can't find it oh well. It's a neat niche item to have but not worth any hassle.
I suspect that if the employees don't snatch it ups first the early bird HW collectors will be there first thing.
My local dollar store gets stuff half a year late but the employees dont care. So today I actually found a treasure hunt item. Will probably see this bumblebee at the beginning of next year
Re: Bumblebee will be the Rarest non TH Hotwheels Car in 2024's Collection (2181299)
Posted by Emerje on June 11th, 2024 @ 1:54pm CDT
Posted by Emerje on June 11th, 2024 @ 1:54pm CDT
I'm really hoping that the only reason it's rare is to get people talking (like we are) and they plan on doing many other releases later on, maybe even in a multipack with those other cars that were listed but haven't been revealed yet.
I was reading an article recently about things you didn't know about Dollar Tree and one of the things they said was that it isn't uncommon for them hand over a HW case to whoever shows up first as long as they put the cars they don't want on the pegs for them in return. What an unexpected dichotomy, usually you hear about HW buyers being a nuisance.
Emerje
william-james88 wrote:Till-all-R1 wrote:Yeah, I'll keep an eye out and if I spot it I'll buy it, but I'm not a big collector of HW in general so if I can't find it oh well. It's a neat niche item to have but not worth any hassle.
I suspect that if the employees don't snatch it ups first the early bird HW collectors will be there first thing.
My local dollar store gets stuff half a year late but the employees dont care. So today I actually found a treasure hunt item. Will probably see this bumblebee at the beginning of next year
I was reading an article recently about things you didn't know about Dollar Tree and one of the things they said was that it isn't uncommon for them hand over a HW case to whoever shows up first as long as they put the cars they don't want on the pegs for them in return. What an unexpected dichotomy, usually you hear about HW buyers being a nuisance.
Emerje
Re: Bumblebee will be the Rarest non TH Hotwheels Car in 2024's Collection (2181311)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on June 11th, 2024 @ 6:00pm CDT
Every collector after about six months has at least one HW collector story.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on June 11th, 2024 @ 6:00pm CDT
Emerje wrote:I'm really hoping that the only reason it's rare is to get people talking (like we are) and they plan on doing many other releases later on, maybe even in a multipack with those other cars that were listed but haven't been revealed yet.william-james88 wrote:Till-all-R1 wrote:Yeah, I'll keep an eye out and if I spot it I'll buy it, but I'm not a big collector of HW in general so if I can't find it oh well. It's a neat niche item to have but not worth any hassle.
I suspect that if the employees don't snatch it ups first the early bird HW collectors will be there first thing.
My local dollar store gets stuff half a year late but the employees dont care. So today I actually found a treasure hunt item. Will probably see this bumblebee at the beginning of next year
I was reading an article recently about things you didn't know about Dollar Tree and one of the things they said was that it isn't uncommon for them hand over a HW case to whoever shows up first as long as they put the cars they don't want on the pegs for them in return. What an unexpected dichotomy, usually you hear about HW buyers being a nuisance.
Emerje
Every collector after about six months has at least one HW collector story.
Re: Bumblebee will be the Rarest non TH Hotwheels Car in 2024's Collection (2181325)
Posted by Dino-Snarl on June 11th, 2024 @ 8:56pm CDT
Posted by Dino-Snarl on June 11th, 2024 @ 8:56pm CDT
Been watching eBay and he is selling pretty quickly for $20 a pop. Since we posted this it has gone up to $27.
Re: Bumblebee will be the Rarest non TH Hotwheels Car in 2024's Collection (2181343)
Posted by Till-all-R1 on June 12th, 2024 @ 10:07am CDT
Interesting, when I worked retail this was not something that would be allowed by the bigger chains. Sure a customer could look through a box of product If they so choose to, but not put product away on the shelf. That is your job as an employee.
Posted by Till-all-R1 on June 12th, 2024 @ 10:07am CDT
Emerje wrote:I was reading an article recently about things you didn't know about Dollar Tree and one of the things they said was that it isn't uncommon for them hand over a HW case to whoever shows up first as long as they put the cars they don't want on the pegs for them in return. What an unexpected dichotomy, usually you hear about HW buyers being a nuisance.
Emerje
Interesting, when I worked retail this was not something that would be allowed by the bigger chains. Sure a customer could look through a box of product If they so choose to, but not put product away on the shelf. That is your job as an employee.
Re: Bumblebee will be the Rarest non TH Hotwheels Car in 2024's Collection (2181345)
Posted by william-james88 on June 12th, 2024 @ 10:23am CDT
It's cause Dollar Tree has next to no enforced policy for stuff like that. They don't even have enough workers to man the store, so anyone showing up and volunteering to put stuff away is given an ok from the staff there.
