Hot Wheels Transformers Movie Line Found in the US

Posted by william-james88 Dec 28, 2024 at 8:27am CST 63,963 views

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Oh man, looks like this will be a hassle for collectors. While we were supposed to have the movie inspired Hot Wheels Transformers cars much earlier this year, a recall on Barricade meant the set's distribution was now up in the air. While a new version of Barricade has been available for a while for worldwide distribution, the set has finally been found in the US at the tail end of December. However, it seems Barricade is not part of it. So far, we have reports of these movie cars appearing in Walmarts in various states with some sets having Barricade while others don't. Looks like the UK has these sets as well with Barricade.

Aside from Barricade, the other cars in the set are Crosshairs, Drift, Bumblebee and Stinger. The cards have the names of the cars rather than the characters as that is how Mattel operates and the art on the card is generic Evergreen art to bypass extra licensing costs as Paramount own the movie designs.

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Comment by Emerje Dec 28, 2024

It's a real shame they chose to use Evergreen designs for the packaging.

Emerje

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Comment by william-james88 Dec 28, 2024

Emerje wrote:It's a real shame they chose to use Evergreen designs for the packaging.

Emerje

Thats what happens when you dont own the designs.
And its something many fans forget too. I see discussions online about fans wishing Hasbro would give the movie license to another studio to continue the TFOne film franchise but thats impossible since Paramount owns all movie designs.

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Comment by william-james88 Jan 5, 2025

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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Comment by Bumblevivisector Jan 6, 2025

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

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Comment by Overcracker Jan 6, 2025

Ooooh, candy flavored Prime.

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Comment by Emerje Jan 7, 2025

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

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Comment by william-james88 Jan 13, 2025

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

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Comment by Overcracker Jan 13, 2025

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.

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Comment by Butta1681 Jan 13, 2025

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

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Comment by william-james88 Jan 31, 2025

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).

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Comment by Emerje Jan 31, 2025

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

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Comment by Kyleor Jan 31, 2025

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.

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Comment by Emerje Feb 1, 2025

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

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Comment by william-james88 Feb 1, 2025

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.

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Comment by steve2275 Feb 3, 2025

cool

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Comment by EvasionModeBumblebee Feb 3, 2025

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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Comment by EvasionModeBumblebee Feb 23, 2025

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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Comment by william-james88 Feb 25, 2025

For Bumblebee, I think this mold is more appropriate

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Comment by william-james88 May 5, 2025

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