Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels

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HW Prince Hobbies on ebay has been listing dozens of test shots of the new Hot Wheels Optimus Prime with various paints and wheels. It doesnt mean any of these will become real products later but the combos are fun to see. We also get our best look yet at the Optimus Prime head found under this Hot Wheels cab. You can see several of the test shots below along with some of Bumblebee. And from what you can see, sone of these are going for a lot of money, like the G1 Sentinel Prime looking deco going for over $400.

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Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2187308)
Posted by Bumblevivisector on January 6th, 2025 @ 12:51am CST

Autobots, DON'T transform. Just roll out, and taste the painbow!

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2187319)
Posted by Overcracker on January 6th, 2025 @ 3:57pm CST

Ooooh, candy flavored Prime.

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2187341)
Posted by Emerje on January 7th, 2025 @ 1:16pm CST

These are most likely them testing out some paint options for the diecast part and slapping off any random wheels they have around and the existing blue "legs". They are an interesting mix with the obvious "dead", Nemesis and SG along with some that look like BAPE repaints, but what's more surprising is the lack of a white one.

Emerje

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2187494)
Posted by william-james88 on January 13th, 2025 @ 12:10pm CST

We finally have confirmation that the new Optimus Prime Hot Wheels die cast car will be in the F case, coming in a couple of months (distribution is currently underway in Malaysia). Luckily, Optimus is packed 2 per case, so he will be much easier to find than Bumblebee. Below you can see a full case breakdown so that you can have an idea of the other cars in the same case.

We also have reviews of the model. What's cool is someone

Case Breakdown

Review

Easter Egg

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2187497)
Posted by Overcracker on January 13th, 2025 @ 2:38pm CST

Well that's unexpected. Going to all the trouble to make a fully sculpted interior and including a matrix that no-one would normally ever see is pretty cool.

The sculpted seats makes sense in case the tinted windows end up being less tinted and you can see into the cab, but the matrix on the floor is obscured from every angle so is completely unnecessary.

That attention to detail awesome.

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2187499)
Posted by Butta1681 on January 13th, 2025 @ 3:30pm CST

I’ve been a Hot Wheels collector for a while now, and this is actually fairly common. There’s a few casting that have engine details completely obscured by the die-cast body

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2188014)
Posted by william-james88 on January 31st, 2025 @ 11:58am CST

For those anticipating the new Hot Wheels Track Fleet Ultra Magnus, it has been found at Target in the US. It was found by Lody666 in Texas. Speaking of Trackfleet, we now have images comparing the new 2025 Optimus Prime Hot Wheels toy to the 2024 Trackfleet Optimus Prime. As it turns out, the Trackfleet version's cab is much smaller.

The 2025 mainline Optimus Prime also has more details, like vents at the top of the cab. You can check out comparison images below, courtesy of GT2 who got a test copy (hence why it's a different color from the retail release we will get in a couple months).

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2188018)
Posted by Emerje on January 31st, 2025 @ 10:02pm CST

I've never seen Track Fleet of any kind at Target or Walmart, not even a tag on the pegs. Others have said the same thing... :BANG_HEAD:

Emerje

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2188019)
Posted by Kyleor on January 31st, 2025 @ 10:10pm CST

Emerje wrote:I've never seen Track Fleet of any kind at Target or Walmart, not even a tag on the pegs. Others have said the same thing...

Emerje

Did you try over in the TV/Movie merch area near the DVDs? I've found Transformers & other IP vehicles plopped over there instead of with the toys before.

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2188023)
Posted by Emerje on February 1st, 2025 @ 12:15am CST

Kyleor wrote:
Emerje wrote:I've never seen Track Fleet of any kind at Target or Walmart, not even a tag on the pegs. Others have said the same thing...

Emerje

Did you try over in the TV/Movie merch area near the DVDs? I've found Transformers & other IP vehicles plopped over there instead of with the toys before.

I scour that section, usually trying to match clearance tags to the mess of stuff thrown on the shelves. I've never seen Hot Wheels over there.

Emerje

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2188027)
Posted by william-james88 on February 1st, 2025 @ 7:28am CST

Emerje wrote:I've never seen Track Fleet of any kind at Target or Walmart, not even a tag on the pegs. Others have said the same thing...