Posted by william-james88 on June 12th, 2024 @ 10:23am CDT
Till-all-R1 wrote:Emerje wrote:I was reading an article recently about things you didn't know about Dollar Tree and one of the things they said was that it isn't uncommon for them hand over a HW case to whoever shows up first as long as they put the cars they don't want on the pegs for them in return. What an unexpected dichotomy, usually you hear about HW buyers being a nuisance.
Emerje
Interesting, when I worked retail this was not something that would be allowed by the bigger chains. Sure a customer could look through a box of product If they so choose to, but not put product away on the shelf. That is your job as an employee.
It's cause Dollar Tree has next to no enforced policy for stuff like that. They don't even have enough workers to man the store, so anyone showing up and volunteering to put stuff away is given an ok from the staff there.
Re: Bumblebee will be the Rarest non TH Hotwheels Car in 2024's Collection (2181707)
Posted by william-james88 on June 24th, 2024 @ 7:09pm CDT
After looking into it, I kinda get it. We’d be just as ruthless if a TF we wanted was 1 per case of 72 (or 1 per 5 cases of 72)
Posted by william-james88 on June 24th, 2024 @ 7:09pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:Soi glad I have no desire to get these. Hotwheels fans are ruthless. Going to be interesting if these ever actually show up in a store.
After looking into it, I kinda get it. We’d be just as ruthless if a TF we wanted was 1 per case of 72 (or 1 per 5 cases of 72)
Re: Bumblebee will be the Rarest non TH Hotwheels Car in 2024's Collection (2181709)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on June 24th, 2024 @ 7:14pm CDT
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on June 24th, 2024 @ 7:14pm CDT
Re: Bumblebee will be the Rarest non TH Hotwheels Car in 2024's Collection (2181710)
Posted by william-james88 on June 24th, 2024 @ 7:19pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on June 24th, 2024 @ 7:19pm CDT
We’ve seen several Transformers Hotwheels toys already but all were part of another Hotwheels line. Well now we have images for a subline dedicated to Transformers. There are a few odd bits about it though, so these images from Instagram might be fake.
While these are cars of Transformers alt modes from live action media, the Transformers characters are not named, nor are they shown on the art. Instead, each pack simply has the name of the car with standard evergreen Transformers art, not reflective of the product, making them a lot less interesting to collect for MISC collectors.
Still, if real this would be another way to get Bumblebee, which is rare in the mainline.
The « characters » in this subline are Crosshairs, Bumblebee, Stinger, Drift and Barricade.
While these are cars of Transformers alt modes from live action media, the Transformers characters are not named, nor are they shown on the art. Instead, each pack simply has the name of the car with standard evergreen Transformers art, not reflective of the product, making them a lot less interesting to collect for MISC collectors.
Still, if real this would be another way to get Bumblebee, which is rare in the mainline.
The « characters » in this subline are Crosshairs, Bumblebee, Stinger, Drift and Barricade.
Re: Bumblebee will be the Rarest non TH Hotwheels Car in 2024's Collection (2181712)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 24th, 2024 @ 7:22pm CDT
I really want a transforming deluxe Bee that would have that exact vehicle mode.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 24th, 2024 @ 7:22pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:
I really want a transforming deluxe Bee that would have that exact vehicle mode.
Re: Bumblebee will be the Rarest non TH Hotwheels Car in 2024's Collection (2181713)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on June 24th, 2024 @ 7:44pm CDT
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on June 24th, 2024 @ 7:44pm CDT
Not a fan of the packaging, but it's super cool to see movie alt modes in Hot Wheels! RPMs are kinda back xD
Will definitely try and track down the Bayverse ones!
Will definitely try and track down the Bayverse ones!
Re: Bumblebee will be the Rarest non TH Hotwheels Car in 2024's Collection (2181717)
Posted by whacko on June 25th, 2024 @ 7:08am CDT
Posted by whacko on June 25th, 2024 @ 7:08am CDT
The Transforming diecast Optimus Prime we got a few weeks ago was really cool, but all of these seem really low effort. These are diecast molds Mattel already had, painted in movie colors and stuck to generic evergreen packaging. They didn't even bother to put the character name on the card.
Re: Bumblebee will be the Rarest non TH Hotwheels Car in 2024's Collection (2181743)
Posted by TulioDude on June 25th, 2024 @ 10:56pm CDT
Posted by TulioDude on June 25th, 2024 @ 10:56pm CDT
They look nice!
I like seeing Crosshairs here, I kinda hoped that he would become the standard version of the character, like how Barricade became a recurring Decepticon.
I like seeing Crosshairs here, I kinda hoped that he would become the standard version of the character, like how Barricade became a recurring Decepticon.
Re: Bumblebee will be the Rarest non TH Hotwheels Car in 2024's Collection (2181754)
Posted by Quantum Surge on June 26th, 2024 @ 1:07pm CDT
Posted by Quantum Surge on June 26th, 2024 @ 1:07pm CDT
We need someone to make custom blister cards featuring thr actual character art for Crosshairs, Drift, Barricade, and Stinger. That Bee looks weird, though.