Emerje

Same up here in Canada, super fleet is stocked instead.

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2188065)
Posted by steve2275 on February 3rd, 2025 @ 5:07pm CST

cool

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2188068)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on February 3rd, 2025 @ 9:24pm CST

Found Drift the other week, got one! Still haven’t seen any others though.

I hope we get a second wave of these, I know they have the 07 Camaro sculpt!

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Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2188565)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on February 23rd, 2025 @ 9:10am CST

Found Crosshairs at a Walmart, so that’s 2 down now! I had the thought of what other movie cars they could do using existing sculpts, here’s what I found!

2007 Bumblebee:

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ROTF Sideswipe:

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AOE Lockdown:

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TLK Hot Rod (it appears their only Centenario sculpt is a convertible, not sure if they could add a roof piece or not:

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TLK Drift:

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Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2188624)
Posted by william-james88 on February 25th, 2025 @ 11:14pm CST

For Bumblebee, I think this mold is more appropriate

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2190331)
Posted by william-james88 on May 5th, 2025 @ 7:50am CDT

Entertainment Earth has a new listing for an upcoming Hot Wheels case. This one is for the Color Shifters line, and if you are unfamiliar with it, we have a video review below as an example. What’s cool about this upcoming case/wave is that it includes a Transformers car. It doesn’t specify the character though but it’s most probably Optimus Prime as that is the only mainline casting that was made from the ground up for a Transformers car.

Here is the description and content details:

Hot Wheels Color Shift 1:64 Vehicle 2025 Mix 3 Case of 10:

Hot Wheels Color Shifters vehicles rev up the fun of sensory play with cars that change color when dipped in water! When kids dunk or splash their 1:64 scale Color Shifters vehicle with icy cold or very warm water, it instantly changes color. Change the water temperature and the deco changes back. It's like having two cars in one – hit the road, race the track and then change color and race again.

This Hot Wheels Color Shift 1:64 Vehicle 2025 Mix 3 Case of 10 (977C) includes 10 individually packaged vehicles and includes:
1x Barbaric
1x Vw Drag Bus
2x Transformers
1x Nissan Skyline Gt-R (R32)
1x Mattel Dream Mobile
1x Trak Tune
2x El Segundo Coupe
1x Fast Felion

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2190347)
Posted by steve2275 on May 5th, 2025 @ 4:43pm CDT

cool

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2190451)
Posted by Dominus Prime on May 8th, 2025 @ 6:55pm CDT

Wouldn't let me submit this to news for some reason, so I'm gonna try here

The new Transformers Heroes of Cybertron Tankard by Nemesis Now
https://www.cbr.com/transformers-nemesi ... d-release/

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2190455)
Posted by megatran on May 8th, 2025 @ 10:51pm CDT

Dominus Prime wrote:Wouldn't let me submit this to news for some reason, so I'm gonna try here

The new Transformers Heroes of Cybertron Tankard by Nemesis Now
https://www.cbr.com/transformers-nemesi ... d-release/

It's £70 (US$94 according to the link).
It's like chicken or the egg. Do you get drunk then order the tankard, OR order the tankard then get p!ssed.

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2190469)
Posted by Dominus Prime on May 9th, 2025 @ 1:37pm CDT

Haha, good point

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2190473)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on May 9th, 2025 @ 2:25pm CDT

Hopefully it shows up on Amazon soon.

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2190481)
Posted by Dominus Prime on May 9th, 2025 @ 4:26pm CDT

It's one Tankard. One side has prime, other side has Rodimus. I'm gonna get one

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2190483)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on May 9th, 2025 @ 5:00pm CDT

Hey guys, you know this is the Hot Wheels thread, right?

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2190491)
Posted by megatran on May 9th, 2025 @ 11:14pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:Entertainment Earth has a new listing for an upcoming Hot Wheels case. This one is for the Color Shifters line, and if you are unfamiliar with it, we have a video review below as an example. What’s cool about this upcoming case/wave is that it includes a Transformers car. It doesn’t specify the character though but it’s most probably Optimus Prime as that is the only mainline casting that was made from the ground up for a Transformers car.

Here is the description and content details:

Hot Wheels Color Shift 1:64 Vehicle 2025 Mix 3 Case of 10:

Hot Wheels Color Shifters vehicles rev up the fun of sensory play with cars that change color when dipped in water! When kids dunk or splash their 1:64 scale Color Shifters vehicle with icy cold or very warm water, it instantly changes color. Change the water temperature and the deco changes back. It's like having two cars in one – hit the road, race the track and then change color and race again.

This Hot Wheels Color Shift 1:64 Vehicle 2025 Mix 3 Case of 10 (977C) includes 10 individually packaged vehicles and includes:
1x Barbaric
1x Vw Drag Bus
2x Transformers
1x Nissan Skyline Gt-R (R32)
1x Mattel Dream Mobile
1x Trak Tune
2x El Segundo Coupe
1x Fast Felion

Left field guesses:
Ultra Magnus (*cough* white Optimus Prime *cough*)
Bug Bite (white VW Beetle)

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2190825)
Posted by william-james88 on May 26th, 2025 @ 11:11am CDT

megatran wrote:Left field guesses:
Ultra Magnus (*cough* white Optimus Prime *cough*)
Bug Bite (white VW Beetle)

Good guess, but turns out it was Tracks

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2190826)
Posted by william-james88 on May 26th, 2025 @ 11:28am CDT

We knew we were getting a Transformers themed color shifter in the 3rd mix of 2025's Color Shifters but we just didn't know which one it would be. There have only been 2 "new" castings for Transformers Hot Wheels so far, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee so we figured it could be one of those. But no. Instead, Hot Wheels has picked a previously available Corvette casting with a plastic body, often used for more gimmick related sets. It being a Corvette, they have turned it into Tracks, with a body that goes from Blue to Black. So from Tracks to Loudpedal, if you want to see it through a more fun lens.

The toy was found on Facebook marketplace:
https://www.facebook.com/share/19eX4oZo ... tid=wwXIfr

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2190831)
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on May 26th, 2025 @ 2:01pm CDT

No way, Hot Wheeles Tracks is actually what I've been asking for. Now where the Metroplex racetrack? :michaelbay:

Bad timing though, saving up for something, I'm broke as heck :-(

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2190835)
Posted by steve2275 on May 26th, 2025 @ 6:22pm CDT

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:No way, Hot Wheeles Tracks is actually what I've been asking for. Now where the Metroplex racetrack?

Bad timing though, saving up for something, I'm broke as heck

Same here

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2190840)
Posted by megatran on May 26th, 2025 @ 11:34pm CDT

G1 Tracks is a pleasant surprise. What is the price?

Perhaps the 2nd TF color change in that set could be G1 Wheeljack (Lancia Stratos).

I would like to see a G1 Ratchet. Color change to yellowing (how befitting) into an Emergency Green Ratchet.

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Posted by cloudballoon on May 27th, 2025 @ 1:16am CDT

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:No way, Hot Wheeles Tracks is actually what I've been asking for. Now where the Metroplex racetrack?

Bad timing though, saving up for something, I'm broke as heck

If you can find it in the wild (retail), I thought these shouldn't cost more than a breakfast.

But it's WH... I think it's a collectable line not meant to enjoy except for scalpers, so yeah I understand.

Metroplex would be an awesome track set, but Trypticon would be even better. Hasbro made a Bayverse Devastator RPMs track set once, and Mattel had some half-heartedly made Bayverse track set too. But damn, with Hasbro & Mattel collaborating, it would be awesome to HasLab a premium Cybertron/Velocitron Speedia set with brand new HW molds with more verhicles with each Tier unlocks.

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Posted by william-james88 on May 27th, 2025 @ 12:06pm CDT

megatran wrote:G1 Tracks is a pleasant surprise. What is the price?

Perhaps the 2nd TF color change in that set could be G1 Wheeljack (Lancia Stratos).

I would like to see a G1 Ratchet. Color change to yellowing (how befitting) into an Emergency Green Ratchet.

The price is $5 usd

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Posted by chuckdawg1999 on May 27th, 2025 @ 3:34pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
megatran wrote:G1 Tracks is a pleasant surprise. What is the price?

Perhaps the 2nd TF color change in that set could be G1 Wheeljack (Lancia Stratos).

I would like to see a G1 Ratchet. Color change to yellowing (how befitting) into an Emergency Green Ratchet.

The price is $5 usd

That's before all the Hot Wheels collectors buy them up the first day that they're on shelves, after camping out at a Target overnight. Expect to pay close to like $3 million on the aftermarket. :DANCE:

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Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on May 27th, 2025 @ 7:52pm CDT

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
megatran wrote:G1 Tracks is a pleasant surprise. What is the price?

Perhaps the 2nd TF color change in that set could be G1 Wheeljack (Lancia Stratos).

I would like to see a G1 Ratchet. Color change to yellowing (how befitting) into an Emergency Green Ratchet.

The price is $5 usd

That's before all the Hot Wheels collectors buy them up the first day that they're on shelves, after camping out at a Target overnight. Expect to pay close to like $3 million on the aftermarket.

Yeah, I'm not Hot Wheels expert, sorry if I was expected to be. :lol:

Hot Wheeles is pretty scattered around stores in my experience, there are huge bins or barely any shelf space and I honestly don't have a clue how I'd have a shot at finding a car I want out of a pile of thousands of them. I payed around 15 bucks for Optimus w/trailer, don't know the actual standard price he was supposed to be.

Also yeah, Wheeljack would be nice to see next. Don't know who would be a good idea after that, the lambo twins are too generic.

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2190884)
Posted by megatran on May 27th, 2025 @ 11:30pm CDT

I've yet to see a G1 Bumblebee (yellow variant) on shelves Down Under. The 'Goldbug' variant was more readily available & managed to get one. Here's hoping Tracks is unpopular.

Every store that has Basic Hotwheels, I see a bunch of them taken off of the shelf pegs & lined up. You know a Hotwheels collector(s) has hit that store.

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2190896)
Posted by Emerje on May 28th, 2025 @ 2:35am CDT

Noticed this tag at Target, hadn't noticed it before when trying to catch a Prime or Magnus.

20250527_073104.jpg

Weird if that's the tag they're using for the regular Track Fleet line that just has one Transformer in the box, I'm hoping it means they're getting a case of just Prime and Magnus and maybe some others (the vehicle on the peg is the one from the Magnus assortment so I'm not getting my hopes up).

Emerje

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Posted by megatran on May 29th, 2025 @ 11:35pm CDT

Emerje wrote:Noticed this tag at Target, hadn't noticed it before when trying to catch a Prime or Magnus.

20250527_073104.jpg

Weird if that's the tag they're using for the regular Track Fleet line that just has one Transformer in the box, I'm hoping it means they're getting a case of just Prime and Magnus and maybe some others (the vehicle on the peg is the one from the Magnus assortment so I'm not getting my hopes up).

Emerje

Target got soooo many complaints from whinging TF collectors missing out on the only one TF in the Trackfleet case assortment, they decided to put up a peg tag to trigger the TF fan base.

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2191074)
Posted by autosUruguay on May 30th, 2025 @ 11:30pm CDT

hoo! this is one of the best car for me, I hope to get it soon

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2191374)
Posted by blurrprime2008 on June 6th, 2025 @ 3:22am CDT

HOTWHEELS X Transformers Color Shifters Tracks

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2191596)
Posted by megatran on June 11th, 2025 @ 10:51pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:We knew we were getting a Transformers themed color shifter in the 3rd mix of 2025's Color Shifters but we just didn't know which one it would be. There have only been 2 "new" castings for Transformers Hot Wheels so far, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee so we figured it could be one of those. But no. Instead, Hot Wheels has picked a previously available Corvette casting with a plastic body, often used for more gimmick related sets. It being a Corvette, they have turned it into Tracks, with a body that goes from Blue to Black. So from Tracks to Loudpedal, if you want to see it through a more fun lens.

The toy was found on Facebook marketplace:
https://www.facebook.com/share/19eX4oZo ... tid=wwXIfr

Has there been a confirmed sighting of Tracks yet? (apart from the FB marketplace).
Thanks

Re: Dozens of Hot Wheels Optimus Prime Prototypes Appearing Online with Various Decos and Wheels (2191710)
Posted by Alethea on June 17th, 2025 @ 2:01am CDT

I want to buy for my son papa's scooperia